2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
City	Santiago
Dates	1–13 December
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped Estadio Nacional  [ es ]
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The 2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup will be the 11th edition of the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial women's under-21 field hockey world championship organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament will be held in Santiago, Chile. ^[1] It will be the fourth time the tournament will be hosted by Santiago, Chile. ^[2] The tournament will feature 24 teams for the first time. ^[3]

Qualification

Alongside the hosts, the 23 other teams qualify via the continental championships. ^[4]

Qualified teams

Because only two teams participated in the Oceania qualifier the third quota from Oceania was reallocated to Europe, the continent of the next highest placed team in the Junior World Ranking.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
3–12 July 2024	2024 Junior Pan American Championship	Surrey, Canada	4	Argentina   United States   Uruguay   Canada
14–20 July 2024	2024 EuroHockey U21 Championship	Terrassa, Spain	6 7	Austria   Belgium   England   Germany   Ireland   Netherlands   Spain
16–20 July 2024	2024 EuroHockey U21 Championship II	Rakovník, Czech Republic	1	Wales
		Konya, Türkiye	1	Scotland
2 December 2024	Hosts	—	1	Chile
7–15 December 2024	2024 Junior Asia Cup [5]	Muscat, Oman	5	India   China   South Korea   Japan   Malaysia
30 January – 2 February 2025	2025 Junior Oceania Cup [6]	Auckland, New Zealand	3 2	Australia   New Zealand
18–27 April 2025	2024 Junior Africa Cup [7]	Windhoek, Namibia	3	Namibia   South Africa   Zimbabwe
Total			24

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 12 June 2025, during a ceremony in Santiago. ^[8]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chile (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 1 December 2025. 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. ^[9]
(H) Hosts

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 1 December 2025. 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. ^[9]

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 1 December 2025. 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. ^[9]

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 2 December 2025. 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. ^[9]

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 2 December 2025. 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. ^[9]

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 2 December 2025. 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. ^[9]

See also

• 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

References

1. "Santiago to host 2025 Women's Junior World Cup". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
2. "Chile to host 2025 Women's Junior World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 2 December 2024.
3. "With first ever FIH Hockey5s World Cup in the background, EB meets to discuss strategy and development". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
4. "Qualification System for 2025 FIH Junior World Cups" (PDF). fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
5. "The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has officially unveiled the much-anticipated match schedule for the upcoming Women's Junior Asia Cup Muscat Oman 2024". Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
6. "Future Black Sticks Teams Gain Valuable Experience on International Tours". hockeynz.co.nz. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
7. "Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2024 (M&W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
8. "FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2025: Pools revealed!". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
9. "FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 21 October 2021.

External links

• FIH Website