The Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I was an international men's
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
tournament, played every two years.
It was introduced in 2001 by the
International Hockey Federation
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym and initialism, acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are i ...
(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
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. The champions challenge was replaced by the
FIH Hockey World League
The Men's FIH Hockey World League was an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation. The league also served as a qualifier for the 2014 and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cups and the 2016 Olympic Games. Th ...
in 2014 after eight editions.
Results
Summaries
Successful national teams
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* = ''host nation''
Team appearances
See also
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Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
The Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I was an international field hockey tournament, played every two years. It was introduced in 2002 by the International Hockey Federation in order to broaden hockey's competitive base at world level. The Cha ...
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Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II
The Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II was an international field hockey competition introduced by the International Hockey Federation
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the ...
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Hockey Champions Trophy
The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
History
Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and the Pakistan Hockey Federation, it featured the wor ...
References
External links
International Hockey Federation
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Champions Challenge I
Recurring sporting events established in 2001
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2014