2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
ChampionsDragons (12th title)
RelegatedNamur
Old Club
Euro Hockey LeagueDragons
EHL Ranking CupWaterloo Ducks
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

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

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2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
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Location of Brussels teams in the 2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League
Team Location Province
Antwerp Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor  Antwerp
Beerschot Kontich  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
Namur Saint-Servais  Namur
Old Club Liège  Liège
Orée Woluwe-Saint-Pierre  Brussels
Racing Uccle  Brussels
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo  Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces

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

Regular season

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Standings

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

Results

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Home \ Away ANT BEE BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LÉO LEU NAM OLD ORÉ RAC WAT
Antwerp — 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
Braxgata 3–1 1–3 — — — — 2–3 1–4 1–3 — — — 2–0 —
Daring 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 —
Gantoise 6–2 4–1 9–2 — — — 2–1 — 5–0 — — — 2–1 —
Herakles 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 —
Namur — — 3–5 3–3 0–6 0–2 — — 2–5 — — — — 1–7
Old Club — — 2–6 — — 1–11 1–7 1–9 3–6 2–3 — 2–5 — —
Orée — — 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

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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 HER BRA DAR ANT OLD NAM
1 Herakles 10 7 2 1 42 17 +25 31 — 3–3 3–3 6–3 5–1 10–3
2 Braxgata 10 6 3 1 43 19 +24 28 1–3 — 5–3 4–2 5–1 8–1
3 Daring 10 5 4 1 22 14 +8 24 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 4–3 2–0
4 Antwerp 10 3 3 4 27 27 0 17 1–2 0–5 1–1 — 5–3 6–0
5 Old Club 10 1 3 6 23 38 −15 6 Relegation to National 1 1–5 5–5 1–3 2–2 — 3–1
6 Namur 10 0 1 9 12 54 −42 3 1–6 0–6 0–4 3–6 3–3 —
Source: Flashscore

Play-offs

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DRA LÉO GAN 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 Gantoise 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAT ORÉ BEE LEU
1 Waterloo Ducks 6 4 2 0 25 19 +6 30 Semi-finals — 7–4 4–3 2–2
2 Orée 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

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Seventh place game

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25 April 2021
15:00
Racing 1–3 Leuven
Horler field hockey ball 34' Report Diaz field hockey ball 12'
Murray field hockey ball 39'
Harris field hockey ball 41'
Uccle

Fifth place game

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24 April 2021
15:00
Gantoise 4–1 Beerschot
Helin field hockey ball 16'
Masson field hockey ball 38'
Esquelin field hockey ball 45'
Kina field hockey ball 62' 		Report Duvekot field hockey ball 20'
Ghent

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks (s.o.)31(4)
 
 
 
Léopold23(2)
 
Waterloo Ducks31
 
 
 
Dragons42
 
Dragons (s.o.)31(4)
 
 
Orée22(3)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Léopold45
 
 
Orée31

Semi-finals

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25 April 2021
15:30
Léopold 2–3 Waterloo Ducks
A. Verdussen field hockey ball 6'
Boon field hockey ball 64' 		Report Ghislain field hockey ball 37'
Charlet field hockey ball 56'
Wilbers field hockey ball 70'
Uccle
2 May 2021
12:30
Waterloo Ducks 1–3 Léopold
Charlet field hockey ball 28' Report A. Verdussen field hockey ball 27', 53'
Plennevaux field hockey ball 39'
Penalties
Boccard Penalty shoot-out scored
Willems Penalty shoot-out scored
Willems Penalty shoot-out scored
Van Oost Penalty shoot-out scored 		4–2 Penalty shoot-out missed Plennevaux
Penalty shoot-out scored Zimmer
Penalty shoot-out scored Poncelet
Penalty shoot-out missed Baumgarten
Waterloo

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

25 April 2021
12:30
Orée 2–3 Dragons
Domene field hockey ball 41', 65' Report Martínez field hockey ball 30'
Della Torre field hockey ball 66', 69'
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
2 May 2021
15:30
Dragons 1–2 Orée
Della Torre field hockey ball 39' Report Dohmen field hockey ball 13'
Clément field hockey ball 45'
Penalties
Van Aubel Penalty shoot-out missed
Raes Penalty shoot-out scored
Rubens 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 Simar
Penalty shoot-out scored Domene
Penalty shoot-out scored Curty
Penalty shoot-out missed Dohmen
Penalty shoot-out missed Bellenger
Penalty shoot-out missed Domene
Brasschaat

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

Third place game

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8 May 2021
11:00
Orée 3–4 Léopold
Simar field hockey ball 7'
M. Branicki field hockey ball 18'
Domene field hockey ball 20' 		Report Boon field hockey ball 44', 54'
A. Verdussen field hockey ball 67'
Cuvelier field hockey ball 70'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
9 May 2021
11:00
Léopold 5–1 Orée
Boon field hockey ball 3', 62'
Plennevaux field hockey ball 4', 63'
Poncelet field hockey ball 17' 		Report Domene field hockey ball 57'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp

Léopold won both matches and captured third place.

Final

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8 May 2021
17:30
Dragons 4–3 Waterloo Ducks
Martínez field hockey ball 18'
Raes field hockey ball 44'
Charlier field hockey ball 46'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 68' 		Report Willems field hockey ball 16'
Dykmans field hockey ball 64'
Capelle field hockey ball 64'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
9 May 2021
17:30
Waterloo Ducks 1–2 Dragons
Dykmans field hockey ball 55' Report Charlier field hockey ball 50'
Rubens field hockey ball 58'
Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp

Dragons won both matches and won their 12th national title.

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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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 Milan van Baal Antwerp 18 1 0 19
Belgium Jérôme Dekeyser Leuven 4 15 0
6 France Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 0 17 1 18
7 Belgium Gaëtan Perez Beerschot 13 2 0 15
Belgium Maxime Plennevaux Léopold 13 2 0
France Timothée Clément Orée 13 2 0
10 Belgium Florent Van Aubel Dragons 10 3 1 14
Belgium Tommy Willems Waterloo Ducks 7 2 5

References

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  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. ^ 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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