The 2024–25 Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey was the 44th season of the Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. The season began on 14 September 2024 and concluded on 29 May 2025 with the second match of the championship final.[1]
Den Bosch were the defending champions. They defended their title by defeating SCHC 4–3 in a shoot-out after the final finished 2–2 on aggregate. It was a record-extending 23rd title for Den Bosch.[2]
Teams
Women's Hoofdklasse 2024-25
Twelve teams compete in the league - the top nine teams from the previous season, the winner of the 2023–24 Promotieklasse and the two winners of the 2023–24 relegation play-offs. Huizen won the 2023–24 Promotieklasse and replaced Bloemendaal.
Accommodation and locations
Teams by province
Regular season
Standings
Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification or relegation
|
1
|
Den Bosch (C)
|
22
|
19
|
2
|
1
|
73
|
18
|
+55
|
59
|
Qualification for the Euro Hockey League quarter-finals and the play-offs
|
2
|
SCHC
|
22
|
18
|
3
|
1
|
80
|
19
|
+61
|
57
|
Qualification for the Euro Hockey League first round and the play-offs
|
3
|
Pinoké
|
22
|
15
|
4
|
3
|
55
|
35
|
+20
|
49
|
Qualification for the play-offs
|
4
|
Amsterdam
|
22
|
12
|
6
|
4
|
71
|
33
|
+38
|
42
|
5
|
Kampong
|
22
|
10
|
8
|
4
|
62
|
32
|
+30
|
38
|
|
6
|
Tilburg
|
22
|
8
|
3
|
11
|
31
|
52
|
−21
|
27
|
7
|
Hurley
|
22
|
6
|
7
|
9
|
35
|
35
|
0
|
25
|
8
|
HGC
|
22
|
6
|
4
|
12
|
34
|
54
|
−20
|
22
|
9
|
Oranje-Rood
|
22
|
6
|
3
|
13
|
28
|
58
|
−30
|
21
|
10
|
HDM (O)
|
22
|
4
|
2
|
16
|
19
|
52
|
−33
|
14
|
Qualification for the relegation play-offs
|
11
|
Rotterdam (O)
|
22
|
3
|
3
|
16
|
25
|
64
|
−39
|
12
|
12
|
Huizen (R)
|
22
|
1
|
3
|
18
|
13
|
74
|
−61
|
6
|
Relegation to the Promotieklasse
|
Source:
KNHBRules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.
[3](C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
Results
Source:
KNHBLegend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Updated to 10 May 2025. Source: KNHB[4]
Play-offs
Bracket
Semi-finals
Den Bosch won 6–2 on aggregate.
SCHC won 6–1 on aggregate.
Final
2–2 on aggregate; Den Bosch won 4–3 in the shoot-out to win their 23rd national title.
Relegation play-offs
The relegation play-offs took place on 31 May and 1 June 2025.[5]
Overview
Matches
Leonidas
|
0–3
|
HDM
|
|
Report
|
Walhof 23' Van Hecking Colenbrander 34' Beetsma 50'
|
|
Nijmegen
|
3–0
|
Rotterdam
|
Bogers 1' Vormeer 4' Van Meteren 57'
|
Report
|
|
Penalties
|
Nguyen  Verweijen  Thijssen  Krasenberg
|
1–3
|
Dijk
Omrani
Van Santbrink
Van den Dijssel
Boekhorst
|
|
See also
References