2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League

The 2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League was the 95th season of the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top women's Belgian field hockey league.

Belgian Hockey League

Season	2020–21
Dates	10 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
Champions	Gantoise
Regular season	Gantoise (3rd title)
Relegated	Leuven Wellington
Euro Hockey League	Gantoise
EuroHockey Club Trophy	Dragons
Matches played	154
Goals scored	549 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ambre Ballenghien Alix Gerniers (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Waterloo Ducks 7–0 Wellington
Biggest away win	Wellington 0–8 Gantoise Mechelse 1–9 Dragons
Highest scoring	Léopold 6–9 Gantoise
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The season started on 10 September 2020 and concluded on 9 May 2021 with the second match of the championship final.^[1] Gantoise won the title for the third time.^[2]

Changes from 2019–20

For the first time in history, the league was played with 14 teams instead of 12. Teams played each other once in a single round-robin format, with the top eight teams qualifying for the play–offs and the bottom six progressing to the relegation series.

Teams

Antwerp

Braxgata

Dragons

Gantoise

Herakles

Leuven

Mechelse

Victory

Waterloo Ducks

Brussels

Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Racing
White Star
Wellington

2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League teams

Daring

Léopold

Racing

White Star

Wellington

Location of Brussels teams in the 2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League

Team	Location	Province
Antwerp	Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor	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
Mechelse	Mechelen	Antwerp
Racing	Uccle	Brussels
Victory	Edegem	Antwerp
Waterloo Ducks	Waterloo	Walloon Brabant
Wellington	Uccle	Brussels
White Star	Evere	Brussels

Number of teams by provinces

Province	Number of teams	Team(s)
Antwerp	6	Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Mechelse, Victory
Brussels	5	Daring, Léopold, Racing, Wellington, White Star
East Flanders	1	Gantoise
Flemish Brabant		Leuven
Walloon Brabant		Waterloo Ducks
Total	14

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gantoise	13	12	1	0	56	12	+44	37	Qualification for the play-offs
2	Daring	13	8	4	1	29	18	+11	28
3	Dragons	13	8	2	3	39	14	+25	26
4	Braxgata	13	7	3	3	25	11	+14	24
5	Antwerp	13	7	1	5	28	17	+11	22
6	Racing	13	7	1	5	22	20	+2	22
7	Herakles	13	6	3	4	23	16	+7	21
8	Victory	13	6	3	4	20	25	−5	21
9	Waterloo Ducks	13	5	3	5	28	19	+9	18	Qualification for the Play–downs
10	Léopold	13	5	0	8	28	36	−8	15
11	White Star	13	3	1	9	15	37	−22	10
12	Mechelse	13	2	2	9	10	34	−24	8
13	Wellington	13	2	0	11	8	50	−42	6
14	Leuven	13	1	0	12	13	35	−22	3

Source: OKEY
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	BRA	DAR	DRA	GAN	HER	LÉO	LEU	MEC	RAC	VIC	WAT	WEL	WHI
Antwerp	—			2–4			1–0		4–0		0–1	3–1	5–0	4–2
Braxgata	1–1	—				2–1	3–1	2–0		0–2				3–1
Daring	3–2	2–1	—		0–1	3–3		4–1		1–1			2–0
Dragons		0–2	1–2	—	0–2	1–0		3–0		3–1			6–0
Gantoise	2–1	1–0			—	1–1		4–0		5–1				7–1
Herakles	1–2					—	1–2		1–1	2–0	2–0			4–1
Léopold			2–4	1–5	6–9		—		2–1		1–4	2–1
Leuven	1–3					1–3	1–3	—		2–3	1–2			5–2
Mechelse		0–0	1–2	1–9	0–5			1–0	—			0–4
Racing	1–0						3–1		2–1	—	5–2	0–2	3–0	0–1
Victory		0–4	2–2	2–2	1–5				2–1		—	2–1
Waterloo Ducks		2–2	1–1	1–1	1–6	1–2		3–0				—	7–0
Wellington		0–5			0–8	1–2	1–6	2–1	2–3		0–1		—
White Star			2–3	0–4			2–1		1–0		1–1	0–3	1–2	—

Source: OKEY
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: Waterloo Ducks 9 points, Léopold 7.5, White Star 5, Mechelse 4, Wellington 3 and Leuven 1.5.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		WAT	WHI	LÉO	MEC	LEU	WEL
1	Waterloo Ducks	10	10	0	0	36	9	+27	39			—	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–2	7–2
2	White Star	10	5	0	5	16	16	0	20			0–3	—	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–1
3	Léopold	10	3	3	4	14	17	−3	19.5			0–5	3–0	—	0–1	1–1	1–1
4	Mechelse	10	2	4	4	7	13	−6	14			2–7	3–2	0–0	—	1–1	0–0
5	Leuven	10	3	3	4	14	20	−6	13.5	Relegation to National 1		0–3	2–4	3–2	0–0	—	2–1
6	Wellington	10	1	2	7	12	24	−12	8			0–1	2–3	2–4	1–0	2–3	—

Source: OKEY
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.^[3]

Play–offs

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-offs: Gantoise 18.5 points, Daring 14, Dragons 13, Braxgata 12, Antwerp 11, Racing 11, Herakles 10.5 and Victory 10.5.^[4]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SF		GAN	ANT	VIC	BRA
1	Gantoise	6	6	0	0	17	2	+15	36.5	Advanced to semi-finals		—	3–1	3–0	3–0
2	Antwerp	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	19			0–1	—	4–0	1–1
3	Victory	6	2	0	4	5	16	−11	16.5			0–5	1–3	—	2–0
4	Braxgata	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	14			1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Source: OKEY
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.^[3]

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SF		DRA	RAC	DAR	HER
1	Dragons	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	26	Advanced to semi-finals		—	4–0	2–3	2–0
2	Racing	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	24			1–1	—	2–0	3–0
3	Daring	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	23			1–2	0–2	—	1–0
4	Herakles	6	0	0	6	2	16	−14	10.5			0–3	2–4	0–3	—

Source: OKEY
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.^[3]

Classification matches

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh and eighth place

25 April 2021 12:00 Braxgata 4–0 Herakles Van Grimbergen  13' Vorushylo  44' J. Vandermeiren  51' Ikegwuonu  58' Report Braxgata HC, Boom

Fifth and sixth place

25 April 2021 12:00 Victory 1–2 Daring Bruni  15' Report Jardel  41' Ferrazzini  53' Royal Victory HC, Edegem

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals					Final
	Gantoise	5	2
	Racing	1	1
						Gantoise	3	3
						Dragons	0	2
	Dragons	3	1
	Antwerp	1	0
						Third place
						Racing		3
						Antwerp		2

Semi-finals

25 April 2021 12:00 Racing 1–5 Gantoise Boon  12' Report Gerniers  6' Ballenghien  27', 28' Schreurs  49' S. Vanden Borre  58' Royal Racing Club Bruxelles, Uccle Umpires: Lucien Vanderborght (BEL) Alexandra Mahieu (BEL)

2 May 2021 12:00 Gantoise 2–1 Racing Oviedo  11' Sinia  52' Report Rasir  37' La Gantoise HC, Ghent Umpires: Alexandra Mahieu (BEL) Anne van den Bosch (BEL)

Gantoise won the series 2–0.

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25 April 2021 15:00 Antwerp 1–3 Dragons Delforge  66' Report Struyf  4' Magis  9' De Groof  52' Royal Antwerp HC, Antwerp Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Pieter Verleye (BEL)

2 May 2021 12:00 Dragons 1–0 Antwerp Magis  17' Report KHC Dragons, Brasschaat Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

Dragons won the series 2–0.

Third and fourth place

8 May 2021 13:00 Racing 3–2 Antwerp De Mot  21' Boon  22' Haussener  51' Report M. Struijk  37' Rebecchi  68' Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp Umpires: Lucien Vanderborght (BEL) Pieter Verleye (BEL)

Final

8 May 2021 15:00 Gantoise 3–0 Dragons Schreurs  32' S. Vanden Borre  44' Nelen  47' Report Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Louise de Clercq (BEL)

9 May 2021 15:00 Dragons 2–3 Gantoise Magis  4' De Groof  66' Report Schreurs  43' A. Vanden Borre  51' Ballenghien  61' Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

Gantoise won the series 2–0, winning the title.

Top Goalscorers

Goalscoring Table
Pos.	Player	Club	FG	PC	PS	Total
1	Ambre Ballenghien	Gantoise	11	5	1	18
	Alix Gerniers	17	1	0
3	Priscila Jardel	Daring	10	6	0	16
4	Carla Rebecchi	Antwerp	7	7	0	14
5	Noa Schreurs	Gantoise	11	1	0	12
	Jill Boon	Racing	6	5	1
7	Stéphanie Vanden Borre	Gantoise	0	11	0	11
8	Valerie Magis	Dragons	1	7	2	10
	Manon Simons	7	3	0
	Zoë Dujardin	Leuven	7	3	0
	Marie Ronquetti	Waterloo Ducks	10	0	0

References

1. "Championnat Dames Honneur : le calendrier". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
2. "LA GANTOISE END 12 YEAR WAIT FOR COVETED CHAMPIONS TITLE". hockeywrldnws.com. Hockey World News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
3. "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
4. "DH Dames: le second tour" (in French). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2022.