2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League

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Belgian Hockey League
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
ChampionsDragons (12th title)
RelegatedNamur
Old Club
Dragons
Waterloo Ducks
Léopold
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
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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]

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[]

2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League is located in Belgium
Antwerp
Antwerp
Beerschot
Braxgata
Braxgata
Dragons
Gantoise
Gantoise
Herakles
Herakles
Leuven
Namur
Namur
Old Club
Old Club
Waterloo Ducks
Brussels
Brussels teams: Daring Léopold Orée Racing
Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing
2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League is located in Brussels
Daring
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Orée
Racing
Location of Brussels teams in the 2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League
Team Location Province
Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor  Antwerp
Beerschot Kontich  Antwerp
Boom  Antwerp
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean  Brussels
Dragons Brasschaat  Antwerp
Ghent  East Flanders
Lier  Antwerp
Léopold Uccle  Brussels
Leuven Heverlee  Flemish Brabant
Saint-Servais  Namur
Liège  Liège
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre  Brussels
Racing Uccle  Brussels
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo  Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces[]

Province Number of teams Team(s)
 Antwerp 5 , Beerschot, , Dragons,
 Brussels 4 , Léopold, , Racing
 East Flanders 1
 Flemish Brabant Leuven
 Liège
 Namur
 Walloon Brabant Waterloo Ducks
Total 14

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 13 12 1 0 57 13 +44 37 Play-offs
2 Waterloo Ducks 13 10 2 1 52 20 +32 32
3 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 13 5 1 7 28 27 +1 16 Play-downs
10 13 4 2 7 31 41 −10 14
11 13 2 4 7 27 39 −12 10
12 13 3 1 9 29 42 −13 10
13 13 1 1 11 18 80 −62 4
14 13 0 0 13 20 86 −66 0
Source: Flashscore

Results[]

Home \ Away BEE DRA LÉO LEU RAC WAT
— 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
3–1 1–3 — — — — 2–3 1–4 1–3 — — — 2–0 —
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 —
6–2 4–1 9–2 — — — 2–1 — 5–0 — — — 2–1 —
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 —
— — 3–5 3–3 0–6 0–2 — — 2–5 — — — — 1–7
— — 2–6 — — 1–11 1–7 1–9 3–6 2–3 — 2–5 — —
— — 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
1 10 7 2 1 42 17 +25 31 — 3–3 3–3 6–3 5–1 10–3
2 10 6 3 1 43 19 +24 28 1–3 — 5–3 4–2 5–1 8–1
3 10 5 4 1 22 14 +8 24 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 4–3 2–0
4 10 3 3 4 27 27 0 17 1–2 0–5 1–1 — 5–3 6–0
5 10 1 3 6 23 38 −15 6 Relegation to National 1 1–5 5–5 1–3 2–2 — 3–1
6 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 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 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 BEE LEU
1 Waterloo Ducks 6 4 2 0 25 19 +6 30 Semi-finals — 7–4 4–3 2–2
2 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

Classification matches[]

Seventh place game[]

25 April 2021
15:00
Racing 1–3 Leuven
Horler Goal 34' Report Goal 12'
Murray Goal 39'
Goal 41'
Uccle

Fifth place game[]

24 April 2021
15:00
4–1 Beerschot
Goal 16'
Goal 38'
Goal 45'
Kina Goal 62' 		Report Goal 20'
Ghent

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks (s.o.)31(4)
 
 
 
Léopold23(2)
 
Waterloo Ducks34
 
 
 
Dragons12
 
Dragons (s.o.)31(4)
 
 
22(3)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Léopold45
 
 
31

Semi-finals[]

25 April 2021
15:30
Léopold 2–3 Waterloo Ducks
Goal 6'
Boon Goal 64' 		Report Goal 37'
Charlet Goal 56'
Goal 70'
Uccle
2 May 2021
12:30
Waterloo Ducks 1–3 Léopold
Charlet Goal 28' Report Goal 27', 53'
Plennevaux Goal 39'
Penalties
Boccard Penalty shoot-out scored
Penalty shoot-out scored
Penalty shoot-out scored
Penalty shoot-out scored 		4–2 Penalty shoot-out missed Plennevaux
Penalty shoot-out scored
Penalty shoot-out scored
Penalty shoot-out missed
Waterloo

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

25 April 2021
12:30
2–3 Dragons
Domene Goal 41', 65' Report Martínez Goal 30'
Della Torre Goal 66', 69'
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
2 May 2021
15:30
Dragons 1–2
Della Torre Goal 39' Report Dohmen Goal 13'
Goal 45'
Penalties
Van Aubel Penalty shoot-out missed
Penalty shoot-out scored
Penalty shoot-out missed
Denayer Penalty shoot-out scored
Martínez Penalty shoot-out scored
Van Aubel Penalty shoot-out scored 		4–3 Penalty shoot-out scored
Penalty shoot-out scored Domene
Penalty shoot-out scored
Penalty shoot-out missed Dohmen
Penalty shoot-out missed
Penalty shoot-out missed Domene
Brasschaat

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

Third place game[]

8 May 2021
11:00
3–4 Léopold
Goal 7'
Goal 18'
Domene Goal 20' 		Report Boon Goal 44', 54'
Goal 67'
Goal 70'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
9 May 2021
11:00
Léopold 5–1
Boon Goal 3', 62'
Plennevaux Goal 4', 63'
Goal 17' 		Report Domene Goal 57'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp

Léopold won both matches and qualified for the next edition of the Euro Hockey League.

Final[]

8 May 2021
17:30
Dragons 4–3 Waterloo Ducks
Martínez Goal 18'
Goal 44'
Charlier Goal 46'
Van Aubel Goal 68' 		Report Goal 16'
Goal 64'
Goal 64'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
9 May 2021
17:30
Waterloo Ducks 1–2 Dragons
Goal 55' Report Charlier Goal 50'
Goal 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 Belgium Tom Boon Léopold 18 13 3 34
2 Argentina Tomas Domene Orée 4 22 6 32
3 Belgium Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 2 25 2 29
4 Netherlands Antwerp 18 1 0 19
Belgium Jérôme Dekeyser Leuven 4 15 0
6 France Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 0 17 1 18
7 Belgium Beerschot 13 2 0 15
Belgium Maxime Plennevaux Léopold 13 2 0
France Orée 13 2 0
10 Belgium Florent Van Aubel Dragons 10 3 1 14
Belgium Waterloo Ducks 7 2 5

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. ^ Jump up to: a b "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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