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{{Infobox sports league
| title          = Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
| current_season = 
| current_season2= 
| logo           = 
| pixels         = 
| caption        = 
| formerly       = Women's Hockey Champions Challenge
| replaced       = [[Women's FIH Hockey World League]]
| sport          = [[Field hockey]]
| founded        = 2002
| folded         = 2014
| teams          = 6–8
| continent      = 
| website        = [http://www.fihockey.org www.fihockey.org]
| champion       = {{fhw|United States}} (1st title)
| most_champs    = {{fhw|New Zealand}} (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. <ref>{{cite news|title=Did you know... a brief history of Champions Challenge 1|url=http://www.fih.ch/en/news-5052-did-you-know-a-brief-history-of-champions|work=FIH|date=2014-04-23|access-date=2014-04-23}}</ref>

==Results==
===Summaries===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|- bgcolor=#c1d8ff
!rowspan=2 width=6%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=12%|Host
!width=1% rowspan=12 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=12 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|3rd Place Match
|- bgcolor=#efefef
!width=14%|Champions
!width=9%|Score
!width=14%|Runners-up
!width=14%|3rd place
!width=9%|Score
!width=14%|4th place
|- 
|'''[[2002 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2002]]'''
|[[Johannesburg]],<br />South Africa
|'''{{fhw-big|ENG}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|KOR}}
|{{fhw-big|IND}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{fhw-big|RSA}}
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
|'''[[2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2003]]'''
|[[Catania]], Italy
|'''{{fhw-big|GER}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{fhw-big|ESP}}
|{{fhw-big|JPN}}
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|NZL}}
|- 
|'''[[2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2005]]'''
|[[Virginia Beach]],<br />United States
|'''{{fhw-big|NZL}}'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{fhw-big|RSA}}
|{{fhw-big|JPN}}
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|ENG}}
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
|'''[[2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2007]]'''
|[[Baku]], Azerbaijan
|'''{{fhw-big|CHN}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|KOR}}
|{{fhw-big|ENG}}
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|USA}}
|- 
|'''[[2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2009]]'''
|[[Cape Town]],<br />South Africa
|'''{{fhw-big|NZL}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|RSA}}
|{{fhw-big|JPN}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{fhw-big|ESP}}
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
|'''[[2011 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2011]]'''
|[[Dublin, Ireland|Dublin]], Ireland
|'''{{fhw-big|JPN}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|USA}}
|{{fhw-big|SCO}}
|'''2–2'''<br />'''(4–3 [[penalty shoot-out|pen.]])'''
|{{fhw-big|ESP}}
|- 
|'''[[2012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2012]]'''
|[[Dublin, Ireland|Dublin]], Ireland
|'''{{fhw-big|AUS}}'''
|'''6–1'''
|{{fhw-big|USA}}
|{{fhw-big|IRE}}
|'''2–2'''<br />'''(4–3 [[penalty shoot-out|pen.]])'''
|{{fhw-big|SCO}}
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
|'''[[2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2014]]'''
|[[Glasgow]], Scotland
|'''{{fhw-big|USA}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{fhw-big|IRE}}
|{{fhw-big|RSA}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{fhw-big|ESP}}
|}

===Successful national teams===
{| class=wikitable
!Team
!Titles
!Runners-up
!Third places
!Fourth places
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|New Zealand}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|2 (2005, 2009)
|
|
|1 (2003)
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|United States}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2014)
|2 (2011, 2012)
|
|1 (2007)
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|Japan}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2011)
|
|3 (2003, 2005, 2009)
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|England}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2002)
|
|1 (2007)
|1 (2005)
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|Germany}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2003)
|
|
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|China}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2007)
|
|
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|Australia}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2012)
|
|
|
|-
|{{fhw|South Africa}}
|
|2 (2005, 2009*)
|1 (2014)
|1 (2002*)
|-
|{{fhw|South Korea}}
|
|2 (2002, 2007)
|
|
|-
|{{fhw|Ireland}}
|
|1 (2014)
|1 (2012*)
|
|-
|{{fhw|Spain}}
|
|1 (2003)
|
|3 (2009, 2011, 2014)
|-
|{{fhw|Scotland}}
|
|
|1 (2011)
|1 (2012)
|-
|{{fhw|India}}
|
|
|1 (2002)
|
|}

:<nowiki>*</nowiki> = ''host nation''

===Team appearances===

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!Team
![[2002 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2002]]
![[2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2003]]
![[2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2005]]
![[2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2007]]
![[2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2009]]
![[2011 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2011]]
![[2012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2012]]
![[2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2014]]
!Total
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Australia}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| – ||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Azerbaijan}}
| – || – || – ||6th||7th||8th|| – || – ||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Belgium}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – ||5th||6th||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Chile}}
| – || – || – || – ||6th|| – || – || – ||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|China}}
| – || – || – ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| – || – || – || – ||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|England}}
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| – ||4th||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''|| – || – || – || – ||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Germany}}
| – ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|India}}
|bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''|| – || – || – || – ||7th||7th||8th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Ireland}}
| – || – || – || – || – ||6th||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Italy}}
| – ||6th|| – || – ||5th|| – || – || – ||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Japan}}
| – ||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''|| – ||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| – || – ||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|New Zealand}}
| – ||4th||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||5th||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| – || – || – ||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Russia}}
|6th|| – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Scotland}}
| – || – || – || – || – ||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||4th||7th||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|South Africa}}
|4th|| – ||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''|| – ||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||5th||6th||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|South Korea}}
|bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''|| – || – ||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''|| – || – || – ||5th||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Spain}}
| – ||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||6th|| – ||4th||4th|| – ||4th||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|United States}}
|5th||5th||5th||4th|| – ||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Wales}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – ||8th|| – ||'''1'''
|-
!Total || 6 || 6 || 6 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 55
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Women's Hockey Champions Challenge}}
{{International field hockey}}

[[Category:Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I| ]]
[[Category:Defunct women's international field hockey competitions|Champions Challenge I]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2002]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2014]]