Hockey Champions Trophy

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Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT)

Most recent season or competition: 2018 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	M: 1978 W: 1987
Ceased	2018
Replaced by	Men's FIH Pro League Women's FIH Pro League
No. of teams	6
Continent	FIH (International)
Last champion(s)	M: Australia (15th title) W: Netherlands (7th title)
Most titles	M: Australia (15 titles) W: Argentina  Netherlands (7 titles each)

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.

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.^[1]

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.

Year	Hosts		Final				Third Place Match
			Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1978 Details	Lahore, Pakistan		Pakistan	RR	Australia		Great Britain	RR	New Zealand
1980 Details	Karachi, Pakistan		Pakistan	RR	West Germany		Australia	RR	Netherlands
1981 Details	Karachi, Pakistan		Netherlands	RR	Australia		West Germany	RR	Pakistan
1982 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Netherlands	RR	Australia		India	RR	Pakistan
1983 Details	Karachi, Pakistan		Australia	RR	Pakistan		West Germany	RR	India
1984 Details	Karachi, Pakistan		Australia	RR	Pakistan		Great Britain	RR	Netherlands
1985 Details	Perth, Australia		Australia	RR	Great Britain		West Germany	RR	Pakistan
1986 Details	Karachi, Pakistan		West Germany	RR	Australia		Pakistan	RR	Great Britain
1987 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		West Germany	RR	Netherlands		Australia	RR	Great Britain
1988 Details	Lahore, Pakistan		West Germany	RR	Pakistan		Australia	RR	Soviet Union
1989 Details	Berlin, West Germany		Australia	RR	Netherlands		West Germany	RR	Pakistan
1990 Details	Melbourne, Australia		Australia	RR	Netherlands		Germany	RR	Pakistan
1991 Details	Berlin, Germany		Germany	RR	Pakistan		Netherlands	RR	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	South Korea
1999 Details	Brisbane, Australia		Australia	3–1	South Korea		Netherlands	5–2	Spain
2000 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Netherlands	2–1 After extra time	Germany		South 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	South 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		South 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	Melbourne, Australia		Australia	2–1 After extra time	Netherlands		Pakistan	3–2	India
2014 Details	Bhubaneswar, India		Germany	2–0	Pakistan		Australia	2–1	India
2016 Details	London, United Kingdom		Australia	0–0 (3–1) Penalty shoot-out	India		Germany	1–0	Great Britain
2018 Details	Breda, Netherlands		Australia	1–1 (3–1) Penalty shoot-out	India		Netherlands	2–0	Argentina

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Australia	15 (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)
Germany^	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*)
Netherlands	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)
Pakistan	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)
Spain	1 (2004)	2 (2008, 2011)	3 (1997, 2005, 2006*)	2 (1999, 2000)
Great Britain~		2 (1985, 2010)	2 (1978, 1984)	3 (1986, 1987, 2016*)
India		2 (2016, 2018)	1 (1982)	7 (1983, 1996*, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2014*)
South Korea		1 (1999)	2 (2000, 2009)	2 (1998, 2007)
Argentina			1 (2008)	1 (2018)
New Zealand				2 (1978, 2011*)
Soviet Union#				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	1978	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2014	2016	2018	Total
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	-	-	6th	-	3rd	-	-	-	-	6th	-	4th	6
Australia	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	4th	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	6th	2nd	3rd	1st	5th	2nd	5th	2nd	-	1st	4th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	36
Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	8th	5th	5th	4
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Germany^	-	2nd	3rd	5th	3rd	-	3rd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	6th	-	2nd	1st	2nd	6th	5th	4th	2nd	1st	5th	2nd	4th	5th	6th	1st	3rd	-	33
Great Britain~	3rd	7th	6th	-	-	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	6th	5th	6th	5th	5th	-	6th	6th	-	-	-	5th	6th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	6th	2nd	6th	8th	7th	4th	-	24
India	-	5th	-	3rd	4th	-	6th	5th	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	5th	4th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	4th	4th	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	16
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Netherlands	-	4th	1st	1st	5th	4th	5th	6th	2nd	-	2nd	2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	1st	4th	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	5th	-	3rd	34
New Zealand	4th	-	-	-	6th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	6th	4th	7th	-	-	-	7
Pakistan	1st	1st	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	7th	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	6th	-	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	5th	5th	7th	-	-	-	7th	3rd	2nd	-	6th	32
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	4th	2nd	3rd	6th	6th	-	-	-	-	4th	6th	3rd	-	8th	-	-	6th	-	11
Soviet Union#	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	8th	4th	-	5th	6th	Defunct																								5
Spain	5th	6th	5th	-	-	6th	-	-	6th	5th	-	-	-	-	5th	5th	-	5th	3rd	5th	4th	4th	-	-	-	1st	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd	5th	5th	2nd	-	-	-	-	21
Total	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.

Year	Hosts		Final				Third Place Match
			Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1987 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Netherlands	RR	Australia		South Korea	RR	Canada
1989 Details	Frankfurt, West Germany		South Korea	RR	Australia		West Germany	RR	Great Britain
1991 Details	Berlin, Germany		Australia	RR	Germany		Netherlands	RR	Spain
1993 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Australia	1–1 (4–2) Penalty strokes	Netherlands		Germany	2–0	South Korea
1995 Details	Mar del Plata, Argentina		Australia	1–1 (4–3) Penalty strokes	South Korea		United States	0–0 (4–1) Penalty strokes	Germany
1997 Details	Berlin, Germany		Australia	2–1 After extra time	Germany		Netherlands	5–2	South 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 strokes	Argentina		New Zealand	3–2	South Korea
2012 Details	Rosario, Argentina		Argentina	1–0	Great Britain		Netherlands	5–4	Germany
2014 Details	Mendoza, Argentina		Argentina	1–1 (3–1) Penalty strokes	Australia		Netherlands	2–1	New Zealand
2016 Details	London, United Kingdom		Argentina	2–1	Netherlands		United States	2–2 (1–0) Penalty strokes	Australia
2018 Details	Changzhou, China		Netherlands	5–1	Australia		Argentina	6–0	China

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Netherlands	7 (1987*, 2000*, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011*, 2018)	5 (1993*, 1999, 2001*, 2010, 2016)	9 (1991, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006*, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
Argentina	7 (2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012*, 2014*, 2016)	3 (2002, 2007*, 2011)	2 (2004*, 2018)	5 (1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Australia	6 (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999*, 2003*)	6 (1987, 1989, 2005*, 2009*, 2014, 2018)	2 (2000, 2001)	4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2016)
Germany^	1 (2006)	5 (1991*, 1997*, 2000, 2004, 2008*)	4 (1989*, 1993, 1999, 2007)	4 (1995, 2009, 2010, 2012)
China	1 (2002*)	2 (2003, 2006)	1 (2005)	3 (2001, 2008, 2018*)
South Korea	1 (1989)	1 (1995)	1 (1987)	3 (1993, 1997, 2011)
Great Britain~		1 (2012)	1 (2010)	1 (1989)
United States			2 (1995, 2016)
New Zealand			1 (2011)	1 (2014)
Canada				1 (1987)
Spain				1 (1991)

* = host nation

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1987 and 1989

~ = includes results representing England

Team	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2014	2016	2018	Total
Argentina	-	-	-	-	6th	-	4th	4th	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	18
Australia	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	1st	4th	2nd	5th	4th	5th	2nd	-	6th	-	2nd	4th	2nd	21
Canada	4th	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
China	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	1st	2nd	5th	3rd	2nd	-	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	6th	-	4th	14
Germany^	-	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	-	-	-	2nd	5th	1st	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	8th	4th	7th	-	-	17
Great Britain~	5th	4th	-	6th	-	5th	-	-	-	6th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	6th	3rd	5th	2nd	5th	5th	5th	13
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	6th	-	-	-	5th	8th	-	6th	5
Netherlands	1st	5th	3rd	2nd	-	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	22
New Zealand	6th	-	-	-	-	-	5th	6th	5th	5th	-	6th	-	6th	-	-	-	5th	3rd	6th	4th	6th	-	12
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
South Korea	3rd	1st	6th	4th	2nd	4th	6th	-	-	-	6th	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	7th	-	-	-	11
Spain	-	-	4th	5th	5th	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
United States	-	-	-	-	3rd	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	-	3
Total	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.

• Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
• Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
• Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
• Women's FIH Hockey World Cup