Women's Hockey Junior World Cup

Women's Hockey Junior World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1989
No. of teams	16
Continent	International (FIH)
Most recent champion(s)	Argentina (2nd title)
Most titles	Netherlands (3 titles)

The Women's Hockey Junior World Cup is the field hockey Junior World Cup competition for women, with the format for qualification and the final tournament similar to the men's. It is organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and has been played since 1989. The tournament features players who are under 21 years of age and is held once every four years.

Four teams have dominated in past events. Netherlands is the most successful teams, having won the tournament three times, this follow by Korea as the double winners. Argentina and Germany have each won the tournament once.

The recent tournament was planned to be held in India between 2–17 November 2013, but was later decided to be held in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 27 July to 4 August 2013.^[1][2]

Results

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1989	Ottawa, Canada		West Germany		South Korea		Soviet Union		Netherlands
1993	Terrassa, Spain		Argentina		Australia		Germany		South Korea
1997	Seongnam, South Korea		Netherlands	2–0	Australia		Argentina	3–1	Germany
2001 Details	Buenos Aires, Argentina		South Korea	2–2 (4–3) Penalty strokes	Argentina		Australia	2–0	Netherlands
2005	Santiago, Chile		South Korea	1–0	Germany		Netherlands	2–1	Australia
2009 Details	Boston, United States		Netherlands	3–0	Argentina		South Korea	2–1	England
2013 Details	Mönchengladbach, Germany		Netherlands	1–1 (4–2) Penalty shootout	Argentina		India	1–1 (3–2) Penalty shootout	England
2016 Details	Santiago, Chile		Argentina	4-2	Netherlands		Australia	1–1 (3–1) Penalty shootout	Spain

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
Netherlands	3 (1997, 2009, 2013)	1 (2016)	1 (2005)	2 (1989, 2001)
Argentina	2 (1993, 2016)	3 (2001*, 2009, 2013)	1 (1997)
South Korea	2 (2001, 2005)	1 (1989)	1 (2009)	1 (1993)
Germany^	1 (1989)	1 (2005)	1 (1993)	1 (1997)
Australia		2 (1993, 1997)	2 (2001, 2016)	1 (2005)
India			1 (2013)
Soviet Union#			1 (1989)
England				2 (2009, 2013)
Spain				1 (2016)

* = host nation

^ = includes result representing West Germany in 1989

# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations

Team appearances

Team	1989	1993	1997	2001	2005	2009	2013	2016	Total
Argentina	6th	1st	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	7
Australia	–	2nd	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	3rd	6
Belarus	–	–	–	–	14th	15th	–	–	2
Belgium	–	–	–	–	–	–	13th	6th	1
Canada	7th	8th	11th	13th	15th	–	14th	–	6
Chile	11th	–	–	12th	10th	12th	–	11th	5
China	5th	6th	8th	–	13th	7th	12th	10th	6
England	8th	9th	7th	8th	9th	4th	4th	7th	7
France	–	–	–	–	–	14th	–	15th	1
Germany^	1st	3rd	4th	7th	2nd	6th	10th	5th	7
Ghana	–	–	–	–	–	–	16th	–	1
India	–	–	–	9th	11th	9th	3rd	–	4
Lithuania	–	–	–	–	–	16th	–	–	1
Netherlands	4th	5th	1st	4th	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	7
New Zealand	9th	–	–	5th	–	10th	9th	13th	4
Russia	–	10th	–	15th	–	–	15th	–	3
Scotland	–	11th	–	–	12th	–	–	–	2
South Africa	–	–	6th	6th	8th	11th	8th	14th	5
South Korea	2nd	4th	5th	1st	1st	3rd	11th	12th	7
Soviet Union#	3rd	Defunct							1
Spain	–	7th	9th	10th	6th	13th	5th	4th	6
Trinidad and Tobago	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Ukraine	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	1
United States	10th	–	12th	14th	7th	8th	7th	8th	6
Wales	–	–	–	11th	–	–	–	–	1
Zimbabwe	12th	–	–	–	16th	–	–	16th	2
Total	12	12	12	15	16	16	16	16	99

^ = includes result representing West Germany in 1989

# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations

Argentina, Korea, Germany and Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at each Junior World Cup; 27 teams have competed in at least one Junior World Cup.

References

1. "Netherlands to host 2014 FIH Men's & Women's World Cups". FIH. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
2. "Hosts & Dates named for three top FIH events". FIH. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.

External links

• USA field hockey: Women's Hockey Junior World Cup 2001
• Women's Hockey Junior World Cup 2005 Results Book