The Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup is a women's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1992 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Junior World Cup.[1]
| Most recent season or competition: 2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| First season | 1992 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Confederation | AHF (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  India (1st title) (2023) |
| Most titles |  South Korea (4 titles) |
| Qualification | Junior AHF Cup |
India are the defending champions winning the 2023 edition.[2]
Results edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1992 Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  South Korea |
3–2 |  China |
 India |
2–1 |  Japan |
7 | |||
| 1996 Details |
Shirane, Japan | South Korea |
China |
Japan |
 Chinese Taipei |
5 | |||||
| 2000 Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | South Korea |
2–1 | China |
India |
3–1 | Japan |
8 | |||
| 2004 Details |
Hyderabad, India | China |
3–2 | South Korea |
India |
2–0 | Japan |
4 | |||
| 2008 Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | South Korea |
2–0 | China |
India |
3–1 | Japan |
9 | |||
| 2012 Details |
Bangkok, Thailand | China |
5–2 | India |
South Korea |
3–1 | Japan |
10 | |||
| 2015 Details |
Changzhou, China | China |
2–2 (3–1 s.o.) |
Japan |
South Korea |
3–2 | India |
9 | |||
| 2021 Details |
Kakamigahara, Japan | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] | Cancelled | 8 | |||||||
| 2023 Details |
Kakamigahara, Japan | India |
2–1 | South Korea |
Japan |
2–1 | China |
10 | |||
Summary edit
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008) | 2 (2004, 2023) | 2 (2012, 2015) | |
 China
|
3 (2004, 2012, 2015*) | 4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008) | 1 (2023) | |
| India
|
1 (2023) | 1 (2012) | 4 (1992, 2000, 2004*, 2008) | 1 (2015) |
 Japan
|
1 (2015) | 2 (1996, 2023*) | 5 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) | |
 Chinese Taipei
|
1 (1996) |
- * = host nation
Team appearances edit
| Team |  1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
 2012 |
2015 |
2023 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 8 |
| Chinese Taipei
|
6th | 4th | 7th | – | 7th | – | 9th | 7th | 6 |
 Hong Kong
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 1 |
| India
|
3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 7 |
 Indonesia
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 1 |
| Japan
|
4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 8 |
 Kazakhstan
|
– | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 6th | 2 |
| Malaysia
|
5th | 5th | 6th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7 |
 North Korea
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 1 |
 Pakistan
|
– | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | – | – | 2 |
 Singapore
|
– | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | 8th | – | 3 |
| South Korea
|
1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8 |
 Sri Lanka
|
7th | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 2 |
| Thailand
|
– | – | 8th | – | 9th | 6th | 6th | – | 4 |
 Uzbekistan
|
– | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | 9th | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | [4] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "2015 Junior Asia Cup: Women". International Hockey Federation.
- ^ "Virus opens JWC door for Malaysia". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Field Hockey Asia Women Junior Cups Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.