The Championship was founded by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and it features the world's top-ranked field hockey teams competing in a round robin format. The Pakistan Hockey Federation started the competition as a men's tournament in 1978 at Lahore, which was won by Pakistan beating Australia. The tournament has been an annual affair since 1980 for men and since 1987 for women.
Australia is the undefeated Champion since 2008. In all, Australia has won the title 12 times, followed by Germany (9), Netherlands (8), Pakistan (3) and Spain (1).
The Championship 2012 has two pools of four teams as under:
Pool A
England
Germany
India
New Zealand
Pool B
Australia
Belgium
Netherlands
Pakistan
On the second day today, the major set back came when England beat the Olympic Champions Germany 4-1. In other matches, Pakistan beat Belgium 2-0, Australia had a draw with Netherlands and India beat New Zealand 4-2.
With Monday as a rest day, the matches resume on Tuesday with New Zealand taking on England, Belgium battling with the Netherlands, Germany up against India and host nation Australia playing Pakistan.
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