1997 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

The 1997 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the sixth edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national under-21 national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 17 to 28 September 1997 in Milton Keynes, England.

1997 Men's Junior World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Milton Keynes
Dates	17–28 September
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	National Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Naohiko Tobita (10 goals)
Best player	Rajiv Mishra
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Australia won the tournament for the first time by defeating India 3–2 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating England 4–2 in the third and fourth place playoff.

Qualification

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	England
1–7 September 1996	1996 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Vejle, Denmark	4	Netherlands Germany Spain Belgium
29 May – 9 June 1996	1996 Junior Asia Cup	Singapore	2	Pakistan India
30 October – 9 November 1996	1996 Pan American Junior Championship	Bridgetown, Barbados	2	Argentina Cuba
23–26 April 1997	1997 Junior African Cup	Harare, Zimbabwe	1	Egypt
Oceania			1	Australia
26–29 March 1997	Intercontinental qualification	Moorpark, United States	1	Japan
Total			12

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	3	2	0	18	6	+12	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	India	5	3	1	1	19	9	+10	7
3	Spain	5	3	1	1	14	7	+7	7
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2	5
5	Belgium	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	3
6	Cuba	5	0	0	5	5	31	−26	0

Source: Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.

17 September 1997 18:00 Australia 8–2 Cuba Choppy  3' Commens  8', 23' Taylor  26' Bolton  42', 44' Brennan  56' Elder  60' Report Y. Hernández  14' Gómez  67' Umpires: Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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18 September 1997 12:00 Spain 3–2 India Amat  26', 42', 50' Report Rajiv  43', 54' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Peter Broughton (ENG)

18 September 1997 14:00 Belgium 2–2 Netherlands Letier  23' Collin  27' Report Van Wijk  15' Slotema  55' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Ermanno Silvano (ITA)

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19 September 1997 14:00 Cuba 1–6 Spain Gómez  59' Report J. Sánchez  5' Aguilar  10' Amat  21', 41' Masaña  50' Casas  66' Umpires: Peter Broughton (ENG) Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)

19 September 1997 16:00 Australia 3–1 Belgium Elder  43' Wells  59' Taylor  62' Report Fayt  42' Umpires: Steven Graham (WAL) Ermanno Silvano (ITA)

19 September 1997 18:00 Netherlands 2–3 India De Jong  7' Van Esseveldt  18' Report Tirkey  32' Rajiv  62' Rawat  68' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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21 September 1997 12:00 Belgium 1–0 Cuba Gierts  40' Report Umpires: Peter Broughton (ENG) Roger St. Rose (TTO)

21 September 1997 14:00 India 2–2 Australia Virender  23' Rajiv  29' Report Wells  37' Elder  58' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL)

21 September 1997 16:00 Spain 0–1 Netherlands Report De Jong  49' Umpires: Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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22 September 1997 18:00 Cuba 0–8 India Report Tirkey  38', 43' Rajiv  41', 50', 64' Senthil  55' Baljit  62' Chauhan  70' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Ermanno Silvano (ITA)

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23 September 1997 12:00 Netherlands 0–4 Australia Report Webster  15' Wells  31' Taylor  51' Bolton  54' Umpires: Peter Broughton (ENG) Richard Wolter (GER)

23 September 1997 14:00 Spain 4–2 Belgium Quintana  35', 57' Aguilar  40', 60' Report Gierts  12' Milecan  55' Umpires: Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN) Steven Graham (WAL)

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24 September 1997 10:00 Netherlands 8–2 Cuba Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Peter Broughton (ENG)

24 September 1997 12:00 Australia 1–1 Spain Taylor  28' Report Amat  2' Umpires: Ermanno Silvano (ITA) Jason McCracken (NZL)

24 September 1997 14:00 India 4–2 Belgium Samir  30', 50' Rajiv  34' Chauhan  54' Report Gierts  16' Milecan  68' Umpires: Toshimichi Fijimura (JPN) Steven Graham (WAL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	0	1	15	9	+6	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	England (H)	5	3	0	2	12	10	+2	6
3	Pakistan	5	2	2	1	16	10	+6	6
4	Argentina	5	2	2	1	12	12	0	6
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	8	14	−6	2
6	Egypt	5	0	2	3	7	15	−8	2

Source: Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

17 September 1997 11:30 Pakistan 1–1 Egypt Ullah  58' Report El Fatah  67' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Steven Graham (WAL)

17 September 1997 13:30 England 3–2 Japan Pearn  20', 29', 63' Report Tobita  46' Yamazaki  64' Umpires: Shakeel Qureshi (IND) Ermanno Silvano (ITA)

17 September 1997 16:00 Argentina 1–5 Germany Ocaña  58' Report Lunau-Mierke  25' Reinelt  46', 55' Achtmann  64' Draguhn  68' Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Eric Denis (BEL)

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18 September 1997 16:00 Egypt 1–4 England Samer  53' Report Boyse  14' Mathews  37', 50' Simons  63' Umpires: Eric Denis (BEL) Shakeel Qureshi (IND)

18 September 1997 18:00 Pakistan 3–3 Argentina Farooq  2' Abdullah  34', 43' Report Deambosi  7', 70' Ocaña  11' Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TTO) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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19 September 1997 12:00 Germany 3–1 Japan Reinelt  35' Lunau-Mierke  48', 60' Report Soma  32' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Peter Elders (NED)

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20 September 1997 12:00 Egypt 2–2 Argentina Report Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Roger St. Rose (TTO)

20 September 1997 14:00 England 0–1 Germany Report Draguhn  18' Umpires: Eric Denis (BEL) Shakeel Qureshi (IND)

20 September 1997 16:00 Japan 1–5 Pakistan Tobita  33' Report Abdullah  3' Imran  5' Yousaf  41' Salim  50' Khalid Jr.  57' Umpires: Steven Graham (WAL) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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22 September 1997 12:00 Japan 4–2 Egypt Tobita  14', 30', 57' Hokaze  18' Report Wasfy  10' Abbas  17' Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TTO) Shakeel Qureshi (IND)

22 September 1997 14:00 Germany 2–6 Pakistan Bruse  38' Draguhn  55' Report Yousaf  4', 9', 44' Ullah  11', 47' Farooq  67' Umpires: Steven Graham (WAL) Eric Denis (BEL)

22 September 1997 16:00 England 2–5 Argentina Mathews  19' Boyse  22' Report Deambosi  17', 44' M. Vila  33' Orozco  48' Melgarejo  63' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Peter Elders (NED)

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23 September 1997 16:00 Argentina 1–0 Japan Melgarejo  44' Report Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TTO) Eric Denis (BEL)

23 September 1997 18:00 Pakistan 1–3 England Ullah  31' Report Simons  12', 12' Pearn  27' Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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24 September 1997 16:00 Germany 4–1 Egypt Draughn  5' Achtmann  17' Lunau-Mierke  27' Hentschel  37' Report Hassan  42' Umpires: Shakeel Qureshi (IND) Roger St. Rose (TTO)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Cross-overs				Ninth place
	27 September
	Belgium	2
					28 September
	Egypt	4
					Egypt	5
	27 September
					Cuba	3
	Japan	4
	Cuba (a.e.t.)	5
					Eleventh place
					28 September
					Belgium	2
					Japan (a.e.t.)	3

Cross-overs

27 September 1997 10:00 Belgium 2–4 Egypt Milecan  1' Collin  51' Report Samer  29', 32' Wasfy  49' Hassan  53' Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Ermanno Silvano (ITA)

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27 September 1997 12:30 Japan 4–5 (a.e.t.) Cuba Tobita  24', 37', 46', 65' Report Gómez  22', 57', 72' J. Hernández  45', 68' Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TTO) Shakeel Qureshi (IND)

Eleventh and twelfth place

28 September 1997 08:00 Belgium 3–5 Japan Letier  10' Collin  37' Gierts  42' Report Shirakaba  9' Yamazaki  11', 16', 32' Tobita  33' Umpires: Ermanno Silvano (ITA) Roger St. Rose (TTO)

Ninth and tenth place

28 September 1997 10:30 Egypt 3–2 (a.e.t.) Cuba Samer  8' Wasfy  60' El Fatah  76' Report Y. Pérez  31' Gómez  58' Umpires: Shakeel Qureshi (IND) Eric Denis (BEL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	26 September
	Spain	0
					27 September
	Argentina	3
					Argentina	2
	26 September
					Pakistan	4
	Pakistan	5
	Netherlands	2
					Seventh place
					27 September
					Spain	4
					Netherlands	5

Cross-overs

26 September 1997 10:00 Spain 0–3 Argentina Report Deambrosi  22' M. Vila  37' Orozco  47' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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26 September 1997 12:30 Pakistan 5–2 Netherlands Farooq  6', 57' Atzal  27' Ullah  49', 54' Report De Jong  46' Meuwsen  69' Umpires: Peter Broughton (ENG) Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)

Seventh and eighth place

27 September 1997 17:30 Spain 4–5 Netherlands Amat  10', 36' Quintana  20' J. Sánchez  26' Report Van Esseveldt  4' De Jong  25' Hoyng  39' Derichx  44' Van der Weide  70+' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Peter Broughton (ENG)

Fifth and sixth place

27 September 1997 15:00 Argentina 2–4 Pakistan Esparis  18' Garreta  27' Report Yousuf  9', 62' Abdullah  42', 49' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Steven Graham (WAL)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 September
	Australia	2
					28 September
	England	1
					Australia	3
	26 September
					India	2
	Germany	3
	India (a.e.t.)	4
					Third place
					28 September
					England	2
					Germany	4

Semi-finals

26 September 1997 15:00 Germany 3–4 (a.e.t.) India Bruse  5' Reinelt  31' Klink  58' Report Baljit  38' Harbhajan  43' Virender  68' Rajiv  74' Umpires: Steven Graham (WAL) Eric Denis (BEL)

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26 September 1997 17:30 Australia 2–1 England Taylor  58' Elder  63' Report Simons  8' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Xavier Adell (ESP)

Third and fourth place

28 September 1997 13:00 England 2–4 Germany Simons  48' Boyse  66' Report Reinelt  4' Klink  16' Eimer  25' Lunau-Mierke  38' Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)

Final

28 September 1997 16:00 Australia 3–2 India Taylor  29' Elder  33' Wells  42' Report Harbhajan  17' Gurmail  55' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Richard Wolter (GER)

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	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Standings
	Australia	7	5	2	0	23	9	+14	17	Gold Medal
	India	7	4	1	2	25	15	+10	13	Silver Medal
	Germany	7	5	0	2	22	15	+7	15	Bronze Medal
4	England (H)	7	3	0	4	15	16	−1	9	Fourth place
5	Pakistan	7	4	2	1	25	14	+11	14	Eliminated in Group stage
6	Argentina	7	3	2	2	17	16	+1	11
7	Netherlands	7	3	1	3	20	20	0	10
8	Spain	7	3	1	3	18	15	+3	10
9	Egypt	7	2	2	3	14	19	−5	8
10	Cuba	7	1	0	6	12	38	−26	3
11	Japan	7	2	0	5	17	22	−5	6
12	Belgium	7	1	1	5	13	22	−9	4

Source: Field Hockey
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

• Note: Scorers from the Pool A and B matches of NED vs CUB and EGY vs ARG are unknown, and hence have not been added to this list.

There were 221 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.26 goals per match.

10 goals

• Naohiko Tobita

9 goals

• Rajiv Mishra

8 goals

• Pol Amat

6 goals

• Benjamin Taylor
• Heriberto Gómez
• Zakir Ullah
• Imran Yousaf

5 goals

• Leonardi Deambosi
• Troy Elder
• Adrian Simons
• Patrick Lunau-Mierke
• Sascha Reinelt
• Baber Abdullah

4 goals

• Matthew Wells
• Patrick Gierts
• Mahmoud Samer
• Mark Pearn
• Thomas Draughn
• Kazuya Yamazaki
• Mark de Jong
• Muhammad Farooq

3 goals

• Guy Bolton
• Jean Collin
• Christophe Milecan
• Ahmed Wasfy
• Alistair Boyse
• David Mathews
• Dilip Tirkey
• Eduardo Aguilar
• Jordi Quintana

2 goals

• Leandro Melgarejo
• Michel Ocaña
• Germán Orozco
• Matías Vila
• Adam Commens
• Alexandre Letier
• Jorge Hernández
• Amro El Fateh
• Ahmed Hassan
• Christian Achtmann
• Dirk Bruse
• Maximilien Klink
• Rajesh Chauhan
• Samir Dad
• Harbhajan Singh
• Virender Singh
• Baljit Singh Saini
• Paul van Esseveldt
• Josep Sánchez

1 goal

• Juan Manuel Esparis
• Gabriel Garretta
• Scott Brennan
• Baeden Choppy
• Scott Webster
• Renaud Fayt
• Yoandi Hernández
• Yuri Pérez
• Ahmed Abbas
• Christoph Eimer
• Tobias Hentschel
• Senthil Ramu
• Y. S. Rawat
• Gurmail Singh
• Daisuke Hokaze
• Katsuhiko Soma
• Yukihiro Shirakaba
• Harm Derichx
• Timme Hoyng
• David Meuwsen
• Remco Slotema
• Marc van Wijk
• Sander van de Weide
• Zahid Aztal
• Ejaz Imran
• Hameed Khalid Junior
• Amir Salim
• Jordi Casas
• Agustín Masaña