Hockey Junior 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)	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