Champions Trophy (field hockey)
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The Champions Trophy was founded by the Pakistan Air Marshal Nur Khan. It is the International Hockey Federation's most prestigious annual event (since 1980). It features the world's top-ranked teams competing in a round robin format. The Pakistan Hockey Federation started the competition as a men's tournament in 1978 and it was only as late as 1987 that the first women's tournament took place.
Pakistan, the only Asian 1980, the tournament became an annual affair. Australia, The Netherlands and Germany (including West Germany before reunification) have all won the trophy a record eight times.
Six teams qualify for the championship, though the first edition had five teams and the second had seven. In the year following the Olympics or a World Cup, the six teams include the host, the defending champion, the world champion and the next highest ranked teams from either the most recent World Cup or Olympic Games.
The last placed team in the tournament is dropped and replaced by the winner of the Champions Challenge, which was introduced in 2001 and can be considered as the Champions Trophy for so called B-nations.
The 2007 Men's Champions Trophy will be held from December 1 to December 9, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan.
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[edit] Past Winners
[edit] Men
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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| 1978 Details |
Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, Lahore  |
Pakistan |
[1] |  Australia |
| 1980 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Karachi |
Pakistan |
 West Germany |
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| 1981 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Karachi |
Netherlands  |
Australia |
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| 1982 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
Netherlands |
Australia |
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| 1983 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Karachi |
Australia |
Pakistan |
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| 1984 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Karachi |
Australia |
Pakistan |
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| 1985 Details |
Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth |
Australia |
 Great Britain |
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| 1986 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Karachi |
West Germany |
Australia |
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| 1987 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
West Germany |
Netherlands |
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| 1988 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Lahore |
West Germany |
Pakistan |
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| 1989 Details |
Olympia-Stadion, Berlin |
Australia |
Netherlands |
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| 1990 Details |
National Hockey Centre, Melbourne |
Australia |
Netherlands |
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| 1991 Details |
Olympia-Stadion, Berlin |
Germany |
Pakistan |
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| 1992 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Karachi |
Germany |
4–0 | Australia |
| 1993 Details |
Tun Razak Stadium, Kuala Lumpur  |
Australia |
4–0 | Germany |
| 1994 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Lahore |
Pakistan |
2–2 (7–6 PS) |
Germany |
| 1995 Details |
Olympia-Stadion, Berlin |
Germany |
2–2 (4–2 PS) |
Australia |
| 1996 Details |
Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Madras  |
Netherlands |
3–2 | Pakistan |
| 1997 Details |
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide |
Germany |
3–2 (AET) |
Australia |
| 1998 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Lahore |
Netherlands |
3–1 | Pakistan |
| 1999 Details |
State Hockey Centre, Brisbane |
Australia |
3–1 |  Korea |
| 2000 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
Netherlands |
2–1 (AET) |
Germany |
| 2001 Details |
HRC Stadium, Rotterdam |
Germany |
2–1 | Australia |
| 2002 Details |
Hockey Club Stadion Rot-Weiss, Cologne |
Netherlands |
0–0 (3–2 PS) |
Germany |
| 2003 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
Netherlands |
4–2 | Australia |
| 2004 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Lahore |
Spain  |
4–2 | Netherlands |
| 2005 Details |
Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai |
Australia |
3–1 | Netherlands |
| 2006 Details |
Club de Atlétic Terrassa, Terrassa |
Netherlands |
2–1 | Germany |
| 2007 Details |
National Hockey Stadium, Lahore |
[edit] Women
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
Netherlands |
[1] | Australia |
| 1989 Details |
Frankfurt |
Korea |
Australia |
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| 1991 Details |
Olympia-Stadion, Berlin |
Australia |
Germany |
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| 1993 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
Australia |
1–1 (4–2 PS) |
Netherlands |
| 1995 Details |
Mar del Plata  |
Australia |
1–1 (4–3 PS) |
Korea |
| 1997 Details |
Olympia-Stadion, Berlin |
Australia |
2–1 (AET) |
Germany |
| 1999 Details |
State Hockey Centre, Brisbane |
Australia |
3–2 | Netherlands |
| 2000 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
Netherlands |
3–2 | Germany |
| 2001 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
Argentina |
3–2 | Netherlands |
| 2002 Details |
Macao Stadium Taipain, Macau  |
China  |
2–2 (3–1 PS) |
Argentina |
| 2003 Details |
State Hockey Centre, Sydney |
Australia |
3–2 | China |
| 2004 Details |
Rosario |
Netherlands |
2–0 | Germany |
| 2005 Details |
Canberra |
Netherlands |
0–0 (5–4 PS) |
Australia |
| 2006 Details |
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen |
Germany |
3–2 | China |
| 2007 Details |
Quilmes |
[edit] Champions Statistics
[edit] Men
- 8 times
- 3 times
- 1 time
[edit] Women
- 6 times
- 4 times
- 1 time
[edit] Footnotes
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