Eerste Divisie
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| Eerste Divisie | |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 1946 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Country(ies) |  Netherlands
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| 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:
HYC Herentals - 1983-84: HYC Herentals
- 1982-83: Olympia Heist-op-den-Berg
- 1981-82: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1980-81: 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 |
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| 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 |