BelgiumBio
Wannes Van Baekel, known online as vanbaekel-, plays for the Belgian national team and ranks 29th in the Belgian ranking.
Since 2022, vanbaekel- has played 2 international matches for Belgium and won 1 (50%). On Board Game Arena, vanbaekel- has played 2,210 rated games, with a peak rating of 594.
Honours
Best tournament results for vanbaekel-.
| Year | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Belgian Carcassonne Online Championship | 12th |
Played: 1 edition of the online championship (best: 12th in 2022).
Key figures
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Belgian ranking | 29th (65 points, ranking rating 1565) |
| Head-to-head rating | 22nd (1570, peak 1578 on 26 Dec 2023) |
| Head-to-head matches | 72: 44 won, 24 lost, 4 drawn (61% won) |
| BGA rating | 508 (peak 594) |
| Rated BGA games | 2,210 |
| International matches for Belgium | 2 (1 won, 1 lost) |
National team
vanbaekel- has played only friendly internationals so far and is the 21st most-capped of 21 Belgian players.
In friendly internationals the record is 1–1. Highest score for Belgium: 302 points, against Greece (a friendly).
Source: Carcassonne Belgium statistics database (Belgian Championship, online championship, league, World Championship and international matches), rankings computed on 12 October 2026. Generated by scripts/generate_player_bios.py.
Team Belgium
2 caps,
1–1 won – lost (50 %),
points -27.
Debut on 30 March 2022 against 
Greece (GR).
All caps
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 2022 | Friendlies Friendly 10 | Asx3t0s Greece (GR) |
Won | |
| 28 Apr 2022 | Friendlies Friendly 14 | game__over  Romania (RO) |
Lost |
Tournaments
| Tournament | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|
| BCOC 2022 | 12 |
Ranking breakdown details
| Event | Raw | Decay | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies [Friendly 14] — L vs opp | 0 | 0.52 | 0.0 |
| Friendlies [Friendly 10] — W vs opp | 2 | 0.52 | 1.0 |
| BCOC 2022 — rank 12 | 8 | 0.52 | 3.1 |
Recent games
| Date | Opponents | Score | Elo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2026 | Kwint0 (71) | 84 | 508 (+6) | table |
| 21 Feb 2026 | SURATH (81) | 96 | 502 (+4) | table |
| 20 Feb 2026 | haxohek521 (32) | 135 | 498 (+1) | table |
| 17 Feb 2026 | LORD WEIL (84) | 115 | 497 (+2) | table |
| 17 Feb 2026 | sonia18 (0) | 1 | 495 (+4) | table |
| 17 Feb 2026 | paperboatyellow (75) | 101 | 491 (+3) | table |
| 16 Feb 2026 | TheGuySmiling92 (83) | 110 | 488 (+3) | table |
| 16 Feb 2026 | canard 12 (93) | 114 | 485 (+4) | table |
| 16 Feb 2026 | qionggemen (91) | 129 | 481 (+3) | table |
| 16 Feb 2026 | 4evergame (94) | 93 | 478 (-11) | table |
| 15 Feb 2026 | Tomy4711 (1) | 0 | 489 (-15) | table |
| 15 Feb 2026 | LittleHouse83 (87) | 108 | 504 (+2) | table |
| 14 Feb 2026 | Ptitloup62_44 (87) | 84 | 502 (-18) | table |
| 14 Feb 2026 | _piro_ (83) | 66 | 520 (-7) | table |
| 14 Feb 2026 | Helge_H (1) | 0 | 527 (-7) | table |
| 10 Feb 2026 | ScotianSquirrel (91) | 117 | 534 (+2) | table |
| 8 Feb 2026 | acailobo (80) | 106 | 532 (+2) | table |
| 8 Feb 2026 | Lady_Dragonfly (72) | 67 | 530 (-13) | table |
| 7 Feb 2026 | Ptitloup62_44 (90) | 133 | 543 (+2) | table |
| 7 Feb 2026 | Fobosbaa (93) | 83 | 541 (-16) | table |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Angel580 (100) | 117 | 557 (+2) | table |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Canu0n (115) | 101 | 555 (-15) | table |
| 20 Jan 2026 | dimastiym (76) | 120 | 570 (+2) | table |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Aryaann (0) | 1 | 568 (+1) | table |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Army12 (85) | 99 | 567 (+6) | table |