Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey

The Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey, currently known as the Livera Hoofdklasse Hockey for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the women's top division of Field hockey in the Netherlands. The league ranks first in the European league ranking table.[2] The league was established in 1981 and before the league existed the champions of the several districts played in a championship pool to determine the national champion.

Hoofdklasse
SportField hockey
Founded1981 (1981)
Inaugural season1981–82
AdministratorKNHB
No. of teams12
CountryNetherlands
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Amsterdam (20th title)
(2018–19)
Most titlesAmsterdam (20 titles)
TV partner(s)NOS
Ziggo Sport
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toPromotieklasse
Domestic cup(s)Gold Cup
International cup(s)Euro Hockey League

Amsterdam are the current champions, having won the 2018–19 season by defeating Den Bosch in the championship final.[3] Amsterdam won 20 titles, followed by Den Bosch with 19 and HOC with 14 titles.

Format

The season starts in August or September of each year and is interrupted by the indoor hockey season from November to February. From March the outdoor season will be continued. The league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice and who compete for four spots in the championship play-offs. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-final and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. The last placed team is relegated to the second division, the Promotieklasse.[4] The eleventh-placed team plays in a relegation play-off against the runners-up of the Promotieklasse and the tenth-placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed from the Promotieklasse.[4] The winners of these matches will play the next season in the Hoofdklasse.[4]

List of champions

National champions (1920–1981)
No. Season Champions
11920–21HOC (1)
21921–22HOC (2)
31922–23HOC (3)
41923–24HOC (4)
51924–25HOC (5)
61925–26HOC (6)
71926–27HOC (7)
81927–28HOC (8)
–1928–29Not held
91929–30HOC (9)
101930–31HOC (10)
111931–32HOC (11)
121932–33HOC (12)
131933–34HOC (13)
141934–35HOC (14)
151935–36BDHC (1)
No. Season Champions
161936–37Amsterdam (1)
171937–38Amsterdam (2)
181938–39Rood-Wit (1)
–1939–40Not held
–1940–41Not held
–1941–42Not held
–1942–43Not held
–1943–44Not held
–1944–45Not held
191945–46Rood-Wit (2)
–1946–47Not held
201947–48HHIJC (1)
211948–49Amsterdam (3)
221949–50BDHC (2)
231950–51BDHC (3)
No. Season Champions
241951–52BDHC (4)
251952–53Gooische (1)
261953–54HHIJC (2)
271954–55BDHC (5)
281955–56Oranje Zwart (1)
291956–57EMHC (1)
301957–58BDHC (6)
311958–59BDHC (7)
321959–60Union (1)
331960–61BDHC (8)
341961–62BDHC (9)
–1962–63Not held
351963–64BDHC (10)
361964–65BDHC (11)
371965–66EMHC (2)
No. Season Champions
381966–67BDHC (12)
391967–68EMHC (3)
401968–69Oranje Zwart (2)
411969–70Oranje Zwart (3)
421970–71Amsterdam (4)
431971–72Amsterdam (5)
441972–73De Kieviten (1)
451973–74Amsterdam (6)
461974–75Amsterdam (7)
471975–76Amsterdam (8)
481976–77Were Di (1)
491977–78Were Di (2)
501978–79Amsterdam (9)
511979–80Amsterdam (10)
521980–81Amsterdam (11)

Hoofdklasse era (1981–present)
Season Champions[5] Runners-up Top goalscorer (Club) Goals
1981–82HGC (1)Amsterdam Sandra Le Poole (Amsterdam)31
1982–83Amsterdam (12)HGC Lisanne Lejeune (HGC)21
1983–84Amsterdam (13)Hilversum Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam)25
1984–85HGC (2)Amsterdam Lisanne Lejeune (HGC)31
1985–86HGC (3)Hilversum Lisanne Lejeune (HGC)38
1986–87Amsterdam (14)HGC Lisanne Lejeune (HGC)46
1987–88HGC (4)Amsterdam Lisanne Lejeune (HGC)34
1988–89Amsterdam (15)HGC Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam)24
1989–90HGC (5)Amsterdam Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam)22
1990–91Amsterdam (16)HGC Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam)25
1991–92Amsterdam (17)HGC Wietske de Ruiter (HGC)46
1992–93HGC (6)Amsterdam Wietske de Ruiter (HGC)
Mieketine Wouters (Amsterdam)		20
1993–94Kampong (1)MOP Frederiek Grijpma (Laren)20
1994–95Kampong (2)HGC Wietske de Ruiter (HGC)26
1995–96HGC (7)Kampong Wietske de Ruiter (HGC)21
1996–97HGC (8)Amsterdam Suzan van der Wielen (HGC)
Mieketine Wouters (Amsterdam)		20
1997–98Den Bosch (1)Amsterdam Suzan van der Wielen (HGC)
Pietie Coetzee (Amsterdam)		22
1998–99Den Bosch (2)Amsterdam Frederiek Grijpma (Amsterdam)22
1999–00Den Bosch (3)Amsterdam Ageeth Boomgaardt (Den Bosch)25
2000–01Den Bosch (4)Rotterdam Mieketine Wouters (Laren)25
2001–02Den Bosch (5)Rotterdam Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch)36
2002–03Den Bosch (6)Laren Alyson Annan (Klein Zwitserland)26
2003–04Den Bosch (7)Amsterdam Ageeth Boomgaardt (Den Bosch)36
2004–05Den Bosch (8)Amsterdam Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch)33
2005–06Den Bosch (9)Amsterdam Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch)25
2006–07Den Bosch (10)Amsterdam Kim Lammers (Laren)34
2007–08Den Bosch (11)Amsterdam Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)23
2008–09Amsterdam (18)Den Bosch Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)44
2009–10Den Bosch (12)Laren Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)27
2010–11Den Bosch (13)Laren Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)43
2011–12Den Bosch (14)Laren Kim Lammers (Laren)40
2012–13Amsterdam (19)Den Bosch Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)37
2013–14Den Bosch (15)SCHC Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)29
2014–15Den Bosch (16)SCHC Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)32
2015–16Den Bosch (17)Amsterdam Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)31
2016–17Den Bosch (18)Amsterdam Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch)23
2017–18Den Bosch (19)Amsterdam Pien van Nes (HDM)
Charlotte Vega (Amsterdam)
Caia van Maasakker (SCHC)		16
2018–19Amsterdam (20)Den Bosch Ginella Zerbo (SCHC)24
2019–20Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[6] Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch)25

Champions

By club
Club Championships Seasons won
Amsterdam201936–37, 1937–38, 1948–49, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2018–19
Den Bosch191997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
HOC141920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35
BDHC121935–36, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67
HGC81981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97
Oranje Zwart31955–56, 1968–69, 1969–70
EMHC1956–57, 1965–66, 1967–68
Kampong21993–94, 1994–95
Were Di1976–77, 1977–78
HHIJC1947–48, 1953–54
Rood-Wit1938–39, 1945–46
De Kieviten11972–73
Union1959–60
Gooische1952–53

By province
Province Championships Clubs
 North Holland35Amsterdam (20), BDHC (12), Rood-Wit (2), Gooische (1)
 North Brabant27Den Bosch (19), Oranje Zwart (3), EMHC (3), Were Di (2)
 South Holland25HOC (14), HGC (8), HHIJC (2), De Kieviten (1)
 Utrecht2Kampong (2)
 Gelderland1Union (1)

Media coverage

Since 2015, almost every Sunday, one match from either the men's or the women's league is broadcast live by either Ziggo Sport or the NOS.[7] In February 2015, Ziggo Sport announced it would broadcast match summaries of all men's and women's matches every week on Sunday.[8] This makes hockey together with football the only sport in the Netherlands where all the matches from the highest division are broadcast in summary.[8]

See also

References
  1. Wester, Eelko (11 October 2018). "Livera hoofdsponsor en naamgever Hoofdklasse Dames". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. "EHL Women's Rankings Table Revealed as Surbiton First Side to Qualify". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. "Hockeysters Amsterdam stoten Den Bosch van troon en zijn landskampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. "Promotie-/degradatieregeling Bondscompetitie 2018-2019" (PDF). www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. "Field hockey - Women's Dutch National Championship - Prize list". www.the-sports.org. TheSports.org. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. "Hockeybond schrapt alle competities, geen promotie of degradatie". nos.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. Scholte, Jolien (11 November 2015). "Ziggo Sport zendt wedstrijden Hoofdklasse live uit op zondagen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. Wester, Eelko (15 February 2017). "Nieuw hockeyprogramma op zondagavond bij Ziggo Sport". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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