2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Oman
City	Muscat
Dates	26 November – 4 December
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Hockey Oman Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (5th title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	203 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sufyan Khan (12 goals)
Best player	Araijeet Singh Hundal
Best young player	Yamato Kawahara
Best goalkeeper	Rafaizul Saini
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The 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the tenth edition of the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia, organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from 26 November to 4 December 2024 at the Hockey Oman Stadium in Muscat, Oman. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

India were the two-time defending champions. ^[4] They defended their title by defeating Pakistan 5–3 in the final to clinch their fifth title. ^[5] Japan won the bronze medal by defeating Malaysia 2–1. ^[6]

The tournament served as the Asian qualifier for the 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, with the six highest-ranked teams, besides the 2025 Junior World Cup hosts India, qualifying. ^[7] Pakistan, Japan, Malaysia, Bangaldesh, China and Thailand secured the six qualifying spots. Bangladesh, China and Thailand will be making their debut at the Junior World Cup. ^[8]

Qualification

The five highest-ranked teams from the 2023 Junior Asia Cup qualified directly for this edition. The other teams participated in the 2024 Men's Junior AHF Cup, where the top five qualified for the 2024 Junior Asia Cup. ^[9]

Qualified teams

The following ten teams participated in the 2024 Junior Asia Cup. ^[10]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
23 May – 1 June 2023	2023 Junior Asia Cup	Salalah, Oman	5	India   Japan   Malaysia   Pakistan   South Korea
14–23 June 2024	2024 Junior AHF Cup	Singapore	5	Bangladesh   China   Chinese Taipei   Oman   Thailand
Total			10

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+4).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	4	0	0	38	3	+35	12	Semi-finals and 2025 Junior World Cup
2	Japan	4	3	0	1	24	4	+20	9
3	South Korea	4	2	0	2	16	18	−2	6
4	Thailand	4	1	0	3	4	26	−22	3
5	Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	4	6	37	−31	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 for. ^[11]

26 November 2024 12:15 South Korea   6–2   Thailand Lee G.  14' Choi Y.  18' Lim J.  23' Hong D.  38', 49' Park J.  43' Report Chaimanee  8' Phumee  60' Umpires: Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS) Jin Nan (CHN)

26 November 2024 14:30 Japan   11–0   Chinese Taipei Yamada  8', 10' Sasaki  21' T. Tanaka  21', 24', 55' Shinohara  26', 40' Fujiwara  36', 41' Sato  53' Report Umpires: Mazin Al-Shukaili (OMA) Rashed Hasan Rony (BAN)

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27 November 2024 12:15 South Korea   9–6   Chinese Taipei Hong D.  4' Noh W.  4' Kim D.  27' Lee G.  35', 49' Choi S.  36', 51' Park J.  54', 58' Report Wei C.  19', 34', 59' Wang Y.  26' Wang T.  32' Chang C.  43' Umpires: Hashim Al-Shatri (OMA) Thanakrit Boon-art (THA)

27 November 2024 16:45 India   11–0   Thailand Araijeet  2', 24' Arshdeep  8' Sharda  10' Gurjot  18', 45' Sourabh  19', 52' Dilraj  21' Rohit  29' Mukesh  59' Report Umpires: Chor Ming Yeung (HKG) Chung Teng-wei (TPE)

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28 November 2024 19:00 Japan   2–3   India Sato  15', 38' Report Thokchom  12' Rohit  36' Araijeet  39' Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Mazin Al-Shukaili (OMA)

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29 November 2024 16:45 Chinese Taipei   0–1   Thailand Report Samarng  12' Umpires: Rashed Hasan Rony (BAN) Hashim Al Shatri (OMA)

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30 November 2024 12:15 Japan   2–0   South Korea Yamanaka  6' Kimura  45' Report Umpires: Mazin Al-Shukaili (OMA) Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)

30 November 2024 16:45 India   16–0   Chinese Taipei Yogember  7' Dilraj  17', 40', 45', 57' Sourabh  20', 28', 58' Rosan  23', 32', 42' Priyobarta  31' Arshdeep  37', 44' Sharda  39' Araijeet  54' Report Umpires: Mazhar Waseem (PAK) Jin Nan (CHN)

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1 December 2024 12:15 Thailand   1–9   Japan Chueamkaew  18' Report Watanabe  5' Kimura  15' T. Tanaka  15', 24' Higuchi  16', 36' Nakajima  21' Fujiwara  34' Shinohara  57' Umpires: Rashed Hasan Rony (BAN) Hashim Al-Shatri (OMA)

1 December 2024 19:00 South Korea   1–8   India Kim T.  18' Report Araijeet  3', 37' Arshdeep  9', 44', 60' Gurjot  11' Rosan  27' Rohit  30'

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	4	4	0	0	24	3	+21	12	Semi-finals and 2025 Junior World Cup
2	Malaysia	4	2	1	1	17	9	+8	7
3	Bangladesh	4	1	2	1	6	10	−4	5
4	China	4	1	1	2	12	15	−3	4
5	Oman (H)	4	0	0	4	4	26	−22	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 for. ^[11]
(H) Hosts

26 November 2024 16:45 Malaysia   5–2   China Che  17' Jamlus  34' Norizam  43' Naaveennash  44' Danial  59' Report Wang Y.  5' Zhang J.  46' Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Suraj Dubey (IND)

26 November 2024 19:00 Bangladesh   3–1   Oman Hassan  7' Hasan  37', 38' Report Al Wahaibi  55' Umpires: Chor Ming Yeung (HKG) Kim Ji-yong (KOR)

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27 November 2024 14:30 Pakistan   7–2   China Fayyaz  17', 23' Khan  22', 50' Ammad  43' Rana  46' Muhammad  51' Report Di Y.  24' Wang Y.  59' Umpires: Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS) Mazhar Waseem (PAK)

27 November 2024 19:00 Malaysia   9–1   Oman Osman  1', 11', 31', 40' Naaveennash  6', 12' Handzalah  24' Aiman  35' Che  54' Report Qasmi  39' Umpires: Kim Ji-yong (KOR) Kenta Uziie (JPN)

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28 November 2024 16:45 Bangladesh   0–6   Pakistan Report Khan  23', 32', 43' Ammad  23' Rana  51' Hayat  60' Umpires: Kenta Uziie (JPN) Suraj Dubey (IND)

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29 November 2024 19:00 Oman   2–7   China Al Hasni  15' Bait  21' Report Tan R.  3' Wang Y.  7', 24', 52', 59' Ning D.  30' Sun J.  40' Umpires: Chor Ming Yeung (HKG) Thanakrit Boon-art (THA)

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30 November 2024 14:30 Bangladesh   2–2   Malaysia Islam  27' Hasan  36' Report Danial  2' Norizam  40' Umpires: Kim Ji-yong (KOR) Chung Teng-wei (TPE)

30 November 2024 19:00 Pakistan   7–0   Oman Shahid  2' Rana  14', 34' Abdul  26' Ali  33' Nadeem  49' Khan  57' Report Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Suraj Dubey (IND)

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1 December 2024 14:30 China   1–1   Bangladesh Wang Y.  45' Report Ali  41' Umpires: Kim Ji-yong (KOR) Chung Teng-wei (TPE)

1 December 2024 16:45 Malaysia   1–4   Pakistan Ashraf  23' Report Khan  3', 35', 58' Abdul  51' Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Kenta Uziie (JPN)

Fifth to tenth place classification

Bracket

	5–8 place				Fifth place
	3 December
	Bangladesh	7
					4 December
	Thailand	2
					Bangladesh	6
	3 December
					China	3
	South Korea	3
	China	4
					Seventh place
					4 December
					Thailand (s.o.)	2 (3)
					South Korea	2 (2)

Ninth and tenth place

3 December 2024 09:00 Chinese Taipei   1–1   Oman Wang T.  3' Report Al Balushi  15' Penalties Wei C. Chiu T. Huang L. Li C. Chang C. 2–3 Madit Bait Al Wahaibi Al Noufali Umpires: Rashed Hasan Rony (BAN) Jin Nan (CHN)

5–8th place semi-finals

3 December 2024 11:30 Bangladesh   7–2   Thailand Joy  3', 39' Islam  6' Abdullah  16', 49' Hasan  34' Khan  36' Report Chueamkaew  30+' Phumee  35' Umpires: Kenta Uziie (JPN) Mazhar Waseem (PAK)

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3 December 2024 14:00 South Korea   3–4   China Cho G.  14' Lee G.  41' Choi S.  52' Report Wang Y.  8', 20' Luo J.  38' Li K.  49' Umpires: Chor Ming Yeung (HKG) Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)

Seventh and eighth place

4 December 2024 11:30 Thailand   2–2   South Korea Chaimanee  33' Phumee  53' Report Lee G.  38' Park J.  43' Penalties Thawichat Phokphun Phumee Chueamkaew Chaimanee Chaimanee Sae-aew 3–2 Jin G. Song J. Choi S. Kim D. Park H. Song J. Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)

Fifth and sixth place

4 December 2024 14:00 Bangladesh   6–3   China Hasan  1', 52', 60' Islam  21', 26', 30+' Report Chen Z.  11' Zhang J.  19', 42' Umpires: Suraj Dubey (IND) Thanakrit Boon-art (THA)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 December
	Pakistan	4
					4 December
	Japan	2
					Pakistan	3
	3 December
					India	5
	India	3
	Malaysia	1
					Third place
					4 December
					Japan	2
					Malaysia	1

Semi-finals

3 December 2024 16:30 Pakistan   4–2   Japan Shahid  27', 48' Ali  38' Khan  52' Report T. Tanaka  30' R. Yamanaka  41' Umpires: Suraj Dubey (IND) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

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3 December 2024 19:00 India   3–1   Malaysia Dilraj  10' Rohit  45' Sharda  52' Report Kamaruddin  57' Umpires: Mazin Al-Shukaili (OMA) Kim Ji-yong (KOR)

Third and fourth place

4 December 2024 16:30 Japan   2–1   Malaysia T. Tanaka  7' Fujiwara  9' Report Osman  23' Umpires: Kim Ji-yong (KOR) Mazhar Waseem (PAK)

Final

4 December 2024 19:00 Pakistan   3–5   India Shahid  3' Khan  30', 39' Report Araijeet  4', 18', 47', 54' Dilraj  19' Umpires: Mazin Al-Shukaili (OMA) Chor Ming Yeung (HKG)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	India [a]
	Pakistan	2025 Junior World Cup
	Japan
4	Malaysia
5	Bangladesh
6	China
7	Thailand
8	South Korea
9	Oman (H)
10	Chinese Taipei

Source: FIH
(H) Host
Notes:

1. India already qualified for the 2025 Junior World Cup as hosts.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: ^[12]

Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Leading Goalscorer	Rising Player of the Tournament
Araijeet Singh Hundal	Rafaizul Saini	Sufyan Khan	Yamato Kawahara

Goalscorers

There were 203 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 7 goals per match.

12 goals

• Sufyan Khan

10 goals

• Araijeet Singh Hundal

9 goals

• Wang Yubo

7 goals

• Md Hasan
• Arshdeep Singh
• Dilraj Singh
• Tsubasa Tanaka

5 goals

• Amirul Islam
• Sourabh Anand Kushwaha
• Lee Gyu-jin
• Harris Osman

4 goals

• Rosan Kujur
• Rohit
• Yuma Fujiwara
• Park Jae-won
• Waleed Rana
• Hannan Shahid

3 goals

• Zhang Jialing
• Wei Cheng-ze
• Gurjot Singh
• Sharda Nand Tiwari
• Neo Sato
• Ryosuke Shinohara
• Hong Dae-cheon
• Choi Seong-jin
• S Naaveennash
• Kritsana Phumee

2 goals

• Md Joy
• Md Abdullah
• Wang Teng-kuan
• Hyota Yamada
• Naru Kimura
• Yuto Higuchi
• Nur Aqilrullah Che
• Muhammad Danish Danial
• Muhammad Norizam
• Hamza Fayyaz
• Muhammad Ammad
• Qayyum Abdul
• Basharat Ali
• Kritsada Chueamkaew
• Pichet Chaimenee

1 goal

• Md Hassan
• Md Ali
• Md Khan
• Di Yanwei
• Tan Rushi
• Ning Dongjun
• Sun Jingran
• Luo Jialong
• Li Kai
• Chen Zhenxin
• Wang Yo-an
• Chang Chun-yu
• Mukesh Toppo
• Thokchom Kingson Singh
• Yogember Rawat
• Priyobarta Talem
• Shogo Sasaki
• Atsuki Yamanaka
• Jun Watanabe
• Jota Nakajima
• Rakusei Yamanaka
• Choi Yun-seong
• Lim Jun-yeol
• Noh Won-ho
• Kim Dae-hyun
• Kim Tae-hyeon
• Cho Ghu-hyeong
• Muhammad Addy Jazmi Jamlus
• Muhammad Handzalah
• Muhammad Danish Aiman
• Adam Ashraf
• Azimuddin Kamaruddin
• Maitham Al Wahaibi
• Ahmad Al Qasmi
• Alhussin Al Balushi
• Talal Bait
• Hudhaufa Al Wahaibi
• Mughira Muhammad
• Zikriya Hayat
• Khan Nadeem
• Nopphadon Samarng

Source: FIH

See also

• 2024 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

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