Format
The season starts in August or September each year and is interrupted by the indoor hockey season from November to February. The outdoor season resumes from March. The league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice, competing for four spots in the championship play-offs. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-finals and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. Each semi-final and the final consist of two-leg matches, with the winner determined by the highest aggregate score over both home and away games. The last placed team is relegated to the second division, the Promotieklasse. The eleventh-placed team plays in a relegation play-off against the runners-up of the Promotieklasse and the tenth-placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed from the Promotieklasse. The winners of these matches will play the next season in the Hoofdklasse.Teams
Accommodation and locations
List of champions
National champions (1897–1973)
Hoofdklasse era (1973–present)
Champions
By club
By province
Media coverage
Since 2015, almost every Sunday, one match from either the men's or the women's league is broadcast live by eitherSee also
* Women's Hoofdklasse HockeyReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoofdklasse Hockey Men Field hockey leagues in the Netherlands Sports leagues established in 1973 1973 establishments in the Netherlands Neth Professional sports leagues in the Netherlands