Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I Explained

Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
Formerly:Women's Hockey Champions Challenge
Replaced:Women's FIH Hockey World League
Sport:Field hockey
Founded:2002
Folded:2014
Teams:6–8
Website:www.fihockey.org
Champion: (1st title)
Most Champs: (2 titles)

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 Champions Challenge was replaced by the Women's FIH Hockey World League in 2014 after eight editions. [1]

Results

Summaries

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=12 bgcolor=ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=12 bgcolor=ffffff3rd Place Match
width=14%Championswidth=9%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%3rd placewidth=9%Scorewidth=14%4th place
2002Johannesburg,
South Africa
2–11–0
2003Catania, Italy3–12–1
2005Virginia Beach,
United States
2–02–1
2007Baku, Azerbaijan2–12–1
2009Cape Town,
South Africa
2–11–0
2011Dublin, Ireland2–12–2
(4–3 pen.)
2012Dublin, Ireland6–12–2
(4–3 pen.)
2014Glasgow, Scotland3–11–0

Successful national teams

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placesFourth places
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F2 (2005, 2009)1 (2003)
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F1 (2014)2 (2011, 2012)1 (2007)
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F1 (2011)3 (2003, 2005, 2009)
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F1 (2002)1 (2007)1 (2005)
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F1 (2003)
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F1 (2007)
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F1 (2012)
2 (2005, 2009*)1 (2014)1 (2002*)
2 (2002, 2007)
1 (2014)1 (2012*)
1 (2003)3 (2009, 2011, 2014)
1 (2011)1 (2012)
1 (2002)

* = host nation

Team appearances

Team20022003200520072009201120122014Total
bgcolor=gold1st1
6th7th8th3
5th6th2
6th1
bgcolor=gold1st1
bgcolor=gold1st4th3rd3
bgcolor=gold1st1
3rd7th7th8th4
6th3rdbgcolor=silver2nd3
6th5th2
3rd3rd3rdbgcolor=gold1st4
4thbgcolor=gold1st5thbgcolor=gold1st4
6th1
3rd4th7th3
4thbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2nd5th6th3rd6
bgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2nd5th3
bgcolor=silver2nd6th4th4th4th5
5th5th5th4thbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1st7
8th1
Total 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 55

Notes and References

  1. News: Did you know... a brief history of Champions Challenge 1. FIH. 2014-04-23. 2014-04-23.