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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
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
ChampionsDragons (12th title)
RelegatedNamur
Old Club
Euro Hockey LeagueDragons
EHL Ranking CupWaterloo Ducks
Matches played155
Goals scored858 (5.54 per match)
Top goalscorerTom Boon (34 goals)
Biggest home winLéopold 11–1 Namur
Biggest away winOld Club 1–11 Gantoise
Highest scoringRacing 10–3 Old Club

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 edit

 
 
Antwerp
 
 
Braxgata
 
 
 
Herakles
 
 
Namur
 
Old Club
 
 
 
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2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
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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 edit

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 edit

Standings edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Seventh place game edit

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

Fifth place game edit

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

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks (s.o.)31(4)
 
 
 
Léopold23(2)
 
Waterloo Ducks31
 
 
 
Dragons42
 
Dragons (s.o.)31(4)
 
 
Orée22(3)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Léopold45
 
 
Orée31

Semi-finals edit

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.

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Top goalscorers edit

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 edit

  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. ^ a b "DH Messieurs : le second tour" (in French). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. ^ "DH : classement final des buteurs 2021" (in French).
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