The Griffoens Geel were an ice hockey team in

Geel Geel () is a city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns: Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum. Further on around the cen ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. They played in the

Belgian Hockey League The Belgian Hockey League, also known as the Belgian Elite League, was the highest level of competition organized by the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation. The league winner was crowned the Belgian Champion. The league had been in existence sinc ...

, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium.

History

The club was founded in 1981.Team profile
on hockeyarenas.net They participated in the

, winning the league title in

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and finishing as runners-up in

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, until after the 2001-02 season. They also won the

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

in 1990.

Achievements

*Belgian Hockey League champion (1): 1996. *Belgian Hockey League runner-up (1): 1997. *Belgian Cup champion (1): 1990.

References

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External links

Team profile
on eurohockey.net Ice hockey teams in Belgium Sport in Geel