The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup was the 13th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial men's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held at the Malaysia National Hockey Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 5 to 16 December 2023.[1]
Germany won a record-extending seventh title by defeating France 2–1 in the final.[2][3] They also eliminated the defending champions Argentina in the quarter-final.[4] Spain won their second bronze medal at the Junior World Cup as they defeated India 3–1.[5]
Qualification
Alongside the hosts, Malaysia, the 15 other teams qualified via the continental championships.[6]
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[6]
Preliminary round
Pools and fixtures were established on the basis of the FIH Junior World Rankings, introduced in 2023.[7]
All times are local (UTC+08:00).
Pool A
Source:
FIHRules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
[8](H) Hosts
Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) | |
Umpires: Rajput Sourabh (IND) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) | |
Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA) | |
Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Pool B
Source:
FIHRules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
[8] France | 3–1 | Egypt | Morcrette 21' Mat. Clément 25' Denis 38' | Report | El-Hadi 49' | Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Bevan Nichol (NZL) | |
Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Rajput Sourabh (IND) | |
Umpires: Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Nick Bennett (ENG) | |
Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) James Unkles (AUS) | |
South Africa | 4–5 | France | Neethling 14' Oliphant 15' Le Forestier 21', 25' | Report | J. Verrier 1' Branicki 4' Denis 15' Mat. Clément 22' Haertelmeyer 27' | Umpires: Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Zeke Newman (AUS) | |
Pool C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 9 | Quarter–finals |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 6 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 |
Source:
FIHRules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
[8] Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA) | |
Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) | |
South Korea | 4–1 | Canada | Lim D. 37', 38', 42', 46' | Report | Thind 24' | Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Nick Bennett (ENG) | |
Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Bruce Bale (ENG) | |
Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) James Unkles (AUS) | |
Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Bevan Nichol (NZL) | |
Pool D
Source:
FIHRules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
[8] Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Zeke Newman (AUS) | |
Umpires: Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA) James Unkles (AUS) | |
Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Benjamin Peters (USA) | |
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) | |
Classification round
Bracket
Ninth to sixteenth place quarter-finals
Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA) | |
South Africa | 5–1 | Chile | Ditlhakanyane 3 ' Tshebi 12' Neethling 32', 37' Ansell 53' | Report | Acevedo 59' | Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Rajput Sourabh (IND) | |
Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) | |
Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification
| Cross-overs | | Thirteenth place |
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| 13 December | | |
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| Egypt (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| 15 December |
| Canada | 1 (2) | |
| Egypt | 3 |
| 13 December |
| | South Korea | 4 |
| Chile | 1 |
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| South Korea | 2 | |
| Fifteenth place |
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| 15 December |
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| Canada | 1 |
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| Chile | 4 |
Cross-overs
Egypt | 1–1 | Canada | Awad 31' | Report | Sidhu 12' | | Penalties | Abdelmonem  Ali  Awad  Kamal  Ragab | 3–2 | Nicholson
Sidhu
Sidhu
De Souza
Thind | Umpires: Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) | |
Chile | 1–2 | South Korea | Muñoz 25' | Report | Seo 52' Kim D. 54' | Umpires: Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Benjamin Peters (USA) | |
Fifteenth and sixteenth place
Canada | 1–4 | Chile | Thind 28' | Report | Wolansky 13', 57' Muñoz 18' Richard 55' | Umpires: Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) | |
Thirteenth and fourteenth place
Egypt | 3–4 | South Korea | Kamal 26' Ragab 38' Mokhtar 51' | Report | Choi J. 28' Ryu 29' Lim D. 36', 59' | Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) | |
Ninth to twelfth place classification
Cross-overs
Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) | |
Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Rajput Sourabh (IND) | |
Eleventh and twelfth place
Umpires: Rajput Sourabh (IND) You Hyosik (KOR) | |
Ninth and tenth place
Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) James Unkles (AUS) | |
Medal round
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) | |
Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Benjamin Peters (USA) | |
Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Bruce Bale (ENG) | |
Fifth to eighth place classification
Cross-overs
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Bevan Nichol (NZL) | |
Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA) | |
Seventh and eighth place
Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) | |
Fifth and sixth place
Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA) | |
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Nick Bennett (ENG) | |
France | 3–1 | Spain | Delemazure 2' Branicki 33' Haertelmeyer 42' | Report | Bozal 15' | |
Third and fourth place
Final
Germany | 2–1 | France | Cordes 32' Holdermann 40' | Report | J. Verrier 17' | Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Zeke Newman (AUS) | |
Statistics
Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | B | Germany | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 15 | Gold medal |
| 2 | B | France | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 15 | Silver medal |
| 3 | C | Spain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 15 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | C | India | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 9 | |
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| 5 | D | Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 13 | Losing quarter-finalists |
| 6 | A | Australia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 9 |
| 7 | A | Argentina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 12 |
| 8 | D | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 5 |
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| 9 | D | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 11 | Crossover winners |
| 10 | B | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 7 |
| 11 | D | New Zealand | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 5 |
| 12 | A | Malaysia (H) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 8 |
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| 13 | C | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 9 | Crossover losers |
| 14 | B | Egypt | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 1 |
| 15 | A | Chile | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 30 | −22 | 3 |
| 16 | C | Canada | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 38 | −34 | 1 |
Goalscorers
There were 270 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 5.62 goals per match.
9 goals
8 goals
Lim Do-hyun
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Agustín Bonanno
Ramiro Infanzón
Ignacio Persoglio
Matías Rey
Nicolás Rodríguez
William Mathison
Louis de Backer
Louis Depelsenaire
Maximilian Langer
Jude Nicholson
Maansarovar Sidhu
Alexei De Witt
Felipe Richard
Basel Abdelmonem
Hussein Awad
Ahmed El-Hadi
Said Kamal
Bassem Mokhtar
Brieuc Delemazure
Arthur Morcrette
Jan Cordes
Matteo Poljaric
Michel Struthoff
Hugo von Montgelas
Amandeep
Sudeep Chirmako
Sunil Jojo
Rajinder Singh
Vishnukant Singh
Nur Aqilrullah Che
Faris Harizan
Andywalfian Jeffrynus
Azmilmuizzuddin Misron
Shafiq Ikhmal Daniel
Boris Aardenburg
Menno Boeren
Pepijn van der Heijden
Lucas Veen
Luke Aldred
Aiden Bax
Scott Cosslett
Jonty Elmes
James Nicolson
Ahtisham Aslam
Umar Mustafa
Nathan Ansell
Calvin Davis
Leruo Ditlhakanyane
Ayakha Mthalane
Caleb Oliphant
Choi Ji-ho
Kim Dae-hyun
Kim Min-kwon
Lee Seung-hwan
Lim Jun-yeol
Park Geon-woo
Ryu Hoyun
Seo Tae-won
Xavier Barutell
Enric Miralles
Pau Petchamé
Source: FIH
Broadcasters
See also
References
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- ^ "Men's Junior Hockey World Cup: Germany edge France for gold". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Germany crowned Men's Junior World Cup champions, Spain clinch the bronze". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Germany claim thrilling win over defending champions Argentina as semi-final spots are secured". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Mohanarangan, Vinayakk (16 December 2023). "Hockey Junior World Cup: Familiar follies, another fourth-place heartbreak as India lose bronze medal match against Spain". indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2023" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Malaysia 2023 pools and match schedule revealed!". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 21 October 2021.
- ^ "2023 FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup". December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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- ^ "FIH partners with Malaysia's free-to-air broadcaster RTM". December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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