Competition: | Belgian Hockey League |
Season: | 2022–23 |
Dates: | 4 September 2022 – 21 May 2023 |
Winners: | Gantoise (2nd title) |
Relegated: | Leuven Old Club |
Continentalcup1: | Euro Hockey League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Gantoise Léopold Waterloo Ducks |
Matches: | 132 |
Total Goals: | 767 |
Best Player: | Tom Boon |
League Topscorer: | Tom Boon (53 goals) |
Best Goalkeeper: | Loic Van Doren |
Biggest Away Win: | Old Club 2–15 Dragons |
Highest Scoring: | Old Club 2–15 Dragons |
Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 103nd season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.
The season started on 4 September 2022 and concluded on 21 May 2023 with the second match of the championship final.[1] Racing were the defending champions.[2]
Gantoise beat the Waterloo Ducks 5–2 on aggregate in the championship final to win their second title, 102 years after their first championship win.[3]
Uccle Sport and Old Club were the two promoted club from the 2021–22 National 1, replacing Beerschot and Antwerp.
Team | Location | Province | |
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Braxgata | Boom | ||
Daring | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | ||
Dragons | Brasschaat | ||
Gantoise | Ghent | ||
Herakles | Lier | ||
Léopold | Uccle | ||
Leuven | Heverlee | ||
Old Club | Liège | ||
Orée | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre | ||
Racing | Uccle | ||
Uccle Sport | Uccle | ||
Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo |
Province | Number of teams | Team(s) | |
---|---|---|---|
5 | Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport | ||
3 | Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles | ||
1 | Gantoise | ||
Leuven | |||
Old Club | |||
Waterloo Ducks | |||
Total | 12 |
Rank | Player[4] | Club | Goals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Boon | Léopold | 30 | 20 | 3 | 53 |
2 | Victor Charlet | Waterloo Ducks | 0 | 33 | 1 | 34 |
3 | Tomas Domene | Orée | 10 | 16 | 4 | 30 |
4 | Tanguy Cosyns | Racing | 5 | 16 | 2 | 23 |
5 | Blake Govers | Dragons | 2 | 17 | 1 | 20 |
6 | Henri Raes | Dragons | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Tom Degroote | Léopold | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
Arthur Verdussen | Léopold | 12 | 3 | 0 | ||
9 | Gaëtan Dykmans | Waterloo Ducks | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Nicolás Della Torre | Dragons | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
Loïck Luypaert | Braxgata | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Gantoise won 7–3 on aggregate.----Waterloo Ducks won 7–5 on aggregate.
Gantoise won 5–2 on aggregate.
Léopold won the shoot-out 5–4.
Uccle Sport won 10–7 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
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Award | Winner[5] | Club | |
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Golden Stick – Player of the Year | Tom Boon | Léopold | |
Goalkeeper of the Year | Loic Van Doren | Dragons | |
Rising Star of the Year | Thomas Crols | ||
Coach of the Year | Pascal Kina | Gantoise |