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2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

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]

2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Dates5–16 December
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Malaysia National Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Germany (7th title)
Runner-up France
Third place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored270 (5.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Hugo Labouchere (9 goals)
Best playerFrance Gaspard Xavier
Best goalkeeperGermany Joshua Onyekwue
← 2021 (previous) (next) 2025 →

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 edit

Alongside the hosts, Malaysia, the 15 other teams qualified via the continental championships.[6]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
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 edit

Main article: 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[6]

Preliminary round edit

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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIH
Rules 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
5 December 2023
16:00
Argentina   1–0   Australia
Nardolillo   58' Report
Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
5 December 2023
20:00
Malaysia   7–1   Chile
Osman   13'
Aiman   23'
Jeffrynus   36'
Misron   39'
Shamsul   41'
Shahmie   47', 55' 		Report Wolansky   34'
Umpires:
Benjamin Peters (USA)
Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
6 December 2023
18:00
Australia   7–1   Chile
Burns   11'
Foster   17'
Marais   20', 52', 53'
Geddes   30'
Mathison   47' 		Report Muñoz   14'
Umpires:
Rajput Sourabh (IND)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
6 December 2023
20:00
Malaysia   0–4   Argentina
Report Capurro   20'
Aguirre Gómez Corta   28'
Minadeo   44'
Fernández   48'
Umpires:
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Tim Meissner (GER)
8 December 2023
18:00
Argentina   8–0   Chile
Nardolillo   17'
Rey   21'
Capurro   33', 49', 50'
Minadeo   55'
Rodríguez   56'
Aguirre Gómez Corta   60' 		Report
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA)
8 December 2023
20:00
Australia   5–2   Malaysia
Burns   2'
Lambeth   6', 28'
Geddes   15', 45' 		Report Osman   21'
Daniel   44'
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Tim Meissner (GER)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
5 December 2023
09:00
France   3–1   Egypt
Morcrette   21'
Mat. Clément   25'
Denis   38' 		Report El-Hadi   49'
Umpires:
Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
5 December 2023
11:00
Germany   5–3   South Africa
Glander   5'
Sperling   10'
Holdermann   24'
Poljaric   41'
Hasbach   59' 		Report Tshebi   24'
Brooker   39'
Neethling   53'
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Rajput Sourabh (IND)
6 December 2023
14:00
South Africa   3–2   Egypt
Le Forestier   11'
Davis   14'
Brooker   26' 		Report Ragab   22', 38'
Umpires:
Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Nick Bennett (ENG)
6 December 2023
16:00
France   2–0   Germany
J. Verrier   10', 40' Report
Umpires:
Benjamin Peters (USA)
James Unkles (AUS)
8 December 2023
09:00
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)
8 December 2023
11:00
Germany   10–0   Egypt
Sperling   10', 25'
Berendts   14', 50', 58'
Holdermann   17', 22'
Brilla   19'
Struthoff   32'
Glander   42' 		Report
Umpires:
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
Rajput Sourabh (IND)

Pool C edit

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: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
5 December 2023
14:00
Spain   7–0   Canada
Álvarez   2'
Cabré-Verdiell   11'
Rafi   18'
Bozal   44', 45'
Barutell   52'
Font   55' 		Report
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA)
5 December 2023
18:00
India   4–2   South Korea
Araijeet   11', 16', 41'
Amandeep   30' 		Report Lim D.   38'
Kim M.   45'
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
7 December 2023
09:00
South Korea   4–1   Canada
Lim D.   37', 38', 42', 46' Report Thind   24'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Nick Bennett (ENG)
7 December 2023
20:00
Spain   4–1   India
Cabré-Verdiell   1', 41'
Rafi   18', 60' 		Report Rohit   33'
Umpires:
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Bruce Bale (ENG)
9 December 2023
09:00
South Korea   2–8   Spain
Lee S.   29'
Park G.   58' 		Report Cabré-Verdiell   5', 6'
Miralles   14'
Font   16'
Álvarez   18', 26'
Espino   32', 35'
Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
James Unkles (AUS)
9 December 2023
18:00
India   10–1   Canada
Aditya   8', 43'
Rohit   12', 55'
Amandeep   23', 51'
Vishnukant   42'
Rajinder   42'
Sourabh Anand   51'
Uttam   58' 		Report Nicholson   20'
Umpires:
Benjamin Peters (USA)
Bevan Nichol (NZL)

Pool D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
6 December 2023
09:00
Netherlands   3–3   Pakistan
Aardenburg   21'
Van der Veen   30'
Hortensius   47' 		Report Liaqat   32'
Khan   36'
Ahmad   55'
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
6 December 2023
11:00
Belgium   4–0   New Zealand
Labouchere   18'
Vloeberghs   18'
Depelsenaire   21'
Crols   34' 		Report
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Zeke Newman (AUS)
7 December 2023
11:00
Pakistan   4–0   New Zealand
Liaqat   19', 30', 54'
Shahid   32' 		Report
Umpires:
Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA)
James Unkles (AUS)
7 December 2023
18:00
Belgium   3–5   Netherlands
Labouchere   10', 35'
Langer   12' 		Report Boers   9', 60'
Van der Veen   18'
Veen   40'
Boeren   53'
Umpires:
Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
Benjamin Peters (USA)
9 December 2023
11:00
Netherlands   3–1   New Zealand
Hortensius   19', 31'
Van der Veen   22' 		Report Nicolson   33'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Tim Meissner (GER)
9 December 2023
20:00
Pakistan   1–1   Belgium
Ahmad   42' Report Vloeberghs   3'
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

Classification round edit

Bracket edit

 
Ninth to sixteenthCross-oversNinth place
 
          
 
11 December
 
 
  Malaysia4
 
13 December
 
  Egypt1
 
  Malaysia2 (3)
 
11 December
 
  Belgium (p.s.o.)2 (5)
 
  Belgium12
 
15 December
 
  Canada0
 
  Belgium2
 
11 December
 
  South Africa1
 
  South Africa5
 
13 December
 
  Chile1
 
  South Africa (p.s.o.)3 (4)
 
11 December
 
  New Zealand3 (3) Eleventh place
 
  South Korea2
 
15 December
 
  New Zealand3
 
  Malaysia 2 (3)
 
 
  New Zealand (p.s.o.)2 (4)
 

Ninth to sixteenth place quarter-finals edit

11 December 2023
09:00
Malaysia   4–1   Egypt
Osman   8'
Harizan   16'
Aiman   44'
Che   50' 		Report Abdelmonem   59'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
11 December 2023
11:15
Belgium   12–0   Canada
Luyten   2', 4', 10', 56'
Balthazar   20', 38', 58'
Labouchere   34', 35', 42', 52'
Crols   53' 		Report
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA)
11 December 2023
15:45
South Africa   5–1   Chile
Ditlhakanyane   3 '
Tshebi   12'
Neethling   32', 37'
Ansell   53' 		Report Acevedo   59'
Umpires:
Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
Rajput Sourabh (IND)
11 December 2023
18:00
South Korea   2–3   New Zealand
Lim J.   10'
Lim D.   38' 		Report Elmes   27'
Hickson   37'
Cosslett   48'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification edit

 
Cross-oversThirteenth place
 
      
 
13 December
 
 
  Egypt (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
15 December
 
  Canada1 (2)
 
  Egypt3
 
13 December
 
  South Korea4
 
  Chile1
 
 
  South Korea2
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
15 December
 
 
  Canada1
 
 
  Chile4

Cross-overs edit

13 December 2023
09:00
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)
13 December 2023
11:15
Chile   1–2   South Korea
Muñoz   25' Report Seo   52'
Kim D.   54'
Umpires:
Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Benjamin Peters (USA)

Fifteenth and sixteenth place edit

15 December 2023
09:00
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 edit

15 December 2023
11:15
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 edit

Cross-overs edit

13 December 2023
15:00
Malaysia   2–2   Belgium
Ashraf   37', 51' Report Luyten   28'
Labouchere   36'
Penalties
Suhaimi  
Kamal  
Harizan  
Liau   		3–5   Bogaerts
  Feldheim
  Foubert
  Putters
  Hainaut
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
13 December 2023
17:15
South Africa   3–3   New Zealand
Neethling   34', 49'
Mthalane   40' 		Report Bax   11'
Lints   13'
Hickson   34'
Penalties
Neethling  
Le Forestier  
Neuhoff  
Kahder  
Knott  
Neethling   		4–3   Irwin
  Elmes
  Torr
  Lints
  Ward
  Elmes
Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Rajput Sourabh (IND)

Eleventh and twelfth place edit

15 December 2023
15:00
Malaysia   2–2   New Zealand
Ashraf   6'
Shamsul   57' 		Report Aldred   4'
Lints   9'
Penalties
Najmie  
Kamal  
Ashraf  
Osman  
Harizan  
Osman   		3–4   Irwin
  Elmes
  Torr
  Lints
  Ward
  Irwin
Umpires:
Rajput Sourabh (IND)
You Hyosik (KOR)

Ninth and tenth place edit

15 December 2023
17:15
Belgium   2–1   South Africa
Labouchere   26'
De Backer   28' 		Report Brooker   36'
Umpires:
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
James Unkles (AUS)

Medal round edit

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 December
 
 
  Argentina1
 
14 December
 
  Germany2
 
  Germany4
 
12 December
 
  India1
 
  Netherlands3
 
16 December
 
  India4
 
  Germany2
 
12 December
 
  France1
 
  France3
 
14 December
 
  Australia2
 
  France3
 
12 December
 
  Spain1 Third place
 
  Spain4
 
16 December
 
  Pakistan2
 
  India1
 
 
  Spain3
 

Quarter-finals edit

12 December 2023
09:00
Argentina   1–2   Germany
Bonanno   48' Report Von Montgelas   32'
Brilla   39'
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
12 December 2023
11:15
Netherlands   3–4   India
Boers   5'
Van der Heijden   16'
Hortensius   44' 		Report Aditya   34'
Araijeet   35'
Sourabh   52'
Uttam   57'
Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Benjamin Peters (USA)
12 December 2023
15:45
France   3–2   Australia
Jouin   17', 43'
Denis   21' 		Report Burns   43', 48'
Umpires:
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Tim Meissner (GER)
12 December 2023
18:00
Spain   4–2   Pakistan
Cabré-Verdiell   37', 45'
Bozal   38'
Espino   41' 		Report Shahid   12'
Khan   43'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Bruce Bale (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

 
Cross-oversFifth place
 
      
 
14 December
 
 
  Argentina0
 
16 December
 
  Netherlands1
 
  Netherlands2
 
14 December
 
  Australia1
 
  Australia7
 
 
  Pakistan5
 
Seventh place
 
 
16 December
 
 
  Argentina6
 
 
  Pakistan3

Cross-overs edit

14 December 2023
09:00
Argentina   0–1   Netherlands
Report Lucieer   36'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
14 December 2023
11:15
Australia   7–5   Pakistan
Czinner   3', 41'
Geddes   29', 37', 40'
Foster   32', 46' 		Report Qayyum   14', 57'
Mustafa   34'
Aslam   48'
Khan   60'
Umpires:
Benjamin Peters (USA)
Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA)

Seventh and eighth place edit

16 December 2023
09:00
Argentina   6–3   Pakistan
Ruiz   6', 21'
Infanzón   39'
Capurro   44'
Persoglio   50'
Fernández   56' 		Report Ahmad   12', 26', 49'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Fifth and sixth place edit

16 December 2023
11:15
Netherlands   2–1   Australia
Lucieer   23'
Van der Veen   45' 		Report Burns   58'
Umpires:
Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
Jonathan von Hoesslin (RSA)

First to fourth place classification edit

Semi-finals edit

14 December 2023
18:00
Germany   4–1   India
Hasbach   8', 30'
Glander   41'
Sperling   58' 		Report Sudeep   11'
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Nick Bennett (ENG)
14 December 2023
20:30
France   3–1   Spain
Delemazure   2'
Branicki   33'
Haertelmeyer   42' 		Report Bozal   15'
Umpires:
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

Third and fourth place edit

16 December 2023
18:00
India   1–3   Spain
Sunil   28' Report Álvarez   25', 51'
Petchamé   40'
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)

Final edit

16 December 2023
20:30
Germany   2–1   France
Cordes   32'
Holdermann   40' 		Report J. Verrier   17'
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

Statistics edit

Final standings edit

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
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
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers edit

There were 270 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 5.62 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

Broadcasters edit

Region Network Ref.
Various Watch.Hockey [9]
India JioCinema, and Viacom Sports18 [10][11]
Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia [12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Malaysia and Chile to host 2023 Men's and Women's Junior World Cups". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Men's Junior Hockey World Cup: Germany edge France for gold". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Germany crowned Men's Junior World Cup champions, Spain clinch the bronze". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2023" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b c d "FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 21 October 2021.
  9. ^ "2023 FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup". December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "FIH partners with Malaysia's free-to-air broadcaster RTM". December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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