# 2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League

The 2021–22 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 102nd season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men'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. Dragons were the defending champions. Racing won their sixth league title by defeating Gantoise 5–4 on aggregate in the championship final.

## Changes from 2020–21

This season was played with 12 instead of 14 teams again. Each team played each other twice and the top four teams advanced to the championship play-offs. The bottom two teams were relegated directly and the team in 10th place played a relegation play-off against the third placed team from the second division.

## 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 |
| 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 |
| Walloon Brabant | 1 | Waterloo Ducks |
| Total | 12 | |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Waterloo Ducks | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 42 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 2 | Racing (C) | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 40 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 3 | Braxgata | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 40 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Gantoise | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 36 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 5 | Herakles | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 33 | |
| 6 | Leuven | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 33 | |
| 7 | Dragons | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 30 | |
| 8 | Daring | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Orée | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 28 | |
| 10 | Léopold (O) | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Beerschot (R) | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 20 | Relegation to the National 1 |
| 12 | Antwerp (R) | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 42 | 78 | −36 | 14 | Relegation to the National 1 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | BEE | BRA | DAR | DRA | GAN | HER | LÉO | LEU | ORÉ | RAC | WD |
| Antwerp | — | 4–5 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–11 | 1–5 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 1–6 |
| Beerschot | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 0–4 |
| Braxgata | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Daring | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 |
| Dragons | 3–3 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| Gantoise | 5–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Herakles | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | — | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Léopold | 0–5 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 0–5 | 8–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–3 |
| Leuven | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 |
| Orée | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–7 | 2–6 | 2–5 | 1–2 | — | 4–3 | 1–3 |
| Racing | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 3–2 |
| Waterloo Ducks | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Leuven was awarded a 5–0 win because Gantoise fielded two ineligible players. The original match finished 3–3.
* ↑ Antwerp was awarded a 0–5 win because a member of the Léopold staff who was suspended was present at the match. The original match finished 5–1.

## Play-offs
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Waterloo Ducks | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Gantoise (s.o.) | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| Gantoise (s.o.) | 2 | 3 | 5 | Gantoise | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | Racing | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Racing | 1 | 3 | 4 | Racing | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Braxgata | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Braxgata | 2 | 1 | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | 8 May – Louvain-la-Neuve | 8 May – Louvain-la-Neuve | 8 May – Louvain-la-Neuve | 8 May – Louvain-la-Neuve |
| | | | | Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo Ducks | 3 |
| | | | | Braxgata | Braxgata | Braxgata | 2 |

### Semi-finals

* 30 April 2022 12:30
| Gantoise | 2–1 | Waterloo Ducks |
| Masson 28' De Borrekens 30' | Report | Charlet 45' |
* Ghent
* 1 May 2022 12:30
| Waterloo Ducks | 4–3 | Gantoise |
| Charlet 20', 33' Wilbers 44', 52' | Report | De Paeuw 13' Rogeau 42' Scheen 54' |
| Penalties |||
| Boccard Van Oost Esquelin Wilbers Charlet Boccard | 4–5 | Kina Hellin Tynevez Ferreiro De Paeuw Ferreiro |
* Waterloo
5–5 on aggregate. Gantoise won the shoot-out 5–4.
* 30 April 2022 12:30
| Braxgata | 2–1 | Racing |
| Mazzilli 13' Onana 47' | Report | Charlier 41' |
* Boom
* 1 May 2022 12:30
| Racing | 3–1 | Braxgata |
| Cosyns 3' Charlier 18' Truyens 40' | Report | Luypaert 2' |
* Uccle
Racing won 4–3 on aggregate.

### Third place game

* 8 May 2022 11:00
| Waterloo Ducks | 3–2 | Braxgata |
| Wilbers 17' Willems 34' Charlet 70' | Report | Van Cleynenbreugel 26' Rossi 68' |
* Louvain-la-Neuve

### Final

* 7 May 2022 16:00
| Gantoise | 2–2 | Racing |
| Scheen 7', 25' | Report | Charlier 53' Cosyns 68' |
* Louvain-la-Neuve
* 8 May 2022 16:00
| Racing | 3–2 | Gantoise |
| Cosyns 32', 43', 44' | Report | De Borrekens 18', 58' |
* Louvain-la-Neuve
Racing won 5–4 on aggregate and won their sixth league title.

## Relegation play-offs
### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Léopold | 12–3 | Mechelse | 6–2 | 6–1 |

### Matches

* 7 May 2022 15:00
| Léopold | 6–2 | Mechelse |
| A. Verdussen 23' Cuvelier 25' Degroote 31' Boon 34', 36', 41' | Report | Flack 43' Mondo 53' |
* Uccle
* 8 May 2022 15:00
| Mechelse | 1–6 | Léopold |
* Mechelen
Léopold won 12–3 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
| 1 | Tanguy Cosyns | Racing | 8 | 17 | 5 | 30 |
| 2 | Tom Boon | Léopold | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Loïck Luypaert | Braxgata | 0 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Victor Charlet | Waterloo Ducks | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Tomas Domene | Orée | 2 | 15 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Cédric Charlier | Racing | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Sam Lane | Leuven | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Arthur De Sloover | Beerschot | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Nicolás Della Torre | Dragons | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Pepijn Scheen | Gantoise | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 |