The 2020–21 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. The season began on 6 September 2020 and was suspended for at least four weeks on 13 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. The season resumed on 31 January 2021. It concluded with the third match of the championship final on 16 May 2021. On 23 April 2021 it was announced that the relegation play-offs would not be played because the second division's season could not be finished due to the pandemic.
The defending champions Bloemendaal won their 21st title by defeating Kampong 2–0 in the final best of three series.
Teams
Accommodation and locations Team Location Province Accommodation Almere Almere Sportpark Klein Brandt Amsterdam Amstelveen Wagener Stadium Bloemendaal Bloemendaal Sportpark 't Kopje Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Sportpark Oosterplas HGC Wassenaar De Roggewoning Hurley Amstelveen Amsterdamse Bos Kampong Utrecht De Klapperboom Klein Zwitserland The Hague Sportpark Klein Zwitserland Oranje-Rood Eindhoven Sportpark Aalsterweg Pinoké Amstelveen Amsterdamse Bos Rotterdam Rotterdam Hazelaarweg Stadion Tilburg Tilburg Sportpark Oude Warande
Personnel and kits Team Trainer-coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Almere Arjan Jolie Bart van der Wolff Jules Roelvink Indian Maharadja ABN AMRO Amsterdam Santi Freixa Billy Bakker Adidas ABN AMRO Bloemendaal Rick Mathijssen Glenn Schuurman Osaka ABN AMRO Den Bosch Jeroen Verboom Austin Smith Indian Maharadja Rabobank HGC Paul van Ass Seve van Ass Indian Maharadja ABN AMRO Hurley Reinoud Wolff Thom Hayward Osaka Orange Kampong Roelant Oltmans Sander de Wijn Reece Rabobank Klein Zwitserland Omar Schlingemann Steven van Rhede van der Kloot Dita ABN AMRO Oranje-Rood Robert van der Horst Thomas Briels Reece ABN AMRO Pinoké Jesse Mahieu Jannis van Hattum Adidas Simpel Rotterdam Albert Kees Maneschijn Jeroen Hertzberger Osaka ABN AMRO Tilburg Jeroen Delmee Felix Gulinck Adidas Struplast
Number of teams by province ProvinceNumber of teamsTeams4Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Hurley and Pinoké3Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood and TilburgHGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam1KampongAlmereTotal12
Regular season League table
Results
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alexander HendrickxPinoké1182212 Mirco PruyserAmsterdam1424203 Jeroen HertzbergerRotterdam68519 Tim SwaenBloemendaal11805 Bjorn KellermanKampong150015 Thijs van DamRotterdam1320 Seve van AssHGC2112 Jip JanssenKampong11409 Austin SmithDen Bosch11301410 Sébastien DockierPinoké130013 Tanguy CosynsAmsterdam490 Teun BeinsOranje-Rood2101 Aki KaeppelerKlein Zwitserland0130
Play-offs The play-offs started on 5 May 2021 with the semi-finals. 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
Bloemendaal won series 2–0.
Kampong won series 2–0.
Final
Bloemendaal won series 2–0 and won their 21st national title.
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