# 2018–19 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

The 2018–19 Hoofdklasse was the 46th season of the Hoofdklasse, the Netherlands' highest field hockey league. It began on 26 August 2019 and it will conclude with the third match of the championship final on 26 May 2019.
Kampong were the defending champions, having won the 2017–18 season by defeating Amsterdam in the championship final. Bloemendaal won their 20th title by defeating Kampong 2–1 over three matches in the championship final.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams took part in the league: The best nine teams from the 2017–18 season, the two promotion/relegation play-off winners (Pinoké and Almere) and the 2017–18 Overgangsklasse winners (Klein Zwitserland), who replaced HDM.
| 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 |
| 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 |

### Number of teams by province

| Province | Number of teams | Teams |
| North Brabant | 3 | Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood and Tilburg |
| North Holland | 3 | Amsterdam, Bloemendaal and Pinoké |
| South Holland | 3 | HGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam |
| Utrecht | 2 | Kampong and SCHC |
| 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 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 51 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 2 | Kampong | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 51 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 3 | HGC | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 40 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 4 | Amsterdam | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 40 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Oranje-Rood | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 38 | |
| 6 | Den Bosch | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 37 | |
| 7 | Rotterdam | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 35 | |
| 8 | Pinoké | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 21 | |
| 9 | Almere | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 18 | |
| 10 | Tilburg (O) | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 14 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Klein Zwitserland (O) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 13 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | SCHC (R) | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 35 | 75 | −40 | 9 | Relegation to the Promotieklasse |

### Results

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

## Play-offs

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 | 2 | 1 (4) |
| Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 0 | 1 (2) | | | | |
| Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 0 | 1 (2) | Bloemendaal | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | Kampong | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kampong | Kampong | 5 | 3 | Kampong | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| HGC | HGC | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| HGC | HGC | 2 | 2 | EHL play-off | EHL play-off | EHL play-off | EHL play-off |
| | | | | HGC | 2 | 5 (3) | 2 (7) |
| | | | | Amsterdam | 3 | 5 (2) | 2 (6) |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played from 15 to 19 May 2019.

#### (1) Bloemendaal vs (4) Amsterdam

* 15 May 2019 20:30
| Amsterdam | 0–2 | Bloemendaal |
| | | J. Brinkman 62' Swaen 69' |
* Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen
* 18 May 2019 16:00
| Bloemendaal | 1–1 | Amsterdam |
| Fuchs 59' | | Buissant 34' |
| Penalties |||
| | 4–2 | |
* Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal won series 2–0.

#### (2) Kampong vs. (3) HGC

* 15 May 2019 20:30
| HGC | 2–5 | Kampong |
| Plennevaux 22' Van Tongeren 53' | | Meulenbroek 17', 42', 46', 56' Kellerman 36' |
* De Roggewoning, Wassenaar
* 18 May 2019 16:00
| Kampong | 3–2 | HGC |
| De Vilder 42' Janssen 48' Kellerman 65' | | Jackson 41', 44' |
* De Klapperboom, Utrecht
Kampong won series 2–0.

### EHL play-off

Because the regular season champions, Bloemendaal, also qualified for the final, an extra series was needed to determine the third Dutch qualifier for the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League.
* 22 May 2019 20:30
| Amsterdam | 3–2 | HGC |
| Verga 16' Pruyser 23' Reid-Ross 28' | | Jackson 17' Cosyns 62' |
* Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen
* 25 May 2019 16:00
| HGC | 5–5 | Amsterdam |
| Jackson 10' Schoenaker 26' Van Ass 33' Cosyns 63' Van der Linden 69' | | Reid-Ross 17', 31', 44' Burkhardt 21' Leijs 64' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–2 | |
* De Roggewoning, Wassenaar
* 26 May 2019 16:00
| HGC | 2–2 | Amsterdam |
| Van Ass 48' Cosyns 55' | | Reid-Ross 32' Pruyser 41' |
| Penalties |||
| | 7–6 | |
* De Roggewoning, Wassenaar
HGC won series 2–1.

### Final

* 22 May 2019 20:30
| Kampong | 1–2 | Bloemendaal |
| Meulenbroek 67' | | Croon 6' T. Brinkman 69' |
* De Klapperboom, Utrecht
* 25 May 2019 16:00
| Bloemendaal | 1–2 | Kampong |
| Van der Drift 2' | | Phijffer 26' Janssen 52' |
* Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal
* 26 May 2019 16:00
| Bloemendaal | 2–0 | Kampong |
| Croon 29' Fuchs 44' | | |
* Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal won series 2–1.

### Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| HDM | 0–2 | Klein Zwitserland | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Cartouche | 1–2 | Tilburg | 1–2 | 3–3 (3–2 s.o.) | 1–2 |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 12 May 2019
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jeroen Hertzberger | Rotterdam | 23 |
| 2 | Ashley Jackson | HGC | 17 |
| 2 | Justin Reid-Ross | Amsterdam | 17 |
| 4 | Alex Hendrickx | Pinoké | 15 |
| 5 | Mirco Pruyser | Amsterdam | 14 |
| 5 | Mink van der Weerden | Oranje-Rood | 14 |
| 7 | Nicolás Della Torre | Den Bosch | 13 |
| 8 | Bjorn Kellerman | Kampong | 12 |
| 8 | Tim Swaen | Bloemendaal | 12 |
| 8 | Jelle Galema | Den Bosch | 12 |