Champions Trophy (field hockey)
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The Champions Trophy was founded by the Pakistan airmarshal Nur Khan. It 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. Australia and Germany (including West Germany before reunification) have both won the trophy a record eight times.
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 Champions Challenge, which was introduced in 2001 and can be considered as the Champions Trophy for so called B-nations.
Men's History
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| Men: Lahore 1978 | Karachi 1980 | Karachi 1981 | Amstelveen 1982 | Karachi 1983 | Karachi 1984 | Perth 1985 | Karachi 1986 | Amstelveen 1987 | Lahore 1988 | Berlin 1989 | Melbourne 1990 | Berlin 1991 | Karachi 1992 | Kuala Lumpur 1993 | Lahore 1994 | Berlin 1995 | Madras 1996 | Adelaide 1997 | Lahore 1998 | Brisbane 1999 | Amstelveen 2000 | Rotterdam 2001 | Keulen 2002 | Amstelveen 2003 | Lahore 2004 | Madras 2005 | Barcelona 2006 | Women: | Amstelveen 1987 | Frankfurt 1989 | Berlin 1991 | Amstelveen 1993 | Mar del Plata 1995 | Berlin 1997 | Brisbane 1999 | Amstelveen 2000 | Amstelveen 2001 | Macau 2002 | Sydney 2003 | Rosario 2004 | Canberra 2005 | Amstelveen 2006 | |
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