# 2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League

The 2020–21 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 101st season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league. The season began on 11 September 2020 and ended on 9 May 2021 with the second match of the championship final in Antwerp.
Dragons won their 12th title by defeating the Waterloo Ducks 4–3 and 2–1 in the final series. The defending champions Léopold, finished in third place.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Province |
| Antwerp | Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor | Antwerp |
| Beerschot | Kontich | Antwerp |
| Braxgata | Boom | Antwerp |
| Daring | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | Brussels |
| Dragons | Brasschaat | Antwerp |
| Gantoise | Ghent | East Flanders |
| Herakles | Lier | Antwerp |
| Léopold | Uccle | Brussels |
| Leuven | Heverlee | Flemish Brabant |
| Namur | Saint-Servais | Namur |
| Old Club | Liège | Liège |
| Orée | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre | Brussels |
| Racing | Uccle | Brussels |
| Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo | Walloon Brabant |

### Number of teams by provinces

| Province | Number of teams | Team(s) |
| Antwerp | 5 | Antwerp, Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles |
| Brussels | 4 | Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing |
| East Flanders | 1 | Gantoise |
| Flemish Brabant | 1 | Leuven |
| Liège | 1 | Old Club |
| Namur | 1 | Namur |
| Walloon Brabant | 1 | Waterloo Ducks |
| Total | 14 | |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gantoise | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 13 | +44 | 37 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Waterloo Ducks | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 32 | Play-offs |
| 3 | Orée | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 30 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Léopold | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 26 | Play-offs |
| 5 | Dragons | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 23 | Play-offs |
| 6 | Leuven | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 22 | Play-offs |
| 7 | Beerschot | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 20 | Play-offs |
| 8 | Racing | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 18 | Play-offs |
| 9 | Herakles | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 16 | Play-downs |
| 10 | Braxgata | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 14 | Play-downs |
| 11 | Daring | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 10 | Play-downs |
| 12 | Antwerp | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 10 | Play-downs |
| 13 | Namur | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 80 | −62 | 4 | Play-downs |
| 14 | Old Club | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 86 | −66 | 0 | Play-downs |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | BEE | BRA | DAR | DRA | GAN | HER | LÉO | LEU | NAM | OLD | ORÉ | RAC | WAT |
| Antwerp | — | 2–2 | — | — | 2–4 | — | — | 3–5 | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–6 |
| Beerschot | — | — | — | 3–3 | 2–3 | — | — | 1–3 | — | 9–0 | 8–1 | 1–4 | — | 4–3 |
| Braxgata | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | — | — | — | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | — | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| Daring | 1–5 | — | 2–2 | — | — | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | — |
| Dragons | — | — | 2–2 | 7–3 | — | 2–4 | 4–2 | — | 1–3 | — | 5–1 | — | 2–1 | — |
| Gantoise | 6–2 | 4–1 | 9–2 | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | — | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| Herakles | 2–1 | 1–4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | 7–3 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
| Léopold | — | — | — | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | — | — | 11–1 | — | 6–3 | — | 3–4 |
| Leuven | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | — | — | 2–3 | 1–3 | — |
| Namur | — | — | 3–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–2 | — | — | 2–5 | — | — | — | — | 1–7 |
| Old Club | — | — | 2–6 | — | — | 1–11 | 1–7 | 1–9 | 3–6 | 2–3 | — | 2–5 | — | — |
| Orée | — | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | — | — | 11–0 | — | — | — | 0–3 |
| Racing | 6–0 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0–4 | — | 7–1 | 10–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 |
| Waterloo Ducks | — | — | 6–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | — | 9–1 | 3–2 | — | — |

## Play-downs

The points obtained during the regular season were halved before the start of the play-downs. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the play-downs: Herakles 8 points, Braxgata 7, Antwerp 5, Daring 5, Namur 2 and Old Club 0.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | HER | BRA | DAR | ANT | OLD | NAM |
| 1 | Herakles | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 31 | | — | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 10–3 |
| 2 | Braxgata | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 28 | | 1–3 | — | 5–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 8–1 |
| 3 | Daring | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 24 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 17 | | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | — | 5–3 | 6–0 |
| 5 | Old Club | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 6 | Relegation to National 1 | 1–5 | 5–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 6 | Namur | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 54 | −42 | 3 | Relegation to National 1 | 1–6 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 3–6 | 3–3 | — |

## Play-offs

The points obtained during the regular season were halved before the start of the play-offs and the teams were put into two pools. As a result, the teams in pool A started with the following points before the play-offs: Gantoise 18.5 points, Léopold 13, Dragons 11.5 and Racing 9 and in pool B: Waterloo Ducks 16 points, Orée 15, Leuven 11 and Beerschot 10.

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DRA | LÉO | GAN | RAC |
| 1 | Dragons | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 26.5 | Semi-finals | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Léopold | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 25 | Semi-finals | 4–3 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Gantoise | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 24.5 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Racing | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 12 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAT | ORÉ | BEE | LEU |
| 1 | Waterloo Ducks | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 30 | Semi-finals | — | 7–4 | 4–3 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Orée | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 24 | Semi-finals | 4–4 | — | 2–2 | 7–3 |
| 3 | Beerschot | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 18 | | 4–5 | 4–4 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Leuven | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 12 | | 2–3 | 4–8 | 1–4 | — |

### Classification matches
#### Seventh place game

* 25 April 2021 15:00
| Racing | 1–3 | Leuven |
| Horler 34' | Report | Diaz 12' Murray 39' Harris 41' |
* Uccle

#### Fifth place game

* 24 April 2021 15:00
| Gantoise | 4–1 | Beerschot |
| Helin 16' Masson 38' Esquelin 45' Kina 62' | Report | Duvekot 20' |
* Ghent

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Waterloo Ducks (s.o.) | 3 | 1 | (4) |
| Léopold | 2 | 3 | (2) | | | | |
| Léopold | 2 | 3 | (2) | Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo Ducks | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | Dragons | Dragons | 4 | 2 |
| Dragons (s.o.) | 3 | 1 | (4) | Dragons | Dragons | 4 | 2 |
| Orée | 2 | 2 | (3) | | | | |
| Orée | 2 | 2 | (3) | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | Léopold | Léopold | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | Orée | Orée | 3 | 1 |

### Semi-finals

* 25 April 2021 15:30
| Léopold | 2–3 | Waterloo Ducks |
| A. Verdussen 6' Boon 64' | Report | Ghislain 37' Charlet 56' Wilbers 70' |
* Uccle
* 2 May 2021 12:30
| Waterloo Ducks | 1–3 | Léopold |
| Charlet 28' | Report | A. Verdussen 27', 53' Plennevaux 39' |
| Penalties |||
| Boccard Willems Willems Van Oost | 4–2 | Plennevaux Zimmer Poncelet Baumgarten |
* Waterloo
Series drawn. Waterloo Ducks won shoot-out 4–2.
* 25 April 2021 12:30
| Orée | 2–3 | Dragons |
| Domene 41', 65' | Report | Martínez 30' Della Torre 66', 69' |
* Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
* 2 May 2021 15:30
| Dragons | 1–2 | Orée |
| Della Torre 39' | Report | Dohmen 13' Clément 45' |
| Penalties |||
| Van Aubel Raes Rubens Denayer Martínez Van Aubel | 4–3 | Simar Domene Curty Dohmen Bellenger Domene |
* Brasschaat
Series drawn. Dragons won shoot-out 4–3.

### Third place game

* 8 May 2021 11:00
| Orée | 3–4 | Léopold |
| Simar 7' M. Branicki 18' Domene 20' | Report | Boon 44', 54' A. Verdussen 67' Cuvelier 70' |
* Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
* 9 May 2021 11:00
| Léopold | 5–1 | Orée |
| Boon 3', 62' Plennevaux 4', 63' Poncelet 17' | Report | Domene 57' |
* Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
Léopold won both matches and captured third place.

### Final

* 8 May 2021 17:30
| Dragons | 4–3 | Waterloo Ducks |
| Martínez 18' Raes 44' Charlier 46' Van Aubel 68' | Report | Willems 16' Dykmans 64' Capelle 64' |
* Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
* 9 May 2021 17:30
| Waterloo Ducks | 1–2 | Dragons |
| Dykmans 55' | Report | Charlier 50' Rubens 58' |
* Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp
Dragons won both matches and won their 12th national title.

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
| 1 | Tom Boon | Léopold | 18 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 2 | Tomas Domene | Orée | 4 | 22 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Loïck Luypaert | Braxgata | 2 | 25 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 | Milan van Baal | Antwerp | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 4 | Jérôme Dekeyser | Leuven | 4 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Victor Charlet | Waterloo Ducks | 0 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Gaëtan Perez | Beerschot | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Maxime Plennevaux | Léopold | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Timothée Clément | Orée | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Florent Van Aubel | Dragons | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Tommy Willems | Waterloo Ducks | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |