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The 2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 102nd season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.

Season2021–22
Dates5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022
ChampionsRacing (6th title)
RelegatedAntwerp
Beerschot
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Belgian Hockey League
Season2021–22
Dates5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022
ChampionsRacing (6th title)
RelegatedAntwerp
Beerschot
Euro Hockey LeagueGantoise
Racing
Top goalscorerTanguy Cosyns (30 goals)
Biggest home winLéopold 8–1 Herakles
Biggest away winAntwerp 1–11 Gantoise
Highest scoringAntwerp 1–11 Gantoise
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The season started on 5 September 2021 and concluded on 8 May 2022 with the second match of the championship final.[1] Dragons were the defending champions.[2] Racing won their sixth league title by defeating Gantoise 5–4 on aggregate in the championship final.[3][4]

Changes from 2020–21

This season was played with 12 instead of 14 teams again.[5] Each team played each other twice and the top four teams advanced to the championship play-offs. The bottom two teams were relegated directly and the team in 10th place played a relegation play-off against the third placed team from the second division.[6]

Teams

2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
Location of Brussels teams in the 2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League
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TeamLocationProvince
AntwerpSint-Job-in-'t-Goor Antwerp
BeerschotKontich Antwerp
BraxgataBoom Antwerp
DaringMolenbeek-Saint-Jean Brussels
DragonsBrasschaat Antwerp
GantoiseGhent East Flanders
HeraklesLier Antwerp
LéopoldUccle Brussels
LeuvenHeverlee Flemish Brabant
OréeWoluwe-Saint-Pierre Brussels
RacingUccle Brussels
Waterloo DucksWaterloo Walloon Brabant
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Number of teams by provinces

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Province Number of teams Team(s)
Antwerp5Antwerp, Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles
Brussels4Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing
East Flanders1Gantoise
Flemish BrabantLeuven
Walloon BrabantWaterloo Ducks
Total12
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Regular season

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Waterloo Ducks 22 12 6 4 58 31 +27 42 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Racing (C) 22 11 7 4 64 41 +23 40 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
3 Braxgata 22 11 7 4 52 42 +10 40 Qualification for the play-offs
4 Gantoise 22 10 6 6 63 43 +20 36 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
5 Herakles 22 9 6 7 54 46 +8 33
6 Leuven 22 9 6 7 47 42 +5 33
7 Dragons 22 9 3 10 50 42 +8 30
8 Daring 22 8 5 9 50 50 0 29
9 Orée 22 9 1 12 50 66 −16 28
10 Léopold (O) 22 7 2 13 46 74 −28 23 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Beerschot (R) 22 5 5 12 43 64 −21 20 Relegation to the National 1
12 Antwerp (R) 22 4 2 16 42 78 −36 14
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Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, ANT ...
Home \ Away ANT BEE BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LÉO LEU ORÉ RAC WD
Antwerp — 4–5 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–11 1–5 5–0 3–1 3–4 0–4 1–6
Beerschot 3–2 — 2–0 2–3 3–2 4–4 2–2 4–4 0–2 3–5 2–3 0–4
Braxgata 3–2 3–2 — 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1
Daring 2–1 3–0 2–2 — 1–2 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–3 5–2 3–3 4–4
Dragons 3–3 2–3 4–5 2–1 — 2–3 4–0 5–0 3–1 6–0 2–4 0–0
Gantoise 5–0 3–3 4–2 1–2 0–1 — 3–2 0–3 0–5[a] 3–1 1–0 3–2
Herakles 2–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 1–1 5–3 — 5–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–2
Léopold 0–5[b] 3–1 0–5 6–1 5–2 0–5 8–1 — 2–2 0–5 0–5 0–3
Leuven 4–3 0–0 0–2 5–4 1–0 2–2 3–2 5–0 — 1–2 4–4 1–2
Orée 5–0 3–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–7 2–6 2–5 1–2 — 4–3 1–3
Racing 3–3 5–1 2–2 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 4–2 — 3–2
Waterloo Ducks 7–1 3–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–6 5–1 1–1 1–0 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Leuven was awarded a 5–0 win because Gantoise fielded two ineligible players. The original match finished 3–3.[8]
  2. [b]
    Antwerp was awarded a 0–5 win because a member of the Léopold staff who was suspended was present at the match. The original match finished 5–1.[9]

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks145
 
 
 
Gantoise (s.o.)23 5
 
Gantoise224
 
 
 
Racing23 5
 
Racing134
 
 
Braxgata21 3
 
Third place
 
 
8 May – Louvain-la-Neuve
 
 
Waterloo Ducks3
 
 
Braxgata2

Semi-finals

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More information Waterloo Ducks, 4–3 ...
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5–5 on aggregate. Gantoise won the shoot-out 5–4.

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Racing won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third place game

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Final

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More information Racing, 3–2 ...
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Racing won 5–4 on aggregate and won their sixth league title.

Relegation play-offs

Overview

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Léopold 12–3 Mechelse 6–2 6–1
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Matches

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Léopold won 12–3 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player[10] Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Belgium Tanguy Cosyns Racing 817530
2 Belgium Tom Boon Léopold 108826
3 Belgium Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 017421
4 France Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks 019019
5 Argentina Tomas Domene Orée 215118
6 Belgium Cédric Charlier Racing 142016
7 New Zealand Sam Lane Leuven 95014
8 Belgium Arthur De Sloover Beerschot 36312
Argentina Nicolás Della Torre Dragons 192
Netherlands Pepijn Scheen Gantoise 084
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