Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup | |
Sport | Field hockey |
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Founded | 1989 |
First season | 1989 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Confederation | International Hockey Federation |
Most recent champion(s) | Netherlands (5th title) (2023) |
Most titles | Netherlands (5 titles) |
Qualification | Continental championships |
The Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, is the field hockey Junior World Cup competition for women, with the format for qualification and the final tournament similar to the men's.
It is organized by the International Hockey Federation and has been played since 1989. The tournament features players who are under 21 years of age and is held once every two years.
Four teams have dominated in past events. Netherlands is the most successful team, having won the tournament five times, this followed by Korea and Argentina. Germany have won the tournament once.
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIH banned Russia from the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, and banned Russian and Belarusian officials from FIH events. [1]
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Netherlands | 5 (1997, 2009, 2013, 2022, 2023) | 1 (2016) | 1 (2005) | 2 (1989, 2001) |
Argentina | 2 (1993, 2016) | 4 (2001*, 2009, 2013, 2023) | 1 (1997) | |
South Korea | 2 (2001, 2005) | 1 (1989) | 1 (2009) | 1 (1993) |
Germany^ | 1 (1989) | 2 (2005, 2022) | 1 (1993) | 1 (1997) |
Australia | 2 (1993, 1997) | 2 (2001, 2016) | 1 (2005) | |
England | 1 (2022) | 3 (2009, 2013, 2023) | ||
India | 1 (2013) | 1 (2022) | ||
Soviet Union# | 1 (1989) | |||
Belgium | 1 (2023) | |||
Spain | 1 (2016) |
Team | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2009 | 2013 | 2016 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
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Argentina | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 2nd | Q | 11 |
Australia | – | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | WD | 5th | 8 | |
Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | 1 |
Belarus | – | – | – | – | 14th | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 6th | WD | 3rd | Q | 4 |
Canada | 7th | 8th | 11th | 13th | 15th | – | 14th | – | 15th | 16th | Q | 9 |
Chile | 11th | – | – | 12th | 10th | 12th | – | 11th | – | 12th | Q | 7 |
China | 5th | 6th | 8th | – | 13th | 7th | 12th | 10th | WD | – | Q | 8 |
England | 8th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | Q | 11 |
France | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | 15th | – | – | – | 2 |
Germany^ | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 10th | 5th | 2nd | 6th | Q | 11 |
Ghana | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | 1 | |
India | – | – | – | 9th | 11th | 9th | 3rd | – | 4th | 9th | Q | 7 |
Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | Q | 2 |
Japan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | WD | 7th | Q | 3 |
Kenya | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Lithuania | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Malaysia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | Q | 2 |
Netherlands | 4th | 5th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Q | 11 |
New Zealand | 9th | – | – | 5th | – | 10th | 9th | 13th | WD | 15th | 6 | |
Russia | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 15th | – | DSQ | – | – | 2 |
Scotland | – | 11th | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 3 |
South Africa | – | – | 6th | 6th | 8th | 11th | 8th | 14th | 7th | 13th | 8 | |
South Korea | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 11th | 12th | 6th | 11th | Q | 11 |
Soviet Union# | 3rd | Defunct | 1 | |||||||||
Spain | – | 7th | 9th | 10th | 6th | 13th | 5th | 4th | WD | 8th | Q | 9 |
Trinidad and Tobago | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Ukraine | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | WD | – | – | 1 |
United States | 10th | – | 12th | 14th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 10th | Q | 10 |
Uruguay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | Q | 2 |
Wales | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | Q | 3 |
Zimbabwe | 12th | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 16th | 12th | 14th | 5 | |
Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 24 |
Argentina, Korea, Germany, and Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at each Junior World Cup; 31 teams have competed in at least one Junior World Cup.
Year | Debuting teams | Successor and renamed teams | ||
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Teams | No. | CT | ||
1989 | Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, England, West Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Soviet Union, United States, Zimbabwe | 12 | 12 | |
1993 | Australia, Kenya, Scotland, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 17 | Germany |
1997 | South Africa, Ukraine | 2 | 19 | |
2001 | India, Russia, Wales | 3 | 22 | |
2005 | Belarus | 1 | 23 | |
2009 | France, Lithuania | 2 | 25 | |
2013 | Belgium, Ghana | 2 | 27 | |
2016 | Japan | 1 | 28 | |
2022 | Austria, Ireland, Malaysia, Uruguay | 4 | 32 |
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