# 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

The 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held in Lucknow, India from 8–18 December 2016. A total of sixteen teams competed for the title.
Host nation India won the tournament for the second time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final. Germany won the third-place match by defeating Australia 3–0.

## Qualification

Each continental federation got a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 15 other teams will compete in the tournament. Pakistan officially qualified for the tournament through their position in the Junior Asia Cup but later were replaced by Malaysia due to not meeting the FIH deadline for submitting entries.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | India |
| 20–26 July 2014 | 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship | Waterloo, Belgium | 6 | Netherlands Germany England Belgium Spain Austria |
| 14–22 November 2015 | 2015 Junior Asia Cup | Kuantan, Malaysia | 3 | Japan Malaysia Pakistan South Korea |
| 18–24 January 2016 | 2016 Oceania Junior Cup | Gold Coast, Australia | 2 | Australia New Zealand |
| 18–28 March 2016 | 2016 Junior Africa Cup for Nations | Windhoek, Namibia | 2 | Egypt South Africa |
| 20–29 March 2016 | 2016 Pan American Junior Championship | Toronto, Canada | 2 | Argentina Canada |
| Total | Total | Total | 16 | |

## Umpires

Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
* Deepak Joshi (India)
* Aziz Adimah (Ghana)
* Dan Barstow (England)
* Tim Bond (New Zealand)
* Sherif Elamari (Egypt)
* Pietro Galligani (Italy)
* Federico Garcia (Uruguay)
* Ben Göntgen (Germany)
* Gabriel Labate (Argentina)
* Sebastien Michielsen (Belgium)
* Zeke Newman (Australia)
* Sean Rapaport (South Africa)
* Suolong You (China)
* David Sweetman (Scotland)

## First round

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 | 9th–12th place classification |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | 13th–16th place classification |
* 9 December 2016 10:00
| Argentina | 1–1 | Austria |
| Domene 47' | Report | Binder 63' |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah Pietro Galligani
* 10 December 2016 12:00
| South Korea | 2–5 | Austria |
| Park 35', 54' | Report | Hilbert 8' Rudofsky 21', 62' Binder 39' Lindengrun 60' |
* Umpires: Sherif Elamari Sebastien Michielsen
* 10 December 2016 16:00
| Argentina | 1–2 | Australia |
| Casella 42' | Report | Bird 31' Govers 69' |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow David Sweetman
* 12 December 2016 10:00
| Australia | 4–2 | Austria |
| Simmonds 4' Sharp 24' Govers 45' Welch 46' | Report | Schippan 8' Lindengrun 67' |
* Umpires: Sean Rapaport Deepak Joshi
* 12 December 2016 12:00
| South Korea | 1–5 | Argentina |
| Park 41' | Report | Ferreiro 2' Domene 12' Habif 14' Keenan 29', 50' |
* Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen Suolong You
* 13 December 2016 12:00
| Australia | 5–0 | South Korea |
| Gerrard 25' Govers 33', 34' Hendry 61' Arunasalam 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Sweetman Pietro Galligani

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | 9th–12th place classification |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | 13th–16th place classification |
* 9 December 2016 12:00
| Belgium | 4–0 | Egypt |
| Simar 18' Raes 27' van Linthoudt 46' Lemaire 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tim Bond Gabriel Labate
* 9 December 2016 18:00
| Netherlands | 7–2 | Malaysia |
| van Dam 19' Brinkman 25' van Groesen 33', 63' Pieters 40' Aarts 44' Croon 49' | Report | Zaidi 59' Arshad 65' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen Sean Rapaport
* 11 December 2016 14:00
| Belgium | 3–2 | Netherlands |
| Verheijen 48' Van Lierde 56' Raes 69' | Report | Pieters 38' van Groesen 64' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen Gabriel Labate
* 11 December 2016 16:00
| Malaysia | 2–0 | Egypt |
| Zulhamizan 13' Hamirin 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi Pietro Galligani
* 12 December 2016 16:00
| Netherlands | 7–0 | Egypt |
| van Dam 7' Janssen 9', 54' van Groesen 25' Brinkman 37' van der Graaf 45' Schoenaker 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow Tim Bond
* 12 December 2016 18:00
| Malaysia | 0–3 | Belgium |
| | Report | Stockbroekx 10' Van Lierde 33' Verheijen 55' |
* Umpires: Zeke Newman Federico Garcia

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9th–12th place classification |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | 13th–16th place classification |
* 8 December 2016 11:30
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Japan |
| Logan 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Sweetman Suolong You
* 8 December 2016 13:30
| Germany | 2–1 | Spain |
| Boeckel 25' Herzbruch 63' | Report | Bordas I Fabregas 48' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate Sean Rapaport
* 9 December 2016 14:00
| Spain | 4–1 | Japan |
| Serrahima 8' Garcia Alcalde 24', 37' De Abadal 25' | Report | Sugiyama 48' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi Federico Garcia
* 9 December 2016 16:00
| New Zealand | 1–2 | Germany |
| Lane 4' | Report | Herzbruch 24' Boeckel 51' |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow Sebastien Michielsen
* 11 December 2016 12:00
| Germany | 6–1 | Japan |
| Staib 3' Boeckel 25', 39' Prinz 54' Herzbruch 58' Windfeder 63' | Report | Ozawa 67' |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah David Sweetman
* 11 December 2016 18:00
| Spain | 3–3 | New Zealand |
| Piera Grau 21' González de Castéjon 62' Lara Rosell 69' | Report | Hiha 44' Keaney 59' Thomas 66' |
* Umpires: Federico Garcia Sean Rapaport

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | 9th–12th place classification |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | 13th–16th place classification |
* 8 December 2016 15:30
| England | 4–2 | South Africa |
| Horler 5', 9' Scott 11' Griffiths 62' | Report | De Sousa 13' Crowe 56' |
* Umpires: Zeke Newman Sherif Elamari
* 8 December 2016 18:45
| India | 4–0 | Canada |
| Mandeep 35' Harmanpreet 46' Varun 60' Ajit 66' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani Frederico Garcia
* 10 December 2016 14:00
| South Africa | 3–1 | Canada |
| Lion-Cachet 26' Crowe 41' Pfaff 55' | Report | Pereira 21' |
* Umpires: Tim Bond Zeke Newman
* 10 December 2016 18:00
| India | 5–3 | England |
| Parvinder 24' Qureshi 35' Harmanpreet 37' Simranjeet 45' Varun 59' | Report | Clee 10' Calnan 63' Horler 67' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen Suolong You
* 12 December 2016 18:00
| South Africa | 1–2 | India |
| Lion-Cachet 28' | Report | Harjeet 11' Mandeep 55' |
* Umpires: Sherif Elamari Gabriel Labate
* 13 December 2016 10:00
| England | 6–0 | Canada |
| Calnan 10', 23' Horler 15', 20', 46' Proctor 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah Ben Göntgen

## Classification round
### Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| 14 December | 14 December |
| Egypt | 0 |
| Egypt | 0 | 16 December | 16 December |
| Japan | 1 | 16 December | 16 December |
| Japan | 1 | Japan | 2 |
| 14 December | 14 December | | Japan | 2 |
| 14 December | 14 December | South Korea | 1 |
| South Korea | 2 | South Korea | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | | |
| Canada | 1 | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place |
| | | 16 December | 16 December |
| | | Egypt | 2 |
| | | Canada | 1 |

#### Cross-overs

* 14 December 2016 11:15
| Egypt | 0–1 | Japan |
| | Report | Yamasaki 41' |
* Umpires: Zeke Newman Aziz Adimah
* 14 December 2016 18:00
| South Korea | 2–1 | Canada |
| Park Joo-han 21' Oh Se-yong 26' | Report | Pereira 28' |
* Umpires: Sherif Elamari Deepak Joshi

#### Fifteenth and sixteenth place

* 17 December 2016 12:30
| Egypt | 2–1 | Canada |
| Gadelkarim 58' Elganaini 67' | Report | Chopra 35' |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah Federico Garcia

#### Thirteenth and fourteenth place

* 17 December 2016 14:30
| Japan | 2–1 | South Korea |
| Watanabe 55' Yamasaki 70' | Report | Oh Se-yong 65' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi Zeke Newman

### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 14 December | 14 December |
| Austria | 2 |
| Austria | 2 | 17 December | 17 December |
| South Africa | 4 | 17 December | 17 December |
| South Africa | 4 | South Africa | 1 |
| 14 December | 14 December | | South Africa | 1 |
| 14 December | 14 December | New Zealand | 4 |
| Malaysia | 1 | New Zealand | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 | | |
| New Zealand | 3 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 17 December | 17 December |
| | | Austria | 2 (1) |
| | | Malaysia (s.o) | 2 (2) |

#### Cross-overs

* 14 December 2016 13:30
| Austria | 2–4 | South Africa |
| Lindengrun 13' Thörnblom 60' | Report | De Sousa 21' Halle 32' Crowe 56' Ntuli 68' |
* Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen Tim Bond
* 14 December 2016 15:45
| Malaysia | 1–3 | New Zealand |
| Omar 28' | Report | Logan 6' Capizzi 58' Lane 60' |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani Gabriel Labate

#### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 17 December 2016 15:45
| Austria | 2–2 | Malaysia |
| Binder 26' Kaltenböck 41' | Report | Zulhamizan 8' Nik Rosemi 14' |
| Penalties |||
| Thörnblom Schmidt Rudofsky Hilbert Steyrer | 1–2 | Nik Rosemi Arshad Sumantri Mustafa |
* Umpires: sean Rapaport Sherif Elamari

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 17 December 2016 18:00
| South Africa | 1–4 | New Zealand |
| Halle 37' | Report | Wilcox 12', 15' Read 19' Thomas 30' |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani Sebastien Michielsen

## Medal round
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 15 December | 15 December | | | |
| Belgium (s.o.) | 1 (4) | | | |
| Belgium (s.o.) | 1 (4) | 16 December | 16 December | | |
| Argentina | 1 (1) | 16 December | 16 December | |
| Argentina | 1 (1) | Belgium (s.o.) | 0 (4) | |
| 15 December | 15 December | | Belgium (s.o.) | 0 (4) | |
| 15 December | 15 December | Germany | 0 (3) | |
| Germany | 4 | Germany | 0 (3) | |
| Germany | 4 | | | | 18 December | 18 December |
| England | 2 | | | | 18 December | 18 December |
| England | 2 | | | | Belgium | 1 |
| 15 December | 15 December | | | | | Belgium | 1 |
| 15 December | 15 December | | | | India | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | | | | India | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | 16 December | 16 December | | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 16 December | 16 December | | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | Australia | 2 (2) | | | |
| 15 December | 15 December | | Australia | 2 (2) | | | |
| 15 December | 15 December | India (s.o.) | 2 (4) | | Third place | Third place |
| India | 2 | India (s.o.) | 2 (4) | | Third place | Third place |
| India | 2 | | | | 18 December | 18 December |
| Spain | 1 | | | | 18 December | 18 December |
| Spain | 1 | | | | Germany | 3 |
| | | | | | Australia | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

* 15 December 2016 11:15
| Belgium | 1–1 | Argentina |
| Wegnez 69' | Report | Casella 44' |
| Penalties |||
| Poncelet De Sloover Wegnez Raes | 4–1 | Casella Domene Keenan |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen Dan Barstow
* 15 December 2016 13:30
| Germany | 4–2 | England |
| Schiffer 22' Windfeder 31' Scholten 52' Herzbruch 70' | Report | Horler 65', 66' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate Sebastien Michielsen
* 15 December 2016 15:45
| Australia | 2–1 | Netherlands |
| Arunasalam 18' Welch 58' | Report | Janssen 47' |
* Umpires: Federico Garcia Sean Rapaport
* 15 December 2016 18:00
| India | 2–1 | Spain |
| Simranjeet 57' Harmanpreet 66' | Report | Serrahima 23' |
* Umpires: David Sweetman Suolong You

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 17 December | 17 December |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 18 December | 18 December |
| England | 0 | 18 December | 18 December |
| England | 0 | Argentina | 2 |
| 17 December | 17 December | | Argentina | 2 |
| 17 December | 17 December | Spain | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 2 | | |
| Spain | 2 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 18 December | 18 December |
| | | England | 2 |
| | | Netherlands | 6 |

#### Cross-overs

* 17 December 2016 11:15
| Argentina | 3–0 | England |
| Acosta 40' Nepote 55' Casella 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Federico Garcia Zeke Newman
* 17 December 2016 13:30
| Netherlands | 1–2 | Spain |
| Croon 64' | Report | Piera Grau 30' Garcia Alcalde 34' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate Tim Bond

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 18 December 2016 11:15
| England | 2–6 | Netherlands |
| Sorsby 55', 66' | Report | van Dam 21' Brinkman 41', 68' van Groesen 56', 69' de Vilder 65' |
* Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen Zeke Newman

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 18 December 2016 13:30
| Argentina | 2–1 | Spain |
| Keenan 51' Domene 54' | Report | Perellon 67' |
* Umpires: Sean Rapaport Tim Bond

### First to fourth place classification
#### Semi-finals

* 16 December 2016 15:45
| Belgium | 0–0 | Germany |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Poncelet De Sloover Wegnez Raes Rubens | 4–3 | Schmid Große Prinz Staib Herzbruch |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow David Sweetman
* 16 December 2016 18:00
| Australia | 2–2 | India |
| Craig 14' Sharp 57' | Report | Gurjant 42' Mandeep 48' |
| Penalties |||
| Govers Bird Sharp Welch | 2–4 | Harjeet Harmanpreet Sumit Manpreet |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen Suolong You

#### Third and fourth place

* 18 December 2016 15:45
| Germany | 3–0 | Australia |
| Schiffer 11' Herzbruch 51', 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Sweetman Federico Garcia

#### Final

* 18 December 2016 18:00
| Belgium | 1–2 | India |
| Van Bockrijck 70' | Report | Gurjant 8' Simranjeet 22' |
* Umpires: Suolong You Ben Göntgen

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | U19 Player of the Tournament | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
| Edward Horler | Timm Herzbruch | Enrique González de Castéjon | Loic Van Doren |

## Statistics
### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Standings |
| | India | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 16 | Gold Medal |
| | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 11 | Silver Medal |
| | Germany | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Argentina | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Spain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 9 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | England | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | Eliminated in Pool stage |
| 10 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 6 | Eliminated in Pool stage |
| 11 | Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 | Eliminated in Pool stage |
| 12 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 5 | Eliminated in Pool stage |
| 13 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 6 | Eliminated in Pool stage |
| 14 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 3 | Eliminated in Pool stage |
| 15 | Egypt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 3 | Eliminated in Pool stage |
| 16 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 0 | Eliminated in Pool stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 185 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match.
8 goals
* Edward Horler
6 goals
* Timm Herzbruch
* Bram van Groesen
4 goals
* Blake Govers
* Anton Boeckel
* Thierry Brinkman
* Park Joo-Han
3 goals
* Maico Casella
* Tomás Domene
* Nicolás Keenan
* Oliver Binder
* Franz Lindengrun
* Will Calnan
* Mandeep Singh
* Harmanpreet Singh
* Simranjeet Singh
* Jip Janssen
* Thijs van Dam
* Ryan Crowe
* Lucas García Alcade
2 goals
* Kiran Arunasalam
* Lachlan Sharp
* Jack Welch
* Pit Rudofsky
* Henri Raes
* Quentin van Lierde
* Thomas Verheijen
* Brandon Pereira
* Tom Sorsby
* Jan Schiffer
* Lukas Windfeder
* Varun Kumar
* Gurjant Singh
* Koji Yamasaki
* Mohamad Zulhamizan
* Jorrit Croon
* Terrance Pieters
* Sam Lane
* Oliver Logan
* Dylan Thomas
* Mackenzie Wilcox
* Matthew De Sousa
* Courtney Halle
* Kyle Lion-Cachet
* Oh Se-Yong
* Llorenc Piera Grau
* Marc Serrahima
1 goal
* Nicolás Acosta
* Martín Ferreiro
* Thomas Habif
* Ignacio Nepote
* Matthew Bird
* Tom Criag
* Frazer Gerrard
* Max Hendry
* Joshua Simmonds
* Marcel Hilbert
* Peter Kaltenböck
* Phillip Schippan
* Leon Thörnblom
* Alexis Lemaire
* Philippe Simar
* Gregory Stockbroekx
* Fabrice van Bockrijck
* Alexandre van Linthoudt
* Victor Wegnez
* Rohan Chopra
* Ahmed Elganaini
* Mohamed Gadelkarim
* Jack Clee
* Jonty Griffiths
* Christopher Proctor
* Peter Scott
* Thies Ole Prinz
* Florian Scholten
* Constantin Staib
* Ajit Pandey
* Armaan Qureshi
* Harjeet Singh
* Parvinder Singh
* Ryo Ozawa
* Atsushi Sugiyama
* Kota Watanabe
* Amirol Arshad
* Khaliq Hamirin
* Aiman Nik Rosemi
* Firdaus Omar
* Muhammad Zaidi
* Daniel Aarts
* Morris de Vilder
* Noud Schoenaker
* Sebastian van der Graaf
* Robbie Capizzi
* Sam Hiha
* Jonty Keaney
* Brad Read
* Nqobile Ntuli
* Walter Pfaff
* Manuel Bordas Fabregas
* Pablo de Abadal
* Enrique González de Castéjon
* Jan Lara Rosell
* Marc Perellon
Source: FIH