# 2022–23 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

The 2022–23 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons, was the 50th season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. It began on 3 September 2022 and concluded on 29 May 2023 with the second match of the championship final.
Bloemendaal were the three-time defending champions. They lost 5–1 on aggregate in the championship final to Pinoké who won their first national title.

## Changes from 2021–22

Starting from this season all the matches in the Hoofdklasse were played in four quarters of 15 minutes in accordance with the international rules of hockey; previously, the quarters were 17.5 minutes. Originally, the championship final would be played over one match at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen instead of the best of three home and away series as the previous seasons. The semi-finals of the play-offs would remain a best of three series. After consultation with the Hoofdklasse clubs, it was decided to play both the semi-final and final rounds in two games: one home and one away.

## Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league - the top nine teams from the previous season, the winner of the 2021–22 Promotieklasse and the two winners of the 2021–22 relegation play-offs. Schaerweijde won the 2021–22 Promotieklasse and replaced Hurley, while HDM and Voordaan were promoted after beating SCHC and Tilburg in the relegation play-offs.

### 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 |
| HDM | The Hague | South Holland | Sportpark Duinzigt |
| 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 |
| Schaerweijde | Zeist | Utrecht | Sportpark Krakelingweg |
| Voordaan | Groenekan | Utrecht | Sportpark Bos |

### Number of teams by province

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

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kampong | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 53 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 2 | Bloemendaal | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 49 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 3 | Rotterdam | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 41 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Pinoké (C) | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 38 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 5 | Oranje-Rood | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 38 | |
| 6 | Den Bosch | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 35 | |
| 7 | Amsterdam | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 31 | |
| 8 | Klein Zwitserland | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 31 | |
| 9 | HGC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 23 | |
| 10 | HDM (O) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Schaerweijde (O) | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 10 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Voordaan (R) | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 133 | −110 | 1 | Relegation to the Promotieklasse |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AMS | BLO | DB | HDM | HGC | KAM | KZ | OR | PIN | ROT | SCH | VOO |
| Amsterdam | — | 1–4 | 2–4 | 7–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 10–0 |
| Bloemendaal | 3–0 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Den Bosch | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 11–1 |
| HDM | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–7 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| HGC | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Kampong | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 6–1 |
| Klein Zwitserland | 2–4 | 5–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Oranje-Rood | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–4 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| Pinoké | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 |
| Rotterdam | 2–6 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 8–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 6–1 | 10–1 |
| Schaerweijde | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–6 | — | 3–1 |
| Voordaan | 0–7 | 2–7 | 0–4 | 4–6 | 0–5 | 0–12 | 3–5 | 0–6 | 3–7 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
| 1 | Jeroen Hertzberger | Rotterdam | 14 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 1 | Jip Janssen | Kampong | 0 | 32 | 2 | 34 |
| 3 | Aki Käppeler | Klein Zwitserland | 0 | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Alexander Hendrickx | Pinoké | 0 | 21 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Jeremy Hayward | Den Bosch | 1 | 15 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Boris Burkhardt | Amsterdam | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Sam Lane | Oranje-Rood | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Duco Telgenkamp | Kampong | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Koen Bijen | Den Bosch | 13 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Tim Swaen | Bloemendaal | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 |

## Play-offs
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Bloemendaal | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Rotterdam | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Rotterdam | 1 | 3 | 4 | Bloemendaal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | Pinoké | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Kampong | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pinoké | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Pinoké | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |

### Semi-finals

* 18 May 2023 18:00
| Rotterdam | 1–2 | Bloemendaal |
| Menini 59' | Report | Van Doren 19' Warmerdam 44' |
* Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam
* 21 May 2023 16:30
| Bloemendaal | 4–3 | Rotterdam |
| Swaen 13' Van Doren 25', 35' Bovendeert 55' | Report | Van der Heijden 17' Hertzberger 20', 53' |
* Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal won 6–4 on aggregate.
* 18 May 2023 16:00
| Pinoké | 3–1 | Kampong |
| Hendrickx 16' M. Bukkens 23' Landbrug 28' | Report | Janssen 21' |
* Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen
* 21 May 2023 14:30
| Kampong | 1–2 | Pinoké |
| Janssen 8' | Report | Dockier 1' Van Aubel 9' |
* De Klapperboom, Utrecht
Pinoké won 5–2 on aggregate.

### Final

* 27 May 2023 16:00
| Pinoké | 1–1 | Bloemendaal |
| Hendrickx 50' | Report | Van Doren 55' |
* Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen
* 29 May 2023 16:00
| Bloemendaal | 0–4 | Pinoké |
| | Report | Landbrug 31', 51' Hendrickx 50' De Vilder 54' |
* Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal
Pinoké won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs were held on 24, 27 and 29 May 2023.

### Overview

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Hurley | 0–2 | HDM | 1–2 | 2–4 | |
| Nijmegen | 1–2 | Schaerweijde | 3–3 (2–1 s.o.) | 2–4 | 2–3 |