2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League

The 2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 103nd season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.

Belgian Hockey League

Season	2022–23
Dates	4 September 2022 – 21 May 2023
Champions	Gantoise (2nd title)
Relegated	Leuven Old Club
Euro Hockey League	Gantoise Léopold Waterloo Ducks
Matches played	132
Goals scored	767 (5.81 per match)
Best Player	Tom Boon
Top goalscorer	Tom Boon (53 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Loic Van Doren
Biggest home win	Waterloo Ducks 9–0 Uccle Sport
Biggest away win	Old Club 2–15 Dragons
Highest scoring	Old Club 2–15 Dragons
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The season started on 4 September 2022 and concluded on 21 May 2023 with the second match of the championship final.^[1] Racing were the defending champions.^[2]

Gantoise beat the Waterloo Ducks 5–2 on aggregate in the championship final to win their second title, 102 years after their first championship win.^[3]

Teams

Braxgata

Dragons

Gantoise

Herakles

Leuven

Old Club

Waterloo Ducks

Brussels

Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing
Uccle Sport

2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams

Daring

Léopold

Orée

Racing

Uccle Sport

Location of Brussels teams in the 2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Uccle Sport and Old Club were the two promoted club from the 2021–22 National 1, replacing Beerschot and Antwerp.

Team	Location	Province
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
Old Club	Liège	Liège
Orée	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre	Brussels
Racing	Uccle	Brussels
Uccle Sport	Uccle	Brussels
Waterloo Ducks	Waterloo	Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces

Province	Number of teams	Team(s)
Brussels	5	Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport
Antwerp	3	Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles
East Flanders	1	Gantoise
Flemish Brabant		Leuven
Liège		Old Club
Walloon Brabant		Waterloo Ducks
Total	12

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Léopold	22	18	3	1	111	43	+68	57	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2	Dragons	22	15	4	3	86	37	+49	49	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Gantoise (C)	22	15	2	5	78	40	+38	47	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
4	Waterloo Ducks	22	14	1	7	86	49	+37	43
5	Orée	22	12	1	9	67	49	+18	37
6	Racing	22	9	6	7	62	56	+6	33
7	Herakles	22	10	1	11	58	61	−3	31
8	Braxgata	22	8	6	8	52	43	+9	30
9	Daring	22	6	2	14	39	68	−29	20
10	Uccle Sport (O)	22	4	1	17	36	87	−51	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Leuven (R)	22	4	1	17	36	93	−57	13	Relegation to the National 1
12	Old Club (R)	22	3	0	19	50	135	−85	9

Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	DAR	DRA	GAN	HER	LEO	LEU	OLD	ORE	RAC	UCC	WAT
Braxgata	—	2–3	1–3	3–3	2–0	1–3	5–1	7–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–5
Daring	1–2	—	1–5	1–5	0–4	1–2	3–4	7–2	3–2	0–4	2–1	1–4
Dragons	1–1	4–0	—	4–4	1–2	3–2	3–0	7–6	2–3	2–2	8–0	2–0
Gantoise	1–0	4–2	1–3	—	2–1	1–5	3–0	8–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–2
Herakles	3–1	1–2	3–0	4–3	—	1–2	7–1	4–2	2–7	4–4	4–1	2–3
Léopold	4–3	5–2	2–2	1–0	10–2	—	8–1	9–2	7–1	6–3	7–2	3–3
Leuven	0–3	2–2	1–5	2–7	2–1	5–6	—	3–1	1–7	2–7	4–3	0–7
Old Club	2–4	3–1	2–15	2–8	4–3	2–13	7–4	—	1–8	1–3	1–3	1–6
Orée	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–5	0–1	2–4	3–2	9–2	—	3–2	6–0	4–3
Racing	2–2	2–2	1–5	1–6	2–4	3–3	2–0	4–3	3–1	—	6–0	2–1
Uccle Sport	1–2	1–2	1–4	2–4	6–4	1–6	3–1	2–1	2–4	2–5	—	2–3
Waterloo Ducks	2–4	8–3	2–4	2–4	6–2	2–3	4–1	8–3	3–2	3–2	9–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player[5]	Club	FG	PC	PS	Goals
1	Tom Boon	Léopold	30	20	3	53
2	Victor Charlet	Waterloo Ducks	0	33	1	34
3	Tomas Domene	Orée	10	16	4	30
4	Tanguy Cosyns	Racing	5	16	2	23
5	Blake Govers	Dragons	2	17	1	20
6	Henri Raes	Dragons	15	0	0	15
	Tom Degroote	Léopold	15	0	0
	Arthur Verdussen	Léopold	12	3	0
9	Gaëtan Dykmans	Waterloo Ducks	12	2	0	14
	Nicolás Della Torre	Dragons	1	13	0
	Loïck Luypaert	Braxgata	0	10	4

Play-offs

Bracket

	Semi-finals						Final
	Léopold	3	2	5
	Waterloo Ducks	4	3	7
							Waterloo Ducks	0	2	2
							Gantoise	3	2	5
	Dragons	0	3	3
	Gantoise	5	2	7
							Third place
							Léopold (s.o.)			3 (5)
							Dragons			3 (4)

Semi-finals

13 May 2023 13:30 Gantoise 5–0 Dragons Hellin  4', 66' Esquelin  17' Goyet  57' Kina  59' Report Ghent

14 May 2023 13:30 Dragons 3–2 Gantoise Gougnard  6' Della Torre  53' Rubens  65' Report Duvekot  22', 37' Brasschaat

Gantoise won 7–3 on aggregate.

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13 May 2023 13:30 Waterloo Ducks 4–3 Léopold Charlet  10', 38', 70' Wilbers  57' Report Muschs  16' Degroote  28' Boon  39' Waterloo

14 May 2023 13:30 Léopold 2–3 Waterloo Ducks Baumgarten  28' A. Verdussen  70' Report Charlet  31', 61' De Backer  57' Uccle

Waterloo Ducks won 7–5 on aggregate.

Final

20 May 2023 16:15 Gantoise 3–0 Waterloo Ducks Tynevez  12' Masson  28' Duvekot  47' Report Brasschaat

21 May 2023 16:15 Waterloo Ducks 2–2 Gantoise Dykmans  24', 62' Report Esquelin  13' Clément  58' Brasschaat

Gantoise won 5–2 on aggregate.

Third place

18 May 2023 15:45 Léopold 3–3 Dragons Baumgarten  41', 60' Verdussen  50' Report Della Torre  40' Martinez  54' Govers  69' Brasschaat

Léopold won the shoot-out 5–4.

Relegation play-offs

Uccle Sport won 10–7 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Antwerp	7–10	Uccle Sport	4–6	3–4

Awards

Award	Winner[6]	Club
Golden Stick – Player of the Year	Tom Boon	Léopold
Goalkeeper of the Year	Loic Van Doren	Dragons
Rising Star of the Year	Thomas Crols
Coach of the Year	Pascal Kina	Gantoise

References

1. "Championnat Messieurs Honneur 22-23 : le calendrier" (in French). 28 July 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "Les résultats de ce dimanche 8 mai 22" (in French). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "Gantoise slaat na succes bij vrouwen dubbelslag: Gentse mannen pakken na 102 (!) jaar titel in hockey". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
4. "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
5. "DH : classement des buteurs au 07 mai 23" (in French).
6. Thys, Werner (25 June 2023). "Tweede Gouden Stick op rij voor Tom Boon, Michelle Struijk wint bij de vrouwen". hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 9 August 2023.