2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League

The 2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League is the 102nd season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.

Belgian Hockey League
Season2021–22
Dates5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022
RelegatedAntwerp
Beerschot
Euro Hockey LeagueGantoise
Racing
Top goalscorerTom Boon (40 goals)
Biggest home winLéopold 8–1 Herakles
Biggest away winAntwerp 1–11 Gantoise
Highest scoringAntwerp 1–11 Gantoise
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 1 May 2022.

The season started on 5 September 2021 and will conclude on 8 May 2022 with the second match of the championship final.[1] Dragons are the defending champions.[2]

Changes from 2020–21

This season will again be played with 12 instead of 14 teams.[3] Each team will play each other twice and the top four teams will advance to the championship play-offs. The bottom two teams will be relegated directly and the team in 10th place will play a relegation play-off against the third placed team in the second division.[4]

Teams
2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
Daring
Orée
Location of Brussels teams in the 2021–22 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
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
 Walloon BrabantWaterloo Ducks
Total12

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Waterloo Ducks 22 12 6 4 58 31 +27 42 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Racing 22 11 7 4 64 41 +23 40 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
3 Braxgata 22 11 7 4 52 42 +10 40 Qualification for the play-offs
4 Gantoise 22 10 6 6 63 43 +20 36 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
5 Herakles 22 9 6 7 54 46 +8 33
6 Leuven 22 9 6 7 47 42 +5 33
7 Dragons 22 9 3 10 50 42 +8 30
8 Daring 22 8 5 9 50 50 0 29
9 Orée 22 9 1 12 50 66 −16 28
10 Léopold 22 7 2 13 46 74 −28 23 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Beerschot (R) 22 5 5 12 43 64 −21 20 Relegation to the National 1
12 Antwerp (R) 22 4 2 16 42 78 −36 14
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[5]
(R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ANT BEE BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LÉO LEU ORÉ RAC WD
Antwerp — 4–5 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–11 1–5 5–0 3–1 3–4 0–4 1–6
Beerschot 3–2 — 2–0 2–3 3–2 4–4 2–2 4–4 0–2 3–5 2–3 0–4
Braxgata 3–2 3–2 — 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1
Daring 2–1 3–0 2–2 — 1–2 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–3 5–2 3–3 4–4
Dragons 3–3 2–3 4–5 2–1 — 2–3 4–0 5–0 3–1 6–0 2–4 0–0
Gantoise 5–0 3–3 4–2 1–2 0–1 — 3–2 0–3 0–5[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 1–0 3–2
Herakles 2–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 1–1 5–3 — 5–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–2
Léopold 0–5[lower-alpha 2] 3–1 0–5 6–1 5–2 0–5 8–1 — 2–2 0–5 0–5 0–3
Leuven 4–3 0–0 0–2 5–4 1–0 2–2 3–2 5–0 — 1–2 4–4 1–2
Orée 5–0 3–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–7 2–6 2–5 1–2 — 4–3 1–3
Racing 3–3 5–1 2–2 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 4–2 — 3–2
Waterloo Ducks 7–1 3–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–6 5–1 1–1 1–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Leuven was awarded a 5–0 win because Gantoise fielded two ineligible players. The original match finished 3–3.[6]
  2. Antwerp was awarded a 0–5 win because a member of the Léopold staff who was suspended was present at the match. The original match finished 5–1.[7]

Top goalscorers
As of 10 April 2022
Rank Player Club FG PC PS Goals[8]
1 Tom Boon Léopold 1715840
2 Tanguy Cosyns Racing 714425
3 Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 017320
4 Tomas Domene Orée 214117
5 Sam Lane Leuven 105015
Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 0150
7 Cédric Charlier Racing 112013
Nicolás Della Torre Dragons 1102
9 Amaury Keusters Herakles 93012
10 Arthur De Sloover Beerschot 26311

Play-offs

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks145
 
Louvain-la-Neuve
 
Gantoise (s.o.)23 5
 
Gantoise
 
 
 
Racing
 
Racing134
 
 
Braxgata21 3
 
Third place
 
 
8 May – Louvain-la-Neuve
 
 
Waterloo Ducks
 
 
Braxgata0

Semi-finals
30 April 2022
12:30
Gantoise 2–1 Waterloo Ducks
Masson  28'
De Borrekens  30'		 Report Charlet  45'
La Gantoise, Ghent
1 May 2022
12:30
Waterloo Ducks 4–3 Gantoise
Charlet  20', 33'
Wilbers  44', 52'		 Report De Paeuw  13'
Rogeau  42'
Scheen  54'
Penalties
Boccard
Van Oost
Esquelin
Wilbers
Charlet
Boccard 		4–5 Kina
Hellin
Tynevez
Ferreiro
De Paeuw
Ferreiro
Waterloo Ducks, Waterloo

5–5 on aggregate. Gantoise won the shoot-out 5–4.

30 April 2022
12:30
Braxgata 2–1 Racing
Mazzilli  13'
Onana  47'		 Report Charlier  41'
Braxgata, Boom
1 May 2022
12:30
Racing 3–1 Braxgata
Cosyns  3'
Charlier  18'
Truyens  40'		 Report Luypaert  2'
Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Uccle

Racing won 4–3 on aggregate.

References
  1. "DH Messieurs : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 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. Toussaint, Laurent (19 June 2021). "La division d'honneur à 12 la saison prochaine". lesoir.be (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. "Algemene Vergadering – meerderheid voor de Belgian League formats". hockey.be (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
  6. "DH Messieurs : la Gantoise forfait". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  7. "DH Messieurs : le Léo forfait, 5-1 devient 0-5" (in French).
  8. "Règlement ARBH : un article 24 mal écrit ?" (in French).
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