Belgium men's national under-21 field hockey team
| Nickname(s) | Young Red Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Royal Belgian Hockey Association | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | Jeroen Baart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Javier Telechea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | David Prinsen Geerligs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Jeremy Wilbers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Junior World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1985) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 2nd (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EuroHockey Junior Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 16 (first in 1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 1st (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The Belgium men's national under-21 field hockey team represents Belgium in men's international under-21 field hockey and is controlled by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Belgium.[1]
The team plays in the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championships and has qualified eight times for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup. Their biggest successes were winning the EuroHockey Junior Championship in 2012 and being runners-up at the 2016 Junior World Cup.
Tournament record
Junior World Cup
- 1985 – 11th place
- 1997 – 12th place
- 2005 – 11th place
- 2009 – 11th place
- 2013 – 6th place
- 2016 –
- 2021 – 6th place
- 2023 – 9th place
EuroHockey Junior Championship
- 1976 – 5th place
- 1978 – 6th place
- 1981 –
- 1984 – 4th place
- 1996 – 5th place
- 1998 – 6th place
- 2002 – 6th place
- 2004 – 5th place
- 2006 –
- 2008 – 4th place
- 2010 –
- 2012 –
- 2014 – 4th place
- 2017 –
- 2019 – 5th place
- 2022 –
- 2024 –
EuroHockey Junior Championship II
- 2000 –
Source:[2]
Players
Current squad
The following 18 players were named on 26 October 2023 for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 5 to 16 December 2023.[3]
Head coach: Jeroen Baart
Caps updated as of 30 July 2022, after the match against Spain.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 4 | MF | Lucas Putters | 25 January 2002 | 10 | Dragons |
| 5 | DF | Hugo Labouchere | 7 February 2004 | 0 | Orée |
| 6 | FW | Diego Hainaut | 19 November 2004 | 0 | Uccle Sport |
| 7 | MF | Victor Foubert | 12 October 2002 | 5 | Dragons |
| 8 | MF | Nicolas Bogaerts | 15 January 2004 | 0 | Orée |
| 9 | MF | Louis De Backer | 27 February 2002 | 5 | Léopold |
| 10 | MF | Maximilian Langer | 5 August 2006 | 0 | Orée |
| 11 | FW | Jack Vloeberghs | 15 October 2003 | 0 | Herakles |
| 12 | FW | Max Luyten | 5 November 2002 | 5 | Dragons |
| 13 | FW | Louis Depelsenaire | 13 September 2002 | 5 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 14 | FW | Thomas Crols | 11 September 2002 | 5 | Dragons |
| 17 | MF | Guillermo Hainaut | 8 June 2002 | 11 | Uccle Sport |
| 21 | GK | Julien Le Maire | 30 July 2002 | 0 | Herakles |
| 23 | DF | Lucas Balthazar | 8 January 2006 | 0 | Uccle Sport |
| 24 | DF | Thomas Joye | 24 February 2003 | 5 | Uccle Sport |
| 26 | MF | Charles Langendries | 26 April 2006 | 0 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 30 | DF | Brieuc Petit | 5 October 2003 | 0 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 43 | GK | Boris Feldheim | 1 April 2002 | 11 | Daring |
See also
References
- ^ "Young Red Lions". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Men's Junior World Cup 2023 – 18 Young Red Lions om België te vertegenwoordigen". hockey.be. Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 26 October 2023.