1979 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

1979 FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Versailles
Dates	23 August - 2 September
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue	Racing Club de France
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	192 (4.57 per match)
Best player	Manzoor Hussain
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The 1979 Hockey Junior World Cup was the first edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup organized by FIH for national teams of players under the age of 21. The tournament was hosted in Versailles, France from 23 August to 2 September 1979. Pakistan won the inaugural tournament defeating West Germany 2–0 in the final. ^[1]

Background

The International Hockey Federation was looking to expand the global exposure of the game through introducing new competitions under its own organization. The Junior Hockey World Cup was introduced six months after the introduction of the Hockey Champions Trophy. France hosted the first tournament and the trophy was called the Roger Danet Challenge Cup named after the President of FIH Roger Alain Danet. ^[2]

Teams

The following twelve teams participated in the tournament on invitational basis.

Confederation	Team(s)
Asia	India   Malaysia   Pakistan   Singapore
Africa	Ghana
Americas	Argentina   Chile
Europe	France (hosts)   Ireland   Netherlands   Spain   West Germany

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	13	4	+9	8	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	8
3	India	5	3	0	2	16	8	+8	6
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	11	11	0	4
5	France (H)	5	2	0	3	6	10	−4	4
6	Chile	5	0	0	5	4	22	−18	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

23 August 1979 10:00 Malaysia   2–1   India

23 August 1979 12:00 France   3–1   Chile

23 August 1979 18:00 Netherlands   3–1   Spain

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24 August 1979 10:00 Netherlands   4–1   France

24 August 1979 12:00 Malaysia   2–0   Spain

24 August 1979 14:00 India   7–1   Chile

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26 August 1979 10:00 Spain   4–3   India

26 August 1979 12:00 Netherlands   4–0   Chile

26 August 1979 14:00 France   0–1   Malaysia

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28 August 1979 10:00 Netherlands   2–1   Malaysia

28 August 1979 12:00 France   1–4   India

28 August 1979 14:00 Chile   2–6   Spain

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30 August 1979 10:00 Malaysia   2–0   Chile

30 August 1979 12:00 India   1–0   Netherlands

30 August 1979 14:00 Spain   0–1   France

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	5	0	0	23	2	+21	10	Semi-finals
2	West Germany	5	4	0	1	19	6	+13	8
3	Argentina	5	3	0	2	9	10	−1	6
4	Ireland	5	2	0	3	7	13	−6	4
5	Ghana	5	1	0	4	4	16	−12	2
6	Singapore	5	0	0	5	5	20	−15	0

Source: FIH

Fixtures

23 August Pakistan   6 - 0   Ireland Report

23 August Argentina   3 - 1   Ghana Report

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24 August West Germany   5 - 0   Ghana Report

24 August Ireland   4 - 1   Singapore Report

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26 August Pakistan   5 - 0   Singapore Report

26 August West Germany   3 - 1   Argentina Report

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27 August Ghana   3 - 2   Singapore Report

27 August Pakistan   5 - 1   Argentina Report

27 August West Germany   4 - 0   Ireland Report

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28 August Ireland   3 - 0   Ghana Report

28 August Argentina   2 - 1   Singapore Report

28 August Pakistan   4 - 1   West Germany Report

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30 August Pakistan   3 - 0   Ghana Report

30 August West Germany   6 - 1   Singapore Report

30 August Argentina   2 - 0   Ireland Report

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	31 August
	Chile	0
					2 September
	Ghana	5
					Ghana	4
	31 August
					Spain	7
	Spain	8
	Singapore	0
					11th place
					2 September
					Singapore	3
					Chile	2

Crossovers

31 August Spain   8 - 0   Singapore Report

31 August Ghana   5 - 0   Chile Report

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Eleventh and twelfth place ( 11th — 12th )

2 September Singapore   3 - 2   Chile Report

Ninth and tenth place ( 9th — 10th )

2 September Spain   7 - 4   Ghana Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	31 August
	France	2
					2 September
	Argentina	3
					Argentina	1
	31 August
					India	6
	India	3
	Ireland	2
					Seventh place
					2 September
					Ireland	2
					France	4

Crossovers

31 August India   3 - 2   Ireland Report

31 August France   2 - 3   Argentina Report

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Seventh and eighth place ( 7th — 8th )

2 September Ireland   2 - 4   France Report

Fifth and sixth place ( 5th — 6th )

2 September Argentina   1 - 6   India Report

Knockout round

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 August
	Pakistan	4
					2 September
	Malaysia	2
					Pakistan	2
	31 August
					West Germany	0
	Netherlands	1
	West Germany	3
					Third place
					2 September
					Malaysia	1
					Netherlands	2

Semi-finals

31 August Pakistan   4 - 2   Malaysia Report

31 August Netherlands   1 - 3   West Germany Report

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Third and fourth place

2 September Malaysia   1 - 2   Netherlands Report

Final

2 September Pakistan   2 - 0   West Germany J. Muhammad  2' Rashid  46' Report

Final standings

1.   Pakistan
2.   West Germany
3.   Netherlands
4.   Malaysia
5.   India
6.   Argentina
7.   France
8.   Ireland
9.   Spain
10.   Ghana
11.   Singapore
12.   Chile

References

1. "Hockey: Pass me by, Glory days".
2. Arumugam, K. "Junior World Cup Flash Back: 1979". Stick2Hockey. Retrieved 2021-11-21.