# Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

The Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Hockey Junior World Cup, is an international field hockey competition organized by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament was started in 1979. Since 1985 it was held every four years. From 2021 onwards the tournament has been held every two years. Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.
There is also a corresponding event for the women's junior teams. This competition started in 1989 and uses the same format as the men's event.
Five countries have dominated the event's history. Germany is the most successful team, having won the tournament seven times followed by Argentina and India, having won the tournament two times. Australia and Pakistan have each won the tournament once.

## History

The 2009 Junior World Cup was held jointly between Malaysia and Singapore, with Germany defeating the Netherlands 3–1 in the final. The 2013 tournament was held in India from 2 to 17 November 2013. Germany won the final for record 6th time defeating France 5–2. France claimed their first-ever medal in the tournament winning silver after losing to Germany. The 2016 edition was held between 8–18 December 2016 in Lucknow, India, with India defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final. India also became the first host nation to win the Junior World Cup. India are also the first and only nation to win any type of medal in junior world cup as a host. From 2025 onwards the tournament will expand to 24 teams.

## Format

The Junior Hockey World Cup consists of a qualification stage and a final tournament stage. All the participating teams in the final tournament play in the qualification tournament.

### Qualification

All the teams who wish to qualify for the final tournament play in the relevant continental junior championships. Each continental federation receives at least two finals places and the FIH determines which federations will receive additional places.

### Final tournament

The final tournament features the continental champions and other qualified teams. In the tournament in 2009, the teams played a round robin phase, with the two top teams in each pool advancing to a medal-round and remaining teams playing for classification positions. The composition of the pools is determined using the current world rankings.

## Results
### Summaries

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Number of teams |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1979 Details | Versailles, France | Pakistan | 2–0 | West Germany | Netherlands | 2–1 | Malaysia | 12 |
| 1982 Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | West Germany | 4–1 | Australia | Pakistan | 10–0 | Malaysia | 11 |
| 1985 Details | Vancouver, Canada | West Germany | 4–1 | Netherlands | Pakistan | 4–2 | Australia | 14 |
| 1989 Details | Ipoh, Malaysia | West Germany | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p.s.) | Australia | Pakistan | 6–2 | South Korea | 12 |
| 1993 Details | Terrassa, Spain | Germany | 3–1 | Pakistan | Australia | 3–1 | Netherlands | 12 |
| 1997 Details | Milton Keynes, England | Australia | 3–2 | India | Germany | 4–2 | England | 12 |
| 2001 Details | Hobart, Australia | India | 6–1 | Argentina | Germany | 5–1 | England | 16 |
| 2005 Details | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Argentina | 2–1 | Australia | Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p.s.) | India | 16 |
| 2009 Details | Johor Bahru, Malaysia & Singapore | Germany | 3–1 | Netherlands | Australia | 4–1 | New Zealand | 20 |
| 2013 Details | New Delhi, India | Germany | 5–2 | France | Netherlands | 7–2 | Malaysia | 16 |
| 2016 Details | Lucknow, India | India | 2–1 | Belgium | Germany | 3–0 | Australia | 16 |
| 2021 Details | Bhubaneswar, India | Argentina | 4–2 | Germany | France | 3–1 | India | 16 |
| 2023 Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Germany | 2–1 | France | Spain | 3–1 | India | 16 |
| 2025 Details | Chennai, India | | | | | | | 24 |

## Performance by nations

| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third places | Fourth places |
| Germany | 7 (1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 2009, 2013, 2023) | 2 (1979, 2021) | 3 (1997, 2001, 2016) | |
| India | 2 (2001, 2016*) | 1 (1997) | | 3 (2005, 2021*, 2023) |
| Argentina | 2 (2005, 2021) | 1 (2001) | | |
| Australia | 1 (1997) | 3 (1982, 1989, 2005) | 2 (1993, 2009) | 2 (1985, 2016) |
| Pakistan | 1 (1979) | 1 (1993) | 3 (1982, 1985, 1989) | |
| Netherlands | | 2 (1985, 2009) | 2 (1979, 2013) | 1 (1993) |
| France | | 2 (2013, 2023) | 1 (2021) | |
| Belgium | | 1 (2016) | | |
| Spain | | | 2 (2005, 2023) | |
| Malaysia | | | | 3 (1979, 1982*, 2013) |
| England | | | | 2 (1997*, 2001) |
| South Korea | | | | 1 (1989) |
| New Zealand | | | | 1 (2009) |
    * = host nation

### Team appearances

| Team | 1979 | 1982 | 1985 | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2009 | 2013 | 2016 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
| Argentina | 6th | WD | 7th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 11th | 5th | 1st | 7th | Q | 13 |
| Australia | – | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | WD | 6th | | 11 |
| Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | Q | 2 |
| Belgium | – | – | 11th | – | – | 12th | – | 11th | 11th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | Q | 9 |
| Bangladesh | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
| Canada | – | 8th | 13th | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 16th | 16th | 13th | 16th | Q | 8 |
| Chile | 12th | – | 14th | – | – | – | 15th | 15th | 17th | – | – | 14th | 15th | Q | 8 |
| China | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
| Cuba | – | – | – | – | 8th | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Egypt | – | – | 12th | 10th | 12th | 9th | – | 12th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 14th | | 10 |
| England | – | – | 6th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 9th | 16th | 14th | 8th | WD | – | Q | 10 |
| France | 7th | – | 8th | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | 2nd | – | 3rd | 2nd | Q | 7 |
| Germany | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | Q | 14 |
| Ghana | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
| India | 5th | 5th | 5th | – | – | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 9th | 10th | 1st | 4th | 4th | Q | 12 |
| Ireland | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Japan | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | 13th | – | 13th | – | – | Q | 4 |
| Kenya | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
| Malaysia | 4th | 4th | 10th | 6th | 11th | – | 12th | 10th | 12th | 4th | 11th | 8th | 12th | Q | 13 |
| Mexico | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Netherlands | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 4th | 7th | 8th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 5th | Q | 14 |
| New Zealand | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | 4th | 7th | 9th | WD | 11th | | 6 |
| Pakistan | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | – | 7th | 5th | 9th | – | 11th | 8th | Q | 12 |
| Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | 10th | – | – | 12th | – | – | 3 |
| Russia | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | 18th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Singapore | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19th | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| South Africa | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 13th | 15th | 12th | 10th | 9th | 10th | | 7 |
| South Korea | – | – | – | 4th | 9th | – | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 14th | 10th | 13th | – | 9 |
| Soviet Union | – | – | – | 12th | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | 1 |
| Spain | 9th | 7th | – | 8th | 7th | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 13th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | Q | 13 |
| Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
| Thailand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
| United States | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | 20th | – | – | 15th | – | – | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | |