The Hockey Champions Challenge II is an international field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 competition introduced by the International Hockey Federation

International Hockey Federation

The International Field Hockey Federation is the global governing body of field hockey...

 in 2009. The tournament is held in an uneven year, and contested by eight teams based on the qualification criteria set by the federation that usually not competing in Champions Trophy and Champions Challenge. The winner of the competition will be promoted to subsequent tournament of Champions Challenge.

Men

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2009 Details 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II is the inaugural tournament of the Hockey Champions Challenge II for men. Introduce for the first time by the International Hockey Federation, the tournament is competing by eight teams...	Dublin, Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...		3–3 (5–4) Penalty strokes Penalty shootout The shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to penalty shots in that a single player takes one shot on goal...			4–3 after extra time
2011 Details 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II was the second edition of the Hockey Champions Challenge II for men. It was held in Lille, France from July 2–10, 2011.-Pool A:---------------------Pool B:--------------------...	Lille Lille Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...		4–2			3–1

Women

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2009 Details 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II is the inaugural tournament of the Hockey Champions Challenge II. It was held from June 21 to June 27, 2009 in Kazan, Russia...	Kazan Kazan Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...		6–3			2–1
2011 Details 2011 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II The 2011 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II was the second edition of the Hockey Champions Challenge II for women. It was held from May 7–15, 2011 in Vienna, Austria...	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...		2–1			2–2 (3–1) Penalty shootout Penalty shootout The shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to penalty shots in that a single player takes one shot on goal...