National Hockey Championship (Pakistan)

National Hockey Championship
SportField hockey
Founded1948 (1948)
First season1948
AdministratorPakistan Hockey Federation
Country Pakistan
2025

The National Hockey Championship is the top level field hockey competition of Pakistan, contested by the regional associations and departmental teams under Pakistan Hockey Federation, the sport's governing body in Pakistan. It was first held in 1948 and is the premier competition of field hockey in Pakistan since.[1][2][3]

Results

Ed. Year Winner Runner-up Ref.
1 1948 Punjab Karachi [4]
2 1949 Karachi Navy
3 1950 NWFP Karachi
4 1952 Punjab Army
5 1954 Army Punjab
6 1955 Railways Army
7 1956 Army Railways
8 1958 Lahore Reds Lahore Blues
9 1959 Railways Army
10 1960 Police Army
11 1961 Army Lahore
12 1962 Army Reds Army Whites
13 1963 Karachi Sargodha
14 1964 PIA Karachi
15 1965 Railways PIA
16 1966 PIA Army
17 1967 PIA Railways
18 1968 PWD PIA
19 1969 Pakistan Customs PIA
20 1970 Customs Police
21 1971 Customs PIA
22 1972 PIA Police
23 1973 Pakistan Customs Lahore
24 1974 (I) PIA Customs
25 1974 (II) Peshawar Customs
26 1975 PIA Police
27 1976 PIA Army
28 1977 PIA Karachi
29 1979 PIA National Bank
30 1980 PIA Customs
31 1981 PIA Customs
32 1983 PIA United Bank
33 1984 Customs PIA
34 1985 PIA and Customs were joint winners
35 1986 Customs United Bank
36 1987 PIA National Bank
37 1988 PIA National Bank
38 1989 PIA National Bank
39 1990 National Bank United Bank
40 1991 PIA National Bank
41 1992 PIA Customs
42 1993 Police United Bank
43 1995 PIA (Colours) National Bank
44 1996 PIA Whites PIA Colours
45 1997 PIA Police
46 1999 Police Customs
47 2000 Unknown Unknown
48 2001 PIA HBL [5]
49 2002 Unknown. PIA and ABL were finalists [5]
50 2003 WAPDA HBL [6]
51 2004 WAPDA Unknown [7]
52 2005 Unknown Unknown
53 2006 Unknown Unknown
54 2007 National Bank WAPDA [8]
55 2008 PIA Army [9]
56 2009 PIA National Bank [10]
57 2010 WAPDA SSGC [11]
58 2011 National Bank PIA [12]
59 2012 PIA WAPDA [13]
60 2013 National Bank PIA [14]
61 2015 PIA WAPDA [15]
62 2016 PIA WAPDA [16]
63 2017 PIA National Bank [17]
64 2018 National Bank WAPDA [18]
65 2019 National Bank WAPDA [19]
66 2020 WAPDA National Bank [20]
67 2023 Mari Petroleum WAPDA [21]
68 2025 Customs Mari Petroleum [22]

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