2018–19 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey
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The 2018–19 Hoofdklasse was the 46th season of the
Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...
, the Netherlands' highest
field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
league. It began on 26 August 2019 and it will conclude with the third match of the championship final on 26 May 2019.
Kampong A kampong (this term is in Za'aba Spelling, ''kampung'' in both modern Malay and Indonesian) is a term for a type of village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "dock" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especi ...
were the defending champions, having won the 2017–18 season by defeating
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
in the championship final.
Bloemendaal Bloemendaal () is a municipality and town in the Western Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands. It is located just west of Haa ...
won their 20th title by defeating Kampong 2–1 over three matches in the championship final.


Teams

A total of 12 teams took part in the league: The best nine teams from the 2017–18 season, the two promotion/relegation play-off winners (Pinoké and Almere) and the 2017–18 Overgangsklasse winners ( Klein Zwitserland), who replaced HDM.


Number of teams by province


Regular season


League table


Results


Play-offs

All rounds are played in a best of three format, with the higher seeded team playing the second and third game at home.


Bracket


Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played from 15 to 19 May 2019.


(1) Bloemendaal vs (4) Amsterdam

''Bloemendaal won series 2–0.''


(2) Kampong vs. (3) HGC

''Kampong won series 2–0.''


EHL play-off

Because the regular season champions, Bloemendaal, also qualified for the final, an extra series was needed to determine the third Dutch qualifier for the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League. ''HGC won series 2–1.''


Final

''Bloemendaal won series 2–1.''


Relegation play-offs


Statistics


Top goalscorers


References


External links


Flashscore page
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