, The Hockey Champions Trophy is the highlight of all events organized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the worldwide governing body Germany Hockey Jersey of the sport. It features the world\'s best hockey teams in round robin competitions. It is somehow a tournament of champions, because it is exclusive to the host team, the defending champion, the world champion and the next highest-ranked teams from either the most recent Olympic Games or the World Cup.
In 1978, the Pakistan Hockey Federation launched this league as merely a men\'s tournament. It went on to become a yearly competition starting in 1980. Among the title holders of the past, Australia has won the most times with eleven wins. Other dominating countries are Germany and the Netherlands. The only Asian champion is Pakistan, the tournament\'s founding nation.
In 1987, the women\'s tournament was also introduced. The women of Australia and the Netherlands are the queens of the league. Each team has brought home 6 hockey trophies.
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Hockey is usually called field hockey in countries that are more familiar with ice hockey. Hockey is played between two teams of 16 players each. 11 players per team are allowed to be on the field at one time. Teams would attempt to score by hitting or pushing a puck into the opponent\'s goal with the use of sticks with flat-faced heads.
The Hockey World Cup is another international competition organized by the International Hockey Federation since 1971. Played every four years, it is sometimes called the Hockey World Championships.
Having won it 4 times, Pakistan dominates Germany Hockey Jersey this tournament. Not too far behind, though, is the Netherlands with 3 cups. Germany and Australia have won 2 championships each, while India has won once.
For the best lady hockey players of the world, there is also the Women\'s Hockey World Cup. It was initially organized by the International Federation of Women\'s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1974. Since the merging of the IFWHA with FIH in 1982, this women\'s tournament has been organized, too, by the FIH.
Finally, another coveted hockey trophy is the Hockey Junior World Cup. Players must be under 21 years old as of December 31 of the year before the tournament. Using the same format as the men\'s event, this is where the sport usually sees its future champions for the adult tournaments. The young men of Germany have won the tournament 5 times, while the junior teams from Argentina, Australia, India and Pakistan have won one championship each. There is also a Women\'s Hockey Junior World Cup, with Korea and the Netherlands as the dominant teams.
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