Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey

The Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey is the women's top division of field hockey in the Netherlands. The league ranks first in the European league ranking table. The league was established in 1981 and, prior to that, champions of several districts played in a championship pool to determine the national champion.

Den Bosch are the current champions, having won the 2024–25 season by defeating SCHC in the championship final. Den Bosch has the most titles with 23 followed by Amsterdam with 21.

Format The season starts in August or September of each year and is interrupted by the indoor hockey season from November to February. From March the outdoor season will be continued. The league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice and who compete for four spots in the championship play-offs. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-final and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. The last-placed team is relegated to the second division, the Promotieklasse. The eleventh-placed team plays in a relegation play-off against the runners-up of the Promotieklasse and the tenth-placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed from the Promotieklasse. The winners of these matches will play the next season in the Hoofdklasse.

Teams

Accommodation and locations Team Location Province Accommodation Amsterdam Amstelveen Wagener Stadium Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Sportpark Oosterplas HDM The Hague Sportpark Duinzigt HGC Wassenaar De Roggewoning Huizen Naarden Sportpark Bestevaer Hurley Amstelveen Amsterdamse Bos Kampong Utrecht De Klapperboom Oranje-Rood Eindhoven Sportpark Aalsterweg Rotterdam Rotterdam Hazelaarweg Stadion Pinoké Amstelveen Amsterdamse Bos SCHC Bilthoven Sportpark Kees Broekelaan Tilburg Tilburg Oude Warande

List of champions National champions (1920–1981) No. Season Champions 1 1920–21 HOC (1) 2 1921–22 HOC (2) 3 1922–23 HOC (3) 4 1923–24 HOC (4) 5 1924–25 HOC (5) 6 1925–26 HOC (6) 7 1926–27 HOC (7) 8 1927–28 HOC (8) – 1928–29 Not held 9 1929–30 HOC (9) 10 1930–31 HOC (10) 11 1931–32 HOC (11) 12 1932–33 HOC (12) 13 1933–34 HOC (13) 14 1934–35 HOC (14) 15 1935–36 BDHC (1) No. Season Champions 16 1936–37 Amsterdam (1) 17 1937–38 Amsterdam (2) 18 1938–39 Rood-Wit (1) – 1939–40 Not held – 1940–41 Not held – 1941–42 Not held – 1942–43 Not held – 1943–44 Not held – 1944–45 Not held 19 1945–46 Rood-Wit (2) – 1946–47 Not held 20 1947–48 HHIJC (1) 21 1948–49 Amsterdam (3) 22 1949–50 BDHC (2) 23 1950–51 BDHC (3) No. Season Champions 24 1951–52 BDHC (4) 25 1952–53 Gooische (1) 26 1953–54 HHIJC (2) 27 1954–55 BDHC (5) 28 1955–56 Oranje Zwart (1) 29 1956–57 EMHC (1) 30 1957–58 BDHC (6) 31 1958–59 BDHC (7) 32 1959–60 Union (1) 33 1960–61 BDHC (8) 34 1961–62 BDHC (9) – 1962–63 Not held 35 1963–64 BDHC (10) 36 1964–65 BDHC (11) 37 1965–66 EMHC (2) No. Season Champions 38 1966–67 BDHC (12) 39 1967–68 EMHC (3) 40 1968–69 Oranje Zwart (2) 41 1969–70 Oranje Zwart (3) 42 1970–71 Amsterdam (4) 43 1971–72 Amsterdam (5) 44 1972–73 De Kieviten (1) 45 1973–74 Amsterdam (6) 46 1974–75 Amsterdam (7) 47 1975–76 Amsterdam (8) 48 1976–77 Were Di (1) 49 1977–78 Were Di (2) 50 1978–79 Amsterdam (9) 51 1979–80 Amsterdam (10) 52 1980–81 Amsterdam (11)

Hoofdklasse era (1981–present) SeasonChampionsRunners-upTop goalscorer (Club)Goals 1981–82 HGC (1) Amsterdam Sandra Le Poole (Amsterdam) 31 1982–83 Amsterdam (12) HGC Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 21 1983–84 Amsterdam (13) Hilversum Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam) 25 1984–85 HGC (2) Amsterdam Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 31 1985–86 HGC (3) Hilversum Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 38 1986–87 Amsterdam (14) HGC Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 46 1987–88 HGC (4) Amsterdam Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 34 1988–89 Amsterdam (15) HGC Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam) 24 1989–90 HGC (5) Amsterdam Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam) 22 1990–91 Amsterdam (16) HGC Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam) 25 1991–92 Amsterdam (17) HGC Wietske de Ruiter (HGC) 46 1992–93 HGC (6) Amsterdam Wietske de Ruiter (HGC) Mieketine Wouters (Amsterdam) 20 1993–94 Kampong (1) MOP Frederiek Grijpma (Laren) 20 1994–95 Kampong (2) HGC Wietske de Ruiter (HGC) 26 1995–96 HGC (7) Kampong Wietske de Ruiter (HGC) 21 1996–97 HGC (8) Amsterdam Suzan van der Wielen (HGC) Mieketine Wouters (Amsterdam) 20 1997–98 Den Bosch (1) Amsterdam Suzan van der Wielen (HGC) Pietie Coetzee (Amsterdam) 22 1998–99 Den Bosch (2) Amsterdam Frederiek Grijpma (Amsterdam) 22 1999–2000 Den Bosch (3) Amsterdam Ageeth Boomgaardt (Den Bosch) 25 2000–01 Den Bosch (4) Rotterdam Mieketine Wouters (Laren) 25 2001–02 Den Bosch (5) Rotterdam Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch) 36 2002–03 Den Bosch (6) Laren Alyson Annan (Klein Zwitserland) 26 2003–04 Den Bosch (7) Amsterdam Ageeth Boomgaardt (Den Bosch) 36 2004–05 Den Bosch (8) Amsterdam Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch) 33 2005–06 Den Bosch (9) Amsterdam Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch) 25 2006–07 Den Bosch (10) Amsterdam Kim Lammers (Laren) 34 2007–08 Den Bosch (11) Amsterdam Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 23 2008–09 Amsterdam (18) Den Bosch Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 44 2009–10 Den Bosch (12) Laren Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 27 2010–11 Den Bosch (13) Laren Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 43 2011–12 Den Bosch (14) Laren Kim Lammers (Laren) 40 2012–13 Amsterdam (19) Den Bosch Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 37 2013–14 Den Bosch (15) SCHC Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 29 2014–15 Den Bosch (16) SCHC Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 32 2015–16 Den Bosch (17) Amsterdam Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 31 2016–17 Den Bosch (18) Amsterdam Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 23 2017–18 Den Bosch (19) Amsterdam Pien van Nes (HDM) Charlotte Vega (Amsterdam) Caia van Maasakker (SCHC) 16 2018–19 Amsterdam (20) Den Bosch Ginella Zerbo (SCHC) 24 2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) 25 2020–21 Den Bosch (20) Amsterdam Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) 24 2021–22 Den Bosch (21) SCHC Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) 35 2022–23 Amsterdam (21) SCHC Yibbi Jansen (SCHC) 23 2023–24Den Bosch (22)SCHC Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch)27 2024–25Den Bosch (23)SCHC Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch)22 2025–26

Champions By club ClubChampionshipsSeasons wonDen Bosch231997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023-24, 2024-25Amsterdam211936–37, 1937–38, 1948–49, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2022–23HOC141920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35BDHC121935–36, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67HGC81981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97Oranje Zwart31955–56, 1968–69, 1969–70EMHC1956–57, 1965–66, 1967–68Kampong21993–94, 1994–95Were Di1976–77, 1977–78HHIJC1947–48, 1953–54Rood-Wit1938–39, 1945–46De Kieviten11972–73Union1959–60Gooische1952–53

By province ProvinceChampionshipsClubs36Amsterdam (21), BDHC (12), Rood-Wit (2), Gooische (1)31Den Bosch (23), Oranje Zwart (3), EMHC (3), Were Di (2)25HOC (14), HGC (8), HHIJC (2), De Kieviten (1)2Kampong (2)1Union (1)

Media coverage Since 2015, almost every Sunday, one match from either the men's or the women's league is broadcast live by either Ziggo Sport or the NOS.

See also Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

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