2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League
Appearance
Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022 |
Champions | Gantoise (4th title) |
Regular season | Gantoise |
Relegated | Mechelse White Star |
Euro Hockey League | Gantoise |
Euro Hockey Club Trophy | Dragons |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 523 (3.96 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Louise Versavel (Braxgata) (23 goals) |
Biggest home win | Gantoise 12–1 Mechelse |
Biggest away win | Herakles 0–9 Gantoise |
Highest scoring | Gantoise 12–1 Mechelse |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
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]Number of teams by provinces
[edit]Province | Number of teams | Team(s) |
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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 |
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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]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[5]
Results
[edit]Play–offs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
Gantoise | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Braxgata | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Gantoise | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Dragons | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Dragons | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Racing | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||||
Braxgata | 0 | |||||||
Racing | 4 |
Semi-finals
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Gantoise won the series 1–0.
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Dragons won the series 1–0.
Third and fourth place
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Final
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Gantoise won the series 2–0.
Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 24 April 2022
Goalscoring Table | ||||||||
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Pos. | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Total | ||
1 | Louise Versavel | Braxgata | 18 | 4 | 1 | 23 | ||
2 | Emilie Sinia | Gantoise | 16 | 5 | 0 | 21 | ||
3 | Ambre Ballenghien | 16 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |||
4 | Charlotte Englebert | Racing | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | ||
5 | Abigail Raye | Dragons | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | ||
Stéphanie Vanden Borre | Gantoise | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||||
7 | Lara Oviedo | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |||
8 | Joanne Peeters | Waterloo Ducks | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||
9 | Priscila Jardel | Daring | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
Stéphanie de Groof | Dragons | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
Noa Schreurs | Gantoise | 10 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "DH Dames : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "LA GANTOISE END 12 YEAR WAIT FOR COVETED CHAMPIONS TITLE". hockeywrldnws.com. Hockey World News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Toussaint, Laurent (19 June 2021). "La division d'honneur à 12 la saison prochaine". lesoir.be (in French). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Algemene Vergadering – meerderheid voor de Belgian League formats". hockey.be (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).