| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 September 2021 – 8 May 2022 |
| Champions | Gantoise (4th title) |
| Regular season | Gantoise |
| Relegated | Mechelse White Star |
| Euro Hockey League | Gantoise |
| Euro Hockey Club Trophy | Dragons |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 523 (3.96 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Louise Versavel (Braxgata) (23 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Gantoise 12–1 Mechelse |
| Biggest away win | Herakles 0–9 Gantoise |
| Highest scoring | Gantoise 12–1 Mechelse |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2022. | |
The 2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League was the 96th season of the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top women's Belgian field hockey league.
The season started on 5 September 2021 and concluded on 8 May 2022 with the second match of the championship final.[1] Gantoise are the defending champions.[2]
Changes from 2020–21
This season will again be played with 12 instead of 14 teams.[3] Each team will play each other twice and the top four teams will advance to the championship play-offs. The bottom two teams will be relegated directly and the team in 10th place will play a relegation play-off against the third placed team in the second division.[4]
Teams
| Team | Location | Province |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerp | Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor |  Antwerp |
| Braxgata | Boom | Antwerp |
| Daring | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean |  Brussels |
| Dragons | Brasschaat | Antwerp |
| Gantoise | Ghent |  East Flanders |
| Herakles | Lier | Antwerp |
| Léopold | Uccle | Brussels |
| Mechelse | Mechelen | Antwerp |
| Racing | Uccle | Brussels |
| Victory | Edegem | Antwerp |
| Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo |  Walloon Brabant |
| White Star | Evere | Brussels |
Number of teams by provinces
| Province | Number of teams | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerp | 6 | Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Mechelse, Victory |
| Brussels | 4 | Daring, Léopold, Racing, White Star |
| East Flanders | 1 | Gantoise |
| Walloon Brabant | Waterloo Ducks | |
| Total | 12 |
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gantoise | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 15 | +91 | 62 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 2 | Dragons | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 48 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Braxgata | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 44 | |
| 4 | Racing | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 44 | |
| 5 | Waterloo Ducks | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 38 | |
| 6 | Daring | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 29 | |
| 7 | Antwerp | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 27 | |
| 8 | Victory | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 25 | |
| 9 | Herakles | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 22 | |
| 10 | Léopold | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | White Star | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 17 | Relegation to the National 1 |
| 12 | Mechelse | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 78 | −67 | 6 |
Results
Play–offs
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
| Gantoise | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Braxgata | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Gantoise | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Dragons | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Dragons | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Racing | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||||
| Braxgata | 0 | |||||||
| Racing | 4 | |||||||
Semi-finals
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Gantoise won the series 1–0.
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Dragons won the series 1–0.
Third and fourth place
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Final
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Gantoise won the series 2–0.
Top goalscorers
- As of 24 April 2022
| Goalscoring Table | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Total | ||
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Louise Versavel |
Braxgata | 18 | 4 | 1 | 23 | ||
| 2 | Emilie Sinia |
Gantoise | 16 | 5 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 3 | Ambre Ballenghien |
16 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Charlotte Englebert |
Racing | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Abigail Raye |
Dragons | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Stéphanie Vanden Borre |
Gantoise | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| 7 |  Lara Oviedo |
12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Joanne Peeters |
Waterloo Ducks | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 9 |  Priscila Jardel |
Daring | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Stéphanie de Groof |
Dragons | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Noa Schreurs |
Gantoise | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References
- ↑ "DH Dames : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ "LA GANTOISE END 12 YEAR WAIT FOR COVETED CHAMPIONS TITLE". hockeywrldnws.com. Hockey World News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ Toussaint, Laurent (19 June 2021). "La division d'honneur à 12 la saison prochaine". lesoir.be (in French). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ "Algemene Vergadering – meerderheid voor de Belgian League formats". hockey.be (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
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