2025–26 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season2025–26
Dates7 September 2025 – 25 May 2026
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Men's Belgian Hockey League is the 106th season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.

The season started on 7 September 2025 and will conclude on 25 May 2025 with the second match of the championship final. Gantoise is the three-time defending champions.[1]

Teams

2025–26 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
Orée
Uccle Sport
Location of Brussels teams in the 2025–26 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Old Club and Pingouin are the two promoted clubs from the 2024–25 National 1, replacing Daring and Namur.[2][3]

Team Location Province
Beerschot Kontich Antwerp
Braxgata Boom Antwerp
Dragons Brasschaat Antwerp
Gantoise Ghent East Flanders
Herakles Lier Antwerp
Léopold Uccle Brussels
Old Club Liège Liège
Orée Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Brussels
Pingouin Nivelles Walloon Brabant
Racing Uccle Brussels
Uccle Sport Uccle Brussels
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces

Province Number of teams Team(s)
Brussels 4 Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport
Antwerp 4 Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles
Walloon Brabant 2 Pingouin, Waterloo Ducks
East Flanders 1 Gantoise
Liège Old Club
Total 12

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Braxgata 15 10 3 2 52 31 +21 33 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Gantoise 15 9 5 1 59 30 +29 32
3 Waterloo Ducks 15 9 3 3 48 30 +18 30
4 Orée 15 8 5 2 58 36 +22 29
5 Herakles 15 8 4 3 50 32 +18 28
6 Léopold 15 7 5 3 44 35 +9 26
7 Dragons 15 3 7 5 37 37 0 16
8 Uccle Sport 15 3 6 6 38 45 −7 15
9 Beerschot 15 3 6 6 34 41 −7 15
10 Racing 15 2 5 8 35 45 −10 11 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Old Club 15 1 2 12 34 76 −42 5 Relegation to the National 1
12 Pingouin 15 1 1 13 21 72 −51 4
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2026. Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[4]

Results

Home \ Away BEE BRA DRA GAN HER LEO OLD ORE PIN RAC UCC WAT
Beerschot — 2–2 29 Mar 3–3 0–2 4–5 3–1 10 May 26 Apr 2–2[a] 22 Mar 3–4
Braxgata 3–0 — 26 Apr 3–4 19 Apr 4–1[b] 7–2 5–2 10 May 22 Mar 12 Apr 3–2
Dragons 2–2 4–3 — 10 May 2–2 2–3 19 Apr 12 Apr 5–0 3–3 3–3 22 Mar
Gantoise 19 Apr 1 May 2–0 — 5–2 12 Apr 22 Mar 1–0 6–0 6–1 5–1 2–4
Herakles 12 Apr 2–2 4–3 26 Apr — 22 Mar 7–1[c] 3–3 6–0 3–3 4–3 10 May
Léopold 2–2 29 Mar 4–1 2–2 0–4 — 7–1 26 Apr 4–1 10 May 3–3 2–2
Old Club 3–3 3–5 2–2 3–9 1–4 1 May — 2–4 29 Mar 4–3 6–7 2–3
Orée 6–2 2–2 3–3 3–3 4–3 5–5 8–1 — 8–0 19 Apr 1 May 29 Mar
Pingouin 1–3 1–3 1–4 2–5 1 May 2–3 4–2 22 Mar — 12 Apr 19 Apr 1–10
Racing 4–3 2–4 1 May 29 Mar 2–3 0–2 26 Apr 2–3 6–3 — 3–4 1–2
Uccle Sport 1–2 2–3 3–3 3–3 29 Mar 2–1 10 May 2–4 2–2 1–1 — 26 Apr
Waterloo Ducks 1 May 2–3 2–0 3–3[d] 3–1 19 Apr 12 Apr 2–3 5–3 2–2 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2026. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to the Racing participation at the 2nd round of the 2025–26 Belgian Hockey League Cup, the Beerschot - Racing match of matchday 13 is advanced to 29 October.
  2. ^ Due to their participation at the 2025–26 Men's Euro Hockey League KO16, the Braxgata - Léopold match of matchday 7 is postponed to 31 October.
  3. ^ Due to the Old Club participation at the 2nd round of the 2025–26 Belgian Hockey League Cup, the Herakles - Old Club match of matchday 13 is advanced to 30 October.
  4. ^ Due to the Braxgata and Léopold participation at the 2025–26 Men's Euro Hockey League KO16, the Waterloo Ducks - Gantoise match of matchday 13 is advanced to 17 October.

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
1st Regular season--—
 
 
 
4th Regular season-- —
 
Winner semifinal 1--—
 
 
 
Winner semifinal 2-- —
 
2nd Regular season--—
 
 
3rd Regular season-- —
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Loser semifinal 1-
 
 
Loser semifinal 2-

Semi-finals

14 May 2026
4th Regular season v 1st Regular season
17 May 2026
1st Regular season v 4th Regular season
14 May 2026
3rd Regular season v 2nd Regular season
17 May 2026
2nd Regular season v 3rd Regular season

EHL Ticket match

23 May 2026
Loser semifinal 1 v Loser semifinal 2
Stade Justin Peeters, Wavre

Final

23 May 2026
Winner semifinal 1 v Winner semifinal 2
Stade Justin Peeters, Wavre
25 May 2026
Winner semifinal 2 v Winner semifinal 1
Stade Justin Peeters, Wavre

Top goalscorers

Rank Player[5] Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Tomas Domene Waterloo Ducks 7 17 0 24
2 Nicolás della Torre Dragons 0 14 0 14
3 Tom Boon Léopold 8 3 2 13
Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 0 13 0 13
Alexander Hendrickx Gantoise 0 12 1 13
Daniel Bell Beerschot 0 10 3 13
7 Maxime Plennevaux Racing 9 1 2 12
Pau Cunill Herakles 2 10 0 12
9 Ezequiel Ehrman Old Club 0 10 1 11
10 Benjamin Walker Braxgata 10 0 0 10
José Basterra Léopold 3 7 0 10

See also

References

  1. ^ Toussaint, Laurent (26 May 2025). "Une moisson exceptionnelle pour la Gantoise". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Le Soir.
  2. ^ Parent, Thomas (11 May 2025). "L'Old Club de Liège retrouve la DH". qu4tre.be (in French). Qu4tre.
  3. ^ Vinel, Thibaut (11 May 2025). "DH/D1 hommes et dames: voici tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur les verdicts de fin de saison". lalibre.be (in French). La Libre Belgique.
  4. ^ "Règlement sportif ARBH 2025-2026" (PDF).
  5. ^ "DH : classement des buteurs au 15/03/26" (in French).
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