Competition: | Belgian Hockey League |
Season: | 2020–21 |
Dates: | 10 September 2020 – 9 May 2021 |
Winners: | Gantoise |
Shieldtitle: | Regular season |
Shield: | Gantoise (3rd title) |
Relegated: | Leuven Wellington |
Continentalcup1: | Euro Hockey League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Gantoise |
Continentalcup2: | EuroHockey Club Trophy |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Dragons |
Matches: | 154 |
Total Goals: | 549 |
League Topscorer: | Ambre Ballenghien Alix Gerniers (18 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Waterloo Ducks 7–0 Wellington |
Biggest Away Win: | Wellington 0–8 Gantoise Mechelse 1–9 Dragons |
Highest Scoring: | Léopold 6–9 Gantoise |
Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 Women's Belgian Hockey League was the 95th season of the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top women's Belgian field hockey league.
The season started on 10 September 2020 and concluded on 9 May 2021 with the second match of the championship final.[1] Gantoise won the title for the third time.[2]
For the first time in history, the league was played with 14 teams instead of 12. Teams played each other once in a single round-robin format, with the top eight teams qualifying for the play–offs and the bottom six progressing to the relegation series.
Team | Location | Province | |
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Antwerp | Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor | ||
Braxgata | Boom | ||
Daring | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | ||
Dragons | Brasschaat | ||
Gantoise | Ghent | ||
Herakles | Lier | ||
Léopold | Uccle | ||
Leuven | Heverlee | ||
Mechelse | Mechelen | ||
Racing | Uccle | ||
Victory | Edegem | ||
Waterloo Ducks | Waterloo | ||
Wellington | Uccle | ||
White Star | Evere |
Province | Number of teams | Team(s) | |
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6 | Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles, Mechelse, Victory | ||
5 | Daring, Léopold, Racing, Wellington, White Star | ||
1 | Gantoise | ||
Leuven | |||
Waterloo Ducks | |||
Total | 14 |
The points obtained during the regular season were halved before the start of the play-downs. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the play-downs: Waterloo Ducks 9 points, Léopold 7.5, White Star 5, Mechelse 4, Wellington 3 and Leuven 1.5.[3]
The points obtained during the regular season were halved before the start of the play-downs. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the play-offs: Gantoise 18.5 points, Daring 14, Dragons 13, Braxgata 12, Antwerp 11, Racing 11, Herakles 10.5 and Victory 10.5.[3]
Gantoise won the series 2–0.----Dragons won the series 2–0.
Gantoise won the series 2–0, winning the title.
Goalscoring Table | ||||||||
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Player | Club | Total | ||||||
1 | Ambre Ballenghien | Gantoise | 11 | 5 | 1 | 18 | ||
Alix Gerniers | 17 | 1 | 0 | |||||
3 | Priscila Jardel | Daring | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | ||
4 | Carla Rebecchi | Antwerp | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | ||
5 | Noa Schreurs | Gantoise | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
Jill Boon | Racing | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
7 | Stéphanie Vanden Borre | Gantoise | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
8 | Valerie Magis | Dragons | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||
Manon Simons | 7 | 3 | 0 | |||||
Zoë Dujardin | Leuven | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Marie Ronquetti | Waterloo Ducks | 10 | 0 | 0 |