The Men's Belgian Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association. The league was established in 1919 as the Division 1. Between the 2006–07 and the 2015–16 seasons it was known as the Honor Division.

Sixteen different clubs have won the league with a 28 times record for Léopold. The current champion is Gantoise, having won the 2023–24 season by defeating Waterloo Ducks in the championship final.

Format The season usually starts in September and ends around the end of April or the beginning of May. From the 2021–22 season onwards the league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice and who compete for four spots in the championship play-offs. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-final and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. The last two teams are relegated to the National 1 and the tenth placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed team in the second division.

Teams

Beerschot and Namur are the two promoted clubs from the 2023–24 National 1, replacing Victory and White Star.

TeamLocationProvinceBeerschotKontichBraxgataBoomDaringMolenbeek-Saint-JeanDragonsBrasschaatGantoiseGhentHeraklesLierLéopoldUccleNamurSaint-ServaisOréeWoluwe-Saint-PierreRacingUccleUccle SportUccleWaterloo DucksWaterloo

Number of teams by provinces Province Number of teams Team(s)5Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport4Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles1GantoiseNamurWaterloo DucksTotal12

Champions By year

+1919–1955No.SeasonChampion011919–20Brussels HLTC (1) 021920–21Gantoise (1)031921–22Léopold (1)041922–23Léopold (2)051923–24Racing (1)061924–25Beerschot (1)071925–26Rasante (1)081926–27Beerschot (2)091927-28Léopold (3)101928-29Rasante (2) 111929-30Rasante (3)121930-31Rasante (4)131931-32Beerschot (3)141932-33Racing (2)151933-34Beerschot (4) 161934-35Racing (3)171935-36Racing (4) 181936-37Rasante (5)191937-38Rasante (6)201938-39Léopold (4) 211939-40Rasante (7)221940-41Racing (5) 231941-42Beerschot (5)241942-43Rasante (8)251943-44Beerschot (6)261944-45Rasante (9)271945-46Daring (1)281946-47Daring (2)291947-48Daring (3)301948-49Daring (4)311949-50Victory (1)321950-51Léopold (5) 331951-52Léopold (6)341952-53Rasante (10)351953-54Rasante (11)361954–55Léopold (7)

+1955–1991No.SeasonChampion371955-56Rasante (12) 381956-57Rasante (13)391958-59Rasante (14)401958-59Léopold (8)411959-60Léopold (9)421960-61Léopold (10)431961-62Victory (2)441962-63Not finished451963-64Uccle Sport (1)461964-65Uccle Sport (2)471965-66Léopold (11)481966-67Léopold (12)491967-68Léopold (13)501968-69Léopold (14)511969-70Léopold (15)521970-71Léopold (16) 531971-72Léopold (17)541972-73Léopold (18) 551973-74Léopold (19)561974-75Uccle Sport (3)571975-76Uccle Sport (4)581976-77Uccle Sport (5)591977-78Uccle Sport (6)601978-79Léopold (20) 611979-80Uccle Sport (7)621980-81Uccle Sport (8)631981-82Uccle Sport (9)641982-83Uccle Sport (10)651983-84Uccle Sport (11)661984-85Uccle Sport (12)671985-86Rasante (15)681986-87Uccle Sport (13)691987-88Léopold (21)701988–89Léopold (22)711989-90Rasante (16)721990-91Léopold (23)

+1991–2027No.SeasonChampion731991-92Léopold (24)741992-93Baudouin (1)751993-94Baudouin (2) 761994-95Baudouin (3)771995-96White Star (1) 781996-97Dragons (1)791997-98Herakles (1) 801998-99Dragons (2)811999-2000Dragons (3)822000-01Dragons (4)832001-02Léopold (25)842002-03Dragons (5)852003-04Léopold (26)862004-05Léopold (27)872005-06Waterloo Ducks (1)882006-07Antwerp (1)892007-08Leuven (1)902008-09Waterloo Ducks (2)912009-10Dragons (6)922010-11Dragons (7) 932011-12Waterloo Ducks (3)942012-13Waterloo Ducks (4) 952013-14Waterloo Ducks (5)962014-15Dragons (8)972015-16Dragons (9)982016-17Dragons (10)992017-18Dragons (11)1002018-19Léopold (28)–2019-20Not finished1012020-21Dragons (12)1022021–22Racing (6)1032022–23Gantoise (2)1042023–24Gantoise (3)1052024–25Gantoise (4)1062025–26Waterloo Ducks (6)1072026–27

By club ClubChampionship(s)Year(s) wonLéopold281921–22, 1922–23, 1927–28, 1938–39, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2018–19Rasante16 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1985–86, 1989–90Uccle Sport13 1963–64, 1964–65, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87Dragons121996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21Beerschot6 1924–25, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1941–42, 1943–44Racing 1923–24, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1940–41, 2021–22Waterloo Ducks 2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2025-26Gantoise4 1920–21, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25Daring 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49Baudouin3 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95Victory2 1949–50, 1961–62Brussels HLTC1 1919–20White Star 1995–96Herakles 1997–98Antwerp 2006–07Leuven 2007–08

By province ProvinceChampionshipsClubs69Léopold (28), Rasante (16), Uccle Sport (13), Racing (6), Daring (4), Brussels HLTC (1), White Star (1)22Dragons (12), Beerschot (6), Victory (2), Herakles (1), Antwerp (1)5Waterloo Ducks (5)4Baudouin (3), Leuven (1)Gantoise (4)

See also Women's Belgian Hockey League

References