Hockey Champions Trophy

The Hockey Champions Trophy is the International Hockey Federation's most prestigious annual event (since 1978). Founded by Pakistan's 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. The tournament has been an annual affair since 1980 for men and since 1987 for women.

In the men's tournament, the Australians have won the trophy twelve, the Germans nine, and the Dutch eight times. Pakistan is the only Asian champion, with three titles to its name including the first two in 1978 and 1980. In the women's tournament both the Netherlands and Australia have won the trophy six times, while Argentina won five titles.

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.

Men

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) Penalty strokes	Germany		Netherlands	2–2 (9–8) Penalty strokes	Australia
1995 Details	Berlin, Germany		Germany	2–2 (4–2) Penalty strokes	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) Penalty strokes	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) Penalty strokes	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) Penalty strokes	Australia
2007 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		Germany	1–0	Australia		Netherlands	3–2	Korea
2008 Details	Rotterdam, Netherlands		Australia	4–1	Spain		Argentina	2–2 (5–3) Penalty strokes	Netherlands
2009 Details	Melbourne, Australia		Australia	5–3	Germany		Korea	4–2	Netherlands
2010 Details	Mönchengladbach, Germany		Australia	4–0	England		Netherlands	4–1	Germany
2011 Details	Auckland, New Zealand		Australia	1–0	Spain		Netherlands	5–3	New Zealand
2012 Details	Australia
2014 Details	Argentina

Performance by nation

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Australia	12	10	4	3
Germany #	9	7	6	2
Netherlands	8	5	8	7
Pakistan	3	6	6	7
Spain	1	2	3	2
Great Britain ^	0	2	2	2
Korea	0	1	2	2
India	0	0	1	5
Argentina	0	0	1	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	2
Soviet Union	0	0	0	1

# Including West Germany

^ Including England

Women

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) Penalty strokes	Netherlands		Germany	2–0	Korea
1995 Details	Mar del Plata, Argentina		Australia	1–1 (4–3) Penalty strokes	Korea		United States	0–0 (4–1) Penalty strokes	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) Penalty strokes	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) Penalty strokes	Australia		China	2–2 (9–8) Penalty strokes	Argentina
2006 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Germany	3–2	China		Netherlands	1–1 (4–1) Penalty strokes	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		Argentina	0–0 (4–3) Penalty strokes	Australia		Netherlands	5–2	Germany
2010 Details	Nottingham, England		Argentina	4–2	Netherlands		England	2–1	Germany
2011 Details	Amsterdam, Netherlands		Netherlands	3–3 (3–2) Penalty shootout	Argentina		New Zealand	3–2	Korea
2012 Details	Rosario, Argentina		Argentina	1–0	Great Britain		Netherlands	5–4	Germany
2014 Details	India

Performance by nation

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Netherlands	6	4	8	0
Australia	6	4	2	3
Argentina	5	3	1	5
Germany #	1	5	4	4
China	1	2	1	2
Korea	1	1	1	3
Great Britain ^	0	1	1	1
New Zealand	0	0	1	0
United States	0	0	1	0
Canada	0	0	0	1
Spain	0	0	0	1

# Including West Germany

^ Including England