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 (1 March 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

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments 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
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 22 players were named on 23 January 2020 for the FIH Pro League matches against Australia, New Zealand and India from 25 January to 9 February 2020.[2]

Caps updated as of 9 February 2020, after the match against India.

Head coach: Shane McLeod

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
2 GK Loic Van Doren (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 23 Den Bosch
21 GK Vincent Vanasch (1987-12-21) 21 December 1987 235 Rot-Weiss Köln
4 DF Arthur Van Doren (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 184 Bloemendaal
12 DF Gauthier Boccard (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 218 Waterloo Ducks
15 DF Manu Stockbroekx (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 157 Orée
16 DF Alex Hendrickx (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 124 Pinoké
23 DF Arthur De Sloover (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 85 Beerschot
25 DF Loïck Luypaert (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 243 Braxgata
7 MF John-John Dohmen (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 395 Orée
14 MF Augustin Meurmans (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 64 Racing Bruxelles
19 MF Félix Denayer (1990-01-31) 31 January 1990 319 Dragons
22 MF Simon Gougnard (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991 278 Leuven
24 MF Antoine Kina (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 68 Gantoise
26 MF Victor Wegnez (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 89 Racing Bruxelles
8 FW Florent Van Aubel (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 232 Dragons
9 FW Sébastien Dockier (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 196 Pinoké
10 FW Cédric Charlier (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 318 Dragons
13 FW Nicolas De Kerpel (1993-04-23) 23 April 1993 67 Herakles
17 FW Thomas Briels (Captain) (1987-08-23) 23 August 1987 343 Oranje-Rood
18 FW Max Plennevaux (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 28 Léopold
27 FW Tom Boon (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 294 Léopold
32 FW Tanguy Cosyns (1991-06-29) 29 June 1991 135 Amsterdam

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
GK Simon Vandenbroucke (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 2 Waterloo Ducks v.  Argentina, 23 October 2019
GK Amaury Timmermans (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 1 Herakles v.  Ireland, 15 October 2019
DF Nicolas Poncelet (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 16 Léopold v.  Argentina, 23 October 2019
FW William Ghislain (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 4 Waterloo Ducks v.  France, 8 October 2019
FW Tommy Willems (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 4 Waterloo Ducks v.  France, 8 October 2019
FW Thibeau Stockbroeckx (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 2 Oranje-Rood v.  India, 3 October 2019

See also

References
  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. "Ontdek de Red Lions selectie voor de wedstrijd tegen Australië". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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