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

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league. It began on 26 August 2019 and it will conclude with the third match of the championship final on 26 May 2019.

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were the defending champions, having won the 2017–18 season by defeating

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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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