Tournament details | |||
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Host country | Malaysia | ||
City | Kuala Lumpur | ||
Dates | 5–16 December | ||
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||
Venue(s) | Malaysia National Hockey Stadium | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | Germany (7th title) | ||
Runner-up | France | ||
Third place | Spain | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 48 | ||
Goals scored | 270 (5.63 per match) | ||
Top scorer(s) | Hugo Labouchere (9 goals) | ||
Best player | Gaspard Xavier | ||
Best goalkeeper | Joshua Onyekwue | ||
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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]
Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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2 July 2021 | Hosts | — | 1 | Malaysia |
24–30 July 2022 | 2022 EuroHockey Junior Championship | Ghent, Belgium | 5 | Netherlands Germany Belgium Spain France |
8–11 December 2022 | 2022 Junior Oceania Cup | Canberra, Australia | 2 | Australia New Zealand |
12–16 March 2023 | 2023 Junior Africa Cup | Ismailia, Egypt | 2 | South Africa Egypt |
10–17 April 2023 | 2023 Junior Pan American Championship | Bridgetown, Barbados | 3 | Argentina Canada Chile |
23 May – 1 June 2023 | 2023 Junior Asia Cup | Salalah, Oman | 3 | India Pakistan South Korea |
Total | 16 |
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Quarter–finals |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | |
3 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
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Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Quarter–finals |
2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 6 | |
3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
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Pool C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
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Pool D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | Quarter–finals |
2 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 | |
3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | |
4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
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Classification round
Bracket
Ninth to sixteenth | Cross-overs | Ninth place | ||||||||
11 December | ||||||||||
Malaysia | 4 | |||||||||
13 December | ||||||||||
Egypt | 1 | |||||||||
Malaysia | 2 (3) | |||||||||
11 December | ||||||||||
Belgium (p.s.o.) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
Belgium | 12 | |||||||||
15 December | ||||||||||
Canada | 0 | |||||||||
Belgium | 2 | |||||||||
11 December | ||||||||||
South Africa | 1 | |||||||||
South Africa | 5 | |||||||||
13 December | ||||||||||
Chile | 1 | |||||||||
South Africa (p.s.o.) | 3 (4) | |||||||||
11 December | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 3 (3) | Eleventh place | ||||||||
South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
15 December | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 3 | |||||||||
Malaysia | 2 (3) | |||||||||
New Zealand (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
Ninth to sixteenth place quarter-finals
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Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification
Cross-overs | Thirteenth place | |||||
13 December | ||||||
Egypt (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||
15 December | ||||||
Canada | 1 (2) | |||||
Egypt | 3 | |||||
13 December | ||||||
South Korea | 4 | |||||
Chile | 1 | |||||
South Korea | 2 | |||||
Fifteenth place | ||||||
15 December | ||||||
Canada | 1 | |||||
Chile | 4 |
Cross-overs
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Fifteenth and sixteenth place
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Thirteenth and fourteenth place
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Ninth to twelfth place classification
Cross-overs
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Eleventh and twelfth place
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Ninth and tenth place
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Medal round
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
12 December | ||||||||||
Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
14 December | ||||||||||
Germany | 2 | |||||||||
Germany | 4 | |||||||||
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India | 1 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||
16 December | ||||||||||
India | 4 | |||||||||
Germany | 2 | |||||||||
12 December | ||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||
France | 3 | |||||||||
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Australia | 2 | |||||||||
France | 3 | |||||||||
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Spain | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
Spain | 4 | |||||||||
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Pakistan | 2 | |||||||||
India | 1 | |||||||||
Spain | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Fifth to eighth place classification
Cross-overs | Fifth place | |||||
14 December | ||||||
Argentina | 0 | |||||
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Netherlands | 1 | |||||
Netherlands | 2 | |||||
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Australia | 1 | |||||
Australia | 7 | |||||
Pakistan | 5 | |||||
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16 December | ||||||
Argentina | 6 | |||||
Pakistan | 3 |
Cross-overs
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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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 |
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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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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
- Hugo Labouchere
8 goals
- Lim Do-hyun
7 goals
- Pol Cabré-Verdiel
6 goals
- Cambell Geddes
- Hans Neethling
5 goals
- Bautista Capurro
- Cooper Burns
- Max Luyten
- Arbaz Ahmad
- Nicolás Álvarez
4 goals
- Jules Verrier
- Liam Holdermann
- Florian Sperling
- Araijeet Singh Hundal
- Olivier Hortensius
- Casper van der Veen
- Arshad Liaqat
3 goals
- Brodee Foster
- Craig Marais
- Lucas Balthazar
- Joaquín Muñoz
- Sebastián Wolansky
- Hossameldin Ragab
- Gaspard Denis
- Nikas Berendts
- Paul Glander
- Ben Hasbach
- Aditya Lalage
- Rohit
- Adam Ashraf
- Harris Osman
- Timo Boers
- Sufyan Khan
- Jaydon Brooker
- Cameron Le Forestier
- Pablo Espino
- Andreas Rafi
2 goals
- Marco Aguirre Gómez Corta
- Juan Fernández
- Iñaki Minadeo
- Ignacio Nardolillo
- Tomás Ruiz
- Nathan Czinner
- Jake Lambeth
- Thomas Crols
- Jack Vloeberghs
- Robin Thind
- Stanislas Branicki
- Mathis Clément
- Louis Haertelmeyer
- Noé Jouin
- Jakob Brilla
- Sourabh Anand Kushwaha
- Amandeep Lakra
- Uttam Singh
- Danish Aiman Muhammad
- Shamir Shamsul
- Shahmie Irfan Suhaimi
- Dylan Lucieer
- James Hickson
- Sam Lints
- Abdul Qayyum
- Hannan Shahid
- David Tshebi
- Aleix Bozal
- Oriol Bozal
- Bruno Font
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
Region | Network | Ref. |
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Various | Watch.Hockey | [9] |
India | JioCinema, and Viacom Sports18 | [10][11] |
Malaysia | Radio Televisyen Malaysia | [12] |
See also
References
- ↑ "Malaysia and Chile to host 2023 Men's and Women's Junior World Cups". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 3 4 "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.
- ↑ Ali Asgar Nalwala (December 4, 2023). "FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2023, live streaming: India chase third title - full schedule, where to watch". Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ↑ Abhiruchi Rout (December 4, 2023). "FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2023: How to watch, schedule, participating nations, groups and more". Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ↑ "FIH partners with Malaysia's free-to-air broadcaster RTM". December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.