OVVO are champions in the Hoofdklasse and promoted to the Ereklasse
OVVO from Maarssen are champions of their pool in the outdoor Hoofdklasse after four matches and are promoted to the Ereklasse. On Saturday 26 September OVVO beat Dindoa, their direct rival, 10‑8 at home. A week earlier OVVO had already won 11‑13 at Dindoa.
All topics
Automatically translated from Dutch. Read the Dutch original.
OVVO have eight points. Dindoa can still reach that total, but lost both head-to-head matches.
OVVO previously won 14‑17 at De Meeuwen and 15‑10 against SKF. Dindoa also beat those two teams, so the head-to-head matches with OVVO decided the pool. According to Dindoa, both teams would have finished level if Dindoa had won on 26 September.
OVVO win 11‑13 in Ermelo
In the first match, on Saturday 19 September in Ermelo, Dindoa still led 3‑1 and 4‑3. At half-time OVVO were ahead 4‑6, and after the break OVVO pulled away to 5‑11.
Read more: Six teams still perfect after four rounds in Hoofdklasse veld
In added time, after an injury treatment, Dindoa came back to 11‑12. With half a minute left to play, OVVO made it 11‑13.
OVVO only ahead in the closing stages in Maarssen
The second match started on 26 September at 16:00 in Maarssen. Dindoa scored the first goal. According to Dindoa, OVVO's first goal only came on the stroke of half-time, at attempt 57.
Because there were only two goals before half-time, the zones that started on defence in the first half never got to attack.
After the break Dindoa pulled away via 2‑4 and 3‑5 to 6‑8. Bob Gerritsen brought OVVO level at 8‑8 with two long shots. In the closing stages OVVO took the lead for the first time in the match, and in the final minute OVVO made it 10‑8.
Marieke van den End scored four goals for Dindoa. According to Dindoa, the team's ball loss in this match rose to 47 percent.
OVVO are working with a new coaching duo this season; the head coach is Jairus van Opstal-Nicatia. There was one new player in the starting line-up. In the spring OVVO will already play in the Ereklasse.