Champions Trophy (field Hockey)

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.

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.

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