Most recent season or competition: 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I | |
Formerly | Men's Hockey Champions Challenge |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Inaugural season | 2001 |
Ceased | 2014 |
Replaced by | Hockey World League |
No. of teams | 8 |
Continent | International (FIH) |
Last champion(s) | ![]() (2014) |
Most titles | ![]() |
The Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I was an international men's field hockey tournament, played every two years.
It was introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in order to broaden hockey's competitive base at world level, the last tournament was held in 2014 in Malaysia and won by South Korea. The champions challenge was replaced by the FIH Hockey World League in 2014 after eight editions. [1]
Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2001 Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() India | 2–1 | ![]() South Africa | ![]() Argentina | 4–2 | ![]() Malaysia | 6 | |||
2003 Details | Johannesburg, South Africa | ![]() Spain | 7–3 | ![]() South Korea | ![]() South Africa | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p.s.) | ![]() New Zealand | 6 | |||
2005 Details | Alexandria, Egypt | ![]() Argentina | 5–2 | ![]() South Korea | ![]() Belgium | 6–5 | ![]() England | 6 | |||
2007 Details | Boom, Belgium | ![]() Argentina | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() New Zealand | ![]() India | 4–3 | ![]() England | 6 | |||
2009 Details | Salta, Argentina | ![]() New Zealand | 4–2 | ![]() Pakistan | ![]() India | 3–2 | ![]() Argentina | 8 | |||
2011 Details | Johannesburg, South Africa | ![]() Belgium | 4–3 | ![]() India | ![]() South Africa | 3–1 | ![]() Argentina | 8 | |||
2012 Details | Quilmes, Argentina | ![]() Argentina | 5–0 | ![]() South Korea | ![]() Ireland | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() Malaysia | 8 | |||
2014 Details | Kuantan, Malaysia | ![]() South Korea | 4–0 | ![]() Canada | ![]() Malaysia | 4–2 | ![]() Ireland | 8 |
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third places | Fourth places |
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![]() | 3 (2005, 2007, 2012*) | 1 (2001) | 2 (2009*, 2011) | |
![]() | 1 (2014) | 3 (2003, 2005, 2012) | ||
![]() | 1 (2001) | 1 (2011) | 2 (2007, 2009) | |
![]() | 1 (2009) | 1 (2007) | 1 (2003) | |
![]() | 1 (2011) | 1 (2005) | ||
![]() | 1 (2003) | |||
![]() | 1 (2001) | 2 (2003*, 2011) | ||
![]() | 1 (2014) | |||
![]() | 1 (2009) | |||
![]() | 1 (2014*) | 2 (2001*, 2012) | ||
![]() | 1 (2012) | 1 (2014) | ||
![]() | 2 (2005, 2007) |
Team | ![]() 2001 | ![]() 2003 | ![]() 2005 | ![]() 2007 | ![]() 2009 | ![]() 2011 | ![]() 2012 | ![]() 2014 | Total |
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![]() | 3rd | – | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 1st | – | 6 |
![]() | 6th | – | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 1st | – | – | 5 |
![]() | – | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 4 |
![]() | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
![]() | – | 5th | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | 3 |
![]() | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 1 |
![]() | 1st | – | – | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | 4 |
![]() | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 4th | 2 |
![]() | 5th | – | – | 5th | – | 7th | 5th | 7th | 5 |
![]() | 4th | 6th | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5 |
![]() | – | 4th | – | 2nd | 1st | – | – | 5th | 4 |
![]() | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | 1 |
![]() | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 8th | 8th | 3 |
![]() | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | – | 5th | 3rd | 7th | – | 6 |
![]() | – | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | – | 2nd | 1st | 4 |
![]() | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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