Belgium men's national field hockey team
Men's national field hockey team representing Belgium
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The Belgian national men's field hockey team represents Belgium in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Belgium.[2][3][4]
Belgium won the Men's Hockey World Cup in 2018, the European Championship in 2019, the 2020-21 FIH Pro League and the gold medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They also won a silver medal at the 2023 Bhubaneswar & Rourkela and 2016 Rio de Janeiro and a bronze medal at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Olympics. They reached eight semi-finals at the European Championship since 1995, including a third place in 2007, 2021, 2023 and runners-up in 2013 and 2017.
They also have won, in 2025, the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, by defeating India 1–0 in the final. This is their first title in this invitational tournament.
History
Hockey was introduced in Belgium in 1902. The country's first club was founded in 1904. In 1907, several clubs established the Belgian Hockey Association. Belgium played its first international match against Germany, and was one of the founding members of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Between 1920 and 1978, Belgium appeared in two of the first three World Cups and in eleven out of thirteen Summer Olympics. After the successful early years (before the 1950s) with three times being among the best five at the Summer Olympics, it would last six decades before Belgium reached the international field hockey top again from the 1990s on.
By the early 2000s, the Royal Belgian Hockey Association started to invest heavily in the youth and modernized its structures. In 2007, Belgium won the bronze medal at the European Championship, a first in the country's history. Belgium also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, for the first time in 32 years.
Belgium won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, a second medal after Belgium ended third at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Two years later Belgium won the 2018 Hockey World Cup. It was the first major international title in the country's history. A year later Belgium won the gold medal at the European Championship which was held in Antwerp. They secured their second consecutive olympic medal through reaching the gold medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Honours
- Summer Olympics
First place: 2020
Second place: 2016
Third place: 1920
- World Cup
- First place: 2018
- Second place: 2023
- European Championship
- First place: 2019
- Second place: 2013, 2017
- Third place: 2007, 2021, 2023
- FIH Pro League
- First place: 2020–21, 2025–26
- Second place: 2019, 2021–22, 2024–25
- Third place: 2022–23
- Hockey World League
- Second place: 2014–15
- Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- First place: 2025
- Champions Challenge
- First place: 2011
- Third place: 2005
- Belgian National Sports Merit Award
- Winners: 1959, 2019
- Belgian Sportsteam of the Year
- Winners: 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019
Note : The years about the medal templates of the FIH Pro League indicate in which year the last match was played. The place indicate in which place the last match of the team was played.
Tournament history
A red box around the year indicates a tournament played within Belgium.
Summer Olympics
Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place
| Olympic Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
 1908 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1912 |
Not held | ||||||||
 1920 |
3rd place match | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 19 | |
 1924 |
Not held | ||||||||
 1928 |
3rd place match | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |
 1932 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1936 |
Group phase | 9th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1948 |
Group phase | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
 1952 |
Second round | 9th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
 1956 |
Group phase | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
 1960 |
Group phase | 11th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
 1964 |
Group phase | 11th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
 1968 |
Group phase | 9th | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | |
 1972 |
Group phase | 10th | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |
 1976 |
Group phase | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 19 | |
 1980 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 1984 | |||||||||
 1988 | |||||||||
 1992 | |||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
 2008 |
Group phase | 9th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |
| 2012 |
Group phase | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |
 2016 |
Final | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 11 | |
| 2020 |
Final | 1st | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 13 | |
| 2024 |
Quarterfinals | 5th | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | |
| 2028 |
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | Best: Champion | 17/26 | 88 | 40 | 13 | 35 | 291 | 173 | |
World Cup
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| FIH World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
 1971 |
did not participate | ||||||||
| 1973 |
Group phase | 8th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
 1975 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1978 |
Group phase | 14th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | |
 1982 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1986 | |||||||||
 1990 | |||||||||
| 1994 |
Group phase | 11th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 | |
| 1998 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2002 |
Group phase | 14th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |
| 2006 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||
| 2014 |
5th–6th play-off | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | |
| 2018 |
Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
| 2023 |
Final | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | |
| 2026 |
7th–8th play-off | 7th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | |
| Total | Best: Winners | 7/15 | 48 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 110 | 116 | |
European Championship
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| European Championship Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1970 |
Second round | 5th | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |
| 1974 |
Group phase | 10th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1978 |
did not participate | ||||||||
| 1983 |
Group phase | 8th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |
| 1987 |
Group phase | 10th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | |
| 1991 |
Group phase | 9th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |
 1995 |
3rd place match | 4th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |
| 1999 |
3rd place match | 4th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 28 | |
| 2003 |
Group phase | 6th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | |
| 2005 |
3rd place match | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | |
| 2007 |
3rd place match | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 14 | |
| 2009 |
Group phase | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | |
| 2011 |
3rd place match | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |
| 2013 |
Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| 2015 |
Group phase | 5th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | |
| 2017 |
Final | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |
| 2019 |
Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2021 |
3rd place match | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | |
| 2023 |
3rd place match | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | |
| 2025 |
Group phase | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | |
| 2027 |
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 1 title | 20/21 | 110 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 295 | 245 | |
FIH Pro League
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
*There are no rounds in this competition because the teams play in a round-robin format.
| FIH Pro League record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 2019 |
Final* | 2nd | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 33 | |
| 2020–21 | Final* | 1st | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 26 | |
| 2021–22 | Final* | 2nd | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 25 | |
| 2022–23 | 3rd place match* | 3rd | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 37 | |
| 2023–24 | 5th place match* | 5th | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 39 | |
| 2024–25 | Final* | 2nd | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 39 | |
| 2025–26 | Final* | 1st | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 27 | |
| Total | Best: Champions | 7/7 | 110 | 59 | 18 | 26 | 344 | 226 | |
Hockey World League (defunct)
Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Champions Trophy (defunct)
Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Champions Challenge (defunct)
Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| Champions Challenge record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 2001 |
5th–6th play-off | 6th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
 2003 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 2005 |
3rd place match | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 17 | |
| 2007 |
5th–6th play-off | 6th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | |
| 2009 |
7th–8th play-off | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | |
| 2011 |
Final | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 12 | |
| 2012 |
did not participate | ||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||
| Total | Best: Winners | 5/8 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 80 | 77 | |
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
- *Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2025–26
| 23 November 2025 2025 SASC GS | Belgium | 1–1 | Canada | Ipoh, Malaysia |
| 20:00 | Stockbroekx  57' |
Report | Sarmento 27' |
Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 24 November 2025 2025 SASC GS | Belgium | 3–2 | India | Ipoh, Malaysia |
| 18:00 | Duvekot 17', 46' De Kerpel 45' |
Report | Abhishek 33' Shilanand 57' |
Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 26 November 2025 2025 SASC GS | South Korea | 2–6 | Belgium | Ipoh, Malaysia |
| 16:00 | Kim Hyeon-hong 30', 60' |
Report | Hendrickx 11', 37' Boon 18', 46', 49'Stockbroekx 49' |
Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 27 November 2025 2025 SASC GS | Malaysia | 1–9 | Belgium | Ipoh, Malaysia |
| 18:00 | Faizal 13' |
Report | Boon 8', 38' Crols 11'Stockbroekx 15'Duvekot 24', 54'Hendrickx 27'Willems 30+'Foubert 41' |
Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 29 November 2025 2025 SASC GS | New Zealand  | 1–5 | Belgium | Ipoh, Malaysia |
| 18:00 | Thomas 56' |
Report | Van Dessel 2' Stockbroekx 19', 26'Foubert 25'Boon 52' |
Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 30 November 2025 2025 SASC Final | Belgium | 1–0 | India | Ipoh, Malaysia |
| 20:30 | Stockbroekx 34' |
Report | Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 9 December 2025 Ireland Leg | Germany | 1–4 | Belgium | Dublin, Ireland |
| 11:30 | Kaufmann 37' |
Report | Boon 14' Crols 19', 33'Hendrickx 48' |
Stadium: National Sports Campus |
| 11 December 2025 Ireland Leg | Belgium | 2–2 (2–3 p) | England | Dublin, Ireland |
| 11:30 | Van Dessel 47' Onana 53' |
Report | Croft 15' Payton 60' |
Stadium: National Sports Campus |
| Penalties | ||||
Wegnez  Duvekot  De Sloover Van Dessel Hellin |
Williamson Albery Waller Wallace Sorsby |
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| 12 December 2025 Ireland Leg | Belgium | 4–1 | Germany | Dublin, Ireland |
| 11:30 | Hendrickx 6', 25' Crols 26'Boon 50' |
Report | Hellwig 59' |
Stadium: National Sports Campus |
| 14 December 2025 Ireland Leg | England | 2–3 | Belgium | Dublin, Ireland |
| 11:00 | Park 10' Calnan 34' |
Report | Hendrickx 17' Boon 23', 40' |
Stadium: National Sports Campus |
| 10 February 2026 India Leg | Belgium | 5–3 | Argentina | Rourkela, India |
| 19:30 | Boon 15', 30', 58' Hellin 32'Hendrickx 53' |
Report | Domene 2', 24' Della Torre 9' |
Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium |
| 11 February 2026 India Leg | India | 1–3 | Belgium | Rourkela, India |
| 19:30 | Lakra 29' |
Report | Onana 23' Crols 53'Van Dessel 57' |
Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium |
| 13 February 2026 India Leg | Argentina | 2–5 | Belgium | Rourkela, India |
| 19:30 | Domene 19' Rey 45' |
Report | Sloover 36' Biekens 39'Hendrickx 49', 54'Duvekot 55' |
Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium |
| 14 February 2026 India Leg | India | 2–4 | Belgium | Rourkela, India |
| 19:30 | Aditya 24' Harmanpreet 37' |
Report | Labouchere 11' Hendrickx 14', 17'Sloover 15' |
Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium |
| 13 June 2026 Belgium Leg | Belgium | 7–1 | Pakistan | Wavre, Belgium |
| 15:30 | Onana 3' Stockbroekx 38'Hendrickx 42'Biekens 50', 55'Hellin 51'Boon 55' |
Report | Rana 33' |
Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters |
| 16 June 2026 Belgium Leg | Belgium | 3–1 | Spain | Wavre, Belgium |
| 21:00 | Boon 32' Hendrickx 44'Stockbroekx 47' |
Report | Vizcaino 33' |
Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters |
| 18 June 2026 Belgium Leg | Belgium | 6–0 | Pakistan | Wavre, Belgium |
| 21:00 | de Kerpel 1' Boon 17', 23', 46'Foubert 41'Labouchere 50' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters |
| 21 June 2026 Belgium Leg | Belgium | 3–2 | Spain | Wavre, Belgium |
| 14:00 | Stockbroekx 35' Hendrickx 42'Boon 56' |
Report | Basterra 43' Fortuño 54' |
Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters |
| 24 June 2026 Belgium Leg | Belgium | 2–2 (4–3 p) | Netherlands | Wavre, Belgium |
| 21:00 | Hendrickx 3' Boon 53' |
Report | Van der Heijden 15', 16' |
Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters |
| Penalties | ||||
| Boon Sloover Wegnez van Dessel van Oost |
de Mol de Geus Middendorp Veen Reyenga |
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| 25 June 2026 Belgium Leg | Belgium | 1–2 | Australia | Wavre, Belgium |
| 21:00 | Boon 32' |
Report | Welch 36' Ephraums 50' |
Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters |
| 27 June 2026 Belgium Leg | Belgium | 2–1 | Netherlands | Wavre, Belgium |
| 19:00 | Hendrickx 15+' Boon 17' |
Report | Reyenga 36' |
Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters |
| 28 June 2026 Belgium Leg | Belgium | 5–4 | Australia | Wavre, Belgium |
| 17:00 | Crols 30' Boon 39', 50', 54'Hendrickx 42' |
Report | Beltz 8' Burns 11'Brand 14'Welch 29' |
Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters |
| 15 August 2026 2026 WC Pool B | Belgium | 3–2 | France | Wavre, Belgium |
| 21:00 | Onana 17' Duvekot 44'Hendrickx 56' |
Report | Curty 3' Vaal 18' |
Stadium: Belfius Hockey Arena |
| 17 August 2026 2026 WC Pool B | Germany | 1–0 | Belgium | Wavre, Belgium |
| 20:30 | Brilla 39' |
Report | Stadium: Belfius Hockey Arena |
| 19 August 2026 2026 WC Pool B | Belgium | 5–3 | Malaysia | Wavre, Belgium |
| 20:30 | Boon 17', 20', 36', 53' Stockbroekx 43' |
Report | Rozemi 32' Jalil 37'Anuar 53' |
Stadium: Belfius Hockey Arena |
| 21 August 2026 2026 WC Pool F | Australia | 1–1 | Belgium | Wavre, Belgium |
| 20:30 | Craig 23' |
Report | Boon 37' |
Stadium: Belfius Hockey Arena |
| 23 August 2026 2026 WC Pool F | Spain | 1–1 | Belgium | Wavre, Belgium |
| 20:30 | Miralles 46' |
Report | Van Doren 4' |
Stadium: Belfius Hockey Arena |
| 28 August 2026 2026 WC 7th place match | India | 3–3 (3–4 p) | Belgium | Wavre, Belgium |
| 17:00 | Abhishek 6' Harmanpreet 31', 60' |
Report | Duvekot 22' Labouchere 23'de Sloover 47' |
Stadium: Belfius Hockey Arena |
| Penalties | ||||
| Harmanpreet Sukhjeet Lakra Dilpreet Abhishek |
Boon Foubert de Sloover Hendrickx Duvekot |
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Team
Current squad
The following 21 players will be called up for the 2025–26 FIH Pro League in Wavre, Belgium at 23 to 28 June 2026 and the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup at 15 to 30 August.[5][6]
Caps and goals updated as of 28 August, after the match against India.
Head coach: Shane McLeod
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Simon Vandenbroucke | 6 June 1999 | 17 | 0 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 21 | GK | Vincent Vanasch | 21 December 1987 | 305 | 0 | Orée |
| 4 | DF | Arthur Van Doren | 1 October 1994 | 294 | 22 | Braxgata |
| 9 | DF | Maxime Van Oost | 2 December 1999 | 92 | 1 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 11 | DF | Tommy Willems | 13 April 1997 | 68 | 4 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 16 | DF | Alexander Hendrickx | 6 August 1993 | 237 | 194 | Gantoise |
| 19 | DF | Hugo Labouchere | 7 February 2004 | 16 | 4 | Orée |
| 23 | DF | Arthur De Sloover | 3 May 1997 | 214 | 11 | Oranje-Rood |
| 5 | MF | Arno Van Dessel | 3 July 2003 | 82 | 4 | Bloemendaal |
| 6 | MF | Lucas Balthazar | 8 January 2006 | 32 | 0 | Uccle Sport |
| 17 | MF | Guillaume Hellin | 28 May 2001 | 53 | 9 | Gantoise |
| 26 | MF | Victor Wegnez | 25 December 1995 | 214 | 28 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 32 | MF | Jack Vloeberghs | 15 October 2003 | 19 | 0 | Herakles |
| 7 | FW | Thibeau Stockbroekx | 20 July 2000 | 89 | 36 | Braxgata |
| 13 | FW | Nicolas De Kerpel | 23 March 1993 | 169 | 51 | Herakles |
| 18 | FW | Roman Duvekot | 21 June 2000 | 49 | 14 | Gantoise |
| 22 | FW | Victor Foubert | 12 October 2002 | 38 | 3 | Dragons |
| 27 | FW | Tom Boon | 25 January 1990 | 397 | 347 | Léopold |
| 30 | FW | Nelson Onana | 1 March 2000 | 78 | 20 | Léopold |
| 37 | FW | Thomas Crols | 11 September 2003 | 44 | 7 | Dragons |
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Loic Van Doren | 14 September 1996 | 84 | 0 | Dragons |
v. Pakistan, 13 June 2026 |
| DF | Olivier Biekens | 14 May 1999 | 30 | 0 | Braxgata |
v. Pakistan, 18 June 2026 |
| DF | Nicolas Bogaerts | 15 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | Dragons |
Training group April 2026 |
| DF | Charles Langendries | 26 April 2006 | 0 | 0 | Waterloo Ducks |
Training group April 2026 |
| MF | Tobias Biekens | 2 January 2001 | 37 | 3 | Braxgata |
v. Spain, 21 June 2026 |
| FW | Maximilian Langer | 5 August 2006 | 0 | 0 | Bloemendaal |
Training group April 2026 |
