| Nickname(s) | Red Lions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Royal Belgian Hockey Association | ||
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) | ||
| Head Coach | Shane McLeod | ||
| Assistant coach(es) | Steve Bayer Pascal Kina | ||
| Manager | Lionel Sapart Craig Sieben | ||
| Captain | Arthur Van Doren | ||
| |||
| FIH ranking | |||
| Current | 3 | ||
| Highest | 1(December 2018 – June 2019, January 2020 – June 2021) | ||
| Lowest | 14(2003–04) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 16 (first in1920) | ||
| Best result | (2020) | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in1973) | ||
| Best result | (2018) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 19 (first in1970) | ||
| Best result | (2019) | ||
Medal record | |||
TheBelgian national men's field hockey team representsBelgium in international men'sfield hockey and is controlled by theRoyal Belgian Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Belgium.[2][3][4]
Belgium won theMen's Hockey World Cup in 2018, the European Championship in2019, the 2020-21 FIH Pro League and the gold medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They also won a silver medal at the2023 Bhubaneswar & Rourkela and2016 Rio de Janeiro and a bronze medal at the1920 Antwerp Summer Olympics. They reached eight semi-finals at theEuropean Championship since 1995, including a third place in2007 and runners-up in2013 and2017.
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 againstGermany, and was one of the founding members of theInternational Hockey Federation (FIH).
Between 1920 and 1978, Belgium appeared in two of the first threeWorld Cups and in eleven out of thirteenSummer Olympics. After the successful early years (before the 1950s) with three times being among the best five at theSummer 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 the2008 Summer Olympics, for the first time in 32 years.
Belgium won a silver medal at the2016 Summer Olympics, a second medal after Belgium ended third at the1920 Summer Olympics inAntwerp. Two years later Belgium won the2018 Hockey World Cup. It was the first major international title in the country's history. A year later Belgium won the gold medal at theEuropean Championship which was held inAntwerp. They secured their second consecutive olympic medal through reaching the gold medal match at the2020 Summer Olympics.
A red box around the year indicates a tournament played within Belgium.
Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place

| Olympic Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| did not participate | |||||||||
| Not held | |||||||||
| Bronze medal | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 19 | ||
| Not held | |||||||||
| Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | ||
| did not participate | |||||||||
| Group phase | 9th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Group phase | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Second round | 9th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Group phase | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Group phase | 11th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Group phase | 11th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||
| Group phase | 9th | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | ||
| Group phase | 10th | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Group phase | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 19 | ||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Group phase | 9th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Group phase | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 11 | ||
| Champion | 1st | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 13 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 5th | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | ||
| Total | Best: Champion | 16/26 | 88 | 40 | 13 | 35 | 291 | 173 | |

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| FIH World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| did not participate | |||||||||
| Group phase | 8th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||
| did not participate | |||||||||
| Group phase | 14th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | ||
| did not participate | |||||||||
| Group phase | 11th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 | ||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Group phase | 14th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | ||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| 5th–6th play-off | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | ||
| Winners | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | ||
| Qualified | |||||||||
| Total | Best: Winners | 7/15 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 97 | 105 | |
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| European Championship Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| Second round | 5th | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | ||
| Group phase | 10th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||
| did not participate | |||||||||
| Group phase | 8th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Group phase | 10th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | ||
| Group phase | 9th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 28 | ||
| Group phase | 6th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 14 | ||
| Group phase | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Group phase | 5th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | ||
| Winners | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | ||
| Group phase | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | ||
| Qualified | |||||||||
| Total | 1 title | 20/21 | 110 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 295 | 245 | |
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| FIH Pro League record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 33 | ||
| 2020–21 | Winners | 1st | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 26 | |
| 2021–22 | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 25 | |
| 2022–23 | Third place | 3rd | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 37 | |
| 2023–24 | Fifth place | 5th | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 39 | |
| 2024–25 | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 39 | |
| 2025–26 | 16 | ||||||||
| Total | Best: Winners | 6/6 | 110 | 53 | 16 | 25 | 285 | 199 | |
Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| Hockey World League record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 2012–13 | 5th | Round 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6 | |
| Semifinal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Final | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 2014–15 | 2nd | Semifinal | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | |
| Final | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 2016–17 | 5th | Semifinal | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8 | |
| Final | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |||
| Total | Best: 2nd | Final | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 158 | 55 | |
Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| Champions Trophy record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
until | did not participate | ||||||||
| First round | 5th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Second round | 8th | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | ||
| Second round | 5th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | ||
| Second round | 5th | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 15 | ||
| Total | Best: 5th place | 4/37 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 61 | |
Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| Champions Challenge record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 5th–6th play-off | 6th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | ||
| did not participate | |||||||||
| Third place | 3rd | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 17 | ||
| 5th–6th play-off | 6th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | ||
| 7th–8th play-off | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | ||
| Winners | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 12 | ||
| did not participate | |||||||||
| Total | Best: Winners | 5/8 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 80 | 77 | |
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
| 1 December 2024Netherlands Leg | Netherlands | 1–1 (3–1p) | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 14:30 | Van Dam | Report | Stockbroekx | Stadium:Wagener Stadium |
| Penalties | ||||
| Pieters Bijen De Mol Veen | ||||
| 2 December 2024Netherlands Leg | Belgium | 4–3 | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 14:30 | Duvekot Boon | Report | Zwicker Sperling Peillat | Stadium:Wagener Stadium |
| 8 December 2024Netherlands Leg | Netherlands | 3–3 (3–1p) | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 14:30 | Bijen Van der Veen | Report | Boon Stockbroekx | Stadium:Wagener Stadium |
| Penalties | ||||
| De Mol Bijen Brinkman Veen | ||||
| 9 December 2024Netherlands Leg | Germany | 3–6 | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 14:30 | Hartkopf Prinz Mazkour | Report | Ghislain Boon Hellin Stockbroekx | Stadium:Wagener Stadium |
| 19 February 2025Argentina Leg | Argentina | 3–5 | Santiago del Estero,Argentina | |
| 19:00 | Toscani Habif Capurro | Report | Boon Hellin Stockbroekx | Stadium:Polideportivo Provincial |
| 21 February 2025Argentina Leg | Australia | 2–2 (3–4p) | Santiago del Estero,Argentina | |
| 19:00 | Geddes Welch | Report | Boon | Stadium:Polideportivo Provincial |
| Penalties | ||||
| Brand Ephraums Willott Marais Welch Brand | ||||
| 22 February 2025Argentina Leg | Argentina | 0–1 | Santiago del Estero,Argentina | |
| 19:00 | Report | Boon | Stadium:Polideportivo Provincial |
| 24 February 2025Argentina Leg | Belgium | 1–3 | Santiago del Estero,Argentina | |
| 19:00 | De Kerpel | Report | Welch Ephraums Burns | Stadium:Polideportivo Provincial |
| 14 June 2025Belgium Leg | Belgium | 5–1 | Antwerp,Belgium | |
| 15:30 | Boon Stockbroekx Duvekot | Report | Rowe | Stadium:Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp |
| 15 June 2025Belgium Leg | Belgium | 2–3 | Antwerp,Belgium | |
| 15:30 | De Kerpel Crols | Report | Rowe Cole | Stadium:Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp |
| 17 June 2025Belgium Leg | Belgium | 1–2 | Antwerp,Belgium | |
| 20:30 | Onana | Report | Basterra Ávila | Stadium:Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp |
| 18 June 2025Belgium Leg | Belgium | 6–3 | Antwerp,Belgium | |
| 20:30 | Hendrickx Boon De Sloover Hellin Duvekot | Report | M. Miralles N. Álvarez Pe. Cunill | Stadium:Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp |
| 21 June 2025Belgium Leg | Belgium | 6–3 | Antwerp,Belgium | |
| 15:30 | Van Doren Hendrickx Duvekot Stockbroekx Boon | Report | Dilpreet Mandeep Amit | Stadium:Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp |
| 22 June 2025Belgium Leg | Belgium | 3–4 | Antwerp,Belgium | |
| 15:30 | De Sloover Stockbroekx Labouchere | Report | Sukhjeet Amit Harmanpreet | Stadium:Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp |
| 28 June 2025Belgium Leg | Belgium | 3–1 | Antwerp,Belgium | |
| 13:00 | Duvekot Hendrickx Wegnez | Report | Payton | Stadium:Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp |
| 29 June 2025Belgium Leg | Belgium | 4–4 (3–0p) | Antwerp,Belgium | |
| 13:00 | Hellin Hendrickx Boon | Report | Roper Calnan Wallace Sanford | Stadium:Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp |
| Penalties | ||||
| Boon De Sloover A. Van Doren Wegnez | ||||
| 9 August 20252025 EC GS | Belgium | 10–1 | Mönchengladbach,Germany | |
| 11:00 | Van Oost Boon Stockbroekx Hendrickx De Kerpel Duvekot Kina De Sloover | Report | Winkler | Stadium:Warsteiner HockeyPark |
| 10 August 20252025 EC GS | Belgium | 2–4 | Mönchengladbach,Germany | |
| 17:30 | Onana Hellin | Report | Pieters Janssen | Stadium:Warsteiner HockeyPark |
| 12 August 20252025 EC GS | Spain | 2–1 | Mönchengladbach,Germany | |
| 14:45 | Alonso Basterra | Report | De Kerpel | Stadium:Warsteiner HockeyPark |
| 14 August 20252025 EC Pool C | Belgium | 2–1 | Mönchengladbach,Germany | |
| 14:45 | Stockbroekx Boon | Report | Ward | Stadium:Warsteiner HockeyPark |
| 16 August 20252025 EC Pool C | Belgium | 7–1 | Mönchengladbach,Germany | |
| 10:30 | Stockbroekx Boon Hellin De Kerpel Onana | Report | Jarzyński | Stadium:Warsteiner HockeyPark |
| 22 November 20252025 SASC GS | Belgium | v | Ipoh, Malaysia | |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium:Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 23 November 20252025 SASC GS | Belgium | v | Ipoh, Malaysia | |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium:Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 24 November 20252025 SASC GS | South Korea | v | Ipoh, Malaysia | |
| 16:30 | Report | Stadium:Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 26 November 20252025 SASC GS | Malaysia | v | Ipoh, Malaysia | |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium:Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 27 November 20252025 SASC GS | New Zealand | v | Ipoh, Malaysia | |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium:Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 29 November 20252025 SASC TBD | Belgium | v | Ipoh, Malaysia | |
| Stadium:Azlan Shah Stadium |
| 9 December 2025Ireland Leg | Germany | v | Dublin,Ireland | |
| 11:30 | Report | Stadium:National Sports Campus |
| 11 December 2025Ireland Leg | Belgium | v | Dublin,Ireland | |
| 11:30 | Report | Stadium:National Sports Campus |
| 12 December 2025Ireland Leg | Belgium | v | Dublin,Ireland | |
| 11:30 | Report | Stadium:National Sports Campus |
| 14 December 2025Ireland Leg | England | v | Dublin,Ireland | |
| 11:00 | Report | Stadium:National Sports Campus |
| 10 February 2026India Leg | Belgium | v | Rourkela,India | |
| 19:30 | Report | Stadium:Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium |
| 11 February 2026India Leg | India | v | Rourkela,India | |
| 19:30 | Report | Stadium:Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium |
| 13 February 2026India Leg | Argentina | v | Rourkela,India | |
| 19:30 | Report | Stadium:Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium |
| 14 February 2026India Leg | India | v | Rourkela,India | |
| 19:30 | Report | Stadium:Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium |
| 13 June 2026Belgium Leg | Belgium | v | Wavre,Belgium | |
| 15:30 | Report | Stadium:Stade Justin Peeters |
| 16 June 2026Belgium Leg | Belgium | v | Wavre,Belgium | |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium:Stade Justin Peeters |
| 18 June 2026Belgium Leg | Belgium | v | Wavre,Belgium | |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium:Stade Justin Peeters |
| 21 June 2026Belgium Leg | Belgium | v | Wavre,Belgium | |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium:Stade Justin Peeters |
| 24 June 2026Belgium Leg | Belgium | v | Wavre,Belgium | |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium:Stade Justin Peeters |
| 25 June 2026Belgium Leg | Belgium | v | Wavre,Belgium | |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium:Stade Justin Peeters |
| 27 June 2026Belgium Leg | Belgium | v | Wavre,Belgium | |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium:Stade Justin Peeters |
| 28 June 2026Belgium Leg | Belgium | v | Wavre,Belgium | |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium:Stade Justin Peeters |
The following 20 players will be called up for the2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup inIpoh,Malaysia.[5]
Caps updated as of 17 August 2025, after the match againstPoland.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | GK | Loic Van Doren | (1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (age 29) | 75 | 0 | |
| 21 | GK | Vincent Vanasch | (1987-12-21)21 December 1987 (age 37) | 288 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Arthur Van Doren | (1994-10-01)1 October 1994 (age 31) | 267 | 21 | |
| 9 | DF | Maxime Van Oost | (1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (age 25) | 64 | 1 | |
| 11 | DF | Tommy Willems | (1997-04-13)13 April 1997 (age 28) | 41 | 3 | |
| 16 | DF | Alexander Hendrickx | (1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (age 32) | 210 | 175 | |
| 23 | DF | Arthur De Sloover | (1997-05-03)3 May 1997 (age 28) | 187 | 9 | |
| 34 | DF | Olivier Biekens | (1999-05-14)14 May 1999 (age 26) | 20 | 0 | |
| 5 | MF | Arno Van Dessel | (2003-07-03)3 July 2003 (age 22) | 55 | 1 | |
| 17 | MF | Guillaume Hellin | (2001-05-28)28 May 2001 (age 24) | 25 | 7 | |
| 22 | MF | Victor Foubert | (2002-10-12)12 October 2002 (age 23) | 11 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | Victor Wegnez | (1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (age 29) | 190 | 28 | |
| 28 | MF | Tobias Biekens | (2001-01-02)2 January 2001 (age 24) | 23 | 0 | |
| 32 | MF | Jack Vloeberghs | (2003-10-15)15 October 2003 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Thibeau Stockbroekx | (2000-07-20)20 July 2000 (age 25) | 65 | 26 | |
| 13 | FW | Nicolas De Kerpel | (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (age 32) | 146 | 48 | |
| 18 | FW | Roman Duvekot | (2000-06-21)21 June 2000 (age 25) | 24 | 7 | |
| 27 | FW | Tom Boon | (1990-01-25)25 January 1990 (age 35) | 374 | 317 | |
| 30 | FW | Nelson Onana | (2000-03-01)1 March 2000 (age 25) | 57 | 16 | |
| 37 | FW | Thomas Crols | (2003-09-11)11 September 2003 (age 22) | 23 | 1 | |
The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Simon Vandenbroucke | (1999-06-06)6 June 1999 (age 26) | 14 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Hugo Labouchere | (2004-02-07)7 February 2004 (age 21) | 7 | 1 | v. | |
| DF | Gauthier Boccard | (1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (age 34) | 310 | 26 | v. | |
| MF | Lucas Balthazar | (2006-01-08)8 January 2006 (age 19) | 16 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Antoine Kina | (1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (age 29) | 137 | 16 | 2025 Men's EuroHockey ChampionshipRETIRED | |
| FW | William Ghislain | (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (age 26) | 49 | 9 | v. | |
| FW | Louis De Backer | (2002-02-27)27 February 2002 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | v. | |