2020–21 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

The 2020–21 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 48th season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. The season began on 6 September 2020 and was suspended for at least four weeks on 13 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.^[2] The season resumed on 31 January 2021.^[3] It concluded with the third match of the championship final on 16 May 2021.^[4] On 23 April 2021 it was announced that the relegation play-offs would not be played because the second division's season could not be finished due to the pandemic.^[5]

Hoofdklasse

Season	2020–21
Dates	6 September 2020 – 16 May 2021
Champions	Bloemendaal (21st title)
Regular season	Bloemendaal
Relegated	Almere
Euro Hockey League	Bloemendaal Kampong
EHL Ranking Cup	Rotterdam
Matches played	132
Goals scored	668 (5.06 per match)
Best Player	Arthur Van Doren
Top goalscorer	Alexander Hendrickx (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Kampong 11–0 Almere
Biggest away win	Almere 0–10 Pinoké
Highest scoring	Rotterdam 6–6 Amsterdam
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The defending champions Bloemendaal won their 21st title by defeating Kampong 2–0 in the final best of three series.^[6]

Teams

Bloemendaal

Klein Zwitserland

Amsterdamse Bos

Rotterdam

HGC

Almere

Kampong

Tilburg

Den Bosch

Oranje-Rood

Amsterdamse Bos teams
Amsterdam
Hurley
Pinoké

2020–21 Men's Hoofdklasse teams

Accommodation and locations

Team	Location	Province	Accommodation
Almere	Almere	Flevoland	Sportpark Klein Brandt
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
Tilburg	Tilburg	North Brabant	Sportpark Oude Warande

Personnel and kits

Team	Trainer-coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Almere	Arjan Jolie Bart van der Wolff	Jules Roelvink	Indian Maharadja	ABN AMRO
Amsterdam	Santi Freixa	Billy Bakker	Adidas	ABN AMRO
Bloemendaal	Rick Mathijssen	Glenn Schuurman	Osaka	ABN AMRO
Den Bosch	Jeroen Verboom	Austin Smith	Indian Maharadja	Rabobank
HGC	Paul van Ass	Seve van Ass	Indian Maharadja	ABN AMRO
Hurley	Reinoud Wolff	Thom Hayward	Osaka	Orange
Kampong	Roelant Oltmans	Sander de Wijn	Reece	Rabobank
Klein Zwitserland	Omar Schlingemann	Steven van Rhede van der Kloot	Dita	ABN AMRO
Oranje-Rood	Robert van der Horst	Thomas Briels	Reece	ABN AMRO
Pinoké	Jesse Mahieu	Jannis van Hattum	Adidas	Simpel
Rotterdam	Albert Kees Maneschijn	Jeroen Hertzberger	Osaka	ABN AMRO
Tilburg	Jeroen Delmee	Felix Gulinck	Adidas	Struplast

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		HGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam
Utrecht	1	Kampong
Flevoland		Almere
Total	12

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bloemendaal (C)	22	19	2	1	85	34	+51	59	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2	Kampong	22	18	2	2	78	31	+47	53[a]
3	Rotterdam	22	12	6	4	66	42	+24	42	Qualification for the EHL Ranking Cup and the play-offs
4	Den Bosch	22	13	2	7	50	34	+16	41	Qualification for the play-offs
5	Pinoké	22	12	3	7	75	41	+34	39
6	HGC	22	12	1	9	61	43	+18	37
7	Amsterdam	22	8	6	8	59	60	−1	30
8	Oranje-Rood	22	9	2	11	61	63	−2	29
9	Tilburg	22	5	3	14	42	83	−41	18
10	Hurley	22	5	0	17	32	74	−42	15
11	Klein Zwitserland	22	3	5	14	35	61	−26	14
12	Almere (R)	22	0	0	22	24	102	−78	0	Relegation to the Promotieklasse

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.^[8]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Kampong received a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player in the game against Tilburg.^[7]

Results

Home \ Away	ALM	AMS	BLO	DB	HGC	HUR	KAM	KZ	OR	PIN	ROT	TIL
Almere	—	2–3	1–7	1–2	0–7	2–4	1–2	1–4	2–4	0–10	3–7	1–5
Amsterdam	4–0	—	1–3	2–4	3–2	5–1	1–4	4–2	5–1	1–3	3–3	1–1
Bloemendaal	5–2	6–3	—	3–0	3–2	9–2	4–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	8–3
Den Bosch	2–0	5–1	1–0	—	1–2	3–0	2–4	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	3–1
HGC	5–1	4–3	0–2	4–0	—	2–1	2–3	4–0	4–1	1–2	0–7	3–0
Hurley	2–1	1–3	0–6	0–6	0–1	—	1–4	4–2	1–5	2–6	1–3	3–2
Kampong	11–0	6–3	1–2	2–1	5–4	1–0	—	5–0	3–1	1–0	6–3	4–0
Klein Zwitserland	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–3	0–2	0–4	—	1–5	1–2	1–4	2–2
Oranje-Rood	3–2	2–2	2–5	3–1	2–3	4–1	1–3	4–3	—	2–3	1–4	6–3
Pinoké	6–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	3–2	5–4	2–5	4–2	4–5	—	2–2	8–1
Rotterdam	4–0	6–6	1–2	0–3	0–4	1–0	2–2	1–1	4–3	1–0	—	3–0
Tilburg	3–2	3–4	4–5	1–4	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–4	4–3	0–8	1–6	—

Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 2 May 2021

Rank	Player	Club	FG	PC	PS	Goals
1	Alexander Hendrickx	Pinoké	1	18	2	21
2	Mirco Pruyser	Amsterdam	14	2	4	20
3	Jeroen Hertzberger	Rotterdam	6	8	5	19
	Tim Swaen	Bloemendaal	1	18	0
5	Bjorn Kellerman	Kampong	15	0	0	15
	Thijs van Dam	Rotterdam	13	2	0
	Seve van Ass	HGC	2	11	2
	Jip Janssen	Kampong	1	14	0
9	Austin Smith	Den Bosch	1	13	0	14
10	Sébastien Dockier	Pinoké	13	0	0	13
	Tanguy Cosyns	Amsterdam	4	9	0
	Teun Beins	Oranje-Rood	2	10	1
	Aki Kaeppeler	Klein Zwitserland	0	13	0

Play-offs

The play-offs started on 5 May 2021 with the semi-finals. All rounds are played in a best of three format, with the higher seeded team playing the second and third game at home.^[9]

Bracket

	Semi-finals						Final
	Bloemendaal		5	3
	Den Bosch		1	0
							Bloemendaal		2 (4)	2 (3)
							Kampong		2 (3)	2 (1)
	Kampong		3	1
	Rotterdam		0	0

Semi-finals

5 May 2021 18:30 Den Bosch 1–5 Bloemendaal Lodewijks  21' Report T. Brinkman  32' Fuchs  42' Bovendeert  50' Van der Drift  62' Swaen  66' Sportpark Oosterplas, 's-Hertogenbosch

8 May 2021 14:00 Bloemendaal 3–0 Den Bosch J. Brinkman  31', 65' Van der Drift  55' Report Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal won series 2–0.

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5 May 2021 20:30 Rotterdam 0–3 Kampong Report Kemperman  17' Havenga  25' Gruter  60' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam

8 May 2021 16:00 Kampong 1–0 Rotterdam Ceulemans  54' Report De Klapperboom, Utrecht

Kampong won series 2–0.

Final

13 May 2021 14:30 Kampong 2–2 Bloemendaal Janssen  27' Havenga  35' Report Fuchs  5' Van Doren  63' Penalties 3–4 De Klapperboom, Utrecht

15 May 2021 16:00 Bloemendaal 2–2 Kampong T. Brinkman  25', 59' Report Kemperman  17' Lageman  42' Penalties 3–1 Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal won series 2–0 and won their 21st national title.

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