Belgium men's national field hockey team

The Belgian national men's field hockey team represents Belgium in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Belgium.

Belgium
NicknameRed Lions
AssociationRoyal Belgian Hockey Association
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
CoachShane McLeod
Assistant coach(es)Steve Bayer
Mick Beunen
Michel van den Heuvel
ManagerEric Pirenne
CaptainThomas Briels
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 1 (21 December 2020)[1]
Highest1 (December 2018 – June 2019, January 2020 – present)
Lowest14 (2003–04)
Olympic Games
Appearances15 (first in 1920)
Best result2nd (2016)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1973)
Best result1st (2018)
European Championship
Appearances16 (first in 1970)
Best result1st (2019)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Cup 1 0 0
European Championship 1 2 1
FIH Pro League 0 1 0
Total 2 4 2
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
1920 AntwerpTeam
World Cup
2018 BhubaneswarTeam
European Championship
2019 AntwerpTeam
2013 BoomTeam
2017 AmstelveenTeam
2007 ManchesterTeam

Belgium won the Men's Hockey World Cup in 2018, the European Championship in 2019, and won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 1920 Antwerp Summer Olympics respectively. They reached eight semi-finals at the European Championship since 1995, including a third place in 2007 and runners-up in 2013 and 2017.

History

Hockey was introduced in Belgium in 1902. The country's first club was founded in 1904. In 1907, several clubs established the Belgian Hockey Association. Belgium played its first international match against Germany, and was one of the founding members of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

Between 1920 and 1978, Belgium appeared in two of the first three World Cups and in eleven out of thirteen Summer Olympics. After the successful early years (before the 1950s) with three times being among the best five at the Summer Olympics, it would last six decades before Belgium reached the international field hockey top again from the 1990s on.

By the early 2000s, the Royal Belgian Hockey Association started to invest heavily in the youth and modernized its structures. In 2007, Belgium won the bronze medal at the European Championship, a first in the country's history. Belgium also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, for the first time in 32 years.

Belgium won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, a second medal after Belgium ended third at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Two years later Belgium won the 2018 Hockey World Cup. It was the first major international title in the country's history. A year later Belgium won the gold medal at the European Championship which was held in Antwerp.

Honours
Summer Olympics
Second place: 2016
Third place: 1920
World Cup
First place: 2018
European Championship
First place: 2019
Second place: 2013, 2017
Third place: 2007
FIH Pro League
Second place: 2019
Belgian National Sports Merit Award
Winners (2): 1959, 2019
Belgian Sportsteam of the Year
Winners (4): 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates a tournament played within Belgium.

Summer Olympics

  Gold    Silver    Bronze    Fourth place

In 1920, Belgium's field hockey team won the bronze medal at home, at the Olympic Stadium in Antwerp.
Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1908 Did not participate
1912 Not held
1920 Bronze medal 3rd 3 1 0 2 6 19
1924 Not held
1928 Fourth place 4th 5 3 0 2 8 12
1932 Did not participate
1936 Group phase 9th 3 0 2 1 5 8
1948 Group phase 5th 4 2 0 2 6 8
1952 Second round 9th 2 1 0 1 6 1
1956 Group phase 7th 3 0 1 2 0 5
1960 Group phase 11th 5 1 1 3 7 9
1964 Group phase 11th 7 2 2 3 10 13
1968 Group phase 9th 8 4 1 3 17 9
1972 Group phase 10th 8 2 1 5 9 16
1976 Group phase 9th 6 3 0 3 11 19
1980 Did not qualify
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008 Group phase 9th 6 2 1 3 12 13
2012 Group phase 5th 6 3 1 2 13 9
2016 Runners-up 2nd 8 6 0 2 29 11
2020 Qualified
TotalBest: Runners-up15/2574301034139150

World Cup
Belgium captain Thomas Briels lifting the 2018 World Cup trophy

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

FIH World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1971 Did not participate
1973 Group phase 8th 5 2 0 3 8 12
1975 Did not participate
1978 Group phase 14th 6 1 2 3 12 18
1982 Did not participate
1986
1990
1994 Group phase 11th 5 0 1 4 6 26
1998 Did not qualify
2002 Group phase 14th 7 0 0 7 7 23
2006 Did not qualify
2010
2014 5th–6th play-off 5th 6 4 0 2 21 13
2018 Winners 1st 7 5 2 0 22 5
2023 To be determined
TotalBest: Winners6/1435135197697

European Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship Record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1970 Second round 5th 7 5 0 2 18 7
1974 Group phase 10th 6 2 1 3 7 9
1978 Did not participate
1983 Group phase 8th 7 2 1 4 8 17
1987 Group phase 10th 7 1 3 3 14 21
1991 Group phase 9th 7 4 0 3 14 17
1995 Fourth place 4th 6 3 2 1 12 8
1999 Fourth place 4th 7 4 0 3 19 28
2003 Group phase 6th 7 2 2 3 21 21
2005 Fourth place 4th 5 1 1 3 6 20
2007 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 16 14
2009 Group phase 5th 6 4 0 2 22 11
2011 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 14 12
2013 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 12 6
2015 Group phase 5th 5 3 1 1 20 13
2017 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 2 13 9
2019 Winners 1st 5 5 0 0 22 2
2021 Qualified
2023 To be determined
Total1 title17/1895461535238215

FIH Pro League

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

FIH Pro League record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
2019 Runners-up 2nd 16 9 3 4 57 33
TotalBest: Runners-up1/1169345733

Hockey World League (defunct)

  Winners    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Hockey World League record
Year Position Round Pld W D* L GF GA
2012–135th Round 25500446
Semifinal6420189
Final 6 1 2 3 9 10
2014–152nd Semifinal7511218
Final 6 3 1 2 14 9
2016–175th Semifinal7601378
Final 5 4 0 1 15 5
TotalBest: 2ndFinal42286815855

Champions Trophy (defunct)

  Winners    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Champions Trophy record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1978
until
2011		 Did not participate
2012 First round 5th 6 2 0 4 15 16
2014 Second round 8th 6 1 3 2 13 15
2016 Second round 5th 6 2 2 2 13 15
2018 Second round 5th 6 1 4 1 12 15
TotalBest: 5th place4/37246995361

Champions Challenge (defunct)

  Winners    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Champions Challenge record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
2001 5th–6th play-off 6th 6 0 0 6 6 18
2003 Did not participate
2005 Third place 3rd 9 6 2 1 26 17
2007 5th–6th play-off 6th 6 1 1 4 13 21
2009 7th–8th play-off 7th 5 2 0 3 13 9
2011 Winners 1st 6 4 2 0 22 12
2012 Did not participate
2014
TotalBest: Winners5/832135148077
*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Team

Current squad

The following 24 players were named for the FIH Pro League matches against Spain on 5 and 6 February 2021.

Caps updated as of 5 February 2021, after the match against Spain.

Head coach: Shane McLeod

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
1 GK Simon Vandenbroucke (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 2 Waterloo Ducks
2 GK Loic Van Doren (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 28 Den Bosch
21 GK Vincent Vanasch (1987-12-21) 21 December 1987 236 Rot-Weiss Köln
4 DF Arthur Van Doren (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 190 Bloemendaal
5 DF Nicolas Poncelet (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 19 Léopold
13 DF Nicolas De Kerpel (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 68 Herakles
15 DF Emmanuel Stockbroekx (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 162 Orée
16 DF Alexander Hendrickx (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 130 Pinoké
23 DF Arthur De Sloover (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 88 Beerschot
25 DF Loïck Luypaert (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 246 Braxgata
7 MF John-John Dohmen (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 399 Orée
12 MF Gauthier Boccard (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 224 Waterloo Ducks
14 MF Augustin Meurmans (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 68 Racing
19 MF Félix Denayer (Vice-captain) (1990-01-31) 31 January 1990 325 Dragons
22 MF Simon Gougnard (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991 283 Leuven
26 MF Victor Wegnez (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 95 Racing
3 FW Thibeau Stockbroekx (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 4 Oranje-Rood
8 FW Florent Van Aubel (1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 237 Dragons
9 FW Sébastien Dockier (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 200 Pinoké
10 FW Cédric Charlier (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 320 Dragons
17 FW Thomas Briels (Captain) (1987-08-23) 23 August 1987 347 Oranje-Rood
24 FW Antoine Kina (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 73 Gantoise
27 FW Tom Boon (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 298 Léopold
32 FW Tanguy Cosyns (1991-06-29) 29 June 1991 139 Amsterdam

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months or are part of the current training squad.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
FW Maxime Plennevaux (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 31 Léopold v.  Netherlands, 4 November 2020
FW William Ghislain (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 6 Waterloo Ducks v.  Great Britain, 1 November 2020
FW Tommy Willems (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 6 Waterloo Ducks v.  Great Britain, 31 October 2020

See also

References
  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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