Jump to content

2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belgian Hockey League
Season2021–22
Dates5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022
ChampionsGantoise (4th title)
Regular seasonGantoise
RelegatedMechelse
White Star
Euro Hockey LeagueGantoise
Euro Hockey Club TrophyDragons
Matches played132
Goals scored523 (3.96 per match)
Top goalscorerLouise Versavel (Braxgata)
(23 goals)
Biggest home winGantoise 12–1 Mechelse
Biggest away winHerakles 0–9 Gantoise
Highest scoringGantoise 12–1 Mechelse
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2022.

The 2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League was the 96th season of the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top women'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] Gantoise are the defending champions.[2]

Changes from 2020–21

[edit]

This season will again be played with 12 instead of 14 teams.[3] Each team will play each other twice and the top four teams will advance to the championship play-offs. The bottom two teams will be relegated directly and the team in 10th place will play a relegation play-off against the third placed team in the second division.[4]

Teams

[edit]
2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League is located in Belgium
Antwerp
Antwerp
Braxgata
Braxgata
Herakles
Herakles
Mechelse
Mechelse
Victory
Victory
Brussels teams: Daring Léopold Racing White Star
Brussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Racing
White Star
2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League teams
2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League is located in Brussels
Daring
Daring
White Star
White Star
Location of Brussels teams in the 2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League
Team Location Province
Antwerp Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor  Antwerp
Braxgata Boom  Antwerp
Daring Molenbeek-Saint-Jean  Brussels
Dragons Brasschaat  Antwerp
Gantoise Ghent  East Flanders
Herakles Lier  Antwerp
Léopold Uccle  Brussels
Mechelse Mechelen  Antwerp
Racing Uccle  Brussels
Victory Edegem  Antwerp
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo  Walloon Brabant
White Star Evere  Brussels

Number of teams by provinces

[edit]
Province Number of teams Team(s)
 Antwerp 6 Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Mechelse, Victory
 Brussels 4 Daring, Léopold, Racing, White Star
 East Flanders 1 Gantoise
 Walloon Brabant Waterloo Ducks
Total 12

Regular season

[edit]

Standings

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gantoise 22 20 2 0 106 15 91 62 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2 Dragons 22 14 6 2 65 32 33 48 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Braxgata 22 14 2 6 50 30 20 44
4 Racing 22 13 5 4 55 27 28 44
5 Waterloo Ducks 22 12 2 8 50 40 10 38
6 Daring 22 9 2 11 37 51 −14 29
7 Antwerp 22 8 3 11 33 44 −11 27
8 Victory 22 8 1 13 33 47 −14 25
9 Herakles 22 7 1 14 30 57 −27 22
10 Léopold 22 5 2 15 29 57 −28 17 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 White Star 22 4 5 13 24 45 −21 17 Relegation to the National 1
12 Mechelse 22 1 3 18 11 78 −67 6
Source: OKEY
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[5]

Results

[edit]
Home \ Away ANT BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LEO MEC RAC VIC WAT WHI
Antwerp 1–1 1–2 4–4 0–3 4–1 3–2 4–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–0
Braxgata 1–0 1–2 4–2 0–4 3–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 6–1 3–1 3–1
Daring 2–0 0–7 1–2 2–3 1–5 4–3 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–5 1–1
Dragons 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 4–0 4–1 8–0 3–3 2–2 2–1 2–0
Gantoise 6–0 4–1 5–1 2–2 4–0 10–0 12–1 5–0 7–1 1–0 5–1
Herakles 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 0–9 2–1 4–0 0–5 0–4 2–4 4–1
Léopold 3–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–0
Mechelse 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–3 0–5 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–3 1–6 1–1
Racing 5–1 4–1 1–0 2–4 2–2 0–1 5–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 2–1
Victory 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–3 1–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 0–1 2–0
Waterloo Ducks 3–2 0–1 4–1 0–6 2–5 5–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 4–3 2–1
White Star 0–0 3–4 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–2
Source: OKEY
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play–offs

[edit]

Bracket

[edit]
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
        
 
 
 
 
Gantoise41
 
 
 
Braxgata11
 
Gantoise33
 
 
 
Dragons10
 
Dragons20
 
 
Racing10
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Braxgata0
 
 
Racing4

Semi-finals

[edit]
30 April 2022
15:30
Braxgata 1–4 Gantoise
Civera field hockey ball 38' Report Schreurs field hockey ball 14'
Sinia field hockey ball 19'
Ballenghien field hockey ball 63'
A. Vanden Borre field hockey ball 66'
Braxgata HC, Boom
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Antoine Forton (BEL)
1 May 2022
15:30
Gantoise 1–1 Braxgata
Ballenghien field hockey ball 24' Report Versavel field hockey ball 68'
La Gantoise HC, Ghent
Umpires:
Anne van den Bosch (BEL)
Louise de Clercq (BEL)

Gantoise won the series 1–0.


30 April 2022
15:30
Racing 1–2 Dragons
Boon field hockey ball 33' Report Raye field hockey ball 20'
Herzsprung field hockey ball 38'
Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Uccle
Umpires:
Thalia Bellemans (BEL)
Antoine Colemonts (BEL)
1 May 2022
15:30
Dragons 0–0 Racing
Report
KHC Dragons, Brasschaat
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

Dragons won the series 1–0.

Third and fourth place

[edit]
7 May 2022
11:00
Braxgata 0–4 Racing
Report Holz field hockey ball 12'
Sistermans field hockey ball 22'
A. Willems field hockey ball 32'
Puvrez field hockey ball 67'
Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve
Umpires:
Thalia Bellemans (BEL)
Antoine Colemonts (BEL)

Final

[edit]
7 May 2022
13:30
Dragons 1–3 Gantoise
D. Marien field hockey ball 45' Report Ballenghien field hockey ball 4'
Gaspari field hockey ball 23'
Schreurs field hockey ball 41'
Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve
Umpires:
Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
Louise de Clercq (BEL)
8 May 2022
13:30
Gantoise 3–0 Dragons
Ballenghien field hockey ball 11'38'
Gerniers field hockey ball 21'
Report
Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Anne van den Bosch (BEL)

Gantoise won the series 2–0.

Top goalscorers

[edit]
As of 24 April 2022
Goalscoring Table
Pos. Player Club FG PC PS Total
1 Belgium Louise Versavel Braxgata 18 4 1 23
2 Belgium Emilie Sinia Gantoise 16 5 0 21
3 Belgium Ambre Ballenghien 16 4 0 20
4 Belgium Charlotte Englebert Racing 9 6 1 16
5 Belgium Abigail Raye Dragons 11 4 0 15
Belgium Stéphanie Vanden Borre Gantoise 2 11 2
7 Italy Lara Oviedo 12 1 0 13
8 Belgium Joanne Peeters Waterloo Ducks 0 11 1 12
9 Argentina Priscila Jardel Daring 4 3 3 10
Belgium Stéphanie de Groof Dragons 0 10 0
Belgium Noa Schreurs Gantoise 10 0 0

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "DH Dames : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ "LA GANTOISE END 12 YEAR WAIT FOR COVETED CHAMPIONS TITLE". hockeywrldnws.com. Hockey World News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ Toussaint, Laurent (19 June 2021). "La division d'honneur à 12 la saison prochaine". lesoir.be (in French). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Algemene Vergadering – meerderheid voor de Belgian League formats". hockey.be (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).