Women's Belgian Hockey League

Women's Belgian Hockey League
Most recent season or competition:; 2022–23 Women's Belgian Hockey League
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1921; 103 years ago
First season	1921–22
Administrator	Royal Belgian Hockey Association
No. of teams	12
Country	Belgium
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent; champion(s)	Gantoise (5th title) ; (2022–23)
Most titles	Uccle Sport (22 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	National 1
International cup(s)	EuroHockey Club Trophy

The Women's Belgian Hockey League is the top women's league competition for field hockey clubs in Belgium. The league is played since the 1921–22 season.

Gantoise are the most recent champions having won their fifth title in the 2022–23 season.

Format

The season usually starts in September and ends around the end of April or the beginning of May. From the 2021–22 season onwards the league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice and who compete for four spots in the championship

play-offs. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-final and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. The last two teams are relegated to the National 1 and the tenth placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed team in the second division.^[1]

Teams

Antwerp

Braxgata

Dragons

Gantoise

Herakles

Leuven

Pingouin

Victory

Waterloo Ducks

Brussels

Brussels teams:
Léopold
Racing
Wellington

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2023–24 Women's Belgian Hockey League teams

Léopold

Racing

Wellington

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Location of Brussels teams in the 2023–24 Women's Belgian Hockey League

Team	Location	Province
Antwerp	Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor	Antwerp
Braxgata	Boom	Antwerp
Dragons	Brasschaat	Antwerp
Gantoise	Ghent	East Flanders
Herakles	Lier	Antwerp
Léopold	Uccle	Brussels
Leuven	Heverlee	Flemish Brabant
Pingouin	Nivelles	Walloon Brabant
Racing	Uccle	Brussels
Victory	Edegem	Antwerp
Waterloo Ducks	Waterloo	Walloon Brabant
Wellington	Uccle	Brussels

Number of teams by province

Province	Number of teams	Team(s)
Antwerp	5	Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Victory
Brussels	3	Léopold, Racing, Wellington
Walloon Brabant	2	Pingouin, Waterloo Ducks
East Flanders	1	Gantoise
Flemish Brabant	1	Leuven
Total	12

List of champions

1921–1955
No.	Season	Champion^[2]
1	1921–22	Léopold (1)
2	1922–23	Léopold (2)
3	1923–24	Racing (1)
4	1924–25	Racing (2)
5	1925–26	Léopold (3)
6	1926–27	Racing (3)
7	1927–28	Rasante (1)
8	1928–29	Rasante (2)
9	1929–30	Léopold (4)
10	1930–31	Rasante (3)
11	1931–32	Rasante (4)
12	1932–33	Racing (4)
–	1933–34	Not held
–	1934–35	Not held
13	1935–36	Léopold (5)
14	1936–37	Léopold (6)
15	1937–38	Rasante (5)
16	1938–39	Rasante (6)
17	1939–40	Rasante (7)
–	1940–41	Not held
18	1941–42	Rasante (8)
19	1942–43	Beerschot (1)
20	1943–44	Beerschot (2)
21	1944–45	Rasante (9)
22	1945–46	Beerschot (3)
23	1946–47	Beerschot (4)
24	1947–48	Racing (5)
25	1948–49	Racing (6)
26	1949–50	Léopold (7)
27	1950–51	Léopold (8)
28	1951–52	Beerschot (5)
29	1952–53	Antwerp (1)
30	1953–54	Antwerp (2)
31	1954–55	Antwerp (3)

1955–1989
No.	Season	Champion
32	1955–56	Antwerp (4)
33	1956–57	Antwerp (5)
34	1957–58	Antwerp (6)
35	1958–59	Antwerp (7)
36	1959–60	Antwerp (8)
37	1960–61	Antwerp (9)
38	1961–62	Antwerp (10)
–	1962–63	Not finished
39	1963–64	Antwerp (11)
40	1964–65	Antwerp (12)
41	1965–66	Uccle Sport (1)
42	1966–67	Uccle Sport (2)
43	1967–68	Uccle Sport (3)
44	1968–69	Uccle Sport (4)
45	1969–70	Uccle Sport (5)
46	1970–71	Uccle Sport (6)
47	1971–72	Uccle Sport (7)
48	1972–73	Uccle Sport (8)
49	1973–74	Uccle Sport (9)
50	1974–75	Uccle Sport (10)
51	1975–76	Uccle Sport (11)
52	1976–77	Uccle Sport (12)
53	1977–78	Uccle Sport (13)
54	1978–79	Uccle Sport (14)
55	1979–80	Uccle Sport (15)
56	1980–81	Uccle Sport (16)
57	1981–82	Uccle Sport (17)
58	1982–83	Uccle Sport (18)
59	1983–84	Uccle Sport (19)
60	1984–85	Uccle Sport (20)
61	1985–86	Uccle Sport (21)
62	1986–87	Rasante (10)
63	1987–88	Rasante (11)
64	1988–89	Uccle Sport (22)

1989–2022
No.	Season	Champion
65	1989–90	Rasante (12)
66	1990–91	Rasante (13)
67	1991–92	Léopold (9)
68	1992–93	Leuven (1)
69	1993–94	Dragons (1)
70	1994–95	Léopold (10)
71	1995–96	Leuven (2)
72	1996–97	Leuven (3)
73	1997–98	Leuven (4)
74	1998–99	Leuven (5)
75	1999–2000	Léopold (11)
76	2000–01	Léopold (12)
77	2001–02	Parc (1)
78	2002–03	Victory (1)
79	2003–04	Léopold (13)
80	2004–05	Léopold (14)
81	2005–06	Gantoise (1)
82	2006–07	Antwerp (13)
83	2007–08	Antwerp (14)
84	2008–09	Gantoise (2)
85	2009–10	Antwerp (15)
86	2010–11	Wellington (1)
87	2011–12	Antwerp (16)
88	2012–13	Antwerp (17)
89	2013–14	Wellington (2)
90	2014–15	Antwerp (18)
91	2015–16	Braxgata (1)
92	2016–17	Braxgata (2)
93	2017–18	Waterloo Ducks (1)
94	2018–19	Antwerp (19)
–	2019–20	Not finished
95	2020–21	Gantoise (3)
96	2021–22	Gantoise (4)
97	2022–23	Gantoise (5)

By club

Club	Championship(s)	Year(s) won
Uccle Sport	22	1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89
Antwerp	19	1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2018–19
Léopold	14	1921–22, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1991–91, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05
Rasante	13	1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91
Racing	6	1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1932–33, 1947–48, 1948–49
Beerschot	5	1942–43, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1951–52
Leuven		1992–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
Gantoise		2005–06, 2008–09, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022-23
Wellington	2	2010–11, 2013–14
Braxgata	2	2015–16, 2016–17
Dragons	1	1993–94
Parc		2001–02
Victory		2002–03
Waterloo Ducks		2017–18

References

^ "DH Dames : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). La Libre Belgique. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[1] "DH Dames : le programme 2021-2022". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[champion-2] "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). La Libre Belgique. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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