2018–19 Women's Belgian Hockey League

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.

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

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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Antwerp
 
Braxgata
 
Namur
 
Victory
 
Brussels teams:
Léopold
Racing
Wellington
White Star
2018–19 Women's Belgian Hockey League teams
 
 
White Star
 
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   61' Report Granatto   49'
Royal Antwerp HC, Antwerp
Umpires:
Thimothy Hennes (BEL)
Didier van den Eede (BEL)
28 April 2019
12:00
Gantoise 3–3 Antwerp
Gerniers   2'
Granatto   49'50'
Report Berends   35'
Wisniewska   43'
Delforge   51'
Penalties
S. Vanden Borre  
A. Vanden Borre  
Johnston  
0–3   M. Struijk
  Gloyn
  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   20' Report Van Dieren   3'
Stairs   6'
KHC Dragons, Braschaat
Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Lucien Vanderborght (BEL)
28 April 2019
12:00
Leuven 2–0 Dragons
Scheers   10'
Stairs   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   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   1'58'
De Mot   33'
Report Patriarche   24'
Boon   36'
Penalties
Ronguetti  
Blockmans  
Peeters  
Gose  
2–3   A. Willems
  Raes
  Boon
  Englebert
  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   3'
Secco   41'
Report Leclef   7'
Versavel   19'46'
Meyvis   63'
Royal Victory HC, Edegem
Umpires:
Alexandra Mahieu (BEL)
Corentin Hardy (BEL)
28 April 2019
12:00
Braxgata 0–1 Victory
Report Secco   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   6'
Johnston   42'
Gerniers   64'
S. Vanden Borre   68'
Report Jakus   24'
D. Marien   59'
La Gantoise HC, Edegem

1 May 2019
13:30
Waterloo Ducks 3–3 Victory
Sinia   49'
Ronquetti   58'
Peeters   69'
Report Contardi   17'
Secco   55'
Hennig   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   23'
A. Marien   52'
Struyf   54'62'
Report Gose   19'41'
Peeters   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   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   35+' Report Van Dieren   53'
Chardome   64'
Royal Antwerp HC, Antwerp
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Anne van den Bosch (BEL)
5 May 2019
12:00
Leuven 1–2 Antwerp
Wright   69' Report Puvrez   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   4'
Boon   21'
Englebert   32'
Patriarche   69'
Report J. Vandermeiren   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   6'
Fobe   58'
Report Boon   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   39'
Norlander   42'
Chardome   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   31' Report Neal   55'
Delforge   60'
Royal Herakles HC, Lier
Umpires:
Didier van den Eede (BEL)
Eric Denis (BEL)
12 May 2019
16:00
Antwerp 3–1 Racing
Puvrez   16'
Neal   24'
Urroz   67'
Report Meulemans   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).