Hockey Champions Challenge

The Hockey Champions Challenge is an international field hockey tournament, played every two years. It was introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in order to broaden hockey's competitive base at world level.

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Men

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth place
2001
Details
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
India
2–1
South Africa

Argentina
4–2
Malaysia
2003
Details
Johannesburg, South Africa
Spain
7–3
Korea

South Africa
2–2
(5–4)
Penalty strokes

New Zealand
2005
Details
Alexandria, Egypt
Argentina
5–2
Korea

Belgium
6–5
England
2007
Details
Boom, Belgium
Argentina
3–2
after extra time

New Zealand

India
4–3
England
2009
Details
Salta, Argentina
New Zealand
4–2
Pakistan

India
3–2
Argentina
2011
Details
Johannesburg, South Africa
Belgium
4–3
India

South Africa
3–1
Argentina

Performance by nation

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Argentina 2 0 1 2
 India 1 1 2 0
 New Zealand 1 1 0 1
 Belgium 1 0 1 0
 Spain 1 0 0 0
 Korea 0 2 0 0
 South Africa 0 1 2 0
 Pakistan 0 1 0 0
 England 0 0 0 2
 Malaysia 0 0 0 1

Women

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth place
2002
Details
Johannesburg, South Africa
England
2–1
Korea

India
1–0
South Africa
2003
Details
Catania, Italy
Germany
3–1
Spain

Japan
2–1
New Zealand
2005
Details
Virginia Beach, United States
New Zealand
2–0
South Africa

Japan
2–1
England
2007
Details
Baku, Azerbaijan
China
2–1
Korea

England
2–1
United States
2009
Details
Cape Town, South Africa
New Zealand
2–1
South Africa

Japan
1–0
Spain
2011
Details
Dublin, Ireland
Japan
3–2
United States

Scotland
2–2
(4–3)
Penalty shootout

Spain

Performance by nation

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 New Zealand 2 0 0 1
 Japan 1 0 3 0
 England 1 0 1 1
 Germany 1 0 0 0
 China 1 0 0 0
 South Africa 0 2 0 1
 Korea 0 2 0 0
 Spain 0 1 0 2
 United States 0 1 0 1
 India 0 0 1 0
 Scotland 0 0 1 0