Hockey Junior World Cup

This article is about men's field hockey. For the women's tournament, see Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. For ice hockey clubs, see Junior Club World Cup. For other hockey World Cups, see World Cup.

Hockey Junior World Cup
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1979
No. of teams	20
Continent	International (FIH)
Most recent champion(s)	Germany (6th 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. Argentina, Australia, India 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 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup is scheduled to be the 11th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It will be held between 8–18 December 2016 in Lucknow, India.^[2]

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 most recent 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
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1979	Versailles, France	Pakistan		West Germany	Netherlands		Malaysia
1982	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	West Germany		Australia	Pakistan		Malaysia
1985	Vancouver, Canada	West Germany		Netherlands	Pakistan		Malaysia
1989	Ipoh, Malaysia	West Germany		Australia	Pakistan		South Korea
1993	Terrassa, Spain	Germany		Pakistan	Australia		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^[3]

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
Germany^	6 (1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 2009, 2013)	1 (1979)	2 (1997, 2001)
Australia	1 (1997)	3 (1982, 1989, 2005)	2 (1993, 2009)
Pakistan	1 (1979)	1 (1993)	3 (1982, 1985, 1989)
India	1 (2001)	1 (1997)		1 (2005)
Argentina	1 (2005)	1 (2001)
Netherlands		2 (1985, 2009)	2 (1979, 2013)	1 (1993)
France		1 (2013)
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

↑ "Netherlands to host 2014 FIH Men's & Women's World Cups". FIH. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
↑ "Hockey: India to host two World League Finals and 2016 Junior World Cup". SportAsia. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/lucknow-to-host-junior-men-s-hockey-world-cup-in-december-116060700537_1.html

International field hockey

FIH World Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior World League Champions Trophy Olympics Youth Olympics World Rankings Achievements by nation

Africa	AFHF – African Cup for Nations

Americas	PAHF – Pan American Cup Pan American Junior Championship

Asia	ASHF – Asia Cup Junior Asia Cup

Europe	EHF – Nations Championship EuroHockey Nations Challenge EuroHockey Nations Trophy

Oceania	OHF – Oceania Cup

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Friendship Games Pacific Games Pan American Games

Others	Pannonia Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Champions Challenge I (defunct) Champions Challenge II (defunct)

Hockey Junior World Cup

Men's	Versailles 1979 Kuala Lumpur 1982 Vancouver 1985 Ipoh 1989 Terrassa 1993 Milton Keynes 1997 Hobart 2001 Rotterdam 2005 Johor Bahru/Singapore 2009 New Delhi 2013 Lucknow 2016

Women's	Ottawa 1989 Terrassa 1993 Seongnam 1997 Buenos Aires 2001 Santiago 2005 Boston 2009 Mönchengladbach 2013 Santiago 2016

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