The 2012–13 Eredivisie season was the 53rd season of the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

ice hockey league, and the first since the disbanding of the

North Sea Cup The North Sea Cup was a short-lived hockey league that temporarily succeeded the Dutch Eredivisie (ice hockey), Eredivisie from 2010-2012. It was the only professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands and the highest level of competition sanct ...

and the reversion to the league's original name. Six Dutch teams and one Belgian team took part in the season. When the Leuven Chiefs withdrew from the North Sea Cup at the end of the 2011–2012 season, only one Belgian team, HYC Herentals, remained in the mixed Dutch/Belgian tournament. It was decided to dispense with the North Sea Cup, reinstate the Dutch Eredivisie regular season, and admit HYC Herentals to the Eredivisie. Thus in 2012–2013, Herentals was the sole Belgian team to compete for the Dutch national championship (although Herentals still competed for the

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

). Also new for the 2012–2013 season was the change of name of the Amsterdam team from "Amsterdam Capitals" the " Amsterdam G's" after finding a title sponsor. The traditional first game (known as the "Ron Berteling Bowl"), was played on September 30 between the winner of the Dutch Cup and the winner of the Dutch championship from the previous year. The 7-team, 36-game regular season was followed by a playoff of the top 4 teams (a best-of five semi-final and a best-of-five final). HYS The Hague was both the top team in the regular season and the Dutch national champions after sweeping both rounds of the playoffs.

Regular season

National Championship Playoffs

References

External links

Results at official website
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