2018–19 Men's Belgian Hockey League

The 2018–19 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 100th season of the Belgian field hockey men's top division. It began on 2 September 2018 and it concluded with the second leg of the championship final on 12 May 2019.[1] Dragons were the defending champions, having won the 2017–18 season.

Men's Belgian Hockey League
Season2018–19
Dates2 September 2018 – 12 May 2019
ChampionsLéopold (28th title)
RelegatedDaring
White Star
Euro Hockey LeagueLéopold
Beerschot
Herakles
Matches played122
Goals scored736 (6.03 per match)
Top goalscorerTom Boon (38 goals)
← 2017–18
2019–20 →

Léopold won their 28th title by defeating Beerschot 6–5 in aggregate in the championship final (two-legged tie).[2]

Teams
Antwerp
Braxgata
Brussels
Gantoise
Herakles
Waterloo Ducks
Brussels teams
Daring
Léopold
Orée
Racing
White Star
Locations of the 2018–19 Audi Hockey League teams

A total of 12 teams took part in the league : The best 10 teams from the 2017–18 season and the two best teams from National 1 (White Star and Antwerp).

ClubLocation
AntwerpBrecht
BeerschotKontich
BraxgataBoom
DaringMolenbeek-Saint-Jean
DragonsBrasschaat
GantoiseGhent
HeraklesBerchem
LéopoldUccle
OréeWoluwe-Saint-Pierre
RacingUccle
Waterloo DucksWaterloo
White StarEvere

Regular season

The twelve teams are grouped in two pools of six (Pool A and Pool B) based on the previous season's ranking :

  • Pool A : 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, National 1 (2)
  • Pool B : 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, National 1 (1)[3]

The teams of the same pool compete 2 times and face the teams of the other pool once. The first four of each pool are qualified for the play-offs and the last two of each pool play the play-downs.

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Racing 16 10 6 0 67 30 +37 36 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Orée 16 9 4 3 48 35 +13 31
3 Beerschot 16 8 2 6 46 45 +1 26
4 Dragons 16 7 2 7 40 35 +5 23
5 Braxgata 16 4 4 8 33 39 −6 16 Qualification for the play-downs
6 Antwerp 16 0 2 14 27 71 −44 2
Source:

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Waterloo Ducks 16 13 1 2 73 32 +41 40 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Gantoise 16 10 4 2 60 37 +23 34
3 Léopold (C) 16 10 2 4 59 32 +27 32
4 Herakles 16 4 6 6 42 53 −11 18
5 Daring (R) 16 2 2 12 34 66 −32 8 Qualification for the play-downs
6 White Star (R) 16 2 0 14 27 81 −54 6
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Play-offs

All rounds are played in a two-legged tie. The scheme for the quarter-finals is as follows :

  • Series 1: 1A/4B
  • Series 2: 2B/3A
  • Series 3: 1B/4A
  • Series 4: 2A/3B

The semi-finals are played between the winners of series 1 and 2 and the winners of series 3 and 4. The winners qualify for the championship final where the two teams compete to decide who will be crowned Belgian champion.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Racing213 (1)
 
 
 
Herakles033 (3)
 
Herakles325
 
 
 
Beerschot347
 
Gantoise202
 
 
 
Beerschot123
 
Beerschot235
 
 
 
Léopold246
 
Waterloo Ducks145
 
 
 
Dragons426
 
Dragons213
 
 
 
Léopold224 EHL Play-off
 
Orée145
 
 
 
Léopold538
 
Herakles426 (5)
 
 
Dragons516 (3)
 

Quarter-finals

(1A) Racing vs (4B) Herakles
14 April 2019
15:00
Herakles 2–0 Racing
Boon  12', 51'
28 April 2019
15:00
Racing 1–3 Herakles
Boon  22' De Kerpel  11', 70'
Haig  64'
Penalties
1–3

Herakles won series 3-3 (3-1) in aggregate after penalty shoot-out.

(2B) Gantoise vs (3A) Beerschot
14 April 2019
15:00
Beerschot 1–2 Gantoise
Catlin  70' Saladino
Tolini  58'
28 April 2019
15:00
Gantoise 0-2 Beerschot
Duvekot  12'
Bull  17'

Beerschot won series 3-2 in aggregate.

(1B) Waterloo Ducks vs (4A) Dragons
14 April 2019
15:00
Dragons 4–1 Waterloo Ducks
Raes  32', 46'
Denayer  38'
van Aubel  65'		 Boccard  54'
28 April 2019
15:00
Waterloo Ducks 4-2 Dragons
Pangrazio  11'
Van Oost  25'
Boccard  40'
Wilbers  57'		 Raes  28'
Denayer  53'

Dragons won series 6-5 in aggregate.

(2A) Orée vs (3B) Léopold
14 April 2019
15:00
Léopold 5–1 Orée
Russell  8', 30', 42'
Zimmer  56'
Degroote  60'		 Domene  16'
28 April 2019
15:00
Orée 4-3 Léopold
Domene  35', 40', 43', 56' Degroote  6'
Russell  52', 54'

Léopold won series 8-5 in aggregate.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played from 1 to 5 May 2019 at Herakles.

Herakles vs Beerschot
1 May 2019
16:00
Herakles 3–3 Beerschot
Jenness  42'
Keusters  56'
Haig  68'		 Catlin  3'
Rossi  38'
Bull  51'
5 May 2019
15:00
Beerschot 4–2 Herakles
Carson  7', 22', 36'
Perez  15'		 Hottlet  49'
Haig  63'

Beerschot won series 7–5 in aggregate.

Dragons vs Léopold
1 May 2019
17:30
Dragons 2–2 Léopold
van Aubel  53'
Willems  56'		 Brunet  59', 68'
5 May 2019
15:00
Léopold 2–1 Dragons
Baumgarten  10'
Russell  46'		 O'Donoghue  50'

Léopold won series 4–3 in aggregate.

EHL Play-off

The EHL play-off was played from 11 to 12 May 2019 at Herakles. The third place winner is qualified for the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League.

11 May 2019
11:00
Herakles 4–5 Dragons
Haig  1', 57'
Jenness  18'
De Kerpel  68'		 Lootens  9'
Uher  13'
Shimmins  17'
Denayer  50'
Raes  51'
12 May 2019
11:00
Dragons 1–2 Herakles
Raes  59' Haig  5'
Jenness  26'
Penalties
3–5

Herakles won series 6–6 (5-3) in aggregate after penalty shoot-out.

Final

The final was played from 11 to 12 May 2019 at Herakles. Both teams are qualified for the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League.

11 May 2019
13:30
Léopold 2–2 Beerschot
Russell  17'
Verdussen  32'		 Rossi  5'
Catlin  70'
12 May 2019
13:30
Beerschot 3–4 Léopold
Carson  6', 62'
Verhoeven  41'		 Verdussen  33'
Russell  43', 57'
Eaton  52'

Léopold won series 6–5.

References
  1. "CALENDRIER / KALENDER 2018-2019 OUTDOOR" (PDF). www.hockey.be (in French and Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. "Belgian Hockey Finals 2019 : le Léo et l'Antwerp sacrés champions 2019 !". hockey.be (in French). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. "Les poules de la prochaine division Honneur". www.okey.lalibre.be (in French). La Libre Belgique. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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