Hockey Junior World Cup

Hockey Junior World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup
Sport Field hockey
Founded 1979
No. of teams 20
Continent International (FIH)
Most recent
champion(s)		  India (2nd title)
Most titles  Germany (6 titles)

The Hockey Junior World Cup, is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1979. Since 1985 it has been held every four years. Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.

There is also a corresponding event for the women's junior teams. This competition started in 1989 and uses the same format as the men's event.

Five countries have dominated the event's history. Germany is the most successful team, having won the tournament six times followed by India, having won the tournament two times. Argentina, Australia and Pakistan have each won the tournament once.

The 2009 Junior World Cup was held jointly between Malaysia and Singapore, with Germany defeating Netherlands 3–1 in the final. The 2013 tournament was held in India from November 2–17, 2013.Germany won the final for record 6th time defeating France 5–2.France claimed their first ever medal in tournament winning silver after losing to Germany.[1]

The 2016 edition was held between 8–18 December 2016 in Lukhnow, India, with India defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final.[2] India also became the first host nation to win the Junior World Cup.[3] India are also the first and only host nation to win any type of medal in junior world cup.

Format

The Junior Hockey World Cup consists of a qualification stage and a final tournament stage. All the participating teams in the final tournament play in the qualification tournament.

Qualification

All the teams wish to qualify for the final tournament play in the relevant continental junior championships. Each continental federation receives at least two finals places and the FIH determines which federations will receive additional places.

Final tournament

The final tournament features the continental champions and other qualified teams. In the tournament in 2009, the teams played a round robin phase, with the two top teams in each pool advancing to a medal round and remaining teams playing for classification positions. The composition of the pools is determined using the current world rankings.

Results

Summaries

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1979 Versailles, France
Pakistan		 2–0
West Germany
Netherlands		 2–1
Malaysia
1982 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
West Germany		 4–1
Australia
Pakistan		 10–0
Malaysia
1985 Vancouver, Canada
West Germany		 4–1
Netherlands
Pakistan		 4–2
Malaysia
1989 Ipoh, Malaysia
West Germany		 1–1
(4–2)
Penalty strokes
Australia
Pakistan		 6–2
South Korea
1993
Details		 Terrassa, Spain
Germany		 3–1
Pakistan
Australia		 3–1
Netherlands
1997
Details		 Milton Keynes, England
Australia		 3–2
India
Germany		 4–2
England
2001
Details		 Hobart, Australia
India		 6–1
Argentina
Germany		 5–1
England
2005
Details		 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Argentina		 2–1
Australia
Spain		 1–1
(6–5)
Penalty strokes
India
2009
Details		 Johor Bahru, Malaysia & Singapore
Germany		 3–1
Netherlands
Australia		 4–1
New Zealand
2013
Details		 New Delhi, India
Germany		 5–2
France
Netherlands		 7–2
Malaysia
2016
Details		 Lucknow, India
India		 2–1
Belgium
Germany		 3–0
Australia

Successful national teams

Team Titles Runners-up Third places Fourth places
 Germany^ 6 (1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 2009, 2013) 1 (1979) 3 (1997, 2001, 2016)
 India 2 (2001, 2016*) 1 (1997) 1 (2005)
 Australia 1 (1997) 3 (1982, 1989, 2005) 2 (1993, 2009) 1 (2016)
 Pakistan 1 (1979) 1 (1993) 3 (1982, 1985, 1989)
 Argentina 1 (2005) 1 (2001)
 Netherlands 2 (1985, 2009) 2 (1979, 2013) 1 (1993)
 France 1 (2013)
 Belgium 1 (2016)
 Spain 1 (2005)
 Malaysia 4 (1979, 1982*, 1985, 2013)
 England 2 (1997*, 2001)
 South Korea 1 (1989)
 New Zealand 1 (2009)
* = host nation
^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1979 and 1989

References

  1. ↑ "Netherlands to host 2014 FIH Men's & Women's World Cups". FIH. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  2. ↑ "Hockey: India to host two World League Finals and 2016 Junior World Cup". SportAsia. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "'Chak De India': Hockey Junior World Cup title win for India after 15 years". Hindustan Times. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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