The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). It featured the top 6 ranked nations in that year.
History Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and the Pakistan Hockey Federation, it featured the world's top-ranked field hockey teams competing in a round robin format. A biennial women's tournament was added in 1987. The Champions Trophy was changed from an annual to a biennial event from 2014 onwards, due to the introduction of the Hockey World League (HWL). The 2018 edition was the last edition of the Champions Trophy and the tournament was replaced by the Men's FIH Pro League and the Women's FIH Pro League in 2019.
In the men's tournament, Australia won the tournament fifteen times, Germany ten and the Netherlands 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, Argentina and the Netherlands won the trophy seven times each. Australia have won the trophy six times, while Germany, China and South Korea have won it one time each.
Since the 2011 edition, eight teams of each six have qualified for the championship. The first edition had five teams, the second had seven, 1987 had eight, and all other editions through 2010 had six. In the year following the Olympics or a World Cup, the participating 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.
Men Summaries YearHostsFinalThird Place MatchWinnersScoreRunners-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place1978 DetailsLahore, PakistanRRRR1980 DetailsKarachi, PakistanRRRR1981 DetailsKarachi, PakistanRRRR1982 DetailsAmstelveen, NetherlandsRRRR1983 DetailsKarachi, PakistanRRRR1984 DetailsKarachi, PakistanRRRR1985 DetailsPerth, AustraliaRRRR1986 DetailsKarachi, PakistanRRRR1987 DetailsAmstelveen, NetherlandsRRRR1988 DetailsLahore, PakistanRRRR1989 DetailsBerlin, West GermanyRRRR1990 DetailsMelbourne, AustraliaRRRR1991 DetailsBerlin, GermanyRRRR1992 detailsKarachi, Pakistan4–02–11993 DetailsKuala Lumpur, Malaysia4–06–21994 DetailsLahore, Pakistan2–2 (7–6) Penalty strokes2–2 (9–8) Penalty strokes1995 DetailsBerlin, Germany2–2 (4–2) Penalty strokes2–11996 DetailsMadras, India3–25–01997 DetailsAdelaide, Australia3–2 After extra time2–11998 DetailsLahore, Pakistan3–11–1 (8–7) Penalty strokes1999 DetailsBrisbane, Australia3–15–22000 DetailsAmstelveen, Netherlands2–1 After extra time3–02001 DetailsRotterdam, Netherlands2–15–22002 DetailsCologne, Germany0–0 (3–2) Penalty strokes4–32003 DetailsAmstelveen, Netherlands4–24–32004 DetailsLahore, Pakistan4–23–22005 DetailsChennai, India3–15–22006 DetailsTerrassa, Spain2–12–2 (5–4) Penalty strokes2007 DetailsKuala Lumpur, Malaysia1–03–22008 DetailsRotterdam, Netherlands4–12–2 (5–3) Penalty strokes2009 DetailsMelbourne, Australia5–34–22010 DetailsMönchengladbach, Germany4–04–12011 DetailsAuckland, New Zealand1–05–32012 DetailsMelbourne, Australia2–1After extra time3–22014 DetailsBhubaneswar, India2–02–12016 DetailsLondon, United Kingdom0–0 (3–1) Penalty shoot-out1–02018 DetailsBreda, Netherlands1–1 (3–1) Penalty shoot-out2–0
Successful national teams TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place15 (1983, 1984, 1985*, 1989, 1990*, 1993, 1999*, 2005, 2008, 2009*, 2010, 2011, 2012*, 2016, 2018)10 (1978, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1997*, 2001, 2003, 2007)5 (1980, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2014)3 (1991, 1994, 2006)^10 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1991*, 1992, 1995*, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2014)7 (1980, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002*, 2006, 2009)7 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1989*, 1990, 1996, 2016)2 (2005, 2010*)8 (1981, 1982*, 1996, 1998, 2000*, 2002, 2003*, 2006)6 (1987*, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2005, 2012)9 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001*, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2018*)7 (1980, 1984, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2008*, 2009)3 (1978*, 1980*, 1994*)7 (1983*, 1984*, 1988*, 1991, 1996, 1998*, 2014)7 (1986*, 1992*, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004*, 2012)7 (1981*, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2001)1 (2004)2 (2008, 2011)3 (1997, 2005, 2006*)2 (1999, 2000)~2 (1985, 2010)2 (1978, 1984)3 (1986, 1987, 2016*)2 (2016, 2018)1 (1982)7 (1983, 1996*, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2014*)1 (1999)2 (2000, 2009)2 (1998, 2007)1 (2008)1 (2018)2 (1978, 2011*)#1 (1988)
* = host nation ^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1980 and 1989 ~ = includes results representing England # = states that have since split into two or more independent nations
Team appearances
Team1978198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201420162018Total - - - - - - - - 5th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5th - - 6th - 3rd - - - - 6th - 4th62nd3rd2nd2nd1st1st1st2nd3rd3rd1st1st4th2nd1st4th2nd6th2nd3rd1st5th2nd5th2nd - 1st4th2nd1st1st1st1st1st3rd1st1st36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5th8th5th5th4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1^ - 2nd3rd5th3rd - 3rd1st1st1st3rd3rd1st1st2nd2nd1st3rd1st6th - 2nd1st2nd6th5th4th2nd1st5th2nd4th5th6th1st3rd - 33~3rd7th6th - - 3rd2nd4th4th6th5th6th5th5th - 6th6th - - - 5th6th5th - - - - - 6th - 6th2nd6th8th7th4th - 24 - 5th - 3rd4th - 6th5th - - 6th - - - - - 5th4th - - - - - 4th4th4th6th - - - - - - 4th4th2nd2nd16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8th - - - - - - - - 2 - 4th1st1st5th4th5th6th2nd - 2nd2nd3rd4th3rd3rd4th1st4th1st3rd1st3rd1st1st2nd2nd1st3rd4th4th3rd3rd2nd5th - 3rd344th - - - 6th5th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th - - - - - 6th4th7th - - - 71st1st4th4th2nd2nd4th3rd7th2nd4th4th2nd3rd4th1st3rd2nd5th2nd6th - 4th3rd3rd3rd5th5th7th - - - 7th3rd2nd - 6th32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th4th2nd3rd6th6th - - - - 4th6th3rd - 8th - - 6th - 11# - - - 6th - - - - 8th4th - 5th6thDefunct55th6th5th - - 6th - - 6th5th - - - - 5th5th - 5th3rd5th4th4th - - - 1st3rd3rd5th2nd5th5th2nd - - - - 21Total 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 234
^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1980 and 1989 ~ = includes results representing England # = states that have since split into two or more independent nations
Australia is the only team to have competed at almost every Champions Trophy, except for only one edition; 14 teams have competed in at least one Champions Trophy.
Women Summaries YearHostsFinalThird Place MatchWinnersScoreRunners-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place1987 DetailsAmstelveen, NetherlandsRRRR1989 DetailsFrankfurt, West GermanyRRRR1991 DetailsBerlin, GermanyRRRR1993 DetailsAmstelveen, Netherlands1–1 (4–2) Penalty strokes2–01995 DetailsMar del Plata, Argentina1–1 (4–3) Penalty strokes0–0 (4–1) Penalty strokes1997 DetailsBerlin, Germany2–1 After extra time5–21999 DetailsBrisbane, Australia3–21–02000 DetailsAmstelveen, Netherlands3–21–02001 DetailsAmstelveen, Netherlands3–22–1 After extra time2002 DetailsMacau2–2 (3–1) Penalty strokes4–3 After extra time2003 DetailsSydney, Australia3–23–22004 DetailsRosario, Argentina2–03–22005 DetailsCanberra, Australia0–0 (5–4) Penalty strokes2–2 (9–8) Penalty strokes2006 DetailsAmstelveen, Netherlands3–21–1 (4–1) Penalty strokes2007 DetailsQuilmes, Argentina1–02–02008 DetailsMönchengladbach, Germany6–23–02009 DetailsSydney, Australia0–0 (4–3) Penalty strokes5–22010 DetailsNottingham, England4–22–12011 DetailsAmsterdam, Netherlands3–3 (3–2) Penalty strokes3–22012 DetailsRosario, Argentina1–05–42014 DetailsMendoza, Argentina1–1 (3–1) Penalty strokes2–12016 DetailsLondon, United Kingdom2–12–2 (1–0) Penalty strokes2018 DetailsChangzhou, China5–16–0
Performance by nation TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place7 (1987*, 2000*, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011*, 2018)5 (1993*, 1999, 2001*, 2010, 2016)9 (1991, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006*, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)7 (2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012*, 2014*, 2016)3 (2002, 2007*, 2011)2 (2004*, 2018)5 (1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006)6 (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999*, 2003*)6 (1987, 1989, 2005*, 2009*, 2014, 2018)2 (2000, 2001)4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2016)^1 (2006)5 (1991*, 1997*, 2000, 2004, 2008*)4 (1989*, 1993, 1999, 2007)4 (1995, 2009, 2010, 2012)1 (2002*)2 (2003, 2006)1 (2005)3 (2001, 2008, 2018*)1 (1989)1 (1995)1 (1987)3 (1993, 1997, 2011)~1 (2012)1 (2010)1 (1989)2 (1995, 2016)1 (2011)1 (2014)1 (1987)1 (1991)
* = host nation ^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1987 and 1989 ~ = includes results representing England
Team appearances Team19871989199119931995199719992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201420162018Total - - - - 6th - 4th4th1st2nd4th3rd4th4th2nd1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st3rd182nd2nd1st1st1st1st1st3rd3rd4th1st4th2nd5th4th5th2nd - 6th - 2nd4th2nd214th6th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 5th - - - - - 4th1st2nd5th3rd2nd - 4th5th6th7th8th6th - 4th14^ - 3rd2nd3rd4th2nd3rd2nd - - - 2nd5th1st3rd2nd4th4th8th4th7th - - 17~5th4th - 6th - 5th - - - 6th5th - - - - - 6th3rd5th2nd5th5th5th13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5th6th - - - 5th8th - 6th51st5th3rd2nd - 3rd2nd1st2nd3rd3rd1st1st3rd1st3rd3rd2nd1st3rd3rd2nd1st226th - - - - - 5th6th5th5th - 6th - 6th - - - 5th3rd6th4th6th - 12 - - - - - - - 5th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13rd1st6th4th2nd4th6th - - - 6th - 6th - - - - - 4th7th - - - 11 - - 4th5th5th - - - 6th - - - - - 6th - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - 3rd6th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3rd - 3Total 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 144
^ = includes result representing West Germany in 1989 ~ = includes results representing England
The Netherlands is the only team to have competed at almost every Champions Trophy, except for only one edition; 13 teams have competed in at least one Champions Trophy.
See also Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I Men's FIH Hockey World Cup Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
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