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Honkbal Hoofdklasse Information

The Honkbal Hoofdklasse (Dutch for Major League Baseball) 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 (KNBSB). 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 the top level may change from year to year. Many of the official team nicknames contain the name of the club's corporate sponsor.

The two best teams participates in the European Cup.

Contents

History

Results

Hoofdklasse Records[1]
Rank Team Titles First Last
1st Neptunus 13 1981 2010
2nd Haarlem Nicols 12 1965 1989
3rd Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 9 1923 1946
4th Sparta/Feyenoord 9 1963 1974
5th OVVO Amsterdam 6 1949 1955
6th SC Haarlem 5 1929 1941
7th Schoten Haarlem 5 1947 1961
8th Ajax 4 1924 1948
9th Kinheim 4 1978 2007
10th Amsterdam Pirates 4 1987 2011
11th Quick Amsterdam 3 1922 1935
12th EHS Haarlem 3 1954 1962
13th Amstel Tijgers 3 1979 1986
14th HCAW 2 1996 1998
15th VVGA Amsterdam 1 1933
16th HHC Haarlem 1 1936
17th Seagulls Amsterdam 1 1939
18th EDO Haarlem 1 1958
19th ADO 1 1992
20th Hoofddorp Pioniers 1 1997
This team competes in the 2010 Honkbal Hoofdklasse.

Current season

Main article: 2011 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season

The 2011 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season began Thursday, April 7.

See also

References

  1. ^ List of Dutch champions (Dutch)

External links

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