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)	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]

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
			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	Milton Keynes, England		Australia		India		Germany		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	India

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

1. "Netherlands to host 2014 FIH Men’s & Women’s World Cups". FIH. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-11-13.