1981 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 1981 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the third edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It took place from 9–16 January in Karachi, Pakistan^[1] and was won by the Netherlands national team – the first of eight trophies to date.

1981 Men's Hockey
Champions Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Pakistan
City	Karachi
Dates	9–16 January
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	86 (5.73 per match)
← 1980 (previous) (next) 1982 →

Tournament

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Netherlands (C)	5	3	2	0	22	16	+6	8
	Australia	5	3	1	1	18	14	+4	7
	West Germany	5	1	3	1	14	11	+3	5
4	Pakistan (H)	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2	5
5	Spain	5	1	1	3	9	19	−10	3
6	England	5	0	2	3	10	15	−5	2

Source: FIH
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Results

9 January 1981 Pakistan  5–2  Spain

9 January 1981 England  1–1  West Germany

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10 January 1981 Netherlands  7–5  Australia

10 January 1981 Spain  1–6  West Germany

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11 January 1981 England  2–2  Australia

11 January 1981 Netherlands  1–0  Pakistan

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12 January 1981 England  1–2  Spain

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13 January 1981 Pakistan  3–4  Australia

13 January 1981 Netherlands  4–4  West Germany

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14 January 1981 Netherlands  3–3  Spain

14 January 1981 Pakistan  3–2  England

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15 January 1981 West Germany  1–3  Australia

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16 January 1981 Netherlands  7–4  England

16 January 1981 Pakistan  2–2  West Germany

16 January 1981 Spain  1–4  Australia

1981 Men's Champions Trophy winners
Netherlands First title

Winning squad

 Netherlands

• Pierre Hermans
• Joost Claushuis
• Arno den Hartog
• Cees Jan Diepeveen
• Erik Pierik
• Theodor Doyer
• Jan-Carel Jenniskens
• Jaap Schultz
• Ties Kruize
• Paul Litjens
• Roderik Bouwman
• Bob-Jan Hillen
• Tim Steens
• Maarten van Grimbergern
• Ronald-Jan Heijn
• Tom van t’Hek

External links

• ^[2] El Mundo Deportivo