The 2018–19 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 100th season of the Belgian

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men's top division. It began on 2 September 2018 and it concluded with the second leg of the championship final on 12 May 2019.

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were the defending champions, having won the 2017–18 season. Léopold won their 28th title by defeating

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6–5 in aggregate in the championship final (two-legged tie).

Teams

Number of teams by provinces

Regular season

The twelve teams are grouped in two pools of six (Pool A and Pool B) based on the previous season's ranking : * Pool A : 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, National 1 (2) * Pool B : 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, National 1 (1) The teams of the same pool compete 2 times and face the teams of the other pool once. The first four of each pool are qualified for the play-offs and the last two of each pool play the play-downs.

Pool A

Pool B

Play-offs

All rounds are played in a two-legged tie. The scheme for the quarter-finals is as follows : *Series 1: 1A/4B *Series 2: 2B/3A *Series 3: 1B/4A *Series 4: 2A/3B The semi-finals are played between the winners of series 1 and 2 and the winners of series 3 and 4. The winners qualify for the championship final where the two teams compete to decide who will be crowned Belgian champion.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

(1A) Racing vs (4B) Herakles

''Herakles won series 3-3 (3-1) in aggregate after

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(2B) Gantoise vs (3A) Beerschot

''Beerschot won series 3-2 in aggregate.''

(1B) Waterloo Ducks vs (4A) Dragons

''Dragons won series 6-5 in aggregate.''

(2A) Orée vs (3B) Léopold

''Léopold won series 8-5 in aggregate.''

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played from 1 to 5 May 2019 at

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Herakles vs Beerschot

''Beerschot won series 7–5 in aggregate.''

Dragons vs Léopold

''Léopold won series 4–3 in aggregate.''

EHL play-off

The EHL play-off was played from 11 to 12 May 2019 at

. The third place winner is qualified for the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League. ''Herakles won series 6–6 (5-3) in aggregate after

.''

Final

The final was played from 11 to 12 May 2019 at

. Both teams are qualified for the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League. ''Léopold won series 6–5.''

References

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