Belgium men's national field hockey team
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| Nickname | Red Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Royal Belgian Hockey Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Shane McLeod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach | Philippe Goldberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | John-John Dohmen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIH ranking | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team |
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1920 Antwerp | Team |
The Belgium national field hockey team (nicknamed the Red Lions) represents Belgium in the international field hockey competitions. As of July 2014, they are coached by Shane McLeod, who succeeded the Dutch trainer Jeroen Delmee.
Their greatest achievements in international tournaments to date are reaching six semifinals at the EuroHockey Nations Championship since 1995, including a third place in 2007 and runners-up in 2013, winning the Champions Challenge in 2011, the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2014–15 Hockey World League.
Belgium first played hockey in 1902 and their first club was formed two years later. In 1907, several clubs established the Belgian Hockey Association. Belgium played its first international match against Germany, and was one of the founding members of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Between 1920 and 1978, Belgium appeared in two of the first three World Cups and in eleven out of thirteen Summer Olympics. After the successful early years (before the 1950s) with three times being among the best five at the Summer Olympics, it would last six decades before Belgium reached the international field hockey top again from the 1990s on.
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