Royal_Leopold_Club

Royal Léopold Club

Royal Léopold Club

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Royal Léopold Club, also known as Léopold is a professional Belgian sports club based in Uccle, Brussels. The club is most well known for its field hockey section with both the first men's and women's teams playing in the Belgian Hockey League.[1]

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They are the most successful Belgian field hockey club having won 28 league titles. Their biggest European success was in 1975 when they reached the final of the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.[2] In 2021 they won their first Euro Hockey League medal and became the third Belgian club to do so when they won the bronze medal match against Uhlenhorst Mülheim.[3] The club was founded in 1893 and the field hockey section in 1895.[2]

Honours

Men

Belgian Hockey League[4]

  • Winners (28): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1927–28, 1938–39, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2018–19

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 1975

EuroHockey Club Trophy

  • Winners: 1989

EuroHockey Indoor Cub Challenge II

  • Runners-up (1): 2005

Women

Belgian Hockey League[4]

  • Winners (14): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1991–91, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05

Current squad

Men's squad

As of 2021–22[5]
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Women's squad

As of 2021–22[6]
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References

  1. [1]
    "Leopold". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    Klanke, Peter (30 March 2021). "Op weg naar de EHL FINAL4: Royal Léopold". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Euro Hockey League: Léopold spoelt deceptie door en eindigt alsnog 3e". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Club detail Leopold Men". tophockeyleague.be.
  6. [6]
    "Club detail Leopold - Women". tophockeyleague.be.
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