Play-offs: Kampong defends title, Burkhardt vs Boers

KAMPONG - BLOEMENDAAL
Saturday, 16:00

• Kampong and Bloemendaal face each other in an official encounter for the 115th time: so far they have played 94 matches between them in the Hoofdklasse, 17 in the play-offs and three in the EHL.
  
• Bloemendaal won - after regular playing time - 68 of the previous 114 games against Kampong, against 26 defeats and 20 draws.
  
• The last showdown between them was the semi-final during the EHL in Den Bosch, in April. The Mussen then won 3-0 through goals by Lucas Veen, Floris Wortelboer and Jorrit Croon.
  
• Bloemendaal remained unbeaten in its last five official matches with Kampong (W4 G1). The last defeat against the team from Utrecht was the 1-2 in the preliminary round of the EHL in Barcelona, on 7 October 2023.
  
• Kampong (three) and Bloemendaal (three) together captured six of the last seven national titles. In 2023, it was Pinoké that took the title.
  
• Kampong is in the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Utrechters - reigning national champions - were last missing in the nacompetition for the title in 2021-2022.
  
• Kampong scored 93 goals in the play-offs (in 46 games) and can become the fourth club to reach the 100-goal mark. Bloemendaal (245 goals), Amsterdam (205) and Oranje Zwart (149) were already ahead of the Utrechters.
  
• Bloemendaal is in the playoffs for the 28th time in total. The club has so far been in the final 17 times and captured the title 11 times since the introduction of the nacompetition in 1994.

Head-to-head in play-offs (total)
17 matches
7 wins Kampong 
7 wins Bloemendaal 
3 draws (twice win Bloemendaal after shoot-outs)

Head-to-head in play-offs on field Kampong
8 matches
2 wins Kampong 
4 wins Bloemendaal
2 ties (one win Bloemendaal after shoot-outs)

Head-to-head in play-offs in Bloemendaal
9 matches
3 wins Bloemendaal
5 wins Kampong 
1 draw (one win Bloemendaal after shoot-outs)

AMSTERDAM - DEN BOSCH
Saturday, 18:00

• Both teams faced each other last week in the final round of the regular league. At the Oosterplas, Den Bosch drew the longest: 3-0, through goals by Timo Boers, Jaïr van der Horst and Thomas Sorsby.
   
• Earlier this season, Den Bosch lost 2-1 in the league at the Wagener Stadium. That defeat then ended a run of 10 consecutive games without a loss against the Amsterdammers (W7 D3) for the Brabanders.
   
• After Bloemendaal, Amsterdam is the most experienced team in play-off history. The club from the capital is entering the nacompetition for the 20th time in history.
   
• Of the nineteen previous seasons with play-offs, Amsterdam reached the final thirteen times, which it won six times: in 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2011 and 2012.
   
• Den Bosch will participate in the play-offs for the fifth time in club history, after the 1996-1997 (losing finalist), 1997-98 (national champion), 2000-2001 (national champion) and 2020-2021 (semi-finalist) seasons.
   
• In 2020-2021, Den Bosch was last in the play-offs. The Brabanders then lost in the semi-finals to Bloemendaal rather hopelessly: 1-5 at the Oosterplas and 3-0 at 't Kopje. 
   
• Amsterdam won only one of its last five games (D2 L2): a 1-8 at lowly Hurley.
   
• Den Bosch defender Timo Boers crowned himself Hoofdklasse top scorer for the first time last weekend with 28 goals, one more than Amsterdam attacker Boris Burkhardt. Including his 15 goals in the cup tournament, Boers has already scored 43 goals in club this season, the most of any player.

Head-to-head in play-offs (total)
8 matches
2 wins by Amsterdam 
4 wins by Den Bosch
2 draws (with two wins for Amsterdam after penalty strokes)

Head-to-head in play-offs in Amsterdam
4 matches
1 win for Amsterdam 
2 wins for Den Bosch
1 draw (with win for Amsterdam after penalty strokes)

Head-to-head in play-offs in Den Bosch
4 matches
2 wins by Den Bosch
1 win for Amsterdam
1 draw (with victory for Amsterdam after penalty strokes)