Women's Belgian Hockey League

Women's Belgian Hockey League
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1921; 101 years ago
Inaugural season	1921–22
Administrator	Royal Belgian Hockey Association
No. of teams	12
Country	Belgium
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent; champion(s)	Gantoise (3rd title) ; (2020–21)
Most titles	(22 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	National 1
International cup(s)	EuroHockey Club Trophy

The Women's Belgian Hockey League is the top women's league competition for field hockey clubs in Belgium. The league is played since the 1921–22 season.

Gantoise are the most recent champions having won their third title in the 2020–21 season.^[1]

Format[]

The season usually starts in September and ends around the end of April or the beginning of May. From the 2021–22 season onwards the league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice and who compete for four spots in the championship play-offs. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-final and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. The last two teams are relegated to the National 1 and the tenth placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed team in the second division.^[2]

Teams[]

Antwerp

Braxgata

Dragons

Gantoise

Herakles

Mechelse

Victory

Waterloo Ducks

Brussels

Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Racing
White Star

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2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League teams

Daring

Léopold

Racing

White Star

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Location of Brussels teams in the 2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League

Team	Location	Province
	Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor	Antwerp
	Boom	Antwerp
	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean	Brussels
Dragons	Brasschaat	Antwerp
Gantoise	Ghent	East Flanders
	Lier	Antwerp
Léopold	Uccle	Brussels
	Mechelen	Antwerp
Racing	Uccle	Brussels
	Edegem	Antwerp
Waterloo Ducks	Waterloo	Walloon Brabant
	Evere	Brussels

Number of teams by province[]

Province	Number of teams	Team(s)
Antwerp	6	, , Dragons, , ,
Brussels	4	, Léopold, Racing,
East Flanders	1	Gantoise
Walloon Brabant	1	Waterloo Ducks
Total	14

List of champions[]

1921–1955
No.	Season	Champion^[3]
1	1921–22	Léopold (1)
2	1922–23	Léopold (2)
3	1923–24	Racing (1)
4	1924–25	Racing (2)
5	1925–26	Léopold (3)
6	1926–27	Racing (3)
7	1927–28	(1)
8	1928–29	(2)
9	1929–30	Léopold (4)
10	1930–31	(3)
11	1931–32	(4)
12	1932–33	Racing (4)
–	1933–34	Not held
–	1934–35	Not held
13	1935–36	Léopold (5)
14	1936–37	Léopold (6)
15	1937–38	(5)
16	1938–39	(6)
17	1939–40	(7)
–	1940–41	Not held
18	1941–42	(8)
19	1942–43	Beerschot (1)
20	1943–44	Beerschot (2)
21	1944–45	(9)
22	1945–46	Beerschot (3)
23	1946–47	Beerschot (4)
24	1947–48	Racing (5)
25	1948–49	Racing (6)
26	1949–50	Léopold (7)
27	1950–51	Léopold (8)
28	1951–52	Beerschot (5)
29	1952–53	(1)
30	1953–54	(2)
31	1954–55	(3)

1955–1988
No.	Season	Champion
32	1955–56	(4)
33	1956–57	(5)
34	1957–58	(6)
35	1958–59	(7)
36	1959–60	(8)
37	1960–61	(9)
38	1961–62	(10)
–	1962–63	Not finished
39	1963–64	(11)
40	1964–65	(12)
41	1965–66	(1)
42	1966–67	(2)
43	1967–68	(3)
44	1968–69	(4)
45	1969–70	(5)
46	1970–71	(6)
47	1971–72	(7)
48	1972–73	(8)
49	1973–74	(9)
50	1974–75	(10)
51	1975–76	(11)
52	1976–77	(12)
53	1977–78	(13)
54	1978–79	(14)
55	1979–80	(15)
56	1980–81	(16)
57	1981–82	(17)
58	1982–83	(18)
59	1983–84	(19)
60	1984–85	(20)
61	1985–86	(21)
62	1986–87	(10)
63	1987–88	(11)

1988–2021
No.	Season	Champion
64	1988–89	(22)
65	1989–90	(12)
66	1990–91	(13)
67	1991–92	Léopold (9)
68	1992–93	Leuven (1)
69	1993–94	Dragons (1)
70	1994–95	Léopold (10)
71	1995–96	Leuven (2)
72	1996–97	Leuven (3)
73	1997–98	Leuven (4)
74	1998–99	Leuven (5)
75	1999–2000	Léopold (11)
76	2000–01	Léopold (12)
77	2001–02	(1)
78	2002–03	(1)
79	2003–04	Léopold (13)
80	2004–05	Léopold (14)
81	2005–06	Gantoise (1)
82	2006–07	(13)
83	2007–08	(14)
84	2008–09	Gantoise (2)
85	2009–10	(15)
86	2010–11	(1)
87	2011–12	(16)
88	2012–13	(17)
89	2013–14	(2)
90	2014–15	(18)
91	2015–16	(1)
92	2016–17	(2)
93	2017–18	Waterloo Ducks (1)
94	2018–19	(19)
–	2019–20	Not finished
95	2020–21	Gantoise (3)

By club[]

Club	Championship(s)	Year(s) won
	22	1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89
	19	1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2018–19
Léopold	14	1921–22, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1991–91, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05
	13	1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91
Racing	6	1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1932–33, 1947–48, 1948–49
Beerschot	5	1942–43, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1951–52
Leuven	5	1992–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
Gantoise	3	2005–06, 2008–09, 2020–21
	2	2010–11, 2013–14
	2	2015–16, 2016–17
Dragons	1	1993–94
		2001–02
		2002–03
Waterloo Ducks		2017–18

References[]

^ "Dragons en Gantoise vieren de titel in België, Vanasch in Duitsland". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "DH Dames : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). La Libre Belgique. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[1] "Dragons en Gantoise vieren de titel in België, Vanasch in Duitsland". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[2] "DH Dames : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[champion-3] "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). La Libre Belgique. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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