KNBSB maakt poule-indelingen 2026 bekend voor honkbal en softbal

The first stop for the 2026 Dutch baseball and softball season is KNBSB’s poule-indelingen page, because it shows exactly which clubs have been placed in which closed classes for both honkbal and softbal. That single overview sets the competitive map for the year and gives wedstrijdsecretarissen and club boards the first real picture of what they are building toward.

The practical impact is immediate. A poule placement shapes travel distance, familiar rivalries, field usage, umpire appointments, transport plans and the weekly rhythm of the season. It also affects how clubs line up senior teams with youth programs, so the decision reaches well beyond the dugout. For supporters, it is the fastest way to see who their club will face and how the path toward promotion or the play-offs is likely to look.

KNBSB makes the structure even easier to read by splitting the 2026 speeldagenkalenders into clear blocks: honkbal Hoofdklasse and 1e klasse, softbal gesloten klasse, honkbal and softbal 2e klasse and lower, youth classes and slowpitch softbal. That separation matters for clubs that run multiple teams at once, because the calendar work is not the same for every level. It also shows that the federation is treating the season as one connected system rather than a loose collection of separate competitions.

The broader competition section pulls everything together in one place, with poule-indelingen, wedstrijdprogramma’s, uitslagen, standen, statistieken, wedstrijdbepalingen and information for wedstrijdsecretarissen. The Afdeling Competitiezaken in Nieuwegein is backing that structure with three online Seizoensstart Wedstrijdsecretarissen sessions this winter, while the yearly plan also lays out publication dates for regulations, rules and schedules. For clubs trying to avoid surprises, that is the real value of the KNBSB pages: they turn the 2026 season from a general idea into a workable plan.