| Competition: | Hoofdklasse |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Dates: | 12 September 2021 – 29 May 2022 |
| Winners: | Bloemendaal (22nd title) |
| Relegated: | Hurley SCHC Tilburg |
| Continentalcup1: | Euro Hockey League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Amsterdam Bloemendaal Pinoké |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 641 |
| League Topscorer: | Alexander Hendrickx (25 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Kampong 8–0 Hurley Rotterdam 9–1 Tilburg |
| Biggest Away Win: | Hurley 0–8 Pinoké SCHC 0–8 Rotterdam |
| Highest Scoring: | Kampong 9–2 SCHC |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 49th season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. It began on 12 September 2021 and it concluded on 28 May 2022 with the second match of the championship final.[2]
Bloemendaal were the defending champions.[3] They defended their title by defeating Pinoké 3–0 in the final best of three series.[4]
| Team | Location | Accommodation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagener Stadium | ||||
| Sportpark 't Kopje | ||||
| Sportpark Oosterplas | ||||
| De Roggewoning | ||||
| Amsterdamse Bos | ||||
| De Klapperboom | ||||
| Sportpark Klein Zwitserland | ||||
| Sportpark Aalsterweg | ||||
| Amsterdamse Bos | ||||
| Hazelaarweg Stadion | ||||
| Sportpark Kees Broekelaan | ||||
| Sportpark Oude Warande |
| Team | Trainer-coach | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | Alexander Cox | Mirco Pruyser | |
| Bloemendaal | Rick Mathijssen | Glenn Schuurman | |
| Den Bosch | Jeroen Verboom | Imre Vos | |
| HGC | Paul van Ass | Seve van Ass | |
| Hurley | Reinoud Wolff | Pim Wasser | |
| Kampong | Roelant Oltmans | Lars Balk | |
| Klein Zwitserland | Omar Schlingemann | Steven van Rhede van der Kloot | |
| Oranje-Rood | Robert van der Horst |  Thomas Briels | |
| Pinoké | Jesse Mahieu | Jannis van Hattum | |
| Rotterdam | Albert Kees Maneschijn | Jeroen Hertzberger | |
| SCHC | Gilles van Hesteren | Léon van Barneveld | |
| Tilburg | Sjoerd Marijne | Felix Gulinck |
| Province | Number of teams | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Hurley and Pinoké | ||
| 3 | Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood and Tilburg | ||
| HGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam | |||
| 2 | Kampong and SCHC | ||
| Total | 12 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Hendrickx | Pinoké | 0 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | Jip Janssen | Kampong | 1 | 20 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Thierry Brinkman | Bloemendaal | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Jeroen Hertzberger | Rotterdam | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 |  Trent Mitton | Amsterdam | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Seve van Ass | HGC | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 7 | Koen Bijen | Den Bosch | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Gijs van Merriënboer | Oranje-Rood | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Dennis Warmerdam | Pinoké | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
 Leandro Tolini | Tilburg | 0 | 14 | 0 |
The semi-finals were held on 15, 21 and 22 May 2022 and the final was held on 26 and 28 May 2022.[6]
Bloemendaal won series 2–1.----Pinoké won series 2–0.
Bloemendaal won series 2–0.
The relegation play-offs were held on 1, 4 and 6 June 2022.[6]
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Voordaan won series 2–1 and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse while Tilburg were relegated to the Promotieklasse.----HDM won series 2–1 and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse while SCHC were relegated to the Promotieklasse.