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 Wagener Stadium Bloemendaal Bloemendaal Sportpark 't Kopje Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Sportpark Oosterplas HGC Wassenaar De Roggewoning Hurley Amstelveen Amsterdamse Bos 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
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 ProvinceNumber of teamsTeams4Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Hurley and Pinoké3Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood and TilburgHGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam2Kampong and SCHCTotal12
Regular season Standings
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alexander HendrickxPinoké0232252 Jip JanssenKampong1201223 Thierry BrinkmanBloemendaal2000204 Jeroen HertzbergerRotterdam5103185 Trent MittonAmsterdam115016 Seve van AssHGC11147 Koen BijenDen Bosch121215 Gijs van MerriënboerOranje-Rood01419 Dennis WarmerdamPinoké140014 Leandro ToliniTilburg0140
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
Bloemendaal won series 2–1.
Pinoké won series 2–0.
Final
Bloemendaal won series 2–0.
Relegation play-offs The relegation play-offs were held on 1, 4 and 6 June 2022. Overview
Matches
Voordaan won series 2–1 and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse while Tilburg were relegated to the Promotieklasse.
HDM won series 2–1 and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse while SCHC were relegated to the Promotieklasse.
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