Thomas Briels (born 23 August 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Braxgata.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where they eventually finished fifth.

[citation needed] At the 2016 Olympics, he was part of the Belgian team which won the silver medal.

He was the captain of the Belgian team that won the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.

[8] Despite being named as a reserve he still played in seven of the eight games in the tournament where they won Belgium its first Olympic hockey gold.