Belgian First Division (women's handball)

The Handbal Eerste Klasse Nationale Vrouwen is the premier category of the Belgian women's handball national league. Established in 1964, it is currently contested by ten teams.[1] The champion is currently granted a spot in the EHF Cup.[2]

Fémina Visé and Initia Hasselt are the championship's most successful clubs with eleven and ten titles respectively as of 2012. Initia won all ten titles in a row between 1986 and 1996, while Fémina has been the competition's leading team since 1997.[3]

List of champions

  • 1964 Antwerp (province) Uilenspiegel Antwerpen
  • 1965 East Flanders EV Aalst
  • 1966 East Flanders EV Aalst
  • 1967 East Flanders Aalst Sportief
  • 1968 East Flanders Aalst Sportief
  • 1969 not held
  • 1970 not held
  • 1971 not held
  • 1972 Antwerp (province) Uilenspiegel Antwerpen
  • 1973 Limburg (Belgium) United Tongeren
  • 1974 East Flanders Avanti Lebbeke
  • 1975 East Flanders Aalst Sportief
  • 1976 East Flanders Avanti Lebbeke
  • 1977 East Flanders Avanti Lebbeke
  • 1978 Antwerp (province) Uilenspiegel Antwerpen
  • 1979 Antwerp (province) Uilenspiegel Antwerpen
  • 1980 Limburg (Belgium) United Tongeren
  • 1981 Antwerp (province) Uilenspiegel Wilrijk
  • 1982 Limburg (Belgium) United Tongeren
  • 1983 East Flanders Avanti Lebbeke
  • 1984 East Flanders Avanti Lebbeke
  • 1985 Antwerp (province) Sasja Hoboken
  • 1986 Limburg (Belgium) United Tongeren
  • 1987 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1988 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1989 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1990 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1991 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1992 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1993 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1994 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1995 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1996 Limburg (Belgium) Initia Hasselt
  • 1997 Liège (province) Fémina Visé

2011-12 teams

References

  1. ↑ 2011-12 results in scoresway.com
  2. ↑ 2012-13 EHF Cup results in EHF's website
  3. ↑ List of champions in the Belgian Handball Federation's 50th anniversary dossier, p.83)
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