2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season	2021–22
Dates	5 September 2021 – 8 May 2021
Matches played	87
Goals scored	413 (4.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tom Boon (37 goals)
Biggest home win	Léopold 8–1 Herakles
Biggest away win	Antwerp 1–11 Gantoise
Highest scoring	Antwerp 1–11 Gantoise
	← 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 10 March 2022.

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.

The season started on 5 September 2021 and will conclude on 8 May 2021 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[]

Antwerp

Beerschot

Braxgata

Dragons

Gantoise

Herakles

Leuven

Waterloo Ducks

Brussels

Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing

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2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams

Daring

Léopold

Orée

Racing

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Location of Brussels teams in the 2021–22 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
	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
Walloon Brabant		Waterloo Ducks
Total	12

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Léopold	15	10	2	3	65	30	+35	32	Qualification for the and the play-offs
2		15	7	4	4	48	31	+17	25	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Racing	15	7	3	5	38	31	+7	24
4	Waterloo Ducks	15	6	6	3	30	24	+6	24
5	Leuven	15	6	4	5	30	26	+4	22
6	Dragons	14	6	2	6	31	23	+8	20
7		14	5	5	4	29	30	−1	20
8		15	6	1	8	32	50	−18	19
9		14	5	3	6	35	42	−7	18
10		15	4	5	6	30	36	−6	17	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Beerschot	15	4	4	7	28	36	−8	16	Relegation to the National 1
12		14	2	1	11	22	59	−37	7	Relegation to the National 1

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2022. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Home \ Away		BEE			DRA			LÉO	LEU		RAC	WAT
	—		1–3	2–1		1–11		2–7	3–1	3–4	0–4	1–6
Beerschot	3–2	—	2–0	2–3	3–2	4–4	2–2		0–2		2–3
			—	1–1				4–3	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1
	2–1		2–2	—	1–2			2–2	1–3	5–2		4–4
Dragons	3–3	2–3			—		4–0	4–1	3–1	6–0	2–4	0–0
	5–0	3–3	4–2	1–2	0–1	—			0–5^[a]		1–0	3–2
		4–1	3–2	4–2		5–3	—	3–7			2–2	1–2
Léopold		3–1	5–2	6–1		1–2	8–1	—		3–1	5–1
Leuven	4–3	0–0			1–0	2–2	3–2	3–3	—	1–2		1–2
	5–0			2–1		1–7	2–6	2–5		—	4–3
Racing			2–2	2–2	4–2		2–0		4–2	4–2	—
Waterloo Ducks		3–0	1–2		2–0	2–2	2–2	1–6		1–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2022. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Leuven was awarded a 5–0 win because Gantoise fielded two ineligible players. The original match finished 3–3.^[5]

Top goalscorers[]

As of 10 March 2022

Rank	Player	Club	FG	PC	PS	Goals^[6]
1	Tom Boon	Léopold	16	15	6	37
2	Tanguy Cosyns	Racing	6	7	4	17
3	Loïck Luypaert	Braxgata	0	12	3	15
4	Tomas Domene	Orée	1	11	0	12
5	Cédric Charlier	Racing	8	2	0	10
5	Sam Lane	Leuven	8	2	0	10
7	Félix Denayer	Dragons	2	7	0	9
8	Victor Charlet	Waterloo Ducks	0	8	0	8
8		Gantoise	0	6	2	8
10	Charles Masson	Gantoise	6	1	0	7
	Arthur De Sloover	Beerschot	2	4	1
	Nicolás Della Torre	Dragons	1	5	1