# 2020–21 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

The 2020–21 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. The season began on 6 September 2020 and was suspended for at least four weeks on 13 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. The season resumed on 31 January 2021. It concluded with the third match of the championship final on 16 May 2021. On 23 April 2021 it was announced that the relegation play-offs would not be played because the second division's season could not be finished due to the pandemic.
The defending champions Bloemendaal won their 21st title by defeating Kampong 2–0 in the final best of three series.

## Teams
### Accommodation and locations

| Team | Location | Province | Accommodation |
| Almere | Almere | Flevoland | Sportpark Klein Brandt |
| 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 |
| Tilburg | Tilburg | North Brabant | Sportpark Oude Warande |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Trainer-coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Almere | Arjan Jolie Bart van der Wolff | Jules Roelvink | Indian Maharadja | ABN AMRO |
| Amsterdam | Santi Freixa | Billy Bakker | Adidas | ABN AMRO |
| Bloemendaal | Rick Mathijssen | Glenn Schuurman | Osaka | ABN AMRO |
| Den Bosch | Jeroen Verboom | Austin Smith | Indian Maharadja | Rabobank |
| HGC | Paul van Ass | Seve van Ass | Indian Maharadja | ABN AMRO |
| Hurley | Reinoud Wolff | Thom Hayward | Osaka | Orange |
| Kampong | Roelant Oltmans | Sander de Wijn | Reece | Rabobank |
| Klein Zwitserland | Omar Schlingemann | Steven van Rhede van der Kloot | Dita | ABN AMRO |
| Oranje-Rood | Robert van der Horst | Thomas Briels | Reece | ABN AMRO |
| Pinoké | Jesse Mahieu | Jannis van Hattum | Adidas | Simpel |
| Rotterdam | Albert Kees Maneschijn | Jeroen Hertzberger | Osaka | ABN AMRO |
| Tilburg | Jeroen Delmee | Felix Gulinck | Adidas | Struplast |

### 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 | 1 | Kampong |
| Flevoland | 1 | Almere |
| Total | 12 | |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bloemendaal (C) | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 34 | +51 | 59 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 2 | Kampong | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 78 | 31 | +47 | 53 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 3 | Rotterdam | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 42 | Qualification for the EHL Ranking Cup and the play-offs |
| 4 | Den Bosch | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 41 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Pinoké | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 39 | |
| 6 | HGC | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 37 | |
| 7 | Amsterdam | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 30 | |
| 8 | Oranje-Rood | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 61 | 63 | −2 | 29 | |
| 9 | Tilburg | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 83 | −41 | 18 | |
| 10 | Hurley | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 32 | 74 | −42 | 15 | |
| 11 | Klein Zwitserland | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 14 | |
| 12 | Almere (R) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 102 | −78 | 0 | Relegation to the Promotieklasse |
* ↑ Kampong received a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player in the game against Tilburg.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALM | AMS | BLO | DB | HGC | HUR | KAM | KZ | OR | PIN | ROT | TIL |
| Almere | — | 2–3 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–10 | 3–7 | 1–5 |
| Amsterdam | 4–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Bloemendaal | 5–2 | 6–3 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 9–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 8–3 |
| Den Bosch | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| HGC | 5–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 3–0 |
| Hurley | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–1 | — | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Kampong | 11–0 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 1–0 | — | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 4–0 |
| Klein Zwitserland | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | — | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Oranje-Rood | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | — | 2–3 | 1–4 | 6–3 |
| Pinoké | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–5 | — | 2–2 | 8–1 |
| Rotterdam | 4–0 | 6–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 |
| Tilburg | 3–2 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 0–8 | 1–6 | — |

### Top goalscorers

    As of 2 May 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
| 1 | Alexander Hendrickx | Pinoké | 1 | 18 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | Mirco Pruyser | Amsterdam | 14 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Jeroen Hertzberger | Rotterdam | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Tim Swaen | Bloemendaal | 1 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Bjorn Kellerman | Kampong | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Thijs van Dam | Rotterdam | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Seve van Ass | HGC | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Jip Janssen | Kampong | 1 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Austin Smith | Den Bosch | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Sébastien Dockier | Pinoké | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Tanguy Cosyns | Amsterdam | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Teun Beins | Oranje-Rood | 2 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Aki Kaeppeler | Klein Zwitserland | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |

## Play-offs

The play-offs started on 5 May 2021 with the semi-finals. All rounds are played in a best of three format, with the higher seeded team playing the second and third game at home.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Bloemendaal | Bloemendaal | 5 | 3 |
| Den Bosch | Den Bosch | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| Den Bosch | Den Bosch | 1 | 0 | Bloemendaal | Bloemendaal | 2 (4) | 2 (3) |
| | | | | Kampong | Kampong | 2 (3) | 2 (1) |
| Kampong | Kampong | 3 | 1 | Kampong | Kampong | 2 (3) | 2 (1) |
| Rotterdam | Rotterdam | 0 | 0 | | | | |

### Semi-finals

* 5 May 2021 18:30
| Den Bosch | 1–5 | Bloemendaal |
| Lodewijks 21' | Report | T. Brinkman 32' Fuchs 42' Bovendeert 50' Van der Drift 62' Swaen 66' |
* Sportpark Oosterplas, 's-Hertogenbosch
* 8 May 2021 14:00
| Bloemendaal | 3–0 | Den Bosch |
| J. Brinkman 31', 65' Van der Drift 55' | Report | |
* Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal won series 2–0.
* 5 May 2021 20:30
| Rotterdam | 0–3 | Kampong |
| | Report | Kemperman 17' Havenga 25' Gruter 60' |
* Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam
* 8 May 2021 16:00
| Kampong | 1–0 | Rotterdam |
| Ceulemans 54' | Report | |
* De Klapperboom, Utrecht
Kampong won series 2–0.

### Final

* 13 May 2021 14:30
| Kampong | 2–2 | Bloemendaal |
| Janssen 27' Havenga 35' | Report | Fuchs 5' Van Doren 63' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–4 | |
* De Klapperboom, Utrecht
* 15 May 2021 16:00
| Bloemendaal | 2–2 | Kampong |
| T. Brinkman 25', 59' | Report | Kemperman 17' Lageman 42' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–1 | |
* Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal won series 2–0 and won their 21st national title.