HYC Herentals is a professional

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team based in

Herentals Herentals () is a municipality and city in the province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Herentals proper and the towns of Morkhoven and Noorderwijk. In 2022, Herentals had a total population of 28,455. The total area is . Saint ...

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. They play in the

BeNe League The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal D ...

and are known, for sponsorship reasons, as ERA Renomar HYC Herentals.

History

The club was founded in 1971. They won their first of nine Belgian Hockey League titles in 1981. In 1986, Herentals won the inaugural

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

. They have won the cup eight more times since. In 2010, it switched from the Belgian Hockey League to the

North Sea Cup The North Sea Cup was a short-lived hockey league that temporarily succeeded the Dutch Eredivisie (ice hockey), Eredivisie from 2010-2012. It was the only professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands and the highest level of competition sanct ...

, a combined Belgian-Dutch elite league. When the North Sea Cup disbanded only two years later in 2012, it joined the Eredivisie.

North Sea Cup/Eredivisie Results

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points''

Roster

Updated February 26, 2019.

HYC Herentals 2

As with many ice hockey clubs in the Benelux countries, HYC Herentals operates teams at several levels. The HYC Herentals second team played in the

Belgian Hockey League The Belgian Hockey League, also known as the Belgian Elite League, was the highest level of competition organized by the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation. The league winner was crowned the Belgian Champion. The league had been in existence sinc ...

Belgian Hockey League results

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points''

Achievements

* Belgian champion: (15) 1981, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. * Belgian Division II champion: (1) 2005. * Belgian Cup (13): 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020. * BeNe League (2): 2016, 2019.Team profile
on eurohockey.com

References

External links

Official Website

Team profile
on hockeyarenas.net BeNe League (ice hockey) teams Ice hockey teams in Belgium 1971 establishments in Belgium Herentals {{Belgium-sport-team-stub