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2025–26 Men's Belgian Hockey League

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.

Belgian Hockey League
Season2025–26
Dates7 September 2025 – 24 May 2026
ChampionsWaterloo Ducks (6th title)
RelegatedOld Club
Pingouin
Euro Hockey LeagueBraxgata
Waterloo Ducks
Orée
Matches139
Goals755 (5.43 per match)
Top goalscorerArgentina Tomás Domene (41 goals)
Biggest home winOrée 8–0 Pingouin
Biggest away winPingouin 1–10 Waterloo Ducks

The season started on 7 September 2025 and will conclude on 24 May 2025 with the second match of the championship final. Gantoise is the three-time defending champions.[1]

Teams

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2025–26 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
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]

TeamLocationProvince
BeerschotKontich Antwerp
BraxgataBoom Antwerp
DragonsBrasschaat Antwerp
GantoiseGhent East Flanders
HeraklesLier Antwerp
LéopoldUccle Brussels
Old ClubLiège Liège
OréeWoluwe-Saint-Pierre Brussels
PingouinNivelles Walloon Brabant
RacingUccle Brussels
Uccle SportUccle Brussels
Waterloo DucksWaterloo Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces

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Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Braxgata 22 15 4 3 73 44 +29 49 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League Final12
2 Orée 22 13 6 3 84 49 +35 45 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League preliminary round
3 Waterloo Ducks (C) 22 13 5 4 67 45 +22 44 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League Final12
4 Gantoise 22 12 7 3 83 48 +35 43 Qualification for the play-offs
5 Herakles 22 12 6 4 75 49 +26 42
6 Léopold 22 10 5 7 60 49 +11 35
7 Dragons 22 6 9 7 49 53 −4 27
8 Beerschot 22 6 7 9 52 59 −7 25
9 Uccle Sport 22 5 8 9 55 61 −6 23
10 Racing (O) 22 4 5 13 52 66 −14 17 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Old Club (R) 22 1 4 17 47 106 −59 7 Relegation to the National 1
12 Pingouin (R) 22 1 2 19 33 101 −68 5
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BEE BRA DRA GAN HER LEO OLD ORE PIN RAC UCC WAT
Beerschot — 2–2 1–2 3–3 0–2 4–5 3–1 3–5 4–2 2–2[a] 3–2 3–4
Braxgata 3–0 — 3–1 3–4 3–3 4–1[b] 7–2 5–2 5–2 2–1 4–2 3–2
Dragons 2–2 4–3 — 2–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–6 5–0 3–3 3–3 2–2
Gantoise 3–3 1–4 2–0 — 5–2 3–1 7–1 1–0 6–0 6–1 5–1 2–4
Herakles 1–3 2–2 4–3 5–3 — 3–0 7–1[c] 3–3 6–0 3–3 4–3 4–4
Léopold 2–2 3–0 4–1 2–2 0–4 — 7–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 3–3 2–2
Old Club 3–3 3–5 2–2 3–9 1–4 2–7 — 2–4 4–4 4–3 6–7 2–3
Orée 6–2 2–2 3–3 3–3 4–3 5–5 8–1 — 8–0 5–2 2–2 2–3
Pingouin 1–3 1–3 1–4 2–5 2–5 2–3 4–2 0–3 — 2–4 0–4 1–10
Racing 4–3 2–4 2–3 2–5 2–3 0–2 5–2 2–3 6–3 — 3–4 1–2
Uccle Sport 1–2 2–3 3–3 3–3 2–4 2–1 2–2 2–4 2–2 1–1 — 3–1
Waterloo Ducks 3–1 2–3 2–0 3–3[d] 3–1 2–1 4–2 2–3 5–3 2–2 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on completed. 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

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 & 17 May
 
 
Braxgata (s.o.)314
 
23 & 24 May - Wavre
 
Gantoise31 4
 
Braxgata123
 
14 & 17 May
 
Waterloo Ducks13 4
 
Orée022
 
 
Waterloo Ducks12 3
 
Third place
 
 
23 May - Wavre
 
 
Gantoise1
 
 
Orée4

Semi-finals

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EHL Ticket match

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Final

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Relegation play-offs

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The relegation play-offs took place on 30 and 31 May 2025.

Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Racing 8–2 White Star 4–1 4–1

Matches

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Racing won 8–2 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Top goalscorers

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See also

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References

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  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).
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