Champions Trophy (field hockey)

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The Champions Trophy 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 country to win the tournament so far, have won the trophy thrice -- twice when they hosted the tournament in Lahore, in the inaugural years in 1978 and 1980. After 1980, the tournament became an annual affair.

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 recently-introduced Champions Challenge.

Only four nations have able to win the trophy between 1978 and 2001: Pakistan (three times), The Netherlands (5), Australia (7) and Germany (8).

India's best showing is a third place in the fourth edition at Amstelveen, the Netherlands.

The 18th edition, in Madras (now known as Chennai), in 1996, was the last time India, as hosts, figured in the tournament. The team finished fourth.

History

(1) First Men's Champions Trophy November 17 - 24, 1978 held at Lahore, Pakistan

Final rankings:

 
1. Pakistan		4	4	0	0	(15 –  5)	8
2. Australia		4	2	1	1	( 9 –  7)	5
3. Great Britain	4	1	2	1	( 9 – 10)	4
4. New Zealand	        4	1	0	3	( 9 – 12)	2
5. Spain		4	0	1	3	( 7 – 15)       1

(2) Second Men's Champions Trophy, January 3 - 11, 1980 held at Karachi, Pakistan

Final rankings:

 
1. Pakistan		6	6	0	0	(15 –  5)      12
2. West-Germany	        6	4	1	1	(25 – 20) 	9
3. Australia		6	2	3	1	(19 – 19)	7
4. Holland		6	3	0	3	(23 – 19)	6
5. India		6	1	2	3	(17 – 25)	4
6. Spain		6	1	2	3	( 8 – 16)	4
7. Great-Briain	        6	0	0	6	(12 – 28)	0

(3) Third Men's Champions Trophy, January 9 - 16, 1981 held at Karachi, Pakistan

Final rankings:

1. Holland		5	3	2	0	(22 – 16)	8
2. Australia		5	3	1	1	(18 – 14) 	7
3. West-Germany  	5	1	3	1	(14 – 11)	5
4. Pakistan		5	2	1	2	(13 – 11)	5
5. Spain		5	1	1	3	( 9 – 19)	3
6. England		5	0	2	3	(10 – 15)	2

(4) Fourth Men's Champions Trophy, June 6 - 13, 1982 held at the Wagener-stadium in Amstelveen, The Netherlands

Final rankings:

 
1. Holland		5	4	1	0	(21 – 10)	9
2. Australia		5	2	2	1	(20 – 14)	6
3. India		5	3	0	2	(16 – 20)	6
4. Pakistan		5	2	1	2	(21 – 19)	5
5. West-Germany	        5	1	2	2	(10 – 14)	4
6. Soviet Union	        5	0	0	5	( 6 – 17)	0

(5) Fifth Men's Champions Trophy, October 28 - November 4, 1983 held at Karachi, Pakistan

Final rankings:

 
1. Australia		5	3	2	0	(14 –  7)	8
2. Pakistan		5	3	0	2	(10 –  6)	6
3. West-Germany	        5	3	0	2	( 9 –  9)	6
4. India		5	2	1	2	( 8 –  9)	5
5. Holland		5	2	0	3	(11 – 13)	4
6. New Zealand	        5	0	1	4	( 5 – 13)	1

(6) Sixth Men's Champions Trophy, December 1 - 8, 1984 held at Karachi, Pakistan

Final rankings:

 
1. Australia		5	4	1	0	(12 –  6)	   9
2. Pakistan		5	3	1	1	(14 –  8)	   7
3. Great-Britain	5	3	0	2	(13 – 11)	   6
4. Holland		5	2	1	2	( 9 –  8)	   5
5. New Zealand	        5	0	2	3	( 8 – 15)	   4
6. Spain		5	0	1	4	( 7 – 15)	   1

(7) Seventh Men's Champions Trophy, November 16 - 24, 1985 held at Perth, Australia

Final rankings:

 
Australia		5	4	0	1	(12 –  8)	   8
Great Britain	        5	2	2	1	( 8 –  6)	   6
West-Germany		5	1	3	1	(13 – 12)	   5
Pakistan		5	2	1	2	(10 – 10)	   5
Holland		        5	1	1	3	(10 – 11)	   3
India			5	1	1	3	( 9 – 15)	   3

(8) Eighth Men's Champions Trophy, April 4 - 11, 1986 held at Karachi, Pakistan

Final rankings:

 
West-Germany		5	3	2	0	(10 –  5)	   8
Australia		5	2	1	2	(12 –  9)	   5
Pakistan		5	1	3	1	( 7 –  6)	   5
Great Britain	        5	1	3	1	( 6 –  6)	   5
India			5	2	0	3	( 6 – 10)	   4
Holland		        5	1	1	3	( 5 – 10)	   3 

(9) Ninth Men's Champions Trophy, June 19 - 26, 1987 held at the Wagener-stadium in Amstelveen, The Netherlands

Final rankings:

 
1. West-Germany        7     5    2    0     (18 -  7)    12
2. Holland             7     5    1    1     (15 -  5)    11 
3. Australia           7     4    2    1     (16 -  9)    10
4. Great Britain       7     4    2    1     (15 -  8)    10 
5. Argentina           7     2    2    3     ( 6 - 15)     6 
6. Spain               7     1    1    5     ( 6 - 14)     3 
7. Pakistan            7     1    0    6     ( 9 - 16)     2 
8. Soviet Union        7     1    0    6     ( 7 - 18)     2 

(10) Tenth Men's Champions Trophy, March 25 - April 1, 1988 held at Lahore, Pakistan

Final rankings:

 
1. West-Germany	        5	4	0	1	(11- 5)      8
2. Pakistan	        5	3	2	0	( 9- 3)      8
3. Australia	        5	2	2	1	( 6– 4)      6
4. Soviet Union 	5	1	3	1	( 6– 6)      5
5. Spanje	        5	1	1	3	( 4–10)      3
6. Great Britain	5	0	0	5	( 3–11)      5

(11) Eleventh Men's Champions Trophy, November 16 - 24, 1989 held at Berlin, Germany

Final rankings:

 
1. Australia	        5	4	1	0	(12- 8)      9
2. Holland	        5	4	0	1	(12- 6)      8
3. West-Germany         5	2	2	1	(10– 8)      5
4. Pakistan	        5	2	0	3	( 9–12)      4
5. Great Britain        5	1	0	4	( 5– 9)      2
6. India	        5	1	0	4	( 7–12)      2

(12) Twelfth Men's Champions Trophy, November 17 - 25, 1990 held at Melbourne, Australia

Final rankings:

 
1. Australia	        5	4	0	1	(14- 6)      8
2. Holland	        5	3	1	1	(14- 8)      7
3. West-Germany         5	3	1	1	(14–12)      7
4. Pakistan	        5	2	0	3	(12–11)      4
5. Soviet Union         5	1	0	4	( 4–11)      2
6. Great Britain        5	1	0	4	( 3–13)      2

(13) Thirteenth Men's Champions Trophy, September 13 - 22, 1991 held at Berlin, Germany

Final rankings:

 
1. Germany	        5	3	2	0	(12- 8)      8
2. Pakistan	        5	3	1	1	(14- 8)      7
3. Holland              5	2	1	2	(12–10)      5
4. Australia	        5	2	1	2	( 8– 8)      5
5. Great Britain        5	1	2	2	( 4– 6)      4
6. Soviet Union         5	0	1	4	( 7–19)      1

(14) Fourteenth Men's Champions Trophy, February 20 - 28 1992 held at Karachi, Pakistan

Rankings after round robin:

 
1. Australia	        5	4	0	1	(21- 8)      8
2. Germany	        5	4	0	1	(13- 8)      8
3. Pakistan             5	3	0	2	(12– 5)      6
4. Holland	        5	3	0	2	(12– 9)      6
5. Great Britain        5	1	0	4	( 9–14)      2
6. France               5	0	0	5	( 4–27)      0

Fifth place game:

• Great Britain-France 3-0

Bronze medal game:

• Pakistan-Holland 2-1

Final:

• Germany-Australia 4-0

Final rankings:

1. Australia
2. Pakistan
3. The Netherlands
4. Great Britain
5. France

(15) Fifteenth Men's Champions Trophy, July 3 - 11, 1993 held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1. Australia
2. Germany
3. The Netherlands
4. Pakistan
5. Spain
6. Malaysia

(16) Sixteenth Men's Champions Trophy, March 17 - 25, 1994 held at Lahore, Pakistan

1. Pakistan
2. Germany
3. The Netherlands
4. Australia
5. Spain
6. Great Britain

(17) Seventeenth Men's Champions Trophy, September 23 - October 1, 1995 held at Berlin, Germany

1. Germany
2. Australia
3. Pakistan
4. The Netherlands
5. India
6. England

(18) Eighteenth Men's Champions Trophy, December 7 - 15, 1996 held at Madras, India

1. The Netherlands
2. Pakistan
3. Germany
4. India
5. Spain
6. Australia

(19) Nineteenth Men's Champions Trophy, October 17 - 19, 1997 held at Adelaide, Australia

1. Germany
2. Australia
3. Spain
4. The Netherlands
5. Pakistan
6. South Korea

(20) Twenthieth Men's Champions Trophy, October 31 - November 8, 1998 held at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan

1. The Netherlands
2. Pakistan
3. Australia
4. Korea
5. Spain
6. Germany

(21) 21st Men's Champions Trophy, June 10 - 20, 1999 held at the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, Australia

1. Australia
2. Korea
3. The Netherlands
4. Spain
5. England
6. Pakistan

(22) 22nd Men's Champions Trophy, May 27 - June 4, 2000 held at the Wagener-stadium in Amstelveen, The Netherlands

1. The Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Korea
4. Spain
5. Australia
6. Great Britain

(23) 23rd Men's Champions Trophy, November 3 - 11, 2001 held at Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1. Germany
2. Australia
3. The Netherlands
4. Pakistan
5. England
6. Korea

(24) 24th Men's Champions Trophy, August 31 - September 8, 2002 held at Cologne, Germany

1. The Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Pakistan
4. India
5. Australia
6. Korea

(25) 25th Men's Champions Trophy, August 16 - August 24, 2003 held at the Wagener-stadium in Amstelveen, The Netherlands

1. The Netherlands
2. Australia
3. Pakistan
4. India
5. Argentina
6. Germany

(26) 26th Men's Champions Trophy, December 4 - December 12, 2004 held at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan

1. Spain
2. The Netherlands
3. Pakistan
4. India
5. Germany
6. New Zealand

(27) 27th Men's Champions Trophy, 2005

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