Belgium men's national field hockey team

Belgium
Belgium
Nickname Red Lions
Association Royal Belgian Hockey Association
Confederation EHF (Europe)
Coach Jeroen Delmee
Assistant coach Philippe Goldberg
Captain John-John Dohmen
FIH ranking 5
 
First kit
 
Second kit
Olympic medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze 1920 Antwerp Team

The Belgium national field hockey team (nicknamed the Red Lions) represents Belgium in the international field hockey competitions. As of July 2014, they are coached by Jeroen Delmee, who succeeded the Dutch trainer Marc Lammers.

Their greatest achievements in international tournaments to date are reaching six semifinals at the EuroHockey Nations Championship since 1995, including a third place in 2007 and runners-up in 2013, winning the Champions Challenge in 2011 and winning the bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

History

Belgium first played hockey in 1902 and their first club was formed two years later. 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.

The team was coached by Adam Commens until the end of 2010 before being replaced by Colin Batch as Adam Commens had been appointed coach of the Australian women's national team. Commens has been coach of Belgium's national men's team since 2007, and led them to their first Olympics appearance in 32 years when the team competed in Beijing in 2008. He will begin his role with the Hockeyroos early 2011. After the 2007 Champions Challenge, hosted in their own country, they ended at the last (sixth) place. This prompted coach Gilles Bonnet and his assistant-coach Pascal Kina to be replaced by Adam Commens and assistant Murray Richards. From 2012 on Marc Lammers trained the Belgian squad with assistants Jeroen Delmee and Philippe Goldberg. After Lammers resigned in July 2014, Delmee became his successor.

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.
Olympics Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
United Kingdom 1908 Did Not Participate
Sweden 1912 Not Held
Belgium 1920 Bronze Medal 3rd 3 1 0 2 6 19
France 1924 Not Held
Netherlands 1928 Fourth place 4th 5 3 0 2 8 12
United States 1932 Did Not Participate
Germany 1936 Group Phase 9th 3 0 2 1 5 8
United Kingdom 1948 Group Phase 5th 4 2 0 2 6 8
Finland 1952 Second round 9th 2 1 0 1 6 1
Australia 1956 Group Phase 7th 3 0 1 2 0 5
Italy 1960 Group Phase 11th 5 1 1 3 7 9
Japan 1964 Group Phase 11th 7 2 2 3 10 13
Mexico 1968 Group Phase 9th 8 4 1 3 17 9
Germany 1972 Group Phase 10th 8 2 1 5 9 16
Canada 1976 Group Phase 9th 6 3 0 3 11 19
Soviet Union 1980 Did Not Participate
United States 1984
Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
People's Republic of China 2008 Group Phase 9th 6 2 1 3 12 13
United Kingdom 2012 Group Phase 5th 6 3 1 2 13 9
Brazil 2016 Not Qualified Yet
Total1 Bronze Medal13/2266241032110139
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

FIH World Cup

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Spain 1971 Did Not Participate
Netherlands 1973 Group Phase 8th 5 2 0 3 8 12
Malaysia 1975 Did Not Participate
Argentina 1978 Group Phase 14th 6 1 2 3 12 18
India 1982 Did Not Participate
United Kingdom 1986
Pakistan 1990
Australia 1994 Group Phase 11th 5 0 1 4 6 26
Netherlands 1998 Did Not Participate
Malaysia 2002 Group Phase 14th 7 0 0 7 7 23
Germany 2006 Did Not Participate
India 2010
Netherlands 2014 5th–6th Play-off 5th 6 4 0 2 21 13
TotalBest: 5th Place5/132973195492
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

FIH Hockey World League

     Winners       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

FIH Hockey World League record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
India 2012–2014 5th–6th Play-off 5th 6 1 2 3 9 10
Total1/16123910
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

European Championship

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

European Championship Record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Belgium 1970 Second round 5th 7 5 0 2 18 7
Spain 1974 Group Phase 10th 6 2 1 3 7 9
Germany 1978 Did Not Participate
Netherlands 1983 Group Phase 8th 7 2 1 4 8 17
Soviet Union 1987 Group Phase 10th 7 1 3 3 14 21
France 1991 Group Phase 9th 7 4 0 3 14 17
Ireland 1995 Fourth place 4th 6 3 2 1 12 8
Italy 1999 Fourth place 4th 7 4 0 3 19 28
Spain 2003 Group Phase 6th 7 2 2 3 21 21
Germany 2005 Fourth place 4th 5 1 1 3 6 20
England 2007 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 16 14
Netherlands 2009 Group Phase 5th 6 4 0 2 22 11
Germany 2011 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 14 12
Belgium 2013 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 12 6
England 2015
TotalBest: Runners-Up13/1480351332183191
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Champions Trophy

     Winners       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

Champions Trophy record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Pakistan 1978

until
New Zealand 2011

Did Not Participate
Australia 2012 First round 5th 6 2 0 4 15 16
Argentina 2014 Second round 8th 6 1 3 2 13 15
TotalBest: Fifth Place2/35123362831
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Champions Challenge

     Winners       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

Champions Challenge record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Malaysia 2001 Playoff 6th 6 0 0 6 6 18
South Africa 2003 Did Not Participate
Egypt 2005 Playoff 3rd 9 6 2 1 26 17
Belgium 2007 Playoff 6th 6 1 1 4 13 21
Australia 2009 Playoff 7th 5 2 0 3 13 9
South Africa 2011 Winners 1st 6 4 2 0 22 12
Total1 title5/632135148077
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current roster

Roster for the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup.

Head coach: Marc Lammers

No. Player Pos. Age
2 Xavier Reckinger 30
3 Jeremy Gucassoff GK 25
4 Arthur Van Doren 19
6 Dorian Thiery 20
7 John-John Dohmen 26
8 Florent van Aubel 22
9 Sébastien Dockier 24
10 Cédric Charlier 26
15 Emmanuel Stockbroekx 20
No. Player Pos. Age
17 Thomas Briels 26
19 Félix Denayer 24
21 Vincent Vanasch GK 26
22 Simon Gougnard 23
23 Alexandre De Saedeleer 26
27 Tom Boon 24
28 Jérôme Truyens (c) 26
29 Elliot Van Strydonck 25
32 Tanguy Cosyns 22

Honours

Summer Olympics
Third place 3rd (1): 1920
Fourth place (1): 1928
European Championship
Runners-up (1): 2013
Third place (1): 2007
Fourth place (4): 1995, 1999, 2005, 2011
Champions Challenge
Winners (1): 2011
Third place (1): 2005

See also

References

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