Belgian men's national hockey team
The Belgian national hockey team for men represents Belgium in international competitions. She is the reigning world and European champion. Acting coach is Shane McLeod . After the Champions Challenge 2007, which was hosted by Belgium and which finished the team in last (sixth) place, Gilles Bonnet and his assistant Pascal Kina were sacked.
Between 1920 and 1978 Belgium took part in two of the first three world championships and in eleven of thirteen Olympiads . In Belgium hockey has been played in clubs since 1902 and 1904. In 1907 the Belgian Hockey Federation was founded. Belgium played its first international game against Germany . The association is one of the founding members of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Belgium currently ranks third in the world and first in Europe.
Results
Olympic games
- 1908 - no participation
- 1920 - bronze
- 1928 - 4th place
- 1932 - no participation
- 1936 - 9th place
- 1948 - 6th place
- 1952 - 9th place
- 1956 - 7th place
- 1960 - 11th place
- 1964 - no place
- 1968 - 9th place
- 1972 - 10th place
- 1976 - 9th place
- 1980–2004 - no participation
- 2008 - 9th place
- 2012 - 5th place
- 2016 - silver
World championships
- 1971 - no participation
- 1973 - 8th place
- 1975 - no participation
- 1978 - 14th place
- 1982–1990 - no participation
- 1994 - 11th place
- 1998 - no participation
- 2002 - 14th place
- 2006–2010 - no participation
- 2014 - 5th place
- 2018 - winner
European championships
- 1970 - 5th place
- 1974 - 10th place
- 1978 - no participation
- 1983 - 8th place
- 1987 - 10th place
- 1991 - 9th place
- 1995 - 4th place
- 1999 - 4th place
- 2003 - 6th place
- 2005 - 4th place
- 2007 - bronze
- 2009 - 5th place
- 2011 - 4th place
- 2013 - 2nd place
- 2015 - 5th place
- 2017 - silver
- 2019 - winner
Champions Challenge
- 2001 - 6th place
- 2003 - no participation
- 2005 - bronze
- 2007 - 6th place
See also
Web links
- Koninklijke Belgian Hockey Bond / L'Association Royale Belge de Hockey. Retrieved July 25, 2016 (Dutch, /, French).
- Lijst van de atleten Be Gold to Rio (List of BE athletes to Rio for gold). Retrieved July 25, 2016 (Dutch).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Current Men's FIH World Ranking (PDF) accessed November 28, 2015