2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season	2022–23
Dates	4 September 2022 – 21 May 2023
Champions	Gantoise (2nd title)
Relegated	Leuven; Old Club
Euro Hockey League	Gantoise; Léopold; Waterloo Ducks
Matches	132
Goals	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
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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.

Season2022–23

Dates4 September 2022 – 21 May 2023

ChampionsGantoise (2nd title)

RelegatedLeuven
Old Club

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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]

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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

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

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	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
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	Relegation to the National 1

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	—

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

2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Teams

Number of teams by provinces

Regular season

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Third place

Relegation play-offs

Awards

References

Related Articles

Award	Winner^[6]	Club
Golden Stick – Player of the Year	Tom Boon	Léopold
Goalkeeper of the Year	Loic Van Doren	Dragons
Rising Star of the Year	Thomas Crols	Dragons
Coach of the Year	Pascal Kina	Gantoise

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)