Royal Daring

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Royal Daring
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Full nameRoyal Daring Hockey Club Molenbeek
Founded14 May 1922;101 years ago (1922-05-14)
League Men's Belgian Hockey League
Women's Belgian Hockey League
2021–22 Men: 8th
Women: 6th
Website Club website
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Royal Daring Hockey Club Molenbeek, commonly known as Royal Daring or simply Daring, is a Belgian field hockey club based in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. Both the first men's and women's team play in the highest division of Belgian hockey.

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The hockey club Royal Daring was founded on 14 May 1922 as part of the football club R. Daring Club Molenbeek. [1] The men's team have won the Belgian title four times from 1945 until 1949. The men's team reached the semi-finals of the Euro Hockey League in the 2014–15 season. [2]

Honours

Men's Belgian Hockey League [3]

Current squad

As of 2022–23 [4]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
1GKFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Grégoire Denis
3DFFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Gilles Veulemans
4DFFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Nathan Denis
7MFFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Thomas Vander Gracht
8MFFlag of Argentina.svg  ARG Nahuel Salis
9FWFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Alex Vanlindthoudt
10FWFlag of Argentina.svg  ARG Santiago Montelli
11FWFlag of France.svg  FRA Benjamin Marqué
13FWFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Tom Van Droogenbroeck
14MFFlag of Argentina.svg  ARG Joaquin Kruger
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15GKFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Boris Feldheim
16DFFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Antoine Legrain
18DFFlag of Spain.svg  ESP Alejo Bonanni
21FWFlag of France.svg  FRA Xavier Esmenjaud
22DFFlag of South Africa.svg  RSA Daniel Bell
24DFFlag of Argentina.svg  ARG Manuel Brunet
27MFFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Geoffroy Cosyns
29DFFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Nathan Delos
38FWFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Thomas Leffler
48FWFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Thomas Jacqmotte

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References

  1. ↑ "Les 100 ans du Daring 1/3". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 14 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Royal Daring grijpt naast finaleticket in Euro Hockey League". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 5 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Daring Molenbeek - Titles, trophies and places of honor".
  4. ↑ "Royal Daring".
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