Belgium women's national field hockey team

Belgium
Nickname(s)	Red Panthers
Association	Royal Belgian Hockey Association
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Rein van Eijk
Assistant coach(es)	Jeroen Baart; Thomas Briels
Manager	Muriel Peche
Captain	Alix Gerniers ; Michelle Struijk
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	3 (4 July 2025)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (first in 2012 )
Best result	4th (2024)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1974 )
Best result	3rd (1978)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1984 )
Best result	2nd (2017, 2023)

Last updated August 18, 2025

The Belgium women's national field hockey team represents Belgium in international women's field hockey and is controlled by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Belgium.^[2] The team is coached by Rein van Eijk since 2025.^[3]

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1980-2008	Did not qualify
2012	Group stage	11th	6	1	2	3	4	11
2016	Did not qualify
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Semifinals	4th	8	5	2	1	18	7
Total	2/11	0 titles	14	6	4	4	22	18

Hockey World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1974	Group stage	5th place	6	4	1	1	13	2
1976	Semifinal	4th place	6	3	0	3	14	8
1978	Semifinal	3rd	7	3	1	3	6	10
1981	Group stage	8th place	7	2	1	4	7	16
1983 - 2010	Did not qualify
2014	Group stage	12th place	6	0	2	4	10	18
2018	Second round	10th place	4	1	2	1	8	7
/ 2022	Quarterfinal	6th place	5	3	0	2	13	5
/ 2026	Qualified
Total	8/16	0 titles	41	16	7	18	71	66

World League

FIH Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2012–13	11th place	Round 2	4	3	0	1	18	3
2012–13	11th place	Semifinals	5	0	1	4	5	13
2014–15	13th place	Semifinals	7	3	2	2	9	8
2016–17	15th place	Semifinals	6	2	1	3	12	8
Total	0 titles	Semifinal	22	8	4	10	44	32

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019	5th place	16	6	2	8	21	27	Squad
2020–21	7th place	12	3	3	6	19	25	Squad
2021–22	4th place	16	9	1	6	35	20	Squad
2022–23	4th place	16	8	4	4	35	20	Squad
2023–24	4th place	16	7	3	6	24	27	Squad
2024–25	3rd place	16	9	4	3	42	23	Squad
Total	Best: 4th	92	42	17	33	176	142	—

EuroHockey Nations Championship

EuroHockey Nations Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Group stage	8th	7	1	1	5	3	16
1987	Group stage	9th	7	3	0	4	6	28
1991	Group stage	7th	7	1	3	3	6	13
1995	Group stage	11th	7	1	1	5	10	32
1999	Group stage	11th	7	1	1	5	5	32
2003	did not participate
2005
2007
2009
2011	Group stage	5th	5	3	0	2	10	9
2013	Semi-finals	4th	5	2	0	3	11	8
2015	Group stage	5th	5	3	1	1	9	9
2017	Finals	2nd	5	3	0	2	9	5
2019	Group stage	6th	5	2	1	2	9	6
2021	Semi finals	3rd	5	2	2	1	10	6
2023	Finals	2nd	5	3	0	2	13	5
2025	Semi-finals	4th	5	2	3	0	10	3
2027	Qualified
Total	14/19	0 titles	75	27	13	35	107	172

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

Results and fixtures

2024

24 June 2024 Netherlands Leg	Netherlands	1–2	Belgium	Utrecht, Netherlands
20:00	Van der Elst 26'	Report	Englebert 45' Vanden Borre 53'	Stadium: SV Kampong

24 June 2024 Netherlands Leg	Great Britain	1–2	Belgium	Utrecht, Netherlands
17:30	Watson 6'	Report	Ballenghien 2' Blockmans 9'	Stadium: SV Kampong

28 June 2024 Netherlands Leg	Netherlands	2–1	Belgium	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00	Jansen 6', 27'	Report	Vanden Borre 42'	Stadium: Wagener Stadium

29 June 2024 Netherlands Leg	Belgium	1–1 (2–4 p)	Great Britain	Amsterdam, Netherlands
16:30	Englebert 33'	Report	Hamilton 14'	Stadium: Wagener Stadium
	Penalties
	Gerniers Hillewaert Vandermeiren Belis		Hamilton Watson Petter Toman Costello

28 July 2024 2024 Summer Olympics GS	Belgium	2–1	China	Paris, France
10:00	Ballenghien 23' Englebert 55'	Report	Chen Ya. 46'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

29 July 2024 2024 Summer Olympics GS	France	0–5	Belgium	Paris, France
20:15		Report	Rasir 7' Ballenghien 12', 52' Gerniers 18' Vanden Borre 37'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

31 July 2024 2024 Summer Olympics GS	Belgium	3–0	Japan	Paris, France
17:00	Brasseur 28' Englebert 29' Ballenghien 52'	Report		Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

2 August 2024 2024 Summer Olympics GS	Belgium	1–3	Netherlands	Paris, France
12:45	Ballenghien 35'	Report	Sanders 6' Jansen 13' Verschoor 30'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

3 August 2024 2024 Summer Olympics GS	Germany	0–2	Belgium	Paris, France
19:45		Report	Struijk 13' Ballenghien 17'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

5 August 2024 2024 Summer Olympics QF	Belgium	2–0	Spain	Paris, France
20:00	Marien 46' Englebert 49'	Report		Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

7 August 2024 2024 Summer Olympics SF	Belgium	1–1 (2–3 p)	China	Paris, France
19:00	Puvrez 59'	Report Penalty shootout report	Zou 18'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir
	Penalties
	Englebert Blockmans Ballenghien Rasir Marien		Chen Ya. He Zou Ma

9 August 2024 2024 Summer Olympics 3rd place	Argentina	2–2 (3–1 p)	Belgium	Paris, France
14:00	Gorzelany 22' Albertarrio 27'	Report Penalty shootout report	Puvrez 8' Rasir 27'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir
	Penalties
	Casas Jankunas Díaz Cairo		Englebert Blockmans Rasir Vanden Borre

30 November 2024 China Leg	China	2–2 (4–1 p)	Belgium	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Xu Weny. 20' Zou 32'	Report	Struijk 50' Englebert 58'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
	Penalties
	Li H. Zhang Y. Fan Dan		Rasir Marien Blockmans

2 December 2024 China Leg	Belgium	1–3	England	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Blockmans 41'	Report	Bingham 2', 32' Bourne 58'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

3 December 2024 China Leg	China	1–2	Belgium	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Liu C. 57'	Report	Schreurs 39' Blockmans 46'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

5 December 2025 China Leg	England	2–8	Belgium	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Crowson 15' Giglio 25'	Report	Blockmans 29' Rasir 32' Vanden Borre 41', 58' Bonami 45+' Moors 52' Englebert 57', 59'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

2025

19 February 2025 Argentina Leg	Argentina	2–3	Belgium	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
21:30	Gorzelany 10', 24'	Report	Vanden Borre 27', 40' Gerniers 33'	Stadium: Polideportivo Provincial

21 February 2025 Argentina Leg	Australia	1–2	Belgium	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
21:30	Williams 55'	Report	Ballenghien 16', 43'	Stadium: Polideportivo Provincial

22 February 2025 Argentina Leg	Argentina	0–0 (2–0 p)	Belgium	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
21:30		Report		Stadium: Polideportivo Provincial
	Penalties
	Díaz Bruggesser Gorzelany Albertario		Dewaet Ballenghien D. Marien Englebert

24 February 2025 Argentina Leg	Belgium	3–2	Australia	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
21:30	Ballenghien 1' Gerniers 24' Vanden Borre 28'	Report	Williams 43' Schonell 56'	Stadium: Polideportivo Provincial

14 June 2025 Belgium Leg	Belgium	4–2	Germany	Antwerp, Belgium
13:00	Vanden Borre 8', 13' Struijk 48' Schreurs 52'	Report	Nolte 2' Hachenberg 13'	Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp

15 June 2025 Belgium Leg	Belgium	2–2 (3–2 p)	Germany	Antwerp, Belgium
13:00	Puvrez 15' Bonami 30'	Report	Nolte 41' Landshut 50'	Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp
	Penalties
	Verhees Ballenghien Rasir Englebert Breyne Verhees		Zimmermann Schwabe Strauss Frerichs Kurz Strauss

17 June 2025 Belgium Leg	Belgium	–	Spain	Antwerp, Belgium
18:00		Report		Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp

18 June 2025 Belgium Leg	Belgium	–	Spain	Antwerp, Belgium
18:00		Report		Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp

21 June 2025 Belgium Leg	Belgium	–	India	Antwerp, Belgium
13:00		Report		Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp

22 June 2025 Belgium Leg	Belgium	–	India	Antwerp, Belgium
13:00		Report		Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp

28 June 2025 Belgium Leg	Belgium	–	Netherlands	Antwerp, Belgium
15:30		Report		Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp

29 June 2025 Belgium Leg	Belgium	–	Netherlands	Antwerp, Belgium
15:30		Report		Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp

10 August 2025 2025 EC GS	Belgium	v	Spain	Mönchengladbach, Germany
				Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

11 August 2025 2025 EC GS	England	v	Belgium	Mönchengladbach, Germany
				Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

13 August 2025 2025 EC GS	Belgium	v	Scotland	Mönchengladbach, Germany
				Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship.^[4]

Head coach: Rein van Eijk

References

↑ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
↑ "Hockey: Revenge of Belgium's Red Panthers and Red Lions". brusselstimes.com. 20 June 2022.
↑ "Rein van Eijk wordt bondscoach van de Belgian Red Panthers". Hockey.be (in Dutch). 8 January 2025.
↑ "Selectie Red Panthers bekend voor EK 2025". hockey.de (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

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[FIH_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

[2] "Hockey: Revenge of Belgium's Red Panthers and Red Lions". brusselstimes.com. 20 June 2022.

[3] "Rein van Eijk wordt bondscoach van de Belgian Red Panthers". Hockey.be (in Dutch). 8 January 2025.

[4] "Selectie Red Panthers bekend voor EK 2025". hockey.de (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

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