Belgian First Division (women's handball)

The Handbal Eerste Klasse Nationale Vrouwen is the premier category of the Belgian women's handball national league. Established in 1964, it is currently contested by ten teams.[1] The champion is currently granted a spot in the EHF Cup.[2]

Fémina Visé and Initia Hasselt are the championship's most successful clubs with eleven and ten titles respectively as of 2012. Initia won all ten titles in a row between 1986 and 1996, while Fémina has been the competition's leading team since 1997.[3]

List of champions

2011-12 teams

  • Antwerp (province) DHW Antwerpen
  • Limburg (Belgium) Achilles Bocholt
  • Liège (province) HC Eynatten-Raeren
  • Liège (province) Fémina Visé
  • Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • Limburg (Belgium) DHC Meeuwen
  • West Flanders DHT Middelkerke-Izegem
  • Antwerp (province) Rhino Turnhout
  • Limburg (Belgium) HB Sint-Truiden
  • East Flanders DHC Waasmunster

References

  1. ↑ 2011-12 results in scoresway.com
  2. ↑ 2012-13 EHF Cup results in EHF's website
  3. ↑ List of champions Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. in the Belgian Handball Federation's 50th anniversary dossier, p.83)
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