Men's Belgian Hockey League


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. Since 2016–17 it has been sponsored by Audi and as it also known as the Audi Hockey League.
Sixteen different clubs have won the league with a 28 times record for Léopold. The current champion is Léopold, having won the 2018–19 by defeating Beerschot in the championship final.

Format

The season starts in August or September of each year and is interrupted by the indoor hockey season from November to February. The league is played by twelve teams grouped in two pools of six based on the previous season's ranking. The teams of the same pool compete 2 times and face the teams of the other pool once. The first four of each pool are qualified for the play-offs and the last two of each pool play the play-downs.
The quarter-finals of the play-offs are played in best-of-3 according to the following scheme:
The semi-finals are played in a two-legged tie between the winners of series 1 and 2 and the winners of series 3 and 4. The winners qualify for the championship final where the two teams compete in a two-legged tie to decide who will be crowned Belgian champion. Concerning relegation, the last two teams of each pool during the first part form a new play-downs pool. All the teams meet twice and at the end the last two teams of this new pool are relegated in National 1.

Champions

By year

Division 1

Honor Division

Audi Hockey League

By club