2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season2021–22
Dates5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022
ChampionsRacing (6th title)
RelegatedAntwerp
Beerschot
Euro Hockey LeagueGantoise
Racing
Top goalscorerTanguy Cosyns (30 goals)
Biggest home winLéopold 8–1 Herakles
Biggest away winAntwerp 1–11 Gantoise
Highest scoringAntwerp 1–11 Gantoise

The 2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 102nd season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.

The season started on 5 September 2021 and concluded on 8 May 2022 with the second match of the championship final.[1] Dragons were the defending champions.[2] Racing won their sixth league title by defeating Gantoise 5–4 on aggregate in the championship final.[3][4]

Changes from 2020–21

This season was played with 12 instead of 14 teams again.[5] Each team played each other twice and the top four teams advanced to the championship play-offs. The bottom two teams were relegated directly and the team in 10th place played a relegation play-off against the third placed team from the second division.[6]

Teams

2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
Location of Brussels teams in the 2021–22 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
Orée Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Brussels
Racing Uccle Brussels
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces

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
Walloon Brabant Waterloo Ducks
Total 12

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Waterloo Ducks 22 12 6 4 58 31 +27 42 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Racing (C) 22 11 7 4 64 41 +23 40 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
3 Braxgata 22 11 7 4 52 42 +10 40 Qualification for the play-offs
4 Gantoise 22 10 6 6 63 43 +20 36 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
5 Herakles 22 9 6 7 54 46 +8 33
6 Leuven 22 9 6 7 47 42 +5 33
7 Dragons 22 9 3 10 50 42 +8 30
8 Daring 22 8 5 9 50 50 0 29
9 Orée 22 9 1 12 50 66 −16 28
10 Léopold (O) 22 7 2 13 46 74 −28 23 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Beerschot (R) 22 5 5 12 43 64 −21 20 Relegation to the National 1
12 Antwerp (R) 22 4 2 16 42 78 −36 14
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ANT BEE BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LÉO LEU ORÉ RAC WD
Antwerp — 4–5 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–11 1–5 5–0 3–1 3–4 0–4 1–6
Beerschot 3–2 — 2–0 2–3 3–2 4–4 2–2 4–4 0–2 3–5 2–3 0–4
Braxgata 3–2 3–2 — 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1
Daring 2–1 3–0 2–2 — 1–2 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–3 5–2 3–3 4–4
Dragons 3–3 2–3 4–5 2–1 — 2–3 4–0 5–0 3–1 6–0 2–4 0–0
Gantoise 5–0 3–3 4–2 1–2 0–1 — 3–2 0–3 0–5[a] 3–1 1–0 3–2
Herakles 2–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 1–1 5–3 — 5–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–2
Léopold 0–5[b] 3–1 0–5 6–1 5–2 0–5 8–1 — 2–2 0–5 0–5 0–3
Leuven 4–3 0–0 0–2 5–4 1–0 2–2 3–2 5–0 — 1–2 4–4 1–2
Orée 5–0 3–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–7 2–6 2–5 1–2 — 4–3 1–3
Racing 3–3 5–1 2–2 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 4–2 — 3–2
Waterloo Ducks 7–1 3–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–6 5–1 1–1 1–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Leuven was awarded a 5–0 win because Gantoise fielded two ineligible players. The original match finished 3–3.[8]
  2. ^ Antwerp was awarded a 0–5 win because a member of the Léopold staff who was suspended was present at the match. The original match finished 5–1.[9]

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks145
 
 
 
Gantoise (s.o.)23 5
 
Gantoise224
 
 
 
Racing23 5
 
Racing134
 
 
Braxgata21 3
 
Third place
 
 
8 May – Louvain-la-Neuve
 
 
Waterloo Ducks3
 
 
Braxgata2

Semi-finals

30 April 2022
12:30
Gantoise 2–1 Waterloo Ducks
Masson  28'
De Borrekens  30' 		Report Charlet  45'
Ghent
1 May 2022
12:30
Waterloo Ducks 4–3 Gantoise
Charlet  20', 33'
Wilbers  44', 52' 		Report De Paeuw  13'
Rogeau  42'
Scheen  54'
Penalties
Boccard
Van Oost
Esquelin
Wilbers
Charlet
Boccard 		4–5 Kina
Hellin
Tynevez
Ferreiro
De Paeuw
Ferreiro
Waterloo

5–5 on aggregate. Gantoise won the shoot-out 5–4.

30 April 2022
12:30
Braxgata 2–1 Racing
Mazzilli  13'
Onana  47' 		Report Charlier  41'
Boom
1 May 2022
12:30
Racing 3–1 Braxgata
Cosyns  3'
Charlier  18'
Truyens  40' 		Report Luypaert  2'
Uccle

Racing won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third place game

8 May 2022
11:00
Waterloo Ducks 3–2 Braxgata
Wilbers  17'
Willems  34'
Charlet  70' 		Report Van Cleynenbreugel  26'
Rossi  68'
Louvain-la-Neuve

Final

7 May 2022
16:00
Gantoise 2–2 Racing
Scheen  7', 25' Report Charlier  53'
Cosyns  68'
Louvain-la-Neuve
8 May 2022
16:00
Racing 3–2 Gantoise
Cosyns  32', 43', 44' Report De Borrekens  18', 58'
Louvain-la-Neuve

Racing won 5–4 on aggregate and won their sixth league title.

Relegation play-offs

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Léopold 12–3 Mechelse 6–2 6–1

Matches

7 May 2022
15:00
Léopold 6–2 Mechelse
A. Verdussen  23'
Cuvelier  25'
Degroote  31'
Boon  34', 36', 41' 		Report Flack  43'
Mondo  53'
Uccle
8 May 2022
15:00
Mechelse 1–6 Léopold
Mechelen

Léopold won 12–3 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player[10] Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Tanguy Cosyns Racing 8 17 5 30
2 Tom Boon Léopold 10 8 8 26
3 Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 0 17 4 21
4 Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 0 19 0 19
5 Tomas Domene Orée 2 15 1 18
6 Cédric Charlier Racing 14 2 0 16
7 Sam Lane Leuven 9 5 0 14
8 Arthur De Sloover Beerschot 3 6 3 12
Nicolás Della Torre Dragons 1 9 2
Pepijn Scheen Gantoise 0 8 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "DH Messieurs : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 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. ^ Toussaint, Laurent (8 May 2022). "Le Racing au sommet du hockey belge". lesoir.be (in French). Le Soir. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Racing is voor het eerst in 81 jaar hockeykampioen bij de mannen, treurnis bij Gantoise". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ^ Toussaint, Laurent (19 June 2021). "La division d'honneur à 12 la saison prochaine". lesoir.be (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Algemene Vergadering – meerderheid voor de Belgian League formats". hockey.be (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
  8. ^ "DH Messieurs : la Gantoise forfait". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  9. ^ "DH Messieurs : le Léo forfait, 5-1 devient 0-5" (in French).
  10. ^ "DH Classement final des buteurs" (in French).
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