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The Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey is the women's top division of Field hockey in the Netherlands. The league ranks first in the European league ranking table. The league was established in 1981 and before the league existed the champions of the several districts played in a championship pool to determine the national champion.
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are the current champions, having won the 2024–25 season by defeating SCHC in the championship final.
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has the most titles with 23 followed by
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with 21.


Format

The season starts in August or September of each year and is interrupted by the
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season from November to February. From March the outdoor season will be continued. The league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice and who compete for four spots in the championship
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. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-final and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. 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 (1920–1981)


Hoofdklasse era (1981–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 either
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or the NOS.


See also

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Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey The Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, currently known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons, is the men's top division of field hockey in the Netherlands. The league ranks first in the European league ranking table. The league was establish ...


References

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