2021–22 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse
Season	2021–22
Dates	12 September 2021 – 29 May 2022
Champions	Bloemendaal (22nd title)
Relegated	Hurley; SCHC; Tilburg
Euro Hockey League	Amsterdam; Bloemendaal; Pinoké
Matches played	132
Goals scored	641 (4.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexander Hendrickx (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Kampong 8–0 Hurley; Rotterdam 9–1 Tilburg
Biggest away win	Hurley 0–8 Pinoké; SCHC 0–8 Rotterdam
Highest scoring	Kampong 9–2 SCHC
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 49th season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. It began on 12 September 2021 and it concluded on 28 May 2022 with the second match of the championship final.^[2]

Bloemendaal were the defending champions.^[3] They defended their title by defeating Pinoké 3–0 in the final best of three series.^[4]

Teams

Tilburg

Amsterdamse Bos teams
Amsterdam
Hurley
Pinoké

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2021–22 Men's Hoofdklasse teams

Accommodation and locations

Team	Location	Province	Accommodation
Amsterdam	Amstelveen	North Holland	Wagener Stadium
Bloemendaal	Bloemendaal	North Holland	Sportpark 't Kopje
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	North Brabant	Sportpark Oosterplas
HGC	Wassenaar	South Holland	De Roggewoning
Hurley	Amstelveen	North Holland	Amsterdamse Bos
Kampong	Utrecht	Utrecht	De Klapperboom
Klein Zwitserland	The Hague	South Holland	Sportpark Klein Zwitserland
Oranje-Rood	Eindhoven	North Brabant	Sportpark Aalsterweg
Pinoké	Amstelveen	North Holland	Amsterdamse Bos
Rotterdam	Rotterdam	South Holland	Hazelaarweg Stadion
SCHC	Bilthoven	Utrecht	Sportpark Kees Broekelaan
Tilburg	Tilburg	North Brabant	Sportpark Oude Warande

Personnel

Team	Trainer-coach	Captain
Amsterdam	Alexander Cox	Mirco Pruyser
Bloemendaal	Rick Mathijssen	Glenn Schuurman
Den Bosch	Jeroen Verboom	Imre Vos
HGC	Paul van Ass	Seve van Ass
Hurley	Reinoud Wolff	Pim Wasser
Kampong	Roelant Oltmans	Lars Balk
Klein Zwitserland	Omar Schlingemann	Steven van Rhede van der Kloot
Oranje-Rood	Robert van der Horst	Thomas Briels
Pinoké	Jesse Mahieu	Jannis van Hattum
Rotterdam	Albert Kees Maneschijn	Jeroen Hertzberger
SCHC	Gilles van Hesteren	Léon van Barneveld
Tilburg	Sjoerd Marijne	Felix Gulinck

Number of teams by province

Province	Number of teams	Teams
North Holland	4	Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Hurley and Pinoké
North Brabant	3	Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood and Tilburg
South Holland	3	HGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam
Utrecht	2	Kampong and SCHC
Total	12

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bloemendaal (C)	22	18	3	1	71	29	+42	57	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2	Pinoké	22	13	4	5	71	43	+28	43
3	Amsterdam	22	13	3	6	60	48	+12	42
4	HGC	22	12	5	5	58	43	+15	41	Qualification for the play-offs
5	Kampong	22	12	4	6	69	30	+39	40
6	Oranje-Rood	22	11	5	6	53	39	+14	38
7	Klein Zwitserland	22	9	4	9	52	48	+4	31
8	Den Bosch	22	8	6	8	54	58	−4	30
9	Rotterdam	22	6	6	10	53	54	−1	24
10	Tilburg (R)	22	3	2	17	31	81	−50	11	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	SCHC (R)	22	2	5	15	38	84	−46	11	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Hurley (R)	22	0	3	19	31	84	−53	3	Relegation to the Promotieklasse

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.^[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AMS	BLO	DB	HGC	HUR	KAM	KZ	OR	PIN	ROT	SCH	TIL
Amsterdam	—	3–6	2–3	2–4	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	4–4	2–0	2–1	3–0
Bloemendaal	4–2	—	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	6–0	6–0
Den Bosch	0–0	3–3	—	1–3	5–2	0–2	2–4	1–1	2–7	2–2	6–1	4–2
HGC	1–3	2–2	3–2	—	3–2	4–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–0	4–1
Hurley	1–4	1–6	2–3	2–7	—	1–2	1–4	0–2	0–8	2–2	3–3	2–2
Kampong	8–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	8–0	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	9–2	7–1
Klein Zwitserland	0–1	1–3	4–3	2–3	3–1	2–1	—	3–5	3–1	1–2	5–2	4–3
Oranje-Rood	2–4	1–2	3–1	3–3	3–2	3–3	4–2	—	1–2	4–1	4–1	2–1
Pinoké	3–6	1–2	3–3	4–4	3–2	1–2	3–3	2–1	—	3–0	5–1	4–2
Rotterdam	0–5	4–4	3–4	1–3	4–2	2–2	0–0	3–4	0–7	—	4–1	9–1
SCHC	3–3	2–3	4–4	2–2	3–2	2–5	3–2	1–1	3–4	0–8	—	2–3
Tilburg	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–3	4–1	0–7	2–2	0–3	0–1	0–5	2–1	—

Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	FG	PC	PS	Goals^[6]
1	Alexander Hendrickx	Pinoké	0	23	2	25
2	Jip Janssen	Kampong	1	20	1	22
3	Thierry Brinkman	Bloemendaal	20	0	0	20
4	Jeroen Hertzberger	Rotterdam	5	10	3	18
5	Trent Mitton	Amsterdam	11	5	0	16
5	Seve van Ass	HGC	1	11	4	16
7	Koen Bijen	Den Bosch	12	1	2	15
7	Gijs van Merriënboer	Oranje-Rood	0	14	1	15
9	Dennis Warmerdam	Pinoké	14	0	0	14
9	Leandro Tolini	Tilburg	0	14	0	14

Play-offs

The semi-finals were held on 15, 21 and 22 May 2022 and the final was held on 26 and 28 May 2022.^[7]

Bracket

Semi-finals				Final



Bloemendaal	3	1	2

HGC	0	3	1
				Bloemendaal	3 (3)	3

				Pinoké	3 (0)	0
Pinoké		2 (4)	3

Amsterdam		2 (3)	0

Semi-finals

15 May 2022
18:00

HGC	0–3	Bloemendaal
	Report	Fuchs 27' Van der Veen 50' J. Brinkman 50'

De Roggewoning, Wassenaar

21 May 2022
16:00

Bloemendaal	1–3	HGC
Croon 14'	Report	Vos 53' Boltó 55' Van der Kroon 68'

Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

22 May 2022
15:00

Bloemendaal	2–1	HGC
Swaen 42' Bovendeert 45'	Report	Forsyth 39'

Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal won series 2–1.

15 May 2022
16:00

Amsterdam	2–2	Pinoké
Mitton 8' Dommershuijzen 31'	Report	Van Hattum 20' Warmerdam 69'
Penalties
Lissone Pruyser Middendorp Verga Mitton	3–4	Wellen Landbrug Bonhof Warmerdam M. Bukkens

Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

21 May 2022
16:00

Pinoké	3–0	Amsterdam
M. Bukkens 15' Dockier 29', 37'	Report

Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen

Pinoké won series 2–0.

Final

26 May 2022
14:45

Pinoké	3–3	Bloemendaal
Hendrickx 18', 44' Wellen 30'	Report	T. Brinkman 3' Swaen 32' Van Doren 70'
Penalties
Wellen Landbrug Bonhof	0–3	Croon T. Brinkman Fuchs

Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen

28 May 2022
15:45

Bloemendaal	3–0	Pinoké
Bovendeert 13', 21' Swaen 68'	Report

Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal won series 2–0.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs were held on 1, 4 and 6 June 2022.^[7]

Overview

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Voordaan	2–1	Tilburg	2–2 (3–2 s.o.)	1–4	4–4 (4–2 s.o.)
HDM	2–1	SCHC	3–3 (1–2 s.o.)	2–1	4–2

Matches

1 June 2022
20:30

Voordaan	2–2	Tilburg
Stolk 18', 70'	Report	Casella 4' Tolini 42'
Penalties
Huisman Vermeij Frohn Stolk	3–2	Sprengers Kreft Casella Verzuu Prol

Sportpark Bos, Groenekan

4 June 2022
16:00

Tilburg	4–1	Voordaan
Krens 31' Tolini 41' Gencarelli 53' Kreft 65'	Report	Stolk 70'

Sportpark Oude Warande, Tilburg

6 June 2022
16:00

Voordaan	4–4	Tilburg
Huisman 18', 21', 45' Stolk 59'	Report	Casella 22', 32' Tolini 53' Krens 64'
Penalties
Huisman Vermeij Frohn Van der Weerd	4–2	Sprengers Casella Kreft Bams

Sportpark Bos, Groenekan

Voordaan won series 2–1 and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse while Tilburg were relegated to the Promotieklasse.

1 June 2022
20:30

HDM	3–3	SCHC
Osses Van den IJssel De Gier	Report	Sweering Terwel Weers
Penalties
Groenheijde De Gier Taberima Schut Burkhardt	1–2	Uildriks Sweering Weers Van Leur Kleinsman

Sportpark Duinzigt, The Hague

4 June 2022
16:00

SCHC	1–2	HDM
Weers 40'	Report	Burkhardt 1', 70'

Sportpark Kees Broekelaan, Bilthoven

6 June 2022
16:00

HDM	4–2	SCHC
Burkhardt 18' Groenheijde 57' Kallenberg 58' Fontaine 67'	Report	Empey 28' Sweering 63'

Sportpark Duinzigt, The Hague

HDM won series 2–1 and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse while SCHC were relegated to the Promotieklasse.

References

^ "Tulp hoofdsponsor en naamgever Hoofdklasse Heren". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 27 August 2020.
^ "Publicatie wedstrijdprogramma Hoofdklasse seizoen 2021-2022". knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "Hockeyers Bloemendaal kampioen na opmerkelijke rode kaart Kampong". nos.nl (in Dutch). 15 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Bloemendaal houdt Pinoké van stunt af en grijpt 22ste landstitel". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^ "Bondsreglement 2021" (PDF). knhb.nl (in Dutch). KNHB. 1 August 2021.
^ "Matla en Hendrickx prolongeren topscorerstitel in Hoofdklasse". hockey.nl (in Dutch).
^ ^a ^b "Alle tijden van de play-offs en play-outs op een rijtje". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 19 May 2022.

[1] "Tulp hoofdsponsor en naamgever Hoofdklasse Heren". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 27 August 2020.

[2] "Publicatie wedstrijdprogramma Hoofdklasse seizoen 2021-2022". knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[3] "Hockeyers Bloemendaal kampioen na opmerkelijke rode kaart Kampong". nos.nl (in Dutch). 15 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[4] "Bloemendaal houdt Pinoké van stunt af en grijpt 22ste landstitel". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

[5] "Bondsreglement 2021" (PDF). knhb.nl (in Dutch). KNHB. 1 August 2021.

[6] "Matla en Hendrickx prolongeren topscorerstitel in Hoofdklasse". hockey.nl (in Dutch).

[play-offs-7] "Alle tijden van de play-offs en play-outs op een rijtje". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 19 May 2022.

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