2018–19 Women's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season2018–19
Dates2 September 2018 – 12 May 2019
ChampionsAntwerp
Regular seasonAntwerp (19th title)
Matches played127

The 2018–19 Women's Belgian Hockey League was the 94th season of the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top women's Belgian field hockey league.

The season started on 2 September 2018 and concluded on 12 May 2019 with the second match of the championship final.[1]

Format

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The season was played with a total of twelve teams. Two pools of six were formed, based on rankings from the previous season.[2]

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

Teams in each pool played each other twice throughout the season, while playing teams from the other pool once. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four teams from each pool advanced to the play–offs, while the remaining teams moved forward to the relegation matches.

Teams

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2018–19 Women's Belgian Hockey League is located in Belgium
Antwerp
Antwerp
Braxgata
Braxgata
Namur
Namur
Victory
Victory
Brussels teams: Léopold Racing Wellington White Star
Brussels teams:
Léopold
Racing
Wellington
White Star
2018–19 Women's Belgian Hockey League teams
2018–19 Women's Belgian Hockey League is located in Brussels
White Star
White Star
Wellington
Wellington
Location of Brussels teams in the 2018–19 Women's Belgian Hockey League
Team Location Province
Antwerp Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor  Antwerp
Braxgata Boom  Antwerp
Dragons Brasschaat  Antwerp
Gantoise Ghent  East Flanders
Léopold Uccle  Brussels
Leuven Heverlee  Flemish Brabant
Namur Namur  Namur
Racing Uccle  Brussels
Victory Edegem  Antwerp
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo  Walloon Brabant
Wellington Uccle  Brussels
White Star Evere  Brussels

Number of teams by provinces

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Province Number of teams Team(s)
 Antwerp 4 Antwerp, Braxgata, Dragons, Victory
 Brussels Léopold, Racing, Wellington, White Star
 East Flanders 1 Gantoise
 Flemish Brabant Leuven
 Namur Namur
 Walloon Brabant Waterloo Ducks
Total 12

Regular season

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAN WAT DRA VIC WHI NAM
1 Gantoise 16 15 1 0 53 13 +40 46 Advanced to Play–offs 1–0 3–1 6–0 8–3 1–0
2 Waterloo Ducks 16 9 5 2 35 18 +17 32 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–1
3 Dragons 16 5 5 6 34 34 0 20 0–1 3–1 1–2 4–4 4–1
4 Victory 16 5 5 6 22 29 −7 20 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 4–2
5 White Star 16 2 5 9 25 46 −21 11 Play–downs 0–3 1–3 2–2 2–3 3–1
6 Namur 16 0 0 16 10 75 −65 0 0–8 0–4 0–7 1–2 2–3
Source: OKEY
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[3]

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRA LEU RAC ANT WEL LÉO
1 Braxgata 16 9 5 2 48 18 +30 32 Advanced to Play–offs 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 6–2
2 Leuven 16 9 3 4 35 26 +9 30 1–3 2–1 1–2 5–2 3–1
3 Racing 16 7 3 6 28 18 +10 24 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0
4 Antwerp 16 5 6 5 23 14 +9 21 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
5 Wellington 16 3 4 9 19 30 −11 13 Play–downs 0–0 3–4 2–1 0–4 0–1
6 Léopold 16 5 2 9 18 29 −11 17 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–3
Source: OKEY
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[3]

Results

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The following results represent the crossover matches between pools A and B.

Home \ Away ANT BRA DRA GAN LÉO LEU NAM RAC VIC WAT WEL WHI
Antwerp 6–0 1–1 3–0
Braxgata 13–0 4–4 3–2
Dragons 1–1 0–6 3–2
Gantoise 4–2 3–2 2–1
Léopold 3–2 0–3 1–2
Leuven 2–2 2–5 1–0
Namur 1–3 0–5 0–4
Racing 5–1 1–1 5–0
Victory 0–2 1–1 1–1
Waterloo Ducks 1–1 2–1 4–1
Wellington 1–2 0–2 1–1
White Star 0–2 2–2 2–2
Source: OKEY
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play–downs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WHI LÉO WEL NAM
1 White Star 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 1–1 1–1 3–1
2 Léopold 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 11 0–0 1–0 2–0
3 Wellington 6 3 1 2 15 5 +10 10 Relegated to National 1 0–1 3–2 7–0
4 Namur 6 0 0 6 2 24 −22 0 1–4 0–4 0–4
Source: OKEY
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[3]

Play–offs

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
14–28 April
 
 
Gantoise134
 
1–5 May
 
Antwerp (s.o.)13 4
 
Antwerp (s.o.)123
 
14–28 April
 
Leuven21 3
 
Leuven224
 
11–12 May
 
Dragons10 1
 
Antwerp235
 
14–28 April
 
Racing11 2
 
Waterloo Ducks033
 
1–5 May
 
Racing (s.o.)12 3
 
Racing415
 
14–28 April
 
Braxgata12 3Third place
 
Braxgata404
 
12 May
 
Victory21 3
 
Leuven3
 
 
Braxgata0
 

Quarter-finals

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14 April 2019
12:00
Antwerp 1–1 Gantoise
Neal field hockey ball 61' Report Granatto field hockey ball 49'
Royal Antwerp HC, Antwerp
Umpires:
Thimothy Hennes (BEL)
Didier van den Eede (BEL)
28 April 2019
12:00
Gantoise 3–3 Antwerp
Gerniers field hockey ball 2'
Granatto field hockey ball 49'50'
Report Berends field hockey ball 35'
Wisniewska field hockey ball 43'
Delforge field hockey ball 51'
Penalties
S. Vanden Borre Penalty shoot-out missed
A. Vanden Borre Penalty shoot-out missed
Johnston Penalty shoot-out missed
0–3 Penalty shoot-out scored M. Struijk
Penalty shoot-out scored Gloyn
Penalty shoot-out scored Urroz
La Gantoise HC, Ghent
Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Florian Haine (BEL)

Antwerp won the series 3–0 in a shoot-out, following a 4–4 tie on aggregate.


14 April 2019
12:00
Dragons 1–2 Leuven
Jakus field hockey ball 20' Report Van Dieren field hockey ball 3'
Stairs field hockey ball 6'
KHC Dragons, Braschaat
Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Lucien Vanderborght (BEL)
28 April 2019
12:00
Leuven 2–0 Dragons
Scheers field hockey ball 10'
Stairs field hockey ball 55'
Report
KHC Leuven, Leuven
Umpires:
Michael Bourg (BEL)
Anne van den Bosch (BEL)

Leuven won the series 2–0.


14 April 2019
12:00
Racing 1–0 Waterloo Ducks
Boon field hockey ball 63' Report
Racing Club de Bruxelles, Uccle
Umpires:
Christophe Pontus (BEL)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
28 April 2019
12:00
Waterloo Ducks 3–2 Racing
Ronquetti field hockey ball 1'58'
De Mot field hockey ball 33'
Report Patriarche field hockey ball 24'
Boon field hockey ball 36'
Penalties
Ronguetti Penalty shoot-out missed
Blockmans Penalty shoot-out scored
Peeters Penalty shoot-out missed
Gose Penalty shoot-out scored
2–3 Penalty shoot-out missed A. Willems
Penalty shoot-out scored Raes
Penalty shoot-out scored Boon
Penalty shoot-out scored Englebert
Penalty shoot-out scored Patriarche
Waterloo Ducks HC, Waterloo
Umpires:
Thomas Dagnelie (BEL)
Didier van den Eede (BEL)

Racing won the series 3–2 in a shoot-out, following a 3–3 tie on aggregate.


14 April 2019
12:00
Victory 2–4 Braxgata
Contardi field hockey ball 3'
Secco field hockey ball 41'
Report Leclef field hockey ball 7'
Versavel field hockey ball 19'46'
Meyvis field hockey ball 63'
Royal Victory HC, Edegem
Umpires:
Alexandra Mahieu (BEL)
Corentin Hardy (BEL)
28 April 2019
12:00
Braxgata 0–1 Victory
Report Secco field hockey ball 49'
Braxgata HC, Boom
Umpires:
Virginie Hermans (BEL)
Corentin HArdy (BEL)

Braxgata won the series 4–3 on aggregate.

Fifth to eighth place classification

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CrossoverFifth Place
 
      
 
1 May
 
 
Gantoise4
 
5 May
 
Dragons2
 
Gantoise1
 
1 May
 
Victory0
 
Waterloo Ducks3 (4)
 
 
Victory (pen.)3 (5)
 
Seventh Place
 
 
5 May
 
 
Dragons4 (2)
 
 
Waterloo Ducks (pen.)4 (3)
Crossover
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1 May 2019
13:30
Gantoise 4–2 Dragons
Granatto field hockey ball 6'
Johnston field hockey ball 42'
Gerniers field hockey ball 64'
S. Vanden Borre field hockey ball 68'
Report Jakus field hockey ball 24'
D. Marien field hockey ball 59'
La Gantoise HC, Edegem

1 May 2019
13:30
Waterloo Ducks 3–3 Victory
Sinia field hockey ball 49'
Ronquetti field hockey ball 58'
Peeters field hockey ball 69'
Report Contardi field hockey ball 17'
Secco field hockey ball 55'
Hennig field hockey ball 63'
Penalties
4–5
Waterloo Ducks HC, Waterloo
Seventh and eighth place
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5 May 2019
16:00
Dragons 4–4 Waterloo Ducks
De Groof field hockey ball 23'
A. Marien field hockey ball 52'
Struyf field hockey ball 54'62'
Report Gose field hockey ball 19'41'
Peeters field hockey ball 40'45'
Penalties
2–3
KHC Dragons, Braschaat
Fifth and sixth place
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5 May 2019
16:00
Gantoise 1–0 Victory
A. Vanden Borre field hockey ball 33' Report
La Gantoise HC, Edegem

First to fourth place classification

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Semi-finals
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1 May 2019
13:30
Antwerp 1–2 Leuven
Wisniewska field hockey ball 35+' Report Van Dieren field hockey ball 53'
Chardome field hockey ball 64'
Royal Antwerp HC, Antwerp
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Anne van den Bosch (BEL)
5 May 2019
12:00
Leuven 1–2 Antwerp
Wright field hockey ball 69' Report Puvrez field hockey ball 27'56'
Penalties
3–4
KHC Leuven, Leuven
Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Michael Bourg (BEL)

Antwerp won the series 4–3 in a shoot-out, following a 3–3 tie on aggregate.


1 May 2019
13:30
Racing 4–1 Braxgata
López field hockey ball 4'
Boon field hockey ball 21'
Englebert field hockey ball 32'
Patriarche field hockey ball 69'
Report J. Vandermeiren field hockey ball 48'
Racing Club de Bruxelles, Uccle
Umpires:
Christophe Pontus (BEL)
Didier van den Eede (BEL)
5 May 2019
12:00
Braxgata 2–1 Racing
Nelen field hockey ball 6'
Fobe field hockey ball 58'
Report Boon field hockey ball 48'
Braxgata HC, Boom
Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Virginie Hermans (BEL)

Racing won the series 5–3 on aggregate.

Third and fourth place
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12 May 2019
10:00
Leuven 3–0 Braxgata
McManus field hockey ball 39'
Norlander field hockey ball 42'
Chardome field hockey ball 53'
Report
Royal Herakles HC, Lier
Umpires:
Anne van den Bosch (BEL)
Virginie Hermans (BEL)
Final
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11 May 2019
16:00
Racing 1–2 Antwerp
Letor field hockey ball 31' Report Neal field hockey ball 55'
Delforge field hockey ball 60'
Royal Herakles HC, Lier
Umpires:
Didier van den Eede (BEL)
Eric Denis (BEL)
12 May 2019
16:00
Antwerp 3–1 Racing
Puvrez field hockey ball 16'
Neal field hockey ball 24'
Urroz field hockey ball 67'
Report Meulemans field hockey ball 47'
Royal Herakles HC, Lier
Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

Antwerp won the series 2–0, claiming the national title.

References

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  1. ^ "The 2018-2019 Ladies Honor Division calendar". okey.lalibre.be (in French). La Libre Belgique. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Les poules de la prochaine division Honneur". okey.lalibre.be (in French). La Libre Belgique. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).