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The Hockey Champions Trophy is the International Hockey Federation's most prestigious annual event (since 1980). Founded by the Pakistan Air Marshal Nur Khan, 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.
The tournament became an annual affair after 1980. Australia, the Netherlands and Germany (including West Germany before reunification) have all won the trophy a record eight times. Pakistan is the only Asian champion in 1980.
Six teams qualify for the championship, though the first edition had five teams, the second had seven and 1987 had eight. 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.
[edit] Summaries
Year |
Host |
|
Final |
|
Third Place Match |
Champion |
Score |
Runner-up |
Third Place |
Score |
Fourth place |
1978
Details |
Lahore, Pakistan |
Pakistan |
|
Australia |
Great Britain |
|
New Zealand |
1980
Details |
Karachi, Pakistan |
Pakistan |
|
West Germany |
Australia |
|
Netherlands |
1981
Details |
Karachi, Pakistan |
Netherlands |
|
Australia |
West Germany |
|
Pakistan |
1982
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
|
Australia |
India |
|
Pakistan |
1983
Details |
Karachi, Pakistan |
Australia |
|
Pakistan |
West Germany |
|
India |
1984
Details |
Karachi, Pakistan |
Australia |
|
Pakistan |
Great Britain |
|
Netherlands |
1985
Details |
Perth, Australia |
Australia |
|
Great Britain |
West Germany |
|
Pakistan |
1986
Details |
Karachi, Pakistan |
West Germany |
|
Australia |
Pakistan |
|
Great Britain |
1987
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
West Germany |
|
Netherlands |
Australia |
|
Great Britain |
1988
Details |
Lahore, Pakistan |
West Germany |
|
Pakistan |
Australia |
|
Soviet Union |
1989
Details |
Berlin, West Germany |
Australia |
|
Netherlands |
West Germany |
|
Pakistan |
1990
Details |
Melbourne, Australia |
Australia |
|
Netherlands |
West Germany |
|
Pakistan |
1991
Details |
Berlin, Germany |
Germany |
|
Pakistan |
Netherlands |
|
Australia |
1992
details |
Karachi, Pakistan |
Germany |
4–0 |
Australia |
Pakistan |
2–1 |
Netherlands |
1993
Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Australia |
4–0 |
Germany |
Netherlands |
6–2 |
Pakistan |
1994
Details |
Lahore, Pakistan |
Pakistan |
2–2
(7–6)
on penalties |
Germany |
Netherlands |
2–2
(9–8)
on penalties |
Australia |
1995
Details |
Berlin, Germany |
Germany |
2–2
(4–2)
on penalties |
Australia |
Pakistan |
2–1 |
Netherlands |
1996
Details |
Madras, India |
Netherlands |
3–2 |
Pakistan |
Germany |
5–0 |
India |
1997
Details |
Adelaide, Australia |
Germany |
3–2
after extra time |
Australia |
Spain |
2–1 |
Netherlands |
1998
Details |
Lahore, Pakistan |
Netherlands |
3–1 |
Pakistan |
Australia |
1–1
(8–7)
on penalties |
Korea |
1999
Details |
Brisbane, Australia |
Australia |
3–1 |
Korea |
Netherlands |
5–2 |
Spain |
2000
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
2–1
after extra time |
Germany |
Korea |
3–0 |
Spain |
2001
Details |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Germany |
2–1 |
Australia |
Netherlands |
5–2 |
Pakistan |
2002
Details |
Cologne, Germany |
Netherlands |
0–0
(3–2)
on penalties |
Germany |
Pakistan |
4–3 |
India |
2003
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
4–2 |
Australia |
Pakistan |
4–3 |
India |
2004
Details |
Lahore, Pakistan |
Spain |
4–2 |
Netherlands |
Pakistan |
3–2 |
India |
2005
Details |
Chennai, India |
Australia |
3–1 |
Netherlands |
Spain |
5–2 |
Germany |
2006
Details |
Terrassa, Spain |
Netherlands |
2–1 |
Germany |
Spain |
2–2
(5–4)
on penalties |
Australia |
2007
Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Germany |
1–0 |
Australia |
Netherlands |
3–2 |
Korea |
2008
Details |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
Details |
Melbourne, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
[edit] Performance by nation
- # = include West Germany
[edit] Summaries
Year |
Host |
|
Final |
|
Third Place Match |
Champion |
Score |
Runner-up |
Third Place |
Score |
Fourth place |
1987
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
|
Australia |
Korea |
|
Canada |
1989
Details |
Frankfurt, West Germany |
Korea |
|
Australia |
West Germany |
|
Great Britain |
1991
Details |
Berlin, Germany |
Australia |
|
Germany |
Netherlands |
|
Spain |
1993
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Australia |
1–1
(4–2)
on penalties |
Netherlands |
Germany |
2–0 |
Korea |
1995
Details |
Mar del Plata, Argentina |
Australia |
1–1
(4–3)
on penalties |
Korea |
USA |
0–0
(4–1)
on penalties |
Germany |
1997
Details |
Berlin, Germany |
Australia |
2–1
after extra time |
Germany |
Netherlands |
5–2 |
Korea |
1999
Details |
Brisbane, Australia |
Australia |
3–2 |
Netherlands |
Germany |
1–0 |
Argentina |
2000
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
3–2 |
Germany |
Australia |
1–0 |
Argentina |
2001
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Argentina |
3–2 |
Netherlands |
Australia |
2–1
after extra time |
China |
2002
Details |
Macau |
China |
2–2
(3–1)
on penalties |
Argentina |
Netherlands |
4–3
after extra time |
Australia |
2003
Details |
Sydney, Australia |
Australia |
3–2 |
China |
Netherlands |
3–2 |
Argentina |
2004
Details |
Rosario, Argentina |
Netherlands |
2–0 |
Germany |
Argentina |
3–2 |
Australia |
2005
Details |
Canberra, Australia |
Netherlands |
0–0
(5–4)
on penalties |
Australia |
China |
2–2
(9–8)
on penalties |
Argentina |
2006
Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Germany |
3–2 |
China |
Netherlands |
1–1
(4–1)
on penalties |
Argentina |
2007
Details |
Quilmes, Argentina |
Netherlands |
1–0 |
Argentina |
Germany |
2–0 |
Australia |
2008
Details |
Mönchengladbach, Germany |
Argentina |
6–2 |
Germany |
Netherlands |
3–0 |
China |
2009
Details |
Sydney, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
[edit] Performance by nation
- # = include West Germany