2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season2024–25
Dates8 September 2024 – 25 May 2025
ChampionsGantoise (4th title)
RelegatedDaring
Namur
Euro Hockey LeagueGantoise
Léopold
Braxgata
Matches played139
Goals scored753 (5.42 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexander Hendrickx (52 goals)
Biggest home winLéopold 10–0 Namur
Biggest away winNamur 0–8 Dragons
Highest scoringWaterloo Ducks 10–1 Namur
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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.

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

2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League is located in Brussels
Orée
Orée
Uccle Sport
Uccle Sport
Location of Brussels teams in the 2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Beerschot and Namur are the two promoted clubs from the 2023–24 National 1, replacing Victory and White Star.

Team Location Province
Beerschot Kontich Antwerp
Braxgata Boom Antwerp
Daring Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Brussels
Dragons Brasschaat Antwerp
Gantoise Ghent East Flanders
Herakles Lier Antwerp
Léopold Uccle Brussels
Namur Saint-Servais Namur
Orée Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Brussels
Racing Uccle Brussels
Uccle Sport Uccle Brussels
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo Walloon Brabant

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
Source: Flashscore
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

Home \ Away BEE BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LEO NAM ORE RAC UCC WAT
Beerschot 2–4 3–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 1–7 5–0 4–1 2–5 4–2 3–3
Braxgata 3–2 8–0 2–4 2–2 2–2 2–0 6–0 1–3 3–2 9–3 0–2
Daring 1–2 0–2 2–7 1–3 2–4 4–6 2–1 0–3 1–3 1–3 2–4
Dragons 6–2 2–2 3–3 2–3 5–4 1–3 7–0 0–0 2–2 9–1 5–1
Gantoise 5–0 3–5 5–2 4–1 5–2 1–1 9–1 4–2 7–1 5–3 4–1
Herakles 4–3 3–4 3–3 0–3 2–6 1–1 3–1 2–0 6–1 4–4 1–2
Léopold 1–0 2–2 7–2 2–1 4–1 3–4 10–0 3–4 2–1 2–2 4–0
Namur 3–3 1–5 1–2 0–8 0–7 1–6 2–5 3–7 1–5 1–6 2–6
Orée 3–3 0–1 4–1 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–4 2–4
Racing 5–2 3–3 3–2 2–4 2–3 2–1 2–3 5–1 5–5 2–3 1–2
Uccle Sport 4–2 1–1 5–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 1–8 7–1 2–6 2–1 1–4
Waterloo Ducks 4–3 2–3 5–2 3–1 3–3 1–0 2–3 10–1 2–3 6–2 3–1
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Gantoise224
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks21 3
 
Gantoise (s.o.)235
 
 
 
Léopold32 5
 
Léopold336
 
 
Braxgata14 5
 
Third place
 
 
24 May
 
 
Waterloo Ducks2
 
 
Braxgata3

Semi-finals

17 May 2024
15:00
Waterloo Ducks 2–2 Gantoise
Domene field hockey ball 16'56' Hendrickx field hockey ball 11'
Hellin field hockey ball 29'
Waterloo
18 May 2024
15:00
Gantoise 2–1 Waterloo Ducks
Hendrickx field hockey ball 15'46' Depelsenaire field hockey ball 54'
Ghent

Gantoise won 4–3 on aggregate.


17 May 2024
15:45
Braxgata 1–3 Léopold
Loots field hockey ball 20' A. Verdussen field hockey ball 45'54'
Boon field hockey ball 50'
De Schorre, Boom
18 May 2024
16:00
Léopold 3–4 Braxgata
Basterra field hockey ball 7'23'
Boon field hockey ball 51'
Loots field hockey ball 9'
Walsh field hockey ball 39'
De Winter field hockey ball 65'
Luypaert field hockey ball 67'
Parc Brugmann, Uccle

Léopold won 6–5 on aggregate.

EHL Ticket match

24 May 2024
18:15
Braxgata 3–2 Waterloo Ducks
De Winter field hockey ball 11'
Van Bavel field hockey ball 19'
Clément field hockey ball 41'
Domene field hockey ball 65'69'
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp

Final

24 May 2024
16:00
Gantoise 2–3 Léopold
Casella field hockey ball 32'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 42'
Basterra field hockey ball 20'53'62'
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp
25 May 2024
14:00
Léopold 2–3 Gantoise
Boon field hockey ball 13'
Basterra field hockey ball 70'
Masson field hockey ball 8'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 38'50'
Penalties
De Backer Penalty shoot-out scored
Boon Penalty shoot-out scored
Basterra Penalty shoot-out scored
N. Poncelet Penalty shoot-out missed
3–5 Penalty shoot-out scored Casella
Penalty shoot-out scored Tynevez
Penalty shoot-out scored Murray
Penalty shoot-out scored Kina
Penalty shoot-out scored Hellin
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp

5–5 on aggregate.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 24 and 25 May 2025.[4]

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beerschot 10–3 Antwerp 4–1 6–2

Matches

24 May 2025
15:00
Antwerp 1–4 Beerschot
Brecht
25 May 2025
15:00
Beerschot 6–2 Antwerp
Kontich

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 Belgium Alexander Hendrickx Gantoise 0 50 2 52
2 Argentina Tomas Domene Waterloo Ducks 13 25 3 41
3 Spain José Basterra Léopold 12 18 1 31
4 Belgium Tom Boon Léopold 19 9 0 28
5 Argentina Nicolás Della Torre Dragons 0 23 0 23
6 Spain Pau Cunill Herakles 0 16 2 18
7 Belgium Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 0 14 3 17
8 Belgium Roman Duvekot Gantoise 16 0 0 16
Belgium Jeff De Winter Braxgata 11 5 0 16
10 Argentina Lucas Martínez Dragons 13 0 0 13
Chile Juan Amoroso Uccle Sport 0 10 3 13

See also

References

  1. ^ "Résultats du dimanche 12 mai 24/update" (in French). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Gantoise blijft ondanks klap in slotseconden feilloos bij shoot-outs en pakt derde landstitel op rij". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
  4. ^ Demaret, Philippe (23 May 2025). "Les barrages de ce week-end". okey.be (in French). Okey. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Classement final des buteurs DH 2025" (in French).