2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 4 September 2022 – 21 May 2023 |
Champions | Gantoise (2nd title) |
Relegated | Leuven Old Club |
Euro Hockey League | Gantoise Léopold Waterloo Ducks |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 767 (5.81 per match) |
Best Player | Tom Boon |
Top goalscorer | Tom Boon (53 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Loic Van Doren |
Biggest home win | Waterloo Ducks 9–0 Uccle Sport |
Biggest away win | Old Club 2–15 Dragons |
Highest scoring | Old 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.[1] Racing were the defending champions.[2]
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.[3]
Teams
[edit]Uccle Sport and Old Club were the two promoted club from the 2021–22 National 1, replacing Beerschot and Antwerp.
Number of teams by provinces
[edit]Province | Number of teams | Team(s) |
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![]() | 5 | Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport |
![]() | 3 | Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles |
![]() | 1 | Gantoise |
![]() | Leuven | |
![]() | Old Club | |
![]() | 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 | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player[5] | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | Léopold | 30 | 20 | 3 | 53 |
2 | ![]() | Waterloo Ducks | 0 | 33 | 1 | 34 |
3 | ![]() | Orée | 10 | 16 | 4 | 30 |
4 | ![]() | Racing | 5 | 16 | 2 | 23 |
5 | ![]() | Dragons | 2 | 17 | 1 | 20 |
6 | ![]() | Dragons | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
![]() | Léopold | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
![]() | Léopold | 12 | 3 | 0 | ||
9 | ![]() | Waterloo Ducks | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
![]() | Dragons | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
![]() | Braxgata | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Play-offs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
Léopold | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
Waterloo Ducks | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||
Waterloo Ducks | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Gantoise | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
Dragons | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Gantoise | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
Third place | ||||||||||
Léopold (s.o.) | 3 (5) | |||||||||
Dragons | 3 (4) |
Semi-finals
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Gantoise won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Waterloo Ducks won 7–5 on aggregate.
Final
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Gantoise won 5–2 on aggregate.
Third place
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Léopold won the shoot-out 5–4.
Relegation play-offs
[edit]Uccle Sport won 10–7 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Antwerp | 7–10 | Uccle Sport | 4–6 | 3–4 |
Awards
[edit]Award | Winner[6] | Club |
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Golden Stick – Player of the Year | ![]() | Léopold |
Goalkeeper of the Year | ![]() | Dragons |
Rising Star of the Year | ![]() | |
Coach of the Year | ![]() | Gantoise |
References
[edit]- ^ "Championnat Messieurs Honneur 22-23 : le calendrier" (in French). 28 July 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Les résultats de ce dimanche 8 mai 22" (in French). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
- ^ "DH : classement des buteurs au 07 mai 23" (in French).
- ^ 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.