2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League
Field hockey league season
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The 2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 105th season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 September 2024 – 25 May 2025 |
| Champions | Gantoise (4th title) |
| Relegated | Daring Namur |
| Euro Hockey League | Gantoise Léopold Braxgata |
| Matches | 139 |
| Goals | 753 (5.42 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alexander Hendrickx (52 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Léopold 10–0 Namur |
| Biggest away win | Namur 0–8 Dragons |
| Highest scoring | Waterloo Ducks 10–1 Namur |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The season started on 8 September 2024 and concluded on 25 May 2024 with the second match of the championship final. Gantoise were the two-time defending champions.[1] They defended their title by defeating record-champions Léopold 5–3 in a shoot-out after the final series finished 5–5 on aggregate.[2]
Teams
Beerschot and Namur are the two promoted clubs from the 2023–24 National 1, replacing Victory and White Star.
Number of teams by provinces
| Province | Number of teams | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
 Brussels | 5 | Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport |
 Antwerp | 4 | Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles |
 East Flanders | 1 | Gantoise |
 Namur | Namur | |
 Walloon Brabant | Waterloo Ducks | |
| Total | 12 |
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gantoise (C) | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 39 | +51 | 52 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League quarter-finals and the play-offs |
| 2 | Léopold | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 77 | 35 | +42 | 46 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League first round and the play-offs |
| 3 | Braxgata | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 45 | |
| 4 | Waterloo Ducks | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 44 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Dragons | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 38 | |
| 6 | Orée | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 38 | |
| 7 | Herakles | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 31 | |
| 8 | Uccle Sport | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 74 | −14 | 30 | |
| 9 | Racing | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 24 | |
| 10 | Beerschot (O) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 71 | −23 | 18 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Daring (R) | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 36 | 85 | −49 | 8 | Relegation to the National 1 |
| 12 | Namur (R) | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 127 | −106 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
Play-offs
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| Gantoise | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Waterloo Ducks | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Gantoise (s.o.) | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| Léopold | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Léopold | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| Braxgata | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||
| 24 May | ||||||||||
| Waterloo Ducks | 2 | |||||||||
| Braxgata | 3 | |||||||||
Semi-finals
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Gantoise won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Léopold won 6–5 on aggregate.
EHL Ticket match
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Final
5–5 on aggregate.
Relegation play-offs
The relegation play-offs took place on 24 and 25 May 2025.[4]
Overview
Matches
Beerschot won 10–3 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player[5] | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alexander Hendrickx |
Gantoise | 0 | 50 | 2 | 52 |
| 2 |  Tomas Domene |
Waterloo Ducks | 13 | 25 | 3 | 41 |
| 3 |  José Basterra |
Léopold | 12 | 18 | 1 | 31 |
| 4 | Tom Boon |
Léopold | 19 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Nicolás Della Torre |
Dragons | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Pau Cunill |
Herakles | 0 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Loïck Luypaert |
Braxgata | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Roman Duvekot |
Gantoise | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jeff De Winter |
Braxgata | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |
| 10 | Lucas Martínez |
Dragons | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
 Juan Amoroso |
Uccle Sport | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 |