HGC (field hockey)

HGC
Full name HOC Gazellen Combinatie
Founded 22 September 1906 (1906-09-22)
Head coach Paul van Ass
Kit manufacturer Indian Maharadja
Main sponsor ABN-AMRO
Members 1336[1]
League Hoofdklasse
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H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, also known as HGC, is a field hockey club located in Wassenaar on the border of The Hague in the Netherlands. The club was founded on 22 September 1906.[2]

The first teams (men and women) competed for many years on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, in the "Hoofdklasse". In 1995/'96 both the men's and the women's first team won the national championship. The men's 1st XI also compete in the Euro Hockey League.

HGC has produced a number of internationals for the Dutch national teams as well as attracting a number of internationals from other countries.

Honours

Men

Dutch national title: 2

  • 1990, 1996

European Cup: 1

  • 1997

Cup Winners' Cup: 2

  • 1992, 1993

Euro Hockey League: 1

Dutch national title indoor hockey: 4

  • 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998

Women

Dutch national title: 8

  • 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997

KNHB Cup: 1

  • 1996

European Cup: 7

  • 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994

Cup Winners' Cup: 1

  • 1993

Dutch national title indoor hockey: 5

  • 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2003, 2004

Internationals past and present

Stephane Jaquet - France

References

  1. ↑ "HGC" (in Dutch). 31 October 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "HGC official website site". Retrieved 2015-01-31.
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