2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League

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]

Belgian Hockey League

Season	2020–21
Dates	11 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
Champions	Dragons (12th title)
Relegated	Namur Old Club
Euro Hockey League	Dragons
EHL Ranking Cup	Waterloo Ducks
Matches played	155
Goals scored	858 (5.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tom Boon (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Léopold 11–1 Namur
Biggest away win	Old Club 1–11 Gantoise
Highest scoring	Racing 10–3 Old Club
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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

Antwerp

Beerschot

Braxgata

Dragons

Gantoise

Herakles

Leuven

Namur

Old Club

Waterloo Ducks

Brussels

Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing

2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams

Daring

Léopold

Orée

Racing

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

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

Standings

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

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

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

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	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

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

Bracket

	Semi-finals						Final
	Waterloo Ducks (s.o.)	3	1	(4)
	Léopold	2	3	(2)
							Waterloo Ducks		3	1
							Dragons		4	2
	Dragons (s.o.)	3	1	(4)
	Orée	2	2	(3)
							Third place
							Léopold		4	5
							Orée		3	1

Semi-finals

25 April 2021 15:30 Léopold 2–3 Waterloo Ducks A. Verdussen  6' Boon  64' Report Ghislain  37' Charlet  56' Wilbers  70' Uccle

2 May 2021 12:30 Waterloo Ducks 1–3 Léopold Charlet  28' Report A. Verdussen  27', 53' Plennevaux  39' Penalties Boccard Willems Willems Van Oost 4–2 Plennevaux Zimmer Poncelet Baumgarten Waterloo

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

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25 April 2021 12:30 Orée 2–3 Dragons Domene  41', 65' Report Martínez  30' Della Torre  66', 69' Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

2 May 2021 15:30 Dragons 1–2 Orée Della Torre  39' Report Dohmen  13' Clément  45' Penalties Van Aubel Raes Rubens Denayer Martínez Van Aubel 4–3 Simar Domene Curty Dohmen Bellenger Domene Brasschaat

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

Third place game

8 May 2021 11:00 Orée 3–4 Léopold Simar  7' M. Branicki  18' Domene  20' Report Boon  44', 54' A. Verdussen  67' Cuvelier  70' Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp

9 May 2021 11:00 Léopold 5–1 Orée Boon  3', 62' Plennevaux  4', 63' Poncelet  17' Report Domene  57' Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp

Léopold won both matches and captured third place.

Final

8 May 2021 17:30 Dragons 4–3 Waterloo Ducks Martínez  18' Raes  44' Charlier  46' Van Aubel  68' Report Willems  16' Dykmans  64' Capelle  64' Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp

9 May 2021 17:30 Waterloo Ducks 1–2 Dragons Dykmans  55' Report Charlier  50' Rubens  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	Tom Boon	Léopold	18	13	3	34
2	Tomas Domene	Orée	4	22	6	32
3	Loïck Luypaert	Braxgata	2	25	2	29
4	Milan van Baal	Antwerp	18	1	0	19
	Jérôme Dekeyser	Leuven	4	15	0
6	Victor Charlet	Waterloo Ducks	0	17	1	18
7	Gaëtan Perez	Beerschot	13	2	0	15
	Maxime Plennevaux	Léopold	13	2	0
	Timothée Clément	Orée	13	2	0
10	Florent Van Aubel	Dragons	10	3	1	14
	Tommy Willems	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. "DH Messieurs : le second tour" (in French). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
4. "DH : classement final des buteurs 2021" (in French).