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

Results Summaries YearHostFinal3rd place matchChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place2002Johannesburg,South Africa2–11–02003Catania, Italy3–12–12005Virginia Beach,United States2–02–12007Baku, Azerbaijan2–12–12009Cape Town,South Africa2–11–02011Dublin, Ireland2–12–2(4–3 pen.)2012Dublin, Ireland6–12–2(4–3 pen.)2014Glasgow, Scotland3–11–0

Successful national teams TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placesFourth places2 (2005, 2009)1 (2003)1 (2014)2 (2011, 2012)1 (2007)1 (2011)3 (2003, 2005, 2009)1 (2002)1 (2007)1 (2005)1 (2003)1 (2007)1 (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

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