# 2021–22 Women's Belgian Hockey League

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. Gantoise are the defending champions.

## Changes from 2020–21

This season will again be played with 12 instead of 14 teams. 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.

## 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 | 1 | 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 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Racing | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 44 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 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 | Relegation to the National 1 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | BRA | DAR | DRA | GAN | HER | LEO | MEC | RAC | VIC | WAT | WHI |
| Antwerp | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Braxgata | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Daring | 2–0 | 0–7 | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Dragons | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 8–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Gantoise | 6–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | 10–0 | 12–1 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Herakles | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–9 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 4–1 |
| Léopold | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Mechelse | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 1–1 |
| Racing | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Victory | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Waterloo Ducks | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | — | 2–1 |
| White Star | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | — |

## Play–offs
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Gantoise | 4 | 1 |
| Braxgata | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Braxgata | 1 | 1 | Gantoise | 3 | 3 |
| | | | Dragons | 1 | 0 |
| Dragons | 2 | 0 | Dragons | 1 | 0 |
| Racing | 1 | 0 | | | |
| Racing | 1 | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Braxgata | Braxgata | 0 |
| | | | Racing | Racing | 4 |

### Semi-finals

* 30 April 2022 15:30
| Braxgata | 1–4 | Gantoise |
| Civera 38' | Report | Schreurs 14' Sinia 19' Ballenghien 63' A. Vanden Borre 66' |
* Braxgata HC, Boom Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Antoine Forton (BEL)
* 1 May 2022 15:30
| Gantoise | 1–1 | Braxgata |
| Ballenghien 24' | Report | Versavel 68' |
* La Gantoise HC, Ghent Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Louise de Clercq (BEL)
Gantoise won the series 1–0.
* 30 April 2022 15:30
| Racing | 1–2 | Dragons |
| Boon 33' | Report | Raye 20' Herzsprung 38' |
* Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Uccle Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Antoine Colemonts (BEL)
* 1 May 2022 15:30
| Dragons | 0–0 | Racing |
| | Report | |
* KHC Dragons, Brasschaat Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
Dragons won the series 1–0.

### Third and fourth place

* 7 May 2022 11:00
| Braxgata | 0–4 | Racing |
| | Report | Holz 12' Sistermans 22' A. Willems 32' Puvrez 67' |
* Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Antoine Colemonts (BEL)

### Final

* 7 May 2022 13:30
| Dragons | 1–3 | Gantoise |
| D. Marien 45' | Report | Ballenghien 4' Gaspari 23' Schreurs 41' |
* Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Louise de Clercq (BEL)
* 8 May 2022 13:30
| Gantoise | 3–0 | Dragons |
| Ballenghien 11', 38' Gerniers 21' | Report | |
* Louvain-la-Neuve HC, Louvain-la-Neuve Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Anne van den Bosch (BEL)
Gantoise won the series 2–0.

## Top goalscorers

    As of 24 April 2022
Goalscoring Table :
| Pos. | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Total |
| 1 | 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 |
| 5 | Stéphanie Vanden Borre | Gantoise | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Lara Oviedo | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Joanne Peeters | Waterloo Ducks | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Priscila Jardel | Daring | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Stéphanie de Groof | Dragons | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Noa Schreurs | Gantoise | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |