# 2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League

The 2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League was the 95th season of the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top women's Belgian field hockey league.
The season started on 10 September 2020 and concluded on 9 May 2021 with the second match of the championship final. Gantoise won the title for the third time.

## Changes from 2019–20

For the first time in history, the league was played with 14 teams instead of 12. Teams played each other once in a single round-robin format, with the top eight teams qualifying for the play–offs and the bottom six progressing to the relegation series.

## 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 |
| Leuven | Heverlee | Flemish Brabant |
| Mechelse | Mechelen | Antwerp |
| Racing | Uccle | Brussels |
| Victory | Edegem | Antwerp |
| Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo | Walloon Brabant |
| Wellington | Uccle | Brussels |
| White Star | Evere | Brussels |

### Number of teams by provinces

| Province | Number of teams | Team(s) |
| Antwerp | 6 | Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Mechelse, Victory |
| Brussels | 5 | Daring, Léopold, Racing, Wellington, White Star |
| East Flanders | 1 | Gantoise |
| Flemish Brabant | 1 | Leuven |
| Walloon Brabant | 1 | Waterloo Ducks |
| Total | 14 | |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Gantoise | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 12 | +44 | 37 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 2 | Daring | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 28 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Dragons | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 26 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Braxgata | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 24 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Antwerp | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 22 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | Racing | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 22 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 7 | Herakles | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 21 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 8 | Victory | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 21 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 9 | Waterloo Ducks | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 18 | Qualification for the Play–downs |
| 10 | Léopold | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 15 | Qualification for the Play–downs |
| 11 | White Star | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 10 | Qualification for the Play–downs |
| 12 | Mechelse | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34 | −24 | 8 | Qualification for the Play–downs |
| 13 | Wellington | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 50 | −42 | 6 | Qualification for the Play–downs |
| 14 | Leuven | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 3 | Qualification for the Play–downs |

### Results

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

## 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: Waterloo Ducks 9 points, Léopold 7.5, White Star 5, Mechelse 4, Wellington 3 and Leuven 1.5.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | WAT | WHI | LÉO | MEC | LEU | WEL |
| 1 | Waterloo Ducks | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | +27 | 39 | | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 7–2 |
| 2 | White Star | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 20 | | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Léopold | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 19.5 | | 0–5 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Mechelse | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 14 | | 2–7 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| 5 | Leuven | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 13.5 | Relegation to National 1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Wellington | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 8 | Relegation to National 1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — |

## Play–offs

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-offs: Gantoise 18.5 points, Daring 14, Dragons 13, Braxgata 12, Antwerp 11, Racing 11, Herakles 10.5 and Victory 10.5.

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SF | GAN | ANT | VIC | BRA |
| 1 | Gantoise | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 36.5 | Advanced to semi-finals | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 19 | Advanced to semi-finals | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Victory | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 16.5 | | 0–5 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Braxgata | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 14 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SF | DRA | RAC | DAR | HER |
| 1 | Dragons | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 26 | Advanced to semi-finals | — | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Racing | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 24 | Advanced to semi-finals | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Daring | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 23 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Herakles | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 10.5 | | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | — |

## Classification matches
### Fifth to eighth place classification
#### Seventh and eighth place

* 25 April 2021 12:00
| Braxgata | 4–0 | Herakles |
| Van Grimbergen 13' Vorushylo 44' J. Vandermeiren 51' Ikegwuonu 58' | Report | |
* Braxgata HC, Boom

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 25 April 2021 12:00
| Victory | 1–2 | Daring |
| Bruni 15' | Report | Jardel 41' Ferrazzini 53' |
* Royal Victory HC, Edegem

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Gantoise | 5 | 2 |
| Racing | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Racing | 1 | 1 | Gantoise | 3 | 3 |
| | | | Dragons | 0 | 2 |
| Dragons | 3 | 1 | Dragons | 0 | 2 |
| Antwerp | 1 | 0 | | | |
| Antwerp | 1 | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Racing | Racing | 3 |
| | | | Antwerp | Antwerp | 2 |

#### Semi-finals

* 25 April 2021 12:00
| Racing | 1–5 | Gantoise |
| Boon 12' | Report | Gerniers 6' Ballenghien 27', 28' Schreurs 49' S. Vanden Borre 58' |
* Royal Racing Club Bruxelles, Uccle Umpires: Lucien Vanderborght (BEL) Alexandra Mahieu (BEL)
* 2 May 2021 12:00
| Gantoise | 2–1 | Racing |
| Oviedo 11' Sinia 52' | Report | Rasir 37' |
* La Gantoise HC, Ghent Umpires: Alexandra Mahieu (BEL) Anne van den Bosch (BEL)
Gantoise won the series 2–0.
* 25 April 2021 15:00
| Antwerp | 1–3 | Dragons |
| Delforge 66' | Report | Struyf 4' Magis 9' De Groof 52' |
* Royal Antwerp HC, Antwerp Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Pieter Verleye (BEL)
* 2 May 2021 12:00
| Dragons | 1–0 | Antwerp |
| Magis 17' | Report | |
* KHC Dragons, Brasschaat Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
Dragons won the series 2–0.

#### Third and fourth place

* 8 May 2021 13:00
| Racing | 3–2 | Antwerp |
| De Mot 21' Boon 22' Haussener 51' | Report | M. Struijk 37' Rebecchi 68' |
* Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp Umpires: Lucien Vanderborght (BEL) Pieter Verleye (BEL)

#### Final

* 8 May 2021 15:00
| Gantoise | 3–0 | Dragons |
| Schreurs 32' S. Vanden Borre 44' Nelen 47' | Report | |
* Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Louise de Clercq (BEL)
* 9 May 2021 15:00
| Dragons | 2–3 | Gantoise |
| Magis 4' De Groof 66' | Report | Schreurs 43' A. Vanden Borre 51' Ballenghien 61' |
* Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Gantoise won the series 2–0, winning the title.

## Top Goalscorers

Goalscoring Table :
| Pos. | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Total |
| 1 | Ambre Ballenghien | Gantoise | 11 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 1 | Alix Gerniers | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 18 |
| 3 | Priscila Jardel | Daring | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Carla Rebecchi | Antwerp | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 5 | Noa Schreurs | Gantoise | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Jill Boon | Racing | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Stéphanie Vanden Borre | Gantoise | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Valerie Magis | Dragons | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Manon Simons | 7 | 3 | 0 | | 10 |
| 8 | Zoë Dujardin | Leuven | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Marie Ronquetti | Waterloo Ducks | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |