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Football league season
Belgian Hockey League
Season2022–23
Dates4 September 2022 – 21 May 2023
ChampionsGantoise (2nd title)
RelegatedLeuven
Old Club
Euro Hockey LeagueGantoise
Léopold
Waterloo Ducks
Matches played132
Goals scored767 (5.81 per match)
Best PlayerTom Boon
Top goalscorerTom Boon (53 goals)
Best goalkeeperLoic Van Doren
Biggest home winWaterloo Ducks 9–0 Uccle Sport
Biggest away winOld Club 2–15 Dragons
Highest scoringOld Club 2–15 Dragons
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 103nd season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.

The season started on 4 September 2022 and concluded on 21 May 2023 with the second match of the championship final. Racing were the defending champions.

Gantoise beat the Waterloo Ducks 5–2 on aggregate in the championship final to win their second title, 102 years after their first championship win.

Teams

2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League is located in BelgiumBraxgataBraxgataDragonsDragonsGantoiseGantoiseHeraklesHeraklesLeuvenLeuvenOld ClubOld ClubWaterloo DucksWaterloo DucksBrusselsBrusselsBrussels teams: Daring Léopold Orée Racing Uccle SportBrussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing
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Uccle Sport and Old Club were the two promoted club from the 2021–22 National 1, replacing Beerschot and Antwerp.

Team Location Province
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
Old Club Liège  Liège
Orée Woluwe-Saint-Pierre  Brussels
Racing Uccle  Brussels
Uccle Sport Uccle  Brussels
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo  Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces

Province Number of teams Team(s)
 Brussels 5 Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport
 Antwerp 3 Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles
 East Flanders 1 Gantoise
 Flemish Brabant Leuven
 Liège Old Club
 Walloon Brabant Waterloo Ducks
Total 12

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Léopold 22 18 3 1 111 43 +68 57 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2 Dragons 22 15 4 3 86 37 +49 49 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Gantoise (C) 22 15 2 5 78 40 +38 47 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
4 Waterloo Ducks 22 14 1 7 86 49 +37 43
5 Orée 22 12 1 9 67 49 +18 37
6 Racing 22 9 6 7 62 56 +6 33
7 Herakles 22 10 1 11 58 61 −3 31
8 Braxgata 22 8 6 8 52 43 +9 30
9 Daring 22 6 2 14 39 68 −29 20
10 Uccle Sport (O) 22 4 1 17 36 87 −51 13 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Leuven (R) 22 4 1 17 36 93 −57 13 Relegation to the National 1
12 Old Club (R) 22 3 0 19 50 135 −85 9
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LEO LEU OLD ORE RAC UCC WAT
Braxgata — 2–3 1–3 3–3 2–0 1–3 5–1 7–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–5
Daring 1–2 — 1–5 1–5 0–4 1–2 3–4 7–2 3–2 0–4 2–1 1–4
Dragons 1–1 4–0 — 4–4 1–2 3–2 3–0 7–6 2–3 2–2 8–0 2–0
Gantoise 1–0 4–2 1–3 — 2–1 1–5 3–0 8–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–2
Herakles 3–1 1–2 3–0 4–3 — 1–2 7–1 4–2 2–7 4–4 4–1 2–3
Léopold 4–3 5–2 2–2 1–0 10–2 — 8–1 9–2 7–1 6–3 7–2 3–3
Leuven 0–3 2–2 1–5 2–7 2–1 5–6 — 3–1 1–7 2–7 4–3 0–7
Old Club 2–4 3–1 2–15 2–8 4–3 2–13 7–4 — 1–8 1–3 1–3 1–6
Orée 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–5 0–1 2–4 3–2 9–2 — 3–2 6–0 4–3
Racing 2–2 2–2 1–5 1–6 2–4 3–3 2–0 4–3 3–1 — 6–0 2–1
Uccle Sport 1–2 1–2 1–4 2–4 6–4 1–6 3–1 2–1 2–4 2–5 — 2–3
Waterloo Ducks 2–4 8–3 2–4 2–4 6–2 2–3 4–1 8–3 3–2 3–2 9–0 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Belgium Tom Boon Léopold 30 20 3 53
2 France Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 0 33 1 34
3 Argentina Tomas Domene Orée 10 16 4 30
4 Belgium Tanguy Cosyns Racing 5 16 2 23
5 Australia Blake Govers Dragons 2 17 1 20
6 Belgium Henri Raes Dragons 15 0 0 15
Belgium Tom Degroote Léopold 15 0 0
Belgium Arthur Verdussen Léopold 12 3 0
9 Belgium Gaëtan Dykmans Waterloo Ducks 12 2 0 14
Argentina Nicolás Della Torre Dragons 1 13 0
Belgium Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 0 10 4

Play-offs

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
           
  
 
 Léopold325
  
 Waterloo Ducks43 7
 Waterloo Ducks022
  
 Gantoise32 5
 Dragons033
 
 Gantoise52 7
 Third place
 
  
 
 Léopold (s.o.)3 (5)
 
 Dragons3 (4)

Semi-finals

13 May 2023
13:30
Gantoise 5–0 Dragons
Hellin field hockey ball 4', 66'
Esquelin field hockey ball 17'
Goyet field hockey ball 57'
Kina field hockey ball 59' 		Report
Ghent
14 May 2023
13:30
Dragons 3–2 Gantoise
Gougnard field hockey ball 6'
Della Torre field hockey ball 53'
Rubens field hockey ball 65' 		Report Duvekot field hockey ball 22', 37'
Brasschaat

Gantoise won 7–3 on aggregate.

13 May 2023
13:30
Waterloo Ducks 4–3 Léopold
Charlet field hockey ball 10', 38', 70'
Wilbers field hockey ball 57' 		Report Muschs field hockey ball 16'
Degroote field hockey ball 28'
Boon field hockey ball 39'
Waterloo
14 May 2023
13:30
Léopold 2–3 Waterloo Ducks
Baumgarten field hockey ball 28'
A. Verdussen field hockey ball 70' 		Report Charlet field hockey ball 31', 61'
De Backer field hockey ball 57'
Uccle

Waterloo Ducks won 7–5 on aggregate.

Final

20 May 2023
16:15
Gantoise 3–0 Waterloo Ducks
Tynevez field hockey ball 12'
Masson field hockey ball 28'
Duvekot field hockey ball 47' 		Report
Brasschaat
21 May 2023
16:15
Waterloo Ducks 2–2 Gantoise
Dykmans field hockey ball 24', 62' Report Esquelin field hockey ball 13'
Clément field hockey ball 58'
Brasschaat

Gantoise won 5–2 on aggregate.

Third place

18 May 2023
15:45
Léopold 3–3 Dragons
Baumgarten field hockey ball 41', 60'
Verdussen field hockey ball 50' 		Report Della Torre field hockey ball 40'
Martinez field hockey ball 54'
Govers field hockey ball 69'
Brasschaat

Léopold won the shoot-out 5–4.

Relegation play-offs

Uccle Sport won 10–7 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Antwerp 7–10 Uccle Sport 4–6 3–4

Awards

Award Winner Club
Golden Stick – Player of the Year Belgium Tom Boon Léopold
Goalkeeper of the Year Belgium Loic Van Doren Dragons
Rising Star of the Year Belgium Thomas Crols
Coach of the Year Belgium Pascal Kina Gantoise

References

  1. "Championnat Messieurs Honneur 22-23 : le calendrier" (in French). 28 July 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "Les résultats de ce dimanche 8 mai 22" (in French). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "Gantoise slaat na succes bij vrouwen dubbelslag: Gentse mannen pakken na 102 (!) jaar titel in hockey". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
  5. "DH : classement des buteurs au 07 mai 23" (in French).
  6. Thys, Werner (25 June 2023). "Tweede Gouden Stick op rij voor Tom Boon, Michelle Struijk wint bij de vrouwen". hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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