2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League

The 2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League was the 96th season of the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top women's Belgian field hockey league.

Belgian Hockey League

Season	2021–22
Dates	5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022
Champions	Gantoise (4th title)
Regular season	Gantoise
Relegated	Mechelse White Star
Euro Hockey League	Gantoise
Euro Hockey Club Trophy	Dragons
Matches played	132
Goals scored	523 (3.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Louise Versavel (Braxgata) (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Gantoise 12–1 Mechelse
Biggest away win	Herakles 0–9 Gantoise
Highest scoring	Gantoise 12–1 Mechelse
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 24 April 2022.

The season started on 5 September 2021 and concluded on 8 May 2022 with the second match of the championship final.^[1] Gantoise are the defending champions.^[2]

Changes from 2020–21

This season will again be played with 12 instead of 14 teams.^[3] Each team will play each other twice and the top four teams will advance to the championship play-offs. The bottom two teams will be relegated directly and the team in 10th place will play a relegation play-off against the third placed team in the second division.^[4]

Teams

Antwerp

Braxgata

Dragons

Gantoise

Herakles

Mechelse

Victory

Waterloo Ducks

Brussels

Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Racing
White Star

2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League teams

Daring

Léopold

Racing

White Star

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
Mechelse	Mechelen	Antwerp
Racing	Uccle	Brussels
Victory	Edegem	Antwerp
Waterloo Ducks	Waterloo	Walloon Brabant
White Star	Evere	Brussels

Number of teams by provinces

Province	Number of teams	Team(s)
Antwerp	6	Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Mechelse, Victory
Brussels	4	Daring, Léopold, Racing, White Star
East Flanders	1	Gantoise
Walloon Brabant		Waterloo Ducks
Total	12

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gantoise	22	20	2	0	106	15	+91	62	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2	Dragons	22	14	6	2	65	32	+33	48	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Braxgata	22	14	2	6	50	30	+20	44
4	Racing	22	13	5	4	55	27	+28	44
5	Waterloo Ducks	22	12	2	8	50	40	+10	38
6	Daring	22	9	2	11	37	51	−14	29
7	Antwerp	22	8	3	11	33	44	−11	27
8	Victory	22	8	1	13	33	47	−14	25
9	Herakles	22	7	1	14	30	57	−27	22
10	Léopold	22	5	2	15	29	57	−28	17	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	White Star	22	4	5	13	24	45	−21	17	Relegation to the National 1
12	Mechelse	22	1	3	18	11	78	−67	6

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

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	BRA	DAR	DRA	GAN	HER	LEO	MEC	RAC	VIC	WAT	WHI
Antwerp	—	1–1	1–2	4–4	0–3	4–1	3–2	4–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–0
Braxgata	1–0	—	1–2	4–2	0–4	3–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	6–1	3–1	3–1
Daring	2–0	0–7	—	1–2	2–3	1–5	4–3	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–5	1–1
Dragons	3–2	3–1	3–1	—	1–3	4–0	4–1	8–0	3–3	2–2	2–1	2–0
Gantoise	6–0	4–1	5–1	2–2	—	4–0	10–0	12–1	5–0	7–1	1–0	5–1
Herakles	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	0–9	—	2–1	4–0	0–5	0–4	2–4	4–1
Léopold	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–3	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–0
Mechelse	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–5	1–1	2–1	—	0–4	1–3	1–6	1–1
Racing	5–1	4–1	1–0	2–4	2–2	0–1	5–1	5–0	—	2–0	2–2	2–1
Victory	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–3	1–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–4	—	0–1	2–0
Waterloo Ducks	3–2	0–1	4–1	0–6	2–5	5–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	4–3	—	2–1
White Star	0–0	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	4–2	—

Source: OKEY
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play–offs

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Gantoise	4	1
	Braxgata	1	1
						Gantoise	3	3
						Dragons	1	0
	Dragons	2	0
	Racing	1	0
						Third place
						Braxgata		0
						Racing		4

Semi-finals

30 April 2022 15:30 Braxgata 1–4 Gantoise Civera  38' Report Schreurs  14' Sinia  19' Ballenghien  63' A. Vanden Borre  66' Braxgata HC, Boom Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Antoine Forton (BEL)

1 May 2022 15:30 Gantoise 1–1 Braxgata Ballenghien  24' Report Versavel  68' La Gantoise HC, Ghent Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Louise de Clercq (BEL)

Gantoise won the series 1–0.

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30 April 2022 15:30 Racing 1–2 Dragons Boon  33' Report Raye  20' Herzsprung  38' Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Uccle Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Antoine Colemonts (BEL)

1 May 2022 15:30 Dragons 0–0 Racing Report KHC Dragons, Brasschaat Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

Dragons won the series 1–0.

Third and fourth place

7 May 2022 11:00 Braxgata 0–4 Racing Report Holz  12' Sistermans  22' A. Willems  32' Puvrez  67' Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Antoine Colemonts (BEL)

Final

7 May 2022 13:30 Dragons 1–3 Gantoise D. Marien  45' Report Ballenghien  4' Gaspari  23' Schreurs  41' Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Louise de Clercq (BEL)

8 May 2022 13:30 Gantoise 3–0 Dragons Ballenghien  11', 38' Gerniers  21' Report Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Anne van den Bosch (BEL)

Gantoise won the series 2–0.

Top goalscorers

As of 24 April 2022

Goalscoring Table
Pos.	Player	Club	FG	PC	PS	Total
1	Louise Versavel	Braxgata	18	4	1	23
2	Emilie Sinia	Gantoise	16	5	0	21
3	Ambre Ballenghien	16	4	0	20
4	Charlotte Englebert	Racing	9	6	1	16
5	Abigail Raye	Dragons	11	4	0	15
	Stéphanie Vanden Borre	Gantoise	2	11	2
7	Lara Oviedo	12	1	0	13
8	Joanne Peeters	Waterloo Ducks	0	11	1	12
9	Priscila Jardel	Daring	4	3	3	10
	Stéphanie de Groof	Dragons	0	10	0
	Noa Schreurs	Gantoise	10	0	0

References

1. "DH Dames : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
2. "LA GANTOISE END 12 YEAR WAIT FOR COVETED CHAMPIONS TITLE". hockeywrldnws.com. Hockey World News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
3. Toussaint, Laurent (19 June 2021). "La division d'honneur à 12 la saison prochaine". lesoir.be (in French). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
4. "Algemene Vergadering – meerderheid voor de Belgian League formats". hockey.be (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
5. "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).