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Start of Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy
The idea to start the men’s field hockey champions trophy was initiated by Pakistan Hockey Federation through its chairman Air Marshal Nur Khan in 1978. The International Hockey Federation has approved the tournament in 1978. It has been decided that the top-ranked teams of the world will take part in the tournament and it will be held after every two years. The second trophy was played after two years and after that, this tournament was held every year until 2012. The last three competitions were held after two years gap. The trophy was played in a round-robin format. The champions trophy was played up until 2018.
1978 Lahore – Pakistan
The 1st edition of the hockey champions trophy was hosted by Pakistan and five world’s top teams participated in the tournament. each team played with each team and at the top of the table will be the winner of the champions trophy.
| Pakistan | Australia | Great Britain | New Zealand | Spain |
Pakistan team lead the table and winner of the first champions trophy.
1980 Karachi – Pakistan
The 2nd edition of the men’s field hockey champions trophy was again hosted by Pakistan and a total of seven teams participated in the tournament.
| Pakistan | West Germany | Australia | Netherlands | India | Spain | Great Britain |
Pakistan once again top of the table and won the champions trophy second time.
1981 Karachi – Pakistan
The 3rd edition of the champions trophy was also hosted by Pakistan. Six top teams take part in the competition.
| Netherlands | Australia | West Germany | Pakistan | Spain | England |
Netherlands top the table and won the tournament.
1982 Amstelveen – Netherlands
The 4th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by The Netherlands. The world’s top six teams take part in the competition
| Netherlands | Australia | India | Pakistan | West Germany | Soviet Union |
The Netherlands once again lead the table and won the event.
1983 Karachi – Pakistan
The 5th edition of the men’s field hockey champions trophy was hosted by Pakistan. A total of six top teams take part in the competition.
| Australia | Pakistan | West Germany | India | Netherlands | New Zealand |
Australia team top the table and won the tournament.
1984 Karachi – Pakistan
The 6th edition of the champions trophy was again hosted by Pakistan. The top six teams in the world ranking take part in the competition.
| Australia | Pakistan | Great Bratina | Netherlands | New Zealand | Spain |
Australia’s team tops the pool and won the champions trophy.
1985 Perth – Australia
The 7th edition of the hockey champions trophy was played in Australia. The world’s six top-ranking teams participated in the tournament.
| Australia | Great Britain | West Germany | Pakistan | Netherlands | India |
Australia tops the group and wins the trophy.
1986 Karachi – Pakistan
The 8th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by Pakistan. A total of six teams were in a group
| West Germany | Australia | Pakistan | Great Britain | India | Netherlands |
West Germany leads the group and won the trophy.
1987 Amstelveen – Netherlands
The 9th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by the Netherlands. The top eight teams contested the competition.
| West Germany | Netherlands | Australia | Great Britain | Argentina | Spain | Pakistan | Soviet Union |
West Germany once again top the pool and won the title.
1988 Lahore – Pakistan
The 10th edition of the hockey champions trophy was played in Pakistan. The top six teams played in the event.
| West Germany | Pakistan | Australia | Soviet Union | Spain | Great Britain |
West Germany lead the pool and won the champions trophy. This is West Germany’s 3rd consecutive champions trophy title.
1989 Berlin – West Germany
This is the 11th edition of the champions trophy and hosted by West Germany. Six teams participated in the event.
| Australia | Netherlands | West Germany | Pakistan | Great Britain | India |
Australia tops the table and won the trophy.
1990 Melbourne – Australia
The 12th edition of the trophy was hosted by Australia. The six top-ranking teams took part in the tournament.
| Australia | Netherlands | Germany | Pakistan | Soviet Union | Great Britain |
Australia once again lead the group and won the trophy.
1991 Berlin – Germany
The 13th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by Germany and six teams take part in the tournament.
| Germany | Pakistan | Netherlands | Australia | Great Britain | Soviet Union |
Germany leads the table and won the trophy.
1992 Karachi – Pakistan
The 14th edition of the champions trophy was played in Pakistan. From this year the trophy format was changed. The number of the teams are same that is six. Now the top two teams in the group will play the final for the title.
| Australia | Germany | Pakistan | Netherlands | Great Britain | France |
The final of the champions trophy was played between Australia and Germany. Germany won the match 4-0
1993 Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
The 15th edition was hosted by Malaysia and six teams take part in the event. The two leading teams of the group will play for the title.
| Germany | Australia | Netherlands | Pakistan | Malaysia | Spain |
Once again the final was played between Australia and Germany. This time Australia won the trophy with the same margin 4-0.
1994 Lahore – Pakistan
The 16th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by Pakistan. the six teams participated in the event and the top two teams will play for the final.
| Pakistan | Germany | Australia | Netherlands | Spain | Great Britain |
The final of the trophy was played between Pakistan and Germany. Pakistan won the match on Penalty strokes by 5-4. the match was drawn during normal time and extra time by 2-2.
1995 Berlin – Germany
The 17th edition of the trophy was played in Germany. A total of six teams take part in the competition.
| Germany | Australia | Netherlands | Pakistan | England | India |
The final was played between Australia and Germany. Germany won on penalty strokes by 4-2 the match was drawn by 2-2 at the end of the extra time.
1996 Madras – India
The 18th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by India. Six teams take part in the event.
| Netherlands | Pakistan | Germany | India | Australia | Spain |
The final of the trophy was played between Netherlands and Pakistan. The Netherlands won the match by 3-2.
1997 Adelaide – Australia
The 19th edition of the trophy was hosted by Australia. Six teams were in the tournament.
| Australia | Germany | Spain | Netherlands | South Korea | Pakistan |
The final of the champions trophy was played between Germany and Australia. Germany won the title and match by 3-2.
1998 Lahore – Pakistan
The 20th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by Pakistan. Six teams took part in the tournament. The top two teams of the group will play for the final.
| Netherlands | Pakistan | Australia | South Korea | Spain | Germany |
The final of the champions trophy was played between Pakistan and Netherlands. The Netherlands won the match by 3-1.
1999 Brisbane – Australia
Australia hosts the 21st edition of the champions trophy. A total of six teams participated in the tournament.
| Australia | South Korea | Netherlands | Spain | Pakistan | England |
The final was played between Australia and South Korea. Australia won the match by 3-1.
2000 Amstelveen – Netherlands
The 22nd edition of the champions trophy was hosted by the Netherlands. The six teams take part in the competition.
| Netherlands | Germany | Spain | South Korea | Australia | Great Britain |
The final of the competition was played between Netherlands and Germany. The Netherlands won the title by 2-1.
2001 Rotterdam – Netherlands
The 23rd edition was also hosted by the Netherlands. The number of teams is the same (six) as per the pattern of the champion’s trophy.
| Germany | Australia | Pakistan | Netherlands | England | South Korea |
The final was played between Germany and Australia. Germany won the match by 2-1.
2002 Cologne – Germany
The 24th edition of the trophy was hosted by Germany. A total of six teams take part in the tournament.
| Netherlands | Germany | India | Pakistan | South Korea | Australia |
The final was played between Netherlands and Germany. The Netherlands won on penalty strokes by 3-2 as the match was drawn 0-0 at the end of extra time.
2003 Amstelveen – Netherlands
The Netherlands hosts the 25th edition of the champions trophy and six teams were take part in the event.
| Netherlands | Australia | Pakistan | India | Argentina | Germany |
The final of the event was played between Netherlands and Australia. The Netherlands won the match by 4-2.
2004 Lahore – Pakistan
Pakistan hosts the 26th edition of the champions trophy. As per the pattern of the trophy, six teams participated in the event.
| Spain | Netherlands | Pakistan | India | Germany | New Zealand |
The final was played between Spain and the Netherlands. Spain won the match 4-2.
2005 Chennai – India
The 27th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by India and six teams took part in the tournament.
| Australia | Netherlands | Spain | Germany | India | Pakistan |
The final was played between Australia and Netherlands. Australia won 3-1.
2006 Terrassa – Spain
Spain hosts the 28th edition of the champions trophy with six teams participating as per the pattern of the event.
| China | Germany | Argentina | Netherlands | Australia | New Zealand |
The final was between China and Germany. Germany won the match by 3-2.
2007 Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
Malaysia hosts the 29th edition of the trophy with eight teams competing for the title
| Germany | Australia | Netherlands | South Korea | Spain | Great Britain | Pakistan | Malaysia |
The final was played between Germany and Australia. Germany won the match by 1-0.
2008 Rotterdam – Netherlands
The 30th edition of the champions trophy was played in the Netherlands and six teams take part in the tournament, top two teams of the group will contest for the final.
| Spain | Australia | Argentina | Netherlands | Germany | South Korea |
The final of the champions trophy was played between Australia and Spain. Australia won the match by 4-1.
2009 Melbourne – Australia
The 31st edition of the trophy was hosted by Australia with six teams participating in the event.
| Australia | Germany | Netherlands | South Korea | England | Spain |
The final of the event was played between Australia and Germany. Australia won the match by 5-3.
2010 Monchengladbach – Germany
Germany hosted the 32nd edition of the event and a total of six teams were in the competition.
| Australia | England | Germany | Netherlands | Spain | New Zealand |
The final was played between Australia and England. Australia won by 4-0.
2011 Auckland – New Zealand
33rd edition of the champions trophy initially, New Dehli have to host the event but due to some problems in the Indian hockey federation, the International hockey federation FIH moved this event to New Zealand. Eight teams participated in the competition.
| Australia | Spain | Netherlands | New Zealand | Germany | Great Britain | Pakistan | South Korea |
The final was played between Australia and Spain. Australia won by 1-0.
2012 Melbourne – Australia
The 34th edition of the men’s field hockey champions trophy was hosted by Australia. Eight teams take part in the event and were placed into two groups. After completion of the group stage, all the teams will play the quarter-final. The next champions trophy tournaments will be played after the gap of two years.
| POOL A | India | Germany | England | New Zealand |
| POOL B | Netherlands | Australia | Pakistan | Belgium |
The final of the trophy was played between Australia and Netherlands. Australia won by 2-1.
2014 Bhubaneswar – India
India was the host of the 35th edition of the champions trophy. A total of eight teams were participated in the event and divided into two groups. All the teams qualified for the quarter-final.
| POOL A | England | Belgium | Australia | Pakistan |
| POOL B | Netherlands | Argentina | India | Germany |
The final of the tournament was played between Pakistan and Germany. Germany won the match 2-0.
2016 London – England
The 36th edition of the event was hosted by England and the competition was played with the old pattern that six teams in one group and the top two teams will play the final.
| Australia | India | Germany | Great Britain | Belgium | South Korea |
The final was played between India and Australia. Australia won the match on penalty strokes by 3-1 as the match was drawn at the end of extra time by 0-0.
2018 Breda – Netherlands
The 37th edition of the champions trophy was hosted by the Netherlands and it was the last edition of the champions trophy in which six teams take part and the top two teams play the final.
| Australia | India | Netherlands | Argentian | Belgium | Pakistan |
The final of the trophy was played again between Australia and India and again it was decided on penalty strokes in favor of Australia 3-1 as the match was drawn 1-1 at the end of extra time.
Most Hockey Champions Trophy Won by a Country
| Country | Winner | Runner up | Total Finals |
| Australia | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| Germany | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Spain | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Great Britain | – | 2 | 2 |
| India | – | 2 | 2 |
| South Korea | – | 1 | 1 |
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