Belgium national field hockey team

Infobox national field hockey team
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association = Belgian Hockey Federation
confederation = EHF (Europe)
coach = Adam Commens
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rank = 13th
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The Belgium national field hockey team represents Belgium in the international field hockey competitions. The team is coached by Adam Commens.

After the 2007 Champions Challenge, hosted in their own country, they ended at the last (sixth) place. This prompted coach Gilles Bonnet and his assistant-coach Pascal Kina to be replaced by current coach Adam Commens and assistant Murray Richards.

Between 1920 and 1978, Belgium appeared in two of the first three World Cups and in eleven out of thirteen Summer Olympics.

Belgium first played hockey in 1902 and their first club was formed two years later.Fact|date=July 2008 In 1907, several clubs merged to form 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).

Achievements

=Summer Olympics=

*1908 – "Did not compete"
*1920 – Bronze
*1928 – Fourth place
*1932 – "Did not compete"
*1936 – Ninth place
*1948 – Sixth place
*1952 – Ninth place
*1956 – Seventh place
*1960 – Eleventh place
*1964 – "Not ranked"
*1968 – Ninth place
*1972 – Tenth place
*1976 – Ninth place
*1980 – "Did not compete"
*1984 – "Did not compete"
*1988 – "Did not compete"
*1992 – "Did not compete"
*1996 – "Did not compete"
*2000 – "Did not compete"
*2004 – "Did not compete"
*2008 – Ninth place

=World Cup=

*1971 – "Did not compete"
*1973 – Eighth place
*1975 – "Did not compete"
*1978 – Fourteenth place
*1982 – "Did not compete"
*1986 – "Did not compete"
*1990 – "Did not compete"
*1994 – Eleventh place
*1998 – "Did not compete"
*2002 – Fourteenth place
*2006 – "Did not compete"

=Nations Championship=

*1970 – Fifth place
*1974 – Tenth place
*1978 – "Did not compete"
*1983 – Eighth place
*1987 – Tenth place
*1991 – Ninth place
*1995 – Fourth place
*1999 – Fourth place
*2003 – Sixth place
*2005 – Fourth place
*2007 – Third Place

=Champions Trophy=

*1978 – 2006 – "Did not compete"

=Champions Challenge=

*2001 – Sixth place
*2003 – "Did not compete"
*2005 – Third place
*2007 – Sixth place

Notable players

*Marc Coudron
*Jean-Philippe Brulé

ee also

*Belgium women's national field hockey team

External links

*nl icon fr icon [http://www.hockey.be/ Belgian Hockey Federation]