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Belgian Hockey League
Season2023–24
Dates10 September 2023 – 12 May 2024
ChampionsGantoise (3rd title)
RelegatedVictory
White Star
Euro Hockey LeagueLéopold
Gantoise
Waterloo Ducks
Matches played132
Goals scored642 (4.86 per match)
Top goalscorerTom Boon (39 goals)
Biggest home winDragons 6–0 White Star
Braxgata 7–1 Victory
Waterloo Ducks 7–1 Victory
Biggest away winWhite Star 0–6 Waterloo Ducks
White Star 2–8 Racing
Highest scoringVictory 5–5 Dragons
White Star 4-6 Léopold
White Star 2–8 Racing
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 104th season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.

The season started on 10 September 2023 and concluded on 12 May 2024 with the second match of the championship final. Gantoise were the defending champion. They defended their title by defeating the Waterloo Ducks 9–4 on aggregate in the championship final to win their third national title.

Teams

2023–24 Men's Belgian Hockey League is located in BelgiumBraxgataBraxgataDragonsDragonsGantoiseGantoiseHeraklesHeraklesVictoryVictoryWaterloo DucksWaterloo DucksBrusselsBrusselsBrussels teams: Daring Léopold Orée Racing Uccle Sport White StarBrussels teams:
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing
Uccle Sport
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Victory and White Star were the two promoted clubs from the 2022–23 National 1, replacing Leuven and Old Club.

Team Location Province
Braxgata Boom  Antwerp
Daring Molenbeek-Saint-Jean  Brussels
Dragons Brasschaat  Antwerp
Gantoise Ghent  East Flanders
Herakles Lier  Antwerp
Léopold Uccle  Brussels
Orée Woluwe-Saint-Pierre  Brussels
Racing Uccle  Brussels
Uccle Sport Uccle  Brussels
Victory Edegem  Antwerp
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo  Walloon Brabant
White Star Evere  Brussels

Number of teams by provinces

Province Number of teams Team(s)
 Brussels 6 Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport, White Star
 Antwerp 4 Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Victory
 East Flanders 1 Gantoise
 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 15 4 3 71 39 +32 49 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League quarter-finals and the play-offs
2 Dragons 22 11 6 5 58 34 +24 39 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Waterloo Ducks 22 11 5 6 68 43 +25 38 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League quarter-finals and the play-offs
4 Gantoise (C) 22 11 5 6 64 48 +16 38 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League first round and the play-offs
5 Braxgata 22 10 8 4 66 46 +20 38
6 Racing 22 10 6 6 59 42 +17 36
7 Herakles 22 10 4 8 42 43 −1 34
8 Orée 22 9 6 7 54 44 +10 33
9 Uccle Sport 22 6 7 9 48 60 −12 25
10 Daring (O) 22 5 4 13 41 59 −18 19 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Victory (R) 22 2 3 17 39 92 −53 9 Relegation to the National 1
12 White Star (R) 22 1 4 17 32 92 −60 7
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. 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 LÉO ORE RAC UCC VIC WAT WHI
Braxgata — 4–3 3–3 4–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 7–1 2–2 5–2
Daring 2–2 — 1–3 3–2 1–2 2–7 1–3 1–2 2–2 3–4 2–2 1–1
Dragons 4–3 0–1 — 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 2–2 6–0
Gantoise 4–4 3–1 4–1 — 1–1 3–4 3–2 3–2 3–2 2–1 3–4 3–0
Herakles 2–0 3–4 3–2 2–2 — 1–2 0–3 3–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 3–1
Léopold 3–2 5–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 — 6–2 3–2 1–0 6–1 1–1 7–2
Orée 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–2 2–3 4–2 3–2 2–2
Racing 4–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 — 4–4 5–4 2–2 5–0
Uccle Sport 1–4 3–2 0–3 3–6 1–5 3–3 1–1 1–2 — 0–0 4–3 4–4
Victory 0–4 3–5 5–5 2–7 2–2 1–5 2–6 1–4 1–4 — 2–5 1–3
Waterloo Ducks 2–5 3–0 2–3 3–0 6–1 1–3 5–4 0–2 5–1 7–1 — 3–1
White Star 2–2 0–3 1–4 2–7 2–3 4–6 0–4 2–8 0–5 3–4 0–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. 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 24 12 3 39
2 Belgium Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 0 19 4 23
3 France Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 0 19 3 22
4 Belgium Tanguy Cosyns Racing 11 8 1 20
5 Argentina Tomas Domene Orée 6 12 1 19
6 Belgium Maxime Plennevaux Uccle Sport 12 1 0 13
Belgium Jeff De Winter Braxgata 10 3 0

Play-offs

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
           
  
 
 Léopold123
  
 Gantoise23 5
 Gantoise729
  
 Waterloo Ducks13 4
 Dragons314
 
 Waterloo Ducks23 5
 Third place
 
 11 May
 
 Léopold4
 
 Dragons5

Semi-finals

4 May 2024
15:00
Gantoise 2–1 Léopold
Hellin field hockey ball 12'
Kina field hockey ball 62' 		Report A. Verdussen field hockey ball 37'
Ghent
5 May 2024
15:00
Léopold 2–3 Gantoise
Boon field hockey ball 19', 33' Report Kina field hockey ball 30'
Esquelin field hockey ball 48'
Tynevez field hockey ball 67'
Uccle

Gantoise won 5–3 on aggregate.

4 May 2024
15:00
Waterloo Ducks 2–3 Dragons
Dykmans field hockey ball 27'
Charlet field hockey ball 67' 		Report Della Torre field hockey ball 55', 70'
Raes field hockey ball 59'
Waterloo
5 May 2024
15:00
Dragons 1–3 Waterloo Ducks
Della Torre field hockey ball 58' Report Charlet field hockey ball 2', 39', 48'
Brasschaat

The Waterloo Ducks won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third place

11 May 2024
11:00
Léopold 4–5 Dragons
Forgues field hockey ball 19'
Muschs field hockey ball 28', 44'
A. Verdussen field hockey ball 68' 		Report M. Luyten field hockey ball 14'
Raes field hockey ball 37', 55'
Martínez field hockey ball 41'
Crols field hockey ball 59'
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp

Final

11 May 2024
16:00
Gantoise 7–1 Waterloo Ducks
Duvekot field hockey ball 12'
Esquelin field hockey ball 14', 27'
Goyet field hockey ball 25'
T. Clément field hockey ball 40', 55', 60' 		Report Petit field hockey ball 33'
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp
12 May 2024
16:00
Waterloo Ducks 3–2 Gantoise
Rogeau field hockey ball 29', 66'
Dykmans field hockey ball 62' 		Report Esquelin field hockey ball 33'
Murray field hockey ball 39'
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp

Gantoise won 9–4 on aggregate to win their third national title.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 18 and 19 May 2024. Daring won 12–4 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Old Club 4–12 Daring 3–5 1–7

References

  1. "Calendrier 2023-2024 publié" (in French). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. "Gantoise slaat na succes bij vrouwen dubbelslag: Gentse mannen pakken na 102 (!) jaar titel in hockey". www.nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. "Gantoise kroont zich voor vierde opeenvolgende keer tot landskampioen bij de vrouwen, ook mannen pakken titel". hbvl.nl (in Dutch). Het Belang van Limburg. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
  5. "DH : classement des buteurs au 28 avril 2024" (in French).
  6. "Championnat : les barrages" (in French).
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