Royal Daring Hockey Club Molenbeek, commonly known as Royal Daring or simply Daring, is a Belgian field hockey club based in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. Both the first men's and women's team play in the highest division of Belgian hockey.

Royal Daring
Full nameRoyal Daring Hockey Club Molenbeek
LeagueMen's Belgian Hockey League
Women's Belgian Hockey League
Founded14 May 1922; 102 years ago (1922-05-14)
WebsiteClub website
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The hockey club Royal Daring was founded on 14 May 1922 as part of the football club R. Daring Club Molenbeek.[1] The men's team have won the Belgian title four times from 1945 until 1949. The men's team reached the semi-finals of the Euro Hockey League in the 2014–15 season.[2]

Honours

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Men's Belgian Hockey League[3]
  • Winners (4): 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49

Current squad

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As of 2022–23[4]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BEL Grégoire Denis
3 DF   BEL Gilles Veulemans
4 DF   BEL Nathan Denis
7 MF   BEL Thomas Vander Gracht
8 MF   ARG Nahuel Salis
9 FW   BEL Alex Vanlindthoudt
10 FW   ARG Santiago Montelli
11 FW   FRA Benjamin Marqué
13 FW   BEL Tom Van Droogenbroeck
14 MF   ARG Joaquin Kruger
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 GK   BEL Boris Feldheim
16 DF   BEL Antoine Legrain
18 DF   ESP Alejo Bonanni
21 FW   FRA Xavier Esmenjaud
22 DF   RSA Daniel Bell
24 DF   ARG Manuel Brunet
27 MF   BEL Geoffroy Cosyns
29 DF   BEL Nathan Delos
38 FW   BEL Thomas Leffler
48 FW   BEL Thomas Jacqmotte

References

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  1. ^ "Les 100 ans du Daring 1/3". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 14 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Royal Daring grijpt naast finaleticket in Euro Hockey League". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 5 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Daring Molenbeek - Titles, trophies and places of honor".
  4. ^ "Royal Daring".
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