National Hockey Championship (Pakistan)

National Hockey Championship

Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1948;77 years ago (1948)
First season	1948
Administrator	Pakistan Hockey Federation
Country	Pakistan
2025

The National Hockey Championship is the top level field hockey competition of Pakistan, contested by the regional associations and departmental teams under Pakistan Hockey Federation, the sport's governing body in Pakistan. It was first held in 1948 and is the premier competition of field hockey in Pakistan since. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Ed.	Year	Winner	Runner-up	Ref.
1	1948	Punjab	Karachi	[4]
2	1949	Karachi	Navy
3	1950	NWFP	Karachi
4	1952	Punjab	Army
5	1954	Army	Punjab
6	1955	Railways	Army
7	1956	Army	Railways
8	1958	Lahore Reds	Lahore Blues
9	1959	Railways	Army
10	1960	Police	Army
11	1961	Army	Lahore
12	1962	Army Reds	Army Whites
13	1963	Karachi	Sargodha
14	1964	PIA	Karachi
15	1965	Railways	PIA
16	1966	PIA	Army
17	1967	PIA	Railways
18	1968	PWD	PIA
19	1969	Pakistan Customs	PIA
20	1970	Customs	Police
21	1971	Customs	PIA
22	1972	PIA	Police
23	1973	Pakistan	Customs Lahore
24	1974 (I)	PIA	Customs
25	1974 (II)	Peshawar	Customs
26	1975	PIA	Police
27	1976	PIA	Army
28	1977	PIA	Karachi
29	1979	PIA	National Bank
30	1980	PIA	Customs
31	1981	PIA	Customs
32	1983	PIA	United Bank
33	1984	Customs	PIA
34	1985	PIA and Customs were joint winners
35	1986	Customs	United Bank
36	1987	PIA	National Bank
37	1988	PIA	National Bank
38	1989	PIA	National Bank
39	1990	National Bank	United Bank
40	1991	PIA	National Bank
41	1992	PIA	Customs
42	1993	Police	United Bank
43	1995	PIA (Colours)	National Bank
44	1996	PIA Whites	PIA Colours
45	1997	PIA	Police
46	1999	Police	Customs
47	2000	Unknown	Unknown
48	2001	PIA	HBL	[5]
49	2002	Unknown	Unknown
50	2003	Unknown	Unknown
51	2004	Unknown	Unknown
52	2005	Unknown	Unknown
53	2006	Unknown	Unknown
54	2007	Unknown	Unknown
55	2008	PIA	Army	[6]
56	2009	PIA	National Bank	[7]
57	2010	WAPDA	SSGC	[8]
58	2011	National Bank	PIA	[9]
59	2012	PIA	WAPDA	[10]
60	2013	National Bank	PIA	[11]
61	2015	PIA	WAPDA	[12]
62	2016	PIA	WAPDA	[13]
63	2017	PIA	National Bank	[14]
64	2018	National Bank	WAPDA	[15]
65	2019	National Bank	WAPDA	[16]
66	2020	WAPDA	National Bank	[17]
67	2023	Mari Petroleum	WAPDA	[18]
68	2025	Customs	Mari Petroleum	[19]

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