1981 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
# 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 and was won by the Netherlands national team – the first of eight trophies to date.

## 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 |

### Results

* 9 January 1981

| Pakistan | 5–2 | Spain |
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* 9 January 1981

| England | 1–1 | West Germany |
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* 10 January 1981

| Netherlands | 7–5 | Australia |
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* 10 January 1981

| Spain | 1–6 | West Germany |
| - | - | - |

* 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 |
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* 13 January 1981

| Netherlands | 4–4 | West Germany |
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* 14 January 1981

| Netherlands | 3–3 | Spain |
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* 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 |
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* 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
