The 2011–12 season of the Hoofdklasse is competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues. The champions of each group promoted direct to the 2012–13 Topklasse.
Teams
Saturday A
Club Home City Venue Capacity Bennekom Bennekom Eikelhof DOVO Veenendaal Panhuis Huizen Huizen De Wolfskamer 5,000 Jodan Boys Gouda Oosterwei ODIN '59 Heemskerk Assumburg Quick Boys Katwijk aan Zee Nieuw-Zuid 7,500 RKAV Volendam Volendam Gem. Sportpark SDC Putten Putten Putter Eng 4,000 Sparta Nijkerk Nijkerk De Ebbenhorst 5,300 Sportlust '46 Woerden Cromwijck 1,400 Ter Leede Sassenheim De Roodemolen 3,000 Voorschoten '97 Voorschoten Adegeest Young Boys Haarlem Noord Schalkwijkerweg 1,000 Zwaluwen '30 Hoorn Middelweg
Saturday B
Club Location Venue Capacity ASWH Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Sportpark Schildman 3.000 Achilles Veen Veen De Heuye Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis Lavendelstraat 5.000 Heerjansdam Heerjansdam De Molenwei Hoek Hoek Denoek 2.500 Kloetinge Kloetinge Wesselopark 1.500 Kozakken Boys Werkendam De Zwaaier 2.500 LRC Leerdam Bruinsdeel Nieuw-Lekkerland Nieuw Lekkerland Excelsior Nivo Sparta Zaltbommel Eurosportpark RVVH Ridderkerk Ridderkerk 3.000 Scheveningen Scheveningen, The Hague Houtrust 3.500 XerxesDZB Rotterdam Sportpark Faas Wilkes 3.500 Zwaluwen Vlaardingen Zwaluwen
Saturday C
Club Location Venue Capacity ACV Assen Univé Sportpark 5.000 CSV Apeldoorn Apeldoorn Sportpark Orderbos 2.500 Berkum Zwolle De Vegtlust 3.000 DETO Vriezenveen Het Midden DVS '33 Ermelo DVS '33 Drachtster Boys Drachten Drachtster Bos Flevo Boys Emmeloord Sportpark Ervenbos 3.000 Nunspeet Nunspeet De Wiltsangh 6.000 ONS Sneek Sneek Zuidersportpark Oranje Nassau Groningen Coendersborg Staphorst Staphorst Het Noorderslag 2.500 Urk Urk De Vormt VVOG Harderwijk De Strokel WHC Wezep Mulderssingel
Sunday A
Club Location Venue Capacity ADO '20 Heemskerk De Vlotter AFC '34 Alkmaar Gemeentelijk Sportpark Alphense Boys Alphen aan den Rijn De Bijlen Chabab Amsterdam Sloten DHC Delft Brasserskade De Zouaven Grootebroek De Kloet Elinkwijk Zuilen, Utrecht Elinkwijk Koninklijke HFC Haarlem Kon. HFC Leonidas Rotterdam Leonidas Nieuwenhoorn Nieuwenhoorn, Hellevoetsluis Nieuwenhoorn VPV Purmersteijn Purmerend Purmersteijn RKAVV Leidschendam De Kastelenring SC Feyenoord Rotterdam Varkenoord Westlandia Naaldwijk Hoge Bomen
Sunday B
Club Location Venue Capacity Baronie Breda Sportpark De Blauwe Kei 7.000 Blauw Geel '38 Veghel Prins Willem Alexander DESK Kaatsheuvel Eikendijk De Valk Valkenswaard Het Valkennest Deurne Deurne De Kranenmortel Dijkse Boys HelmondSportpark Berckendonk 1.500 Dongen Dongen De Biezen EHC Hoensbroek De Dem Gemert Gemert Molenbroek 4.000 Groene Ster Heerlen Pronsebroek Meerssen Meerssen Marsana Nuenen Nuenen Oude Landen OJC Rosmalen Rosmalen De Groote Wielen Venray Venray De Wieën
Sunday C
Club Location Venue Capacity Alcides Meppel Ezinge Babberich Babberich De Buitenboom Be Quick 1887 Haren, Groningen Esserberg DIO Groningen Groningen Kardinge Hoogeveen Hoogeveen Bentinckspark Juliana '31 Malden De Broeklanden LONGA '30 Lichtenvoorde De Treffer MSC Meppel Ezinge RKHVV Huissen De Blauwenburcht Rohda Raalte Raalte Tijenraan Rigtersbleek Enschede Bleekrondom SC NEC Nijmegen De Eendracht SWZ Sneek Sneek Wit Zwart UDI '19 Uden Parkzicht
League tables
Saturday A
Saturday B
Saturday C
Championship play-off In determining which team becomes champion, only the achieved number of points is considered. The goal difference is completely ignored. Therefore, WHC and DETO were considered to have ended equal and had to play an additional match against each other on neutral ground in Hardenberg to decide which team would become champion and which team would have to play the promotion/relegation Topklasse/Hoofdklasse play-offs.
Team 1 Score Team 2 WHC 1-2 (aet) DETO Source:
Sunday A
Sunday B
Relegation play-off In determining which teams relegate directly and which teams are allowed to play the play-offs to avoid relegation, only the achieved number of points is considered. The goal difference is initially completely ignored. Therefore, Meerssen, de Valk and Dijkse Boys were considered to have ended equal and had to play a play-off to decide which 2 teams were allowed to enter the promotion/relegation Hoofdklasse/Eerste Klasse play-offs. The play-off is a semi competition in which each team plays one match at home and one match away. If two or more teams end with the same number of points not the goal difference of the play-off but the goal difference of the regular season determines the final ranking.
Sunday C
Promotion/relegation play-off Topklasse – Hoofdklasse First round The 3 period winners of each league are grouped together and play a semi-competition to decide which of the three continues to the second round. Each team plays one match at home and one match away.
Saturday A
Saturday B
Saturday C
Sunday A
Sunday B
Sunday C
Second and Final round The 3 remaining teams from the Saturday leagues and the team ranked 13th in the 2012–13 Topklasse Saturday league play in a knock-out system for 1 spot in the 2012–13 Topklasse Saturday league. Likewise, the 3 remaining teams from the Sunday leagues and the team ranked 13th in the 2012–13 Topklasse Sunday league play in a knock-out system for 1 spot in the 2012–13 Topklasse Sunday league. For details and results see 2011-12 Topklasse Promotion/relegation play-offs.
Promotion/relegation play-off Hoofdklasse – Eerste Klasse Saturday The teams ranked 11th and 12th of each of the 3 Saturday leagues (6 teams) and the 3 period winners of each of the 5 Saturday Eerste Klasse leagues (15 teams), making a total of 21 teams are grouped in 7 groups of 3 teams in such a way that the Hoofdklasse teams each end up in a different group. In each group the 3 teams play a semi-competition in such a way that each team plays one match at home and one match away. The 7 group winners will play next season in the 2012–13 Hoofdklasse and the remaining teams in the 2012–13 Eerste klasse.
Group 1
Group 2
Groep 3
Groep 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Sunday The teams ranked 11th and 12th of each of the 3 Sunday leagues (6 teams) and the 3 period winners of each of the 6 Sunday Eerste Klasse leagues (18 teams), making a total of 24 teams, play in a 2-round 2 leg knockout system in such a way that the Hoofdklasse teams can never meet each other. The 6 winners of the second round matches will play next season in the 2012–13 Hoofdklasse and the remaining teams in the 2012–13 Eerste klasse.
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References
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