Jan van Haasteren 'Hockey Championships' (Reprint) 1000 pieces

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I have not yet made the puzzle 'Hockey Kampioenschappen' or 'Hockey Championships' – this is number 1110100816. It will be released on June 6, 2026. The artist is Jan van HaasterenThis puzzle was drawn back in 1997, which means not all well-known recurring characters are present yet. This summer, 2026, the Hockey World Cup will take place in the Netherlands and Belgium. To mark this occasion, a reissue of this puzzle has been produced. This is the puzzle:

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The 2026 Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium

The 2026 Hockey World Cup is being organized by the Netherlands and Belgium and will take place from August 15 to 30, 2026. During the tournament, the best hockey nations in the world will compete for the world title in both the men's and women's competitions.

The matches are played in two stadiums:

• The Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen (Netherlands)
• The Belfius Hockey Center in Waver (Belgium)

The Netherlands plays a large portion of its matches in Amstelveen. The women's final is also played there, while the men's final takes place in Waver. Historically, the Netherlands is one of the most successful hockey nations in the world. The Dutch men's hockey team has won the World Championship three times, while the Dutch women's hockey team has won no fewer than nine world titles. Belgium has experienced a strong rise, particularly in recent years: the Belgian men's hockey team has won the World Championship once (in 2018). The Belgian women have never won a world title.

This puzzle falls into the Category 'Anniversary' puzzles

This puzzle falls in the category 'Jubilee puzzles' by Jan van Haasteren. These puzzles have all come out in honor of the existence of an organization or collaboration for x number of years. Do you want to know exactly which anniversary puzzles are available?
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Jumbo (not to be confused with our supermarket Jumbo!) makes toys, games and puzzles. Jumbo, for example, has made the very well-known games such as “Human don't get annoyed” and “Stratego” and “PimPamPet”. Games that have been around for generations and are still widely played by both young and old. Jumbo has been making and developing toys since about 1900. In the early years of the company, only toys from other countries were imported to the Netherlands. However, since about 1930 it was decided to also make their own toys, at the time manufacturing wooden toys, which was very popular at the time. Almost all toys in those years were made of wood. An important spearhead was that the toys made by Jumbo had to be of very good quality; it had to be as strong as an Elephant. An elephant had to stand on it! The red elephant has been the hallmark of Jumbo's games and puzzles for years. The name Jumbo and the red elephant together form the logo from about 1935. The Jumbo elephant is drawn by Mr. Möhr. He worked at an advertising agency and regularly signed for Hausemann & Hötte. Mr Möhr was at one point commissioned to design a beautiful new elephant logo for the Hausemann & Hötte toys. The logo has changed a bit since then. For example, the eye has grown over the years and has dropped slightly more, resulting in a friendlier elephant.

In the past, the elephant was not only used in the color red, but in all kinds of colors such as blue, yellow, black, white and green. All those colors were cozy and playful. For example, one time there was a yellow elephant on the box and the other time a red one. It was usually looked at which color best matched the color of the box. It was not until the end of the 60s that the red elephant was definitively chosen. Red is a color that stands out and attracts attention.

From 1945 Jumbo also started to focus on games made of cardboard. Jumbo has therefore been a guarantee for strong quality for years! Jumbo is a unique Dutch company with a rich history, with its head office in Zaandam. About 130 employees work for Jumbo. With a turnover of €75 million, Jumbo is a medium-sized European player in toys. Jumbo has sales offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. They export to more than 25 countries around the world.

In 1980 Jumbo starts the production of Jan van Haasteren Puzzles.

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