Eerste Divisie

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Eerste Divisie
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1946
No. of teams 12
Country(ies) Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Most recent champion(s) Amsterdam Tigers

The Eerste Divisie is the second level of ice hockey in the Netherlands, below the Eredivisie.

History

The first second-tier competition, the 2de Klasse, was held in 1946-47 and continued until 1949-50. It was played on natural ice in Zaandam, Hilversum, Dordrecht, Nijmegen, Deventer and Zutphen. In 1948-49 it was also known as the Competitie Afdeling A.

The second-level Dutch league was known as the 2e Divisie from 1965-1991. It was then called the 1e Divisie from 1991-2000. The league was renamed Toekomst Liga in 2000, which it was called until 2003; after which it was renamed the Eerste Divisie.

Champions

  • 2023-24: Amsterdam Tigers
  • 2022-23: Eindhoven Kemphanen
  • 2021-22: Tilburg Trappers II (Eredivisie), Nijmegen Devils (Eerste Divisie)
  • 2020-21: cancelled
  • 2019-20: not completed
  • 2018-19: Eindhoven Kemphanen
  • 2017-18: Groningen Grizzlies
  • 2016-17: Tilburg Trappers III
  • 2015-16: Groningen Grizzlies
  • 2014-15: HYS The Hague (Eerste Divisie), Utrecht (Promotie Divisie)
  • 2013-14: GIJS Bears Groningen (Eerste Divisie), Tilburg Trappers II (Promotie Divisie)
  • 2012-13: Dordrecht Lions (Eerste Divisie), Eindhoven Kemphanen II (Promotie Divisie)
  • 2011-12: HYS The Hague II (Division A), Nijmegen (Division B)
  • 2010-11: HYS Hokij KWM Racing
  • 2009-10: HYS The Hague II
  • 2008-09: ’s-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles
  • 2007-08: IJCU Utrecht Dragons
  • 2006-07: GIJS Bears Groningen
  • 2005-06: GIJS Bears Groningen
  • 2004-05: Zoetermeer Panters
  • 2003-04: HIJS Hoky Wolves
  • 2002-03: Nijmegen II
  • 2001-02: Nijmegen II
  • 2000-01: Tilburg Trappers II
  • 1999-2000: Dordrecht Lions
  • 1998-99: Smoke Eaters Geleen
  • 1997-98: Smoke Eaters Geleen
  • 1996-97: HIJS Hoky Wolves
  • 1995-96: IJ.H.C. Assen
  • 1994-95: HYS The Hague
  • 1993-94: IJ.H.C. Assen
  • 1992-93: HYS The Hague
  • 1991-92: IJ.H.C. Assen
  • 1990-91: Heerenveen Flyers
  • 1989-90: Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam
  • 1988-89: GIJS Bears Groningen
  • 1987-88: S.IJ. Den Bosch
  • 1986-87: IJ.H.C. Assen
  • 1985-86: Rotterdam Panda’s
  • 1984-85: Flag of Belgium HYC Herentals
  • 1983-84: Flag of Belgium HYC Herentals
  • 1982-83: Flag of Belgium Olympia Heist-op-den-Berg
  • 1981-82: Flag of Belgium Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1980-81: Flag of Belgium HYC Herentals
  • 1979-80: IJ.H.C. Assen
  • 1978-79: Smoke Eaters Geleen
  • 1977-78: S.IJ. Den Bosch
  • 1976-77: S.IJ. Den Bosch
  • 1975-76: Eindhoven Kemphanen
  • 1974-75: Eindhoven Kemphanen
  • 1973-74: IJCU Utrecht Dragons
  • 1972-73: GIJS Bears Groningen
  • 1971-72: Tilburg Trappers II
  • 1970-71: Nijmegen
  • 1969-70: Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam
  • 1968-69: HYS The Hague II
  • 1967-68: HYS The Hague II
  • 1966-67: HYS The Hague II
  • 1965-66: HYS The Hague II
  • 1949-50: Ijsvogels Amsterdam II
  • 1948-49: Ijsvogels Amsterdam II
  • 1947-48: Ijsvogels Amsterdam II
  • 1946-47: R.IJ.C. Pinguins


Eerste Divisie seasons
1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24
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