2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League

The 2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 101st season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league. The season began on 11 September 2020 and ended on 9 May 2021 with the second match of the championship final in Antwerp.[1]

Belgian Hockey League
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
ChampionsDragons (12th title)
RelegatedNamur
Old Club
Euro Hockey LeagueDragons
EHL Ranking CupWaterloo Ducks
Matches played155
Goals scored858 (5.54 per match)
Top goalscorerTom Boon (34 goals)
Biggest home winLéopold 11–1 Namur
Biggest away winOld Club 1–11 Gantoise
Highest scoringRacing 10–3 Old Club
← 2019–20

Dragons won their 12th title by defeating the Waterloo Ducks 4–3 and 2–1 in the final series.[2] The defending champions Léopold finished in third place.

Teams
Antwerp
Braxgata
Gantoise
Herakles
Namur
Old Club
Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing
2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
Daring
Orée
Location of Brussels teams in the 2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League
TeamLocationProvince
AntwerpSint-Job-in-'t-Goor Antwerp
BeerschotKontich Antwerp
BraxgataBoom Antwerp
DaringMolenbeek-Saint-Jean Brussels
DragonsBrasschaat Antwerp
GantoiseGhent East Flanders
HeraklesLier Antwerp
LéopoldUccle Brussels
LeuvenHeverlee Flemish Brabant
NamurSaint-Servais Namur
Old ClubLiège Liège
OréeWoluwe-Saint-Pierre Brussels
RacingUccle Brussels
Waterloo DucksWaterloo Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces
Province Number of teams Team(s)
 Antwerp5Antwerp, Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles
 Brussels4Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing
 East Flanders1Gantoise
 Flemish BrabantLeuven
 LiègeOld Club
 NamurNamur
 Walloon BrabantWaterloo Ducks
Total14

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gantoise 13 12 1 0 57 13 +44 37 Play-offs
2 Waterloo Ducks 13 10 2 1 52 20 +32 32
3 Orée 13 10 0 3 39 23 +16 30
4 Léopold 13 8 2 3 55 27 +28 26
5 Dragons 13 7 2 4 40 27 +13 23
6 Leuven 13 6 4 3 33 28 +5 22
7 Beerschot 13 6 2 5 42 29 +13 20
8 Racing 13 6 0 7 34 23 +11 18
9 Herakles 13 5 1 7 28 27 +1 16 Play-downs
10 Braxgata 13 4 2 7 31 41 −10 14
11 Daring 13 2 4 7 27 39 −12 10
12 Antwerp 13 3 1 9 29 42 −13 10
13 Namur 13 1 1 11 18 80 −62 4
14 Old Club 13 0 0 13 20 86 −66 0
Source: Flashscore

Results
Home \ Away ANT BEE BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LÉO LEU NAM OLD ORÉ RAC WAT
Antwerp — 2–2 — — 2–4 — — 3–5 — 5–1 5–2 0–1 — 2–6
Beerschot — — — 3–3 2–3 — — 1–3 — 9–0 8–1 1–4 — 4–3
Braxgata 3–1 1–3 — — — — 2–3 1–4 1–3 — — — 2–0 —
Daring 1–5 — 2–2 — — 0–3 3–1 — 2–2 — 2–0 — 2–3 —
Dragons — — 2–2 7–3 — 2–4 4–2 — 1–3 — 5–1 — 2–1 —
Gantoise 6–2 4–1 9–2 — — — 2–1 — 5–0 — — — 2–1 —
Herakles 2–1 1–4 — — — — — 2–1 — 7–3 — 1–2 0–1 —
Léopold — — — 4–3 2–2 0–3 — — — 11–1 — 6–3 — 3–4
Leuven 3–1 3–2 — — — — 1–1 3–3 — — — 2–3 1–3 —
Namur — — 3–5 3–3 0–6 0–2 — — 2–5 — — — — 1–7
Old Club — — 2–6 — — 1–11 1–7 1–9 3–6 2–3 — 2–5 — —
Orée — — 3–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 — — — 11–0 — — — 0–3
Racing 6–0 1–2 — — — — — 0–4 — 7–1 10–3 1–2 — 0–2
Waterloo Ducks — — 6–2 — 3–1 3–3 2–0 — 1–1 — 9–1 3–2 — —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-downs

The points obtained during the regular season were halved before the start of the play-downs. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the play-downs: Herakles 8 points, Braxgata 7, Antwerp 5, Daring 5, Namur 2 and Old Club 0.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation HER BRA DAR ANT OLD NAM
1 Herakles 10 7 2 1 42 17 +25 31 — 3–3 3–3 6–3 5–1 10–3
2 Braxgata 10 6 3 1 43 19 +24 28 1–3 — 5–3 4–2 5–1 8–1
3 Daring 10 5 4 1 22 14 +8 24 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 4–3 2–0
4 Antwerp 10 3 3 4 27 27 0 17 1–2 0–5 1–1 — 5–3 6–0
5 Old Club 10 1 3 6 23 38 −15 6 Relegation to National 1 1–5 5–5 1–3 2–2 — 3–1
6 Namur 10 0 1 9 12 54 −42 3 1–6 0–6 0–4 3–6 3–3 —
Source: Flashscore

Play-offs

The points obtained during the regular season were halved before the start of the play-offs and the teams were put into two pools. As a result, the teams in pool A started with the following points before the play-offs: Gantoise 18.5 points, Léopold 13, Dragons 11.5 and Racing 9 and in pool B: Waterloo Ducks 16 points, Orée 15, Leuven 11 and Beerschot 10.[3]

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DRA LÉO GAN RAC
1 Dragons 6 5 0 1 17 7 +10 26.5 Semi-finals — 2–0 4–1 1–0
2 Léopold 6 4 0 2 13 12 +1 25 4–3 — 2–3 2–1
3 Gantoise 6 2 0 4 11 15 −4 24.5 1–3 2–3 — 3–1
4 Racing 6 1 0 5 6 13 −7 12 1–4 1–2 2–1 —
Source: Flashscore

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAT ORÉ BEE LEU
1 Waterloo Ducks 6 4 2 0 25 19 +6 30 Semi-finals — 7–4 4–3 2–2
2 Orée 6 2 3 1 29 24 +5 24 4–4 — 2–2 7–3
3 Beerschot 6 2 2 2 21 17 +4 18 4–5 4–4 — 4–1
4 Leuven 6 0 1 5 13 28 −15 12 2–3 4–8 1–4 —
Source: Flashscore

Seventh place game
25 April 2021
15:00
Racing 1–3 Leuven
Horler  34' Report Diaz  12'
Murray  39'
Harris  41'
Uccle

Fifth place game
24 April 2021
15:00
Gantoise 4–1 Beerschot
Helin  16'
Masson  38'
Esquelin  45'
Kina  62'		 Report Duvekot  20'
Ghent

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks (s.o.)31(4)
 
 
 
Léopold23(2)
 
Waterloo Ducks34
 
 
 
Dragons12
 
Dragons (s.o.)31(4)
 
 
Orée22(3)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Léopold45
 
 
Orée31

Semi-finals
25 April 2021
15:30
Léopold 2–3 Waterloo Ducks
A. Verdussen  6'
Boon  64'		 Report Ghislain  37'
Charlet  56'
Wilbers  70'
Uccle
2 May 2021
12:30
Waterloo Ducks 1–3 Léopold
Charlet  28' Report A. Verdussen  27', 53'
Plennevaux  39'
Penalties
Boccard
Willems
Willems
Van Oost 		4–2 Plennevaux
Zimmer
Poncelet
Baumgarten
Waterloo

Series drawn. Waterloo Ducks won shoot-out 4–2.

25 April 2021
12:30
Orée 2–3 Dragons
Domene  41', 65' Report Martínez  30'
Della Torre  66', 69'
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
2 May 2021
15:30
Dragons 1–2 Orée
Della Torre  39' Report Dohmen  13'
Clément  45'
Penalties
Van Aubel
Raes
Rubens
Denayer
Martínez
Van Aubel 		4–3 Simar
Domene
Curty
Dohmen
Bellenger
Domene
Brasschaat

Series drawn. Dragons won shoot-out 4–3.

Third place game
8 May 2021
11:00
Orée 3–4 Léopold
Simar  7'
M. Branicki  18'
Domene  20'		 Report Boon  44', 54'
A. Verdussen  67'
Cuvelier  70'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
9 May 2021
11:00
Léopold 5–1 Orée
Boon  3', 62'
Plennevaux  4', 63'
Poncelet  17'		 Report Domene  57'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp

Léopold won both matches and captured third place.

Final
8 May 2021
17:30
Dragons 4–3 Waterloo Ducks
Martínez  18'
Raes  44'
Charlier  46'
Van Aubel  68'		 Report Willems  16'
Dykmans  64'
Capelle  64'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
9 May 2021
17:30
Waterloo Ducks 1–2 Dragons
Dykmans  55' Report Charlier  50'
Rubens  58'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp

Dragons won both matches and won their 12th national title.

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club FG PC PS Goals[4]
1 Tom Boon Léopold 1813334
2 Tomas Domene Orée 422632
3 Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 225229
4 Milan van Baal Antwerp 181019
Jérôme Dekeyser Leuven 4150
6 Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 017118
7 Gaëtan Perez Beerschot 132015
Maxime Plennevaux Léopold 1320
Timothée Clément Orée 1320
10 Florent Van Aubel Dragons 103114
Tommy Willems Waterloo Ducks 725

References
  1. "Les championnats outdoor : le calendrier est sorti" (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. "Dragons en Gantoise vieren de titel in België, Vanasch in Duitsland". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. "DH Messieurs : le second tour" (in French). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. "DH : classement final des buteurs 2021" (in French).
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