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Kampong (field hockey club)

Kampong (field hockey club)

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Sportvereniging Kampong Hockey (Dutch pronunciation: ['kɑmpɔŋ]; Javanese pronunciation: ['kɑmpuŋ]), also known as SV Kampong or simply Kampong, is a Dutch professional field hockey club based in Utrecht. It was founded in 1902, making it the second oldest hockey club in the Netherlands.[1][2]

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Both the men's and the women's 1st XI compete in the Hoofdklasse, country's top-tier league. The men's team won the league in 2017, after 32 years without a national title, after a clash with Rotterdam. They have also competed in the Euro Hockey League.

De Klapperboom, Utrecht

Etymology

The term 'Kampong' is Javanese in origin. Having hundreds years of relationship with Java island (especially during the Dutch colonialism on Indonesia), Javanese language influenced some vocabulary in Dutch language. The term ꦏꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦁ (kampung, Javanese pronunciation: ['kɑmpuŋ]) literally means "village" in Javanese, it refers to the historical fact that these hockey club was once played in the villages in Java.

Honours

Men

National title / Hoofdklasse

  • Winners (8): 1967–68, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1984–85, 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (9): 1966–67, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21

Euro Hockey League

European Cup

  • Winners (1): 1986
  • Runners-up (1): 1974

Cup Winners' Cup

  • Winners (1): 1991

Hoofdklasse Indoor

  • Winners (2): 2006–07, 2012–13

Women

Hoofdklasse

  • Winners (2): 1993–94, 1994–95
  • Runners-up (1): 1995–96

European Cup

  • Winners (2): 1995, 1996

Cup Winners' Cup

  • Winners (1): 1997

Hoofdklasse Indoor

  • Winners (7): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16

Players

Current squad

Women's squad

Head coach: Fleur van de Kieft

As of 10 September 2021[3]
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Men's squad

As of 22 September 2023[4]
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Notable players

Men's internationals

 Netherlands
 Australia
 Ireland
 New Zealand
 Spain

Women's internationals

 Netherlands
 England/ Great Britain
 Spain

References

  1. [1]
    "SV Kampong Hockey". Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  2. [2]
    "SV Kampong - Welkom". Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. [3]
    "Spelerslijsten Hoofdklasse Dames en Tulp Hoofdklasse Heren 2021-2022" (PDF). knhb.nl (in Dutch). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Spelerslijsten Hoofdklasse seizoen 2023-2024" (PDF) (in Dutch). 22 September 2023.
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