# 2021–22 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

The 2021–22 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons, 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.
Bloemendaal were the defending champions. They defended their title by defeating Pinoké 3–0 in the final best of three series.

## 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 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 3 | Amsterdam | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 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 |

### 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 | — |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
| 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.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Bloemendaal | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| HGC | 0 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| HGC | 0 | 3 | 1 | Bloemendaal | Bloemendaal | 3 (3) | 3 |
| | | | | Pinoké | Pinoké | 3 (0) | 0 |
| Pinoké | Pinoké | 2 (4) | 3 | Pinoké | Pinoké | 3 (0) | 0 |
| Amsterdam | 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 Attendance: 2,750
* 28 May 2022 15:45
| Bloemendaal | 3–0 | Pinoké |
| Bovendeert 13', 21' Swaen 68' | Report | |
* Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Attendance: 4,000
Bloemendaal won series 2–0.

## Relegation play-offs

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

### 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.