Belgium men's national field hockey team

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. They secured their second consecutive olympic medal through reaching the gold medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Summer Olympics

First place: 2020

Second place: 2016

Third place: 1920

World Cup

First place: 2018

Second place: 2023

European Championship

First place: 2019

Second place: 2013, 2017

Third place: 2007, 2021, 2023

FIH Pro League

First place: 2020–21

Second place: 2019, 2021–22

Hockey World League

Second place: 2014-15

Champions Challenge

First place: 2011

Third place: 2005

Belgian National Sports Merit Award

Winners: 1959, 2019

Belgian Sportsteam of the Year

Winners: 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019

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	Champion	1st	8	6	2	0	35	13
Total	Best: Champion	15/25	82	36	12	34	174	163

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	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	3	0	21	8
/ 2026	Qualified
Total	Best: Winners	7/15	42	15	8	19	97	105

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	6	0	1	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	7	3	2	2	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	5	3	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	2	1	2	13	9
2019	Winners	1st	5	5	0	0	22	2
2021	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	19	10
2023	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	17	8
Total	1 title	18/19	105	52	16	37	273	236

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
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
Total	Best: Winners	4/4	62	38	10	14	191	121

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
Total	Best: 5th place	4/37	24	6	9	9	53	61

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
Total	Best: Winners	5/8	32	13	5	14	80	77

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

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