Country
Overview
BEStrong public coverageScore 78Trust verifiedClubs: 32People: 1Arenas: 13Strong public coverage with 4 leagues / 32 clubs / 1 people / 1 stories.
Trust, freshness, and provenance
Coverage can grow in stages. This panel shows how verified and current the country surface is right now.
VerificationVerified
Linked sourcesNo linked sources yet
Source qualitySource quality score not available yet
Last updateUpdated Apr 26, 2026
Provenance: GlobeIce has not linked formal source records to this country yet, so this page should be treated as in active build-out.
Last public signal: Apr 26, 2026.
Atlas focus
Belgium map focus
GlobeIce zooms the atlas into this country and keeps the country highlighted while nearby hockey entities load from the public map pipeline.
BELeagues: 4Clubs: 32Arenas: 13
World selector
Federation
Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federationroyal-belgian-ice-hockey-federation
Leagues
Belgian Division 1 Belgian Hockey League Clubs
32 clubs are already linked to this country in the core data layer.
BelgiumTeams: 0
BelgiumTeams: 0
Future Sharks MechelenTeams: 0
Mechelen WhalesTeams: 0
Antwerp PhantomsTeams: 0
Antwerp Phantoms D1Teams: 0
Chiefs LeuvenTeams: 0
Gullegem JetsTeams: 0
HYC Herentals IITeams: 0
HYC Herentals IIITeams: 0
Liege Bulldogs D1Teams: 0
Mechelen Golden SharksTeams: 0
Antwerp Phantoms U18Teams: 0
Antwerp Phantoms U23Teams: 0
Chiefs Leuven U18Teams: 0
Chiefs Leuven U23Teams: 0
Gullegem Jets U23Teams: 0
HC Kortrijk SpursTeams: 0
HYC Herentals U18Teams: 0
HYC Herentals U23Teams: 0
Liedekerke Lions U18Teams: 0
Liege Bulldogs U18Teams: 0
Liege Bulldogs U23Teams: 0
Turnhout Tigers U18Teams: 0
Turnhout Tigers U23Teams: 0
Liege BulldogsTeams: 0
Liedekerke LionsTeams: 0
Olympia Heist op den BergTeams: 0
Charleroi Red RoostersTeams: 0
Chiefs Leuven D1Teams: 0
Heylen Vastgoed HYC HerentalsTeams: 0
Turnhout TigersTeams: 0
People
1 people records are already attached to this country.
Marc Verlinden
Birth date not published
No team linked yet
Arenas
13 arena records are already visible for this country.
Bloso Centrum Netepark
Herentals
Ice Skating Center Mechelen
Mechelen
Kempisch ijsstadion
Turnhout
Patinoire de Coronmeuse
Liège
Liedekerke Ice Hall
Liedekerk
Rijkssportcentrum
Herentals
Die Swaene
Heist-Op-Den-Berg
Heist-Op-Den-Berg Ice Hall
Heist-Op-Den-Berg
Ijsbaan Ruggerveld
Antwerp
Transfers
Live movement around Belgium across clubs, leagues, and cross-border pathways.
No public movement is linked yet
This country route is ready for transfer flow, but that lane still needs more live arrivals, departures, and internal moves in the database.
Staff
Bench, support, and coach continuity connected to Belgium through people and teams.
No public staff links are live yet
The country shell is ready for coaches and bench context, but this lane still needs more linked staff assignments in the graph.
Awards
Named season recognition already attached to competitions in Belgium.
No public awards are linked yet
The awards lane is ready for this country, but more season recognition still needs to be connected through the league graph.
Latest News
Ice hockey debuts at the Olympics in AntwerpThe Antwerp 1920 tournament marked hockey's Olympic debut and was later recognized by the IIHF as the first Ice Hockey World Championship.
olympicsworld-championshipinternationalbelgium
History
Country history is part of the product contract, and this section will deepen as the historical layer grows.
