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4 unusual facts about Champions Trophy


Champions Trophy

Hockey Champions Trophy, an event held by the International Hockey Federation (since 1978)

ICC Champions Trophy, a One Day International cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council, second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup

Eddie Ockenden

In 2007 and 2008, he was named the best young player of the tournament at the Champions Trophy competition.

Grant Schubert

Schubert was honoured as the most promising player at the 2003 Champions Trophy with nine goals in six matches.


Calum Giles

2000 — Champions Trophy, Amsterdam

Colts Cricket Club

The ICC has so far hosted three of their tournaments in Sri Lanka with success the under-19 World Cup in 2000 and 2006 and the Champions Trophy in 2002.

Roderick Weusthof

Weusthof was part of the Dutch national team for the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore where the Dutch won the silver medal.

Santi Freixa

In 2004, Freixa was named Talent of the Year by the International Hockey Federation and won the Champions Trophy with Spain in Lahore.

Sergio Vigil

Besides that, Vigil coached Las Leonas to gold medals at the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup, 2001 Champions Trophy and the 1999 Pan American Games.


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2006 in Pakistan

:Asif and Shoib fail doping test: Pakistan have withdrawn fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from the Champions Trophy in India after testing positive for nandrolone.

Amjad Zia

But he was unable to resist playing opportunities and decide to return to playing and coaching hockey, and later attended the FIH coaching seminar in 2000 during the FIH Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands.

Lameck Onyango

Though missing Kenya's World Cup campaign of 2003, he was recalled for 2004's Champions Trophy.

Luke Wright

Following the Champions Trophy, in October 2009 Wright was called up to England's Test squad for the first time for the winter tour of South Africa.

Meyrick Pringle

With the start of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament which took place in June 2013, the new language channel did phenomenally well and since to date Pringle has become a controversial figure being the first white male South African to commentate in a South African native language.

Tom Nieporte

The biggest win of his career came in 1967 at the Bob Hope Desert Classic; the Champions Trophy was presented to Nieporte by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bob Hope.

Warren McSkimming

McSkimming, a fast bowler and useful lower order batsman was selected in the 30 man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy 2006 alongside fellow Otago team-mates Nathan McCullum and Bradley Scott.