Honkbal Hoofdklasse


The Honkbal Hoofdklasse is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation.
Games are played principally on weekends. The season runs from April to September and is followed by the playoffs among the four best teams, which culminates in the Holland Series. Both of the playoff rounds are best-of-five. The league follows a promotion and relegation system with the Honkbal Overgangsklasse so that the composition of both levels changes from year to year. Many of the official team nicknames contain the name of the club's corporate sponsor.
The two best teams participate in the European Cup.

History

Results

2013 season

The 2013 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season began on April 11, 2013. Mampaey The Hawks from Dordrecht competed in the Hoofdklasse for the first time. Sparta/Feyenoord, the relegated team from the 2012 season, was declared bankrupt by the Rotterdam court on November 22, 2012 and did not compete in the Overgangsklasse.

Current clubs

2019 season

TeamCityStadiumRef
DSSHaarlemPim Mulier Sportpark
Quick AmersfoortAmersfoortXL Lease Park Dorrestein
Curaçao NeptunusRotterdamNeptunus Familiestadion
L&D AmsterdamAmsterdamSportpark Ookmeer
Twins OosterhoutOosterhoutSlotbosse toren Park
HCAWBussumRob Hoffmann Vallei
Silicon StorksThe HagueSportpark Kijkduin-Schapenatjesduin
Hoofddorp PioniersHoofddorpSportpark Pioniers