# 2019–20 BENE-League Handball

The BENE-League Handball 2019-20 was the sixth edition of the international handball competition between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Achilles Bocholt were defending champions.
Final four tournament was held at Maaspoort in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final four was not held. the final ranking of the competition is the final ranking of the regular competition.

## Clubs

| Country | Team | City | Venue |
| Belgium | Achilles Bocholt | Bocholt | Sportcomplex De Damburg |
| Belgium | HC AtomiX | Haacht | Sporthal Den Dijk |
| Belgium | Hubo Initia Hasselt | Hasselt | Sporthal Alverberg |
| Belgium | Sporting Pelt | Neerpelt | Dommelhof |
| Belgium | Handbal Tongeren | Tongeren | Eburons Dôme |
| Belgium | HC Visé BM | Visé | Hall Omnisports de Visé |
| Netherlands | Green Park Handbal Aalsmeer | Aalsmeer | Sporthal De Bloemhof |
| Netherlands | Herpertz Bevo HC | Panningen | SportArena De Heuf |
| Netherlands | The Dome/Handbal Houten | Houten | Sportcentrum The Dome |
| Netherlands | JD Techniek/Hurry-Up | Zwartemeer | Succes Holidayparcs Arena |
| Netherlands | KEMBIT-LIONS | Sittard-Geleen | Stadssporthal Sittard |
| Netherlands | KRAS/Volendam | Volendam | Sporthal de Opperdam |

## Rangking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Opmerking |
| 1 | Achilles Bocholt | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 737 | 569 | +168 | 41 | Qualified for the Final4 |
| 2 | KEMBIT-LIONS | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 690 | 604 | +86 | 32 | Qualified for the Final4 |
| 3 | Herpertz Bevo HC | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 659 | 605 | +54 | 32 | Qualified for the Final4 |
| 4 | HC Visé BM | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 674 | 611 | +63 | 29 | Qualified for the Final4 |
| 5 | Sporting Pelt | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 673 | 624 | +49 | 29 | |
| 6 | Handbal Tongeren | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 648 | 668 | −20 | 20 | |
| 7 | JD Techniek/Hurry-Up | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 613 | 639 | −26 | 20 | |
| 8 | Green Park Handbal Aalsmeer | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 639 | 646 | −7 | 19 | |
| 9 | Hubo Initia Hasselt | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 600 | 632 | −32 | 16 | Promotion/relegation matches Belgium |
| 10 | KRAS/Volendam | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 610 | 638 | −28 | 14 | Promotion/relegation matches Netherlands |
| 11 | The Dome/Handbal Houten | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 583 | 735 | −152 | 6 | Promotion/relegation matches Netherlands |
| 12 | HC AtomiX | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 573 | 728 | −155 | 6 | Promotion/relegation matches Belgium |
| Home \ Away | AAL | ATO | BEV | BOC | HAS | HOU | HUR | LIO | PEL | TON | VIS | VOL |
| Green Park Handbal Aalsmeer | | 27–20 | 25–30 | 23–30 | 24–34 | 24–28 | 33–29 | 26–30 | 34–29 | 34–22 | 29–29 | 34–29 |
| HC AtomiX | 26–32 | | 26–27 | 24–37 | 30–24 | 30–23 | 26–27 | 17–40 | 26–38 | 23–33 | 25–33 | 30–39 |
| Herpertz Bevo HC | 33–28 | 41–27 | | 30–30 | 32–27 | 37–21 | 32–26 | 26–35 | 28–29 | 30–29 | 28–31 | 28–26 |
| Achilles Bocholt | 37–32 | 42–25 | 19–22 | | 30–21 | 37–21 | 37–32 | 30–22 | 36–26 | 33–27 | 40–32 | 27–26 |
| Hubo Initia Hasselt | 26–23 | 37–30 | 27–29 | 30–37 | | 30–28 | 26–25 | 30–31 | 25–25 | 25–27 | 24–27 | 34–29 |
| The Dome/Handbal Houten | 26–37 | 25–30 | 27–28 | 23–36 | 28–31 | | 26–38 | 25–33 | 38–37 | 31–36 | 27–34 | 32–27 |
| JD Techniek/Hurry-Up | 32–35 | 24–23 | 27–33 | 25–38 | 27–27 | 37–29 | | 30–29 | 30–23 | 30–31 | 29–29 | 27–24 |
| KEMBIT-LIONS | 36–29 | 37–27 | 29–29 | 26–35 | 27–25 | 36–22 | 33–19 | | 30–27 | 32–26 | 34–34 | 28–27 |
| Sporting Pelt | 31–29 | 36–22 | 31–29 | 24–25 | 34–30 | 37–30 | 27–19 | 28–30 | | 35–29 | 24–20 | 31–27 |
| Handbal Tongeren | 29–28 | 38–24 | 26–29 | 25–36 | 31–22 | 32–28 | 31–29 | 28–35 | 35–42 | | 35–35 | 27–28 |
| HC Visé BM | 32–20 | 31–30 | 31–29 | 25–29 | 29–20 | 40–21 | 27–29 | 33–27 | 31–36 | 28–28 | | 35–22 |
| KRAS/Volendam | 28–33 | 37–32 | 28–29 | 28–36 | 29–25 | 28–24 | 20–22 | 31–30 | 21–23 | 31–23 | 25–28 | |

## Final Four
### Semifinals

| 14 March 2020 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Achilles Bocholt | v | HC Visé BM | Maaspoort, s'-Hertogebosch |
| 14 March 2020 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | KEMBIT-LIONS | v | Herpertz Bevo HC | Maaspoort, s'-Hertogebosch |

### Match for third place

| 15 March 2020 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Loser BOC/VIS | v | Loser LIO/BEV | Maaspoort, s'-Hertogebosch |

### Final

| 15 March 2020 16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Winner BOC/VIS | v | Winner LIO/BEV | Maaspoort, s'-Hertogebosch |

## Awards

The all-star team was announced on 6 September 2020.
* Goalkeeper: Clem Leroy (BEL)
* Right wing: Bart Köhlen (NED)
* Right back: Serge Spooren (BEL)
* Centre back: Dario Polman (NED)
* Left back: João Jacob Ramos (POR)
* Left wing: Tommie Falke (NED)
* Pivot: Yves Vancosen (BEL)