Men's Belgian Hockey League

The Men's Belgian Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association. The league was established in 1919 as the Division 1. Between the 2006–07 and the 2015–16 seasons it was known as the Honor Division.

Men's Belgian Hockey League

Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1919; 106 years ago (1919)
First season	1919–20
Administrator	Royal Belgian Hockey Association
No. of teams	12
Country	Belgium
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Gantoise (3rd title) (2023–24)
Most titles	Léopold (28 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	National 1
International cup(s)	Euro Hockey League

Sixteen different clubs have won the league with a 28 times record for Léopold. The current champion is Gantoise, having won the 2023–24 season by defeating Waterloo Ducks in the championship final.

Format

The season usually starts in September and ends around the end of April or the beginning of May. From the 2021–22 season onwards the league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice and who compete for four spots in the championship play-offs. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-final and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. The last two teams are relegated to the National 1 and the tenth placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed team in the second division.^[1]

Teams

Beerschot

Braxgata

Dragons

Gantoise

Herakles

Namur

Waterloo Ducks

Brussels

Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing
Uccle Sport

2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams

Daring

Léopold

Orée

Racing

Uccle Sport

Location of Brussels teams in the 2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Beerschot and Namur are the two promoted clubs from the 2023–24 National 1, replacing Vicory and White Star.

Team	Location	Province
Beerschot	Kontich	Antwerp
Braxgata	Boom	Antwerp
Daring	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean	Brussels
Dragons	Brasschaat	Antwerp
Gantoise	Ghent	East Flanders
Herakles	Lier	Antwerp
Léopold	Uccle	Brussels
Namur	Saint-Servais	Namur
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	4	Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles
East Flanders	1	Gantoise
Namur		Namur
Walloon Brabant		Waterloo Ducks
Total	12

Champions

By year

1919–1954 No. Season Champion[2] 01 1919–20 Brussels HLTC (1) 02 1920–21 Gantoise (1) 03 1921–22 Léopold (1) 04 1922–23 Léopold (2) 05 1923–24 Racing (1) 06 1924–25 Beerschot (1) 07 1925–26 Rasante (1) 08 1926–27 Beerschot (2) 09 1927-28 Léopold (3) 10 1928-29 Rasante (2) 11 1929-30 Rasante (3) 12 1930-31 Rasante (4) 13 1931-32 Beerschot (3) 14 1932-33 Racing (2) 15 1933-34 Beerschot (4) 16 1934-35 Racing (3) 17 1935-36 Racing (4) 18 1936-37 Rasante (5) 19 1937-38 Rasante (6) 20 1938-39 Léopold (4) 21 1939-40 Rasante (7) 22 1940-41 Racing (5) 23 1941-42 Beerschot (5) 24 1942-43 Rasante (8) 25 1943-44 Beerschot (6) 26 1944-45 Rasante (9) 27 1945-46 Daring (1) 28 1946-47 Daring (2) 29 1947-48 Daring (3) 30 1948-49 Daring (4) 31 1949-50 Victory (1) 32 1950-51 Léopold (5) 33 1951-52 Léopold (6) 34 1952-53 Rasante (10) 35 1953-54 Rasante (11)

1954–1989 No. Season Champion[2] 36 1954–55 Léopold (7) 37 1955-56 Rasante (12) 38 1956-57 Rasante (13) 39 1958-59 Rasante (14) 40 1958-59 Léopold (8) 41 1959-60 Léopold (9) 42 1960-61 Léopold (10) 43 1961-62 Victory (2) 44 1962-63 Not finished 45 1963-64 Uccle Sport (1) 46 1964-65 Uccle Sport (2) 47 1965-66 Léopold (11) 48 1966-67 Léopold (12) 49 1967-68 Léopold (13) 50 1968-69 Léopold (14) 51 1969-70 Léopold (15) 52 1970-71 Léopold (16) 53 1971-72 Léopold (17) 54 1972-73 Léopold (18) 55 1973-74 Léopold (19) 56 1974-75 Uccle Sport (3) 57 1975-76 Uccle Sport (4) 58 1976-77 Uccle Sport (5) 59 1977-78 Uccle Sport (6) 60 1978-79 Léopold (20) 61 1979-80 Uccle Sport (7) 62 1980-81 Uccle Sport (8) 63 1981-82 Uccle Sport (9) 64 1982-83 Uccle Sport (10) 65 1983-84 Uccle Sport (11) 66 1984-85 Uccle Sport (12) 67 1985-86 Rasante (15) 68 1986-87 Uccle Sport (13) 69 1987-88 Léopold (21) 70 1988–89 Léopold (22)

1989–2023 No. Season Champion[2] 71 1989-90 Rasante (16) 72 1990-91 Léopold (23) 73 1991-92 Léopold (24) 74 1992-93 Baudouin (1) 75 1993-94 Baudouin (2) 76 1994-95 Baudouin (3) 77 1995-96 White Star (1) 78 1996-97 Dragons (1) 79 1997-98 Herakles (1) 80 1998-99 Dragons (2) 81 1999-2000 Dragons (3) 82 2000-01 Dragons (4) 83 2001-02 Léopold (25) 84 2002-03 Dragons (5) 85 2003-04 Léopold (26) 86 2004-05 Léopold (27) 87 2005-06 Waterloo Ducks (1) 88 2006-07 Antwerp (1) 89 2007-08 Leuven (1) 90 2008-09 Waterloo Ducks (2) 91 2009-10 Dragons (6) 92 2010-11 Dragons (7) 93 2011-12 Waterloo Ducks (3) 94 2012-13 Waterloo Ducks (4) 95 2013-14 Waterloo Ducks (5) 96 2014-15 Dragons (8) 97 2015-16 Dragons (9) 98 2016-17 Dragons (10) 99 2017-18 Dragons (11) 100 2018-19 Léopold (28) – 2019-20 Not finished 101 2020-21 Dragons (12) 102 2021–22 Racing (6) 103 2022–23 Gantoise (2) 104 2023–24 Gantoise (3)

By club

Club	Championship(s)	Year(s) won
Léopold	28	1921–22, 1922–23, 1927–28, 1938–39, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2018–19
Rasante	16	1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1985–86, 1989–90
Uccle Sport	13	1963–64, 1964–65, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87
Dragons	12	1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
Beerschot	6	1924–25, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1941–42, 1943–44
Racing		1923–24, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1940–41, 2021–22
Waterloo Ducks	5	2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
Daring	4	1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49
Gantoise	3	1920–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
Baudouin		1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
Victory	2	1949–50, 1961–62
Brussels HLTC	1	1919–20
White Star		1995–96
Herakles		1997–98
Antwerp		2006–07
Leuven		2007–08

By province

Province	Championships	Clubs
Brussels	69	Léopold (28), Rasante (16), Uccle Sport (13), Racing (6), Daring (4), Brussels HLTC (1), White Star (1)
Antwerp	22	Dragons (12), Beerschot (6), Victory (2), Herakles (1), Antwerp (1)
Walloon Brabant	5	Waterloo Ducks (5)
Flemish Brabant	4	Baudouin (3), Leuven (1)
East Flanders	3	Gantoise (3)

See also

• Women's Belgian Hockey League