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 Sportpark Klein Brandt Amsterdam Amstelveen Wagener Stadium Bloemendaal Bloemendaal Sportpark 't Kopje Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Sportpark Oosterplas HGC Wassenaar De Roggewoning Kampong Utrecht De Klapperboom Klein Zwitserland The Hague Sportpark Klein Zwitserland Oranje-Rood Eindhoven Sportpark Aalsterweg Pinoké Amstelveen Amsterdamse Bos Rotterdam Rotterdam Hazelaarweg Stadion SCHC Bilthoven Sportpark Kees Broekelaan Tilburg Tilburg Sportpark Oude Warande
Number of teams by province ProvinceNumber of teamsTeams3Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood and TilburgAmsterdam, Bloemendaal and PinokéHGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam2Kampong and SCHC1AlmereTotal12
Regular season League table
Results
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 The semi-finals were played from 15 to 19 May 2019.
(1) Bloemendaal vs (4) Amsterdam
Bloemendaal won series 2–0.
(2) Kampong vs. (3) HGC
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.
HGC won series 2–1.
Final
Bloemendaal won series 2–1.
Relegation play-offs
Statistics Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Jeroen Hertzberger Rotterdam 23 2 Ashley Jackson HGC 17 Justin Reid-Ross Amsterdam 4 Alex Hendrickx Pinoké 15 5 Mirco Pruyser Amsterdam 14 Mink van der Weerden Oranje-Rood 7 Nicolás Della Torre Den Bosch 13 8 Bjorn Kellerman Kampong 12 Tim Swaen Bloemendaal Jelle Galema Den Bosch
References
External links Flashscore page