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The main cricket division is called Topklasse, in which eight teams compete for the national championships. Other important competitions are: Hoofdklasse, Eerste Klasse, and the Twenty20 Cup. Topklasse, Topklasse known before as Hoofdklasse is the highest domestic cricket competition in the Netherlands.
Cricket was first seen being played on Dutch soil in the 1780s by an English traveller in Scheveningen, and by the turn of the 20th century, Dutch teams were touring England regularly. Cricket was one of the most popular sports in the Netherlands in the 19th century, surpassed since by many other sports, most notably association football.
The Topklasse (known until 2010 as the Hoofdklasse) is the highest domestic 50-over cricket competition in the Netherlands. Until 2016 the league featured 8 teams playing in a double round-robin format, followed by relegation and championship play-offs. From 2017 the league reverted to a simple ten-team double round-robin format.
First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket.A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams.
The Netherlands also participated in the 1996, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2023 Cricket World Cups, and from 1995 onwards the national team entered the English domestic NatWest Trophy competition (and its successor, the C&G Trophy).
The Eerste Klasse is the third highest domestic cricket competition in the Netherlands.Eight teams play in the regular competition. Although the direct translation from the Dutch name to English would be "First Class", it is not associated with what is recognised as first class cricket by the International Cricket Council.
The Hoofdklasse is the second highest domestic cricket competition in the Netherlands. Eight teams play in the regular competition. Teams. Team Place
The Overgangsklasse is the fourth highest domestic cricket competition in the Netherlands.There are two pools, Overgangsklasse A (OVA) and Overgangsklasse B (OVB) playing in the regular competition.