2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season2021–22
Dates5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022
ChampionsRacing (6th title)
RelegatedAntwerp
Beerschot
Euro Hockey LeagueGantoise
Racing
Top goalscorerTanguy Cosyns (30 goals)
Biggest home winLéopold 8–1 Herakles
Biggest away winAntwerp 1–11 Gantoise
Highest scoringAntwerp 1–11 Gantoise

The 2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League was 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 concluded on 8 May 2022 with the second match of the championship final.[1] Dragons were the defending champions.[2] Racing won their sixth league title by defeating Gantoise 5–4 on aggregate in the championship final.[3][4]

Changes from 2020–21

This season was played with 12 instead of 14 teams again.[5] Each team played each other twice and the top four teams advanced to the championship play-offs. The bottom two teams were relegated directly and the team in 10th place played a relegation play-off against the third placed team from the second division.[6]

Teams

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2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
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Location of Brussels teams in the 2021–22 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
Orée 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 Antwerp, Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles
 Brussels 4 Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing
 East Flanders 1 Gantoise
 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 Waterloo Ducks 22 12 6 4 58 31 +27 42 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Racing (C) 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 (O) 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: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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[a] 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[b] 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: [citation needed]
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.[8]
  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.[9]

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks145
 
 
 
Gantoise (s.o.)23 5
 
Gantoise224
 
 
 
Racing23 5
 
Racing134
 
 
Braxgata21 3
 
Third place
 
 
8 May – Louvain-la-Neuve
 
 
Waterloo Ducks3
 
 
Braxgata2

Semi-finals

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

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

30 April 2022
12:30
Braxgata 2–1 Racing
Mazzilli field hockey ball 13'
Onana field hockey ball 47' 		Report Charlier field hockey ball 41'
Boom
1 May 2022
12:30
Racing 3–1 Braxgata
Cosyns field hockey ball 3'
Charlier field hockey ball 18'
Truyens field hockey ball 40' 		Report Luypaert field hockey ball 2'
Uccle

Racing won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third place game

8 May 2022
11:00
Waterloo Ducks 3–2 Braxgata
Wilbers field hockey ball 17'
Willems field hockey ball 34'
Charlet field hockey ball 70' 		Report Van Cleynenbreugel field hockey ball 26'
Rossi field hockey ball 68'
Louvain-la-Neuve

Final

7 May 2022
16:00
Gantoise 2–2 Racing
Scheen field hockey ball 7', 25' Report Charlier field hockey ball 53'
Cosyns field hockey ball 68'
Louvain-la-Neuve
8 May 2022
16:00
Racing 3–2 Gantoise
Cosyns field hockey ball 32', 43', 44' Report De Borrekens field hockey ball 18', 58'
Louvain-la-Neuve

Racing won 5–4 on aggregate and won their sixth league title.

Relegation play-offs

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Léopold 12–3 Mechelse 6–2 6–1

Matches

7 May 2022
15:00
Léopold 6–2 Mechelse
A. Verdussen field hockey ball 23'
Cuvelier field hockey ball 25'
Degroote field hockey ball 31'
Boon field hockey ball 34', 36', 41' 		Report Flack field hockey ball 43'
Mondo field hockey ball 53'
Uccle
8 May 2022
15:00
Mechelse 1–6 Léopold
Mechelen

Léopold won 12–3 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player[10] Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Belgium Tanguy Cosyns Racing 8 17 5 30
2 Belgium Tom Boon Léopold 10 8 8 26
3 Belgium Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 0 17 4 21
4 France Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 0 19 0 19
5 Argentina Tomas Domene Orée 2 15 1 18
6 Belgium Cédric Charlier Racing 14 2 0 16
7 New Zealand Sam Lane Leuven 9 5 0 14
8 Belgium Arthur De Sloover Beerschot 3 6 3 12
Argentina Nicolás Della Torre Dragons 1 9 2
Netherlands Pepijn Scheen Gantoise 0 8 4

See also

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 (8 May 2022). "Le Racing au sommet du hockey belge". lesoir.be (in French). Le Soir. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Racing is voor het eerst in 81 jaar hockeykampioen bij de mannen, treurnis bij Gantoise". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ^ Toussaint, Laurent (19 June 2021). "La division d'honneur à 12 la saison prochaine". lesoir.be (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Algemene Vergadering – meerderheid voor de Belgian League formats". hockey.be (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
  8. ^ "DH Messieurs : la Gantoise forfait". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  9. ^ "DH Messieurs : le Léo forfait, 5-1 devient 0-5" (in French).
  10. ^ "DH Classement final des buteurs" (in French).