2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 11 September 2020 – 9 May 2021 |
Champions | Dragons (12th title) |
Relegated | Namur Old Club |
Euro Hockey League | Dragons |
EHL Ranking Cup | Waterloo Ducks |
Matches played | 155 |
Goals scored | 858 (5.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Tom Boon (34 goals) |
Biggest home win | Léopold 11–1 Namur |
Biggest away win | Old Club 1–11 Gantoise |
Highest scoring | Racing 10–3 Old Club |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
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]
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]Number of teams by provinces
[edit]Province | Number of teams | Team(s) |
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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 |
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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 |
Results
[edit]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 | |
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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 | — |
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 | |
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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 | — |
Pool B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAT | ORÉ | BEE | LEU | |
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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 | — |
Classification matches
[edit]Seventh place game
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Fifth place game
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Bracket
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Waterloo Ducks (s.o.) | 3 | 1 | (4) | |||||||
Léopold | 2 | 3 | (2) | |||||||
Waterloo Ducks | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Dragons | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
Dragons (s.o.) | 3 | 1 | (4) | |||||||
Orée | 2 | 2 | (3) | |||||||
Third place | ||||||||||
Léopold | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
Orée | 3 | 1 |
Semi-finals
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Series drawn. Waterloo Ducks won shoot-out 4–2.
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Series drawn. Dragons won shoot-out 4–3.
Third place game
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Léopold won both matches and captured third place.
Final
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Dragons won both matches and won their 12th national title.
Statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals[4] |
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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]- ^ "Les championnats outdoor : le calendrier est sorti" (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Dragons en Gantoise vieren de titel in België, Vanasch in Duitsland". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ a b "DH Messieurs : le second tour" (in French). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "DH : classement final des buteurs 2021" (in French).