International field hockey tournaments

This is a list of the major International field hockey tournaments, in chronological order. Tournaments included are:

• Olympic Games - held every four years.
• Hockey World Cup - held every four years, in between the Olympics.
• Champions Trophy - scrapped since 2018.
• Hockey Champions Challenge - eventually replaced by now defunct World Hockey League .
• Hockey Champions Challenge II - eventually replaced by now defunct World Hockey League.

Although invitational or not open to all countries, the following are also considered international tournaments:

• Commonwealth Games – held ever four years between members of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament - held annually in Malaysia, an invitational tournament.
• Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Hockey Tournament -held annually for aged under-21 in Malaysia, an invitational tournament.

List of tournaments