Sportvereniging Kampong Hockey (; ), also known as SV Kampong or simply Kampong, is a Dutch

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club based in

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. It was founded in 1902, making it the second oldest hockey club in the Netherlands. Both the men's and the women's 1st XI compete in the Hoofdklasse, country's top-tier league. The men's team won the league in 2017, after 32 years without a national title, after a clash with Rotterdam. They have also competed in the

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Etymology

The term 'Kampong' is Javanese in origin. Having hundreds years of relationship with

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island (especially during the Dutch colonialism on Indonesia), Javanese language influenced some vocabulary in

Dutch language Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-Europea ...

. The term ꦏꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦁ (''kampung'', ) literally means "

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

" in Javanese, it refers to the historical fact that these hockey club was once played in the villages in Java.

Honours

Men

National title / Hoofdklasse * Winners (8): 1967–68, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1984–85, 2016–17, 2017–18 * ''Runners-up (9)'': 1966–67, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2014–15, 2018–19,

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* Winners (1): 2015–16 * ''Runners-up (1)'': 2017–18

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* Winners (1): 1986 * ''Runners-up (1)'': 1974

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* Winners (1): 1991 Hoofdklasse Indoor * Winners (2): 2006–07, 2012–13

Women

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* Winners (2): 1993–94, 1994–95 * ''Runners-up (1)'': 1995–96

* Winners (2): 1995, 1996

* Winners (1): 1997 Hoofdklasse Indoor * Winners (7): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16

Players

Current squad

Women's squad

Head coach: Fleur van de Kieft

Men's squad

Head coach:

Roelant Oltmans Roelant Wouter Oltmans (born May 25, 1954) is a Dutch field hockey coach who is the current head coach of Kampong first men's team. Earlier he coached the Larensche Mixed Hockey Club men's team. He coached the Netherlands men's, India men's, Pa ...

Notable players

Men's internationals

; ; *

Grant Schubert Grant Schubert ( OAM) (born 1 August 1980 in Loxton, South Australia) is a field hockey striker from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was named ''World Hockey Young Player ...

; * David Harte ; *

Dean Couzins Dean Warren Couzins (born 9 June 1981 in Christchurch) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', in 2001 against Malaysia. The defender played the latter part of 20 ...

; * Ramón Alegre

Women's internationals

; ;/ *

Sophie Bray Sophie Charlotte Bray, (born 12 May 1990) is an English international field hockey player who played as a forward for England women's national field hockey team, England and Great Britain women's national field hockey team, Great Britain. She c ...

; * María López * Georgina Oliva

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kampong Dutch field hockey clubs 1902 establishments in the Netherlands Field hockey clubs established in 1902 Sports clubs in Utrecht (city)