The 2022–23 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 103nd season of the

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, the top men's Belgian

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league. The season started on 4 September 2022 and concluded on 21 May 2023 with the second match of the championship final.

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were the defending champions. Gantoise beat the

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5–2 on aggregate in the championship final to win their second title, 102 years after their first championship win.

Teams

Uccle Sport and Old Club were the two promoted club from the 2021–22 National 1, replacing

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and

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Number of teams by provinces

Regular season

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals

''Gantoise won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Waterloo Ducks won 7–5 on aggregate.''

Final

''Gantoise won 5–2 on aggregate.''

Third place

''Léopold won the shoot-out 5–4.''

Relegation play-offs

Uccle Sport won 10–7 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Awards

References

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