2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League
The 2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League was the 95th season of the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top women's Belgian field hockey league.
| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 September 2020 – 9 May 2021 |
| Champions | Gantoise |
| Regular season | Gantoise (3rd title) |
| Relegated | Leuven Wellington |
| Euro Hockey League | Gantoise |
| EuroHockey Club Trophy | Dragons |
| Matches played | 154 |
| Goals scored | 549 (3.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ambre Ballenghien Alix Gerniers (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Waterloo Ducks 7–0 Wellington |
| Biggest away win | Wellington 0–8 Gantoise Mechelse 1–9 Dragons |
| Highest scoring | Léopold 6–9 Gantoise |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → | |
The season started on 10 September 2020 and concluded on 9 May 2021 with the second match of the championship final.[1] Gantoise won the title for the third time.[2]
Changes from 2019–20
For the first time in history, the league was played with 14 teams instead of 12. Teams played each other once in a single round-robin format, with the top eight teams qualifying for the play–offs and the bottom six progressing to the relegation series.
Teams
| Team | Location | Province |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerp | Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor |  Antwerp |
| Braxgata | Boom | Antwerp |
| Daring | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean |  Brussels |
| Dragons | Brasschaat | Antwerp |
| Gantoise | Ghent |  East Flanders |
| Herakles | Lier | Antwerp |
| Léopold | Uccle | Brussels |
| Leuven | Heverlee |  Flemish Brabant |
| Mechelse | Mechelen | Antwerp |
| Racing | Uccle | Brussels |
| Victory | Edegem | Antwerp |
| Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo |  Walloon Brabant |
| Wellington | Uccle | Brussels |
| White Star | Evere | Brussels |
Number of teams by provinces
| Province | Number of teams | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerp | 6 | Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Mechelse, Victory |
| Brussels | 5 | Daring, Léopold, Racing, Wellington, White Star |
| East Flanders | 1 | Gantoise |
| Flemish Brabant | Leuven | |
| Walloon Brabant | Waterloo Ducks | |
| Total | 14 |
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gantoise | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 12 | +44 | 37 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 2 | Daring | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 28 | |
| 3 | Dragons | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 26 | |
| 4 | Braxgata | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 24 | |
| 5 | Antwerp | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 22 | |
| 6 | Racing | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Herakles | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 21 | |
| 8 | Victory | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 21 | |
| 9 | Waterloo Ducks | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 18 | Qualification for the Play–downs |
| 10 | Léopold | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 15 | |
| 11 | White Star | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 10 | |
| 12 | Mechelse | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34 | −24 | 8 | |
| 13 | Wellington | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 50 | −42 | 6 | |
| 14 | Leuven | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 3 |
Results
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: Waterloo Ducks 9 points, Léopold 7.5, White Star 5, Mechelse 4, Wellington 3 and Leuven 1.5.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | WAT | WHI | LÉO | MEC | LEU | WEL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterloo Ducks | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | +27 | 39 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 7–2 | ||
| 2 | White Star | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | Léopold | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 19.5 | 0–5 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Mechelse | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 14 | 2–7 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||
| 5 | Leuven | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 13.5 | Relegation to National 1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | |
| 6 | Wellington | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 8 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — |
Play–offs
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-offs: Gantoise 18.5 points, Daring 14, Dragons 13, Braxgata 12, Antwerp 11, Racing 11, Herakles 10.5 and Victory 10.5.[4]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SF | GAN | ANT | VIC | BRA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gantoise | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 36.5 | Advanced to semi-finals | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Antwerp | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 19 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Victory | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 16.5 | 0–5 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Braxgata | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 14 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SF | DRA | RAC | DAR | HER | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragons | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 26 | Advanced to semi-finals | — | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Racing | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 24 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Daring | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Herakles | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 10.5 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | — |
Classification matches
Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
| Gantoise | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Racing | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Gantoise | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Dragons | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Dragons | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Antwerp | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||||
| Racing | 3 | |||||||
| Antwerp | 2 | |||||||
Semi-finals
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Gantoise won the series 2–0.
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Dragons won the series 2–0.
Third and fourth place
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Final
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Gantoise won the series 2–0, winning the title.
Top Goalscorers
| Goalscoring Table | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Total | ||
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ambre Ballenghien |
Gantoise | 11 | 5 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Alix Gerniers |
17 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 3 |  Priscila Jardel |
Daring | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Carla Rebecchi |
Antwerp | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 5 | Noa Schreurs |
Gantoise | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jill Boon |
Racing | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Stéphanie Vanden Borre |
Gantoise | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 8 |  Valerie Magis |
Dragons | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Manon Simons |
7 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Zoë Dujardin |
Leuven | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Marie Ronquetti |
Waterloo Ducks | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References
- "Championnat Dames Honneur : le calendrier". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- "LA GANTOISE END 12 YEAR WAIT FOR COVETED CHAMPIONS TITLE". hockeywrldnws.com. Hockey World News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
- "DH Dames: le second tour" (in French). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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