| Sport: | Handball |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Confed: | EHF |
| Champions: | HC Achilles Bocholt |
| Most Champs: | Initia Hasselt (12 titles) |
| Confed Cup: | Champions League Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup |
| Current Season: | 2022–23 Belgian Eerste Klasse |
The Belgian Eerste Klasse (Dutch) or Division 1 (French) is the name of the professional handball league of Belgium.
The season begins with a tournament between the six teams who don't participate at the BeNe League. The first two teams join the teams from the BeNe League and they are separated in two play-off groups while the four others teams from the opening tournament participate to the play-down.
The following 12 clubs compete in the Eerste Klasse during the 2016–17 season.
| Team | City | Arena | width=200 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubo Initia HC Hasselt | Hasselt | Sporthal Alverberg | Club playing in BeNe League | |
| Callant Tongeren | Tongeren | Eburons Dôme Tongeren | ||
| Sezoens Achilles Bocholt | Bocholt | Sportcomplex De Damburg | ||
| HC Visé BM | Visé | Visé Omnisports Hall | ||
| Sporting Neerpelt-Lommel | Neerpelt-Lommel | Sportcentrum Dommelhof | ||
| KV Sasja HC | Antwerp | Sportcomplex Sorghvliedt | ||
| Olse Merksem HC | Antwerp | Sportcentrum De Rode Loop | ||
| EHC Tournai | Tournai | C.E.T Sports Hall | ||
| HC Eynatten-Raeren | Raeren | Sporthalle Eynatten | ||
| Kreasa HB Houthalen | Houthalen-Helchteren | Sporthal Lakerveld | ||
| VOO RHC Grâce-Hollogne | Grâce-Hollogne | Grâce-Hollogne Omnisports Hall | ||
| HC Visé BM II | Visé | Visé Omnisports Hall | ||
| Club | Titles | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 | 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2013, 2014 | ||
| 2. | ROC Flémalle | 11 | 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1976 | |
| 3. | Sporting Neerpelt | 10 | 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2004 | |
| 4. | 6 | 1968, 1974, 1975, 2006, 2007, 2008 | ||
| Callant Tongeren | 6 | 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 | ||
| 6. | HC Eynatten-Raeren | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2002 | |
| 3 | 2016, 2017, 2018 | |||
| 8. | 2 | 1972, 1973 | ||
| Progrès HC Seraing | 2 | 1967, 1977 | ||
| 11. | CH Schaerbeek Brussels | 1 | 1966 | |
| Handball Club Inter Herstal | 1 | 1971 | ||
| Yellow Red KV Mechelen | 1 | 1979 | ||
| Handball Club Herstal | 1 | 1991 | ||
| Olse Merksem HC | 1 | 1992 | ||
| HC Visé BM | 1 | 2021 |
For season 2017/2018, see footnote[1]
Extraliga (14.67)
Extraliga (11.67)
Eerste Klasse (11.25)
SM-liiga (11.25)