Its crunch-time in the Dutch playoffs with the first leg of the semi-final stages taking place throughout Thursday with the return matches on the weekend.

The action begins with Pinoké hosting Rotterdam at 12pm (CET) in the men’s competition before the focus switches to the Klapperboom when Kampong’s women take on Den Bosch at 2pm.

Then it is a return to the Amsterdamse Bos for a double-header with AH&BC Amsterdam’s hosting the men’s and women’s regular season champions.

First up is the women playing SCHC at 4pm and then the men take on Oranje-Rood at 6.30pm.

On Saturday, the return leg for the women’s games are on Saturday with Den Bosch hosting Kampong at 2pm (CET) and SCHC’s rematch against Amsterdam at 4pm.

The men are on Sunday with Rotterdam playing Pinoké at 3pm and the Oranje-Rood bringing Amsterdam to Eindhoven at 5pm.

To watch all the games live, they are available in the Netherlands via either NOS or Viaplay. Outside the Netherlands, the games will be on the Tulp Hoofdklasse Youtube page.