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The Hockey Champions Trophy is the International Hockey Federation's most prestigious annual event (since 1978). Founded by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan, 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. The tournament has been an annual affair since 1980 for men and since 1987 for women.
In the men's tournament, the Australians have won the trophy eleven, the Germans nine, and the Dutch 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 both the Netherlands and Australia have won the trophy six times, while Argentina won four titles.
Six teams qualify for the championship, though the first edition had five teams, the second had seven and 1987 had eight. 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.
Contents
Men
Summaries
Performance by nation
Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place 
Australia11 10 4 3 
Germany #9 7 6 2 
Netherlands8 5 7 7 
Pakistan3 6 6 7 
Spain1 1 3 2 
Korea0 1 2 2 
Great Britain ^0 2 2 2 
India0 0 1 5 
Argentina0 0 1 0 
New Zealand0 0 0 1 
Soviet Union0 0 0 1 - # Include West Germany
- ^ Include England
Women
Summaries
Performance by nation
Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Netherlands6 4 7 0 Australia6 4 2 3 Argentina4 3 1 5 Germany #1 3 4 3 
China1 2 1 2 Korea1 1 1 4 New Zealand0 0 2 0 Great Britain ^0 0 1 1 
United States0 0 1 0 
Canada0 0 0 1 - # Include West Germany
- ^ Include England
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