# 1979 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

The 1979 Hockey Junior World Cup was the first edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup organized by FIH for national teams of players under the age of 21. The tournament was hosted in Versailles, France from 23 August to 2 September 1979. Pakistan won the inaugural tournament defeating West Germany 2–0 in the final.

## Background

The International Hockey Federation was looking to expand the global exposure of the game through introducing new competitions under its own organization. The Junior Hockey World Cup was introduced six months after the introduction of the Hockey Champions Trophy. France hosted the first tournament and the trophy was called the Roger Danet Challenge Cup named after the President of FIH Roger Alain Danet.

## Teams

The following twelve teams participated in the tournament on invitational basis.
| Confederation | Team(s) |
| Asia | India  Malaysia  Pakistan  Singapore |
| Africa | Ghana |
| Americas | Argentina  Chile |
| Europe | France (hosts)  Ireland  Netherlands  Spain  West Germany |

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | India | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 6 | |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | France (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Chile | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 | |
* 23 August 1979 10:00
| Malaysia | 2–1 | India |
* 23 August 1979 12:00
| France | 3–1 | Chile |
* 23 August 1979 18:00
| Netherlands | 3–1 | Spain |
* 24 August 1979 10:00
| Netherlands | 4–1 | France |
* 24 August 1979 12:00
| Malaysia | 2–0 | Spain |
* 24 August 1979 14:00
| India | 7–1 | Chile |
* 26 August 1979 10:00
| Spain | 4–3 | India |
* 26 August 1979 12:00
| Netherlands | 4–0 | Chile |
* 26 August 1979 14:00
| France | 0–1 | Malaysia |
* 28 August 1979 10:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Malaysia |
* 28 August 1979 12:00
| France | 1–4 | India |
* 28 August 1979 14:00
| Chile | 2–6 | Spain |
* 30 August 1979 10:00
| Malaysia | 2–0 | Chile |
* 30 August 1979 12:00
| India | 1–0 | Netherlands |
* 30 August 1979 14:00
| Spain | 0–1 | France |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | West Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Ireland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ghana | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | |
| 6 | Singapore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 0 | |
Fixtures
* 23 August
| Pakistan | 6 - 0 | Ireland |
| | Report | |
* 23 August
| Argentina | 3 - 1 | Ghana |
| | Report | |
* 24 August
| West Germany | 5 - 0 | Ghana |
| | Report | |
* 24 August
| Ireland | 4 - 1 | Singapore |
| | Report | |
* 26 August
| Pakistan | 5 - 0 | Singapore |
| | Report | |
* 26 August
| West Germany | 3 - 1 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* 27 August
| Ghana | 3 - 2 | Singapore |
| | Report | |
* 27 August
| Pakistan | 5 - 1 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* 27 August
| West Germany | 4 - 0 | Ireland |
| | Report | |
* 28 August
| Ireland | 3 - 0 | Ghana |
| | Report | |
* 28 August
| Argentina | 2 - 1 | Singapore |
| | Report | |
* 28 August
| Pakistan | 4 - 1 | West Germany |
| | Report | |
* 30 August
| Pakistan | 3 - 0 | Ghana |
| | Report | |
* 30 August
| West Germany | 6 - 1 | Singapore |
| | Report | |
* 30 August
| Argentina | 2 - 0 | Ireland |
| | Report | |

## Classification round
### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 31 August | 31 August |
| Chile | 0 |
| Chile | 0 | 2 September | 2 September |
| Ghana | 5 | 2 September | 2 September |
| Ghana | 5 | Ghana | 4 |
| 31 August | 31 August | | Ghana | 4 |
| 31 August | 31 August | Spain | 7 |
| Spain | 8 | Spain | 7 |
| Singapore | 0 | | |
| Singapore | 0 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | 2 September | 2 September |
| | | Singapore | 3 |
| | | Chile | 2 |
Crossovers
* 31 August
| Spain | 8 - 0 | Singapore |
| | Report | |
* 31 August
| Ghana | 5 - 0 | Chile |
| | Report | |
Eleventh and twelfth place ( 11th — 12th )
* 2 September
| Singapore | 3 - 2 | Chile |
| | Report | |
Ninth and tenth place ( 9th — 10th )
* 2 September
| Spain | 7 - 4 | Ghana |
| | Report | |

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 31 August | 31 August |
| France | 2 |
| France | 2 | 2 September | 2 September |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 September | 2 September |
| Argentina | 3 | Argentina | 1 |
| 31 August | 31 August | | Argentina | 1 |
| 31 August | 31 August | India | 6 |
| India | 3 | India | 6 |
| Ireland | 2 | | |
| Ireland | 2 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 2 September | 2 September |
| | | Ireland | 2 |
| | | France | 4 |
Crossovers
* 31 August
| India | 3 - 2 | Ireland |
| | Report | |
* 31 August
| France | 2 - 3 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
Seventh and eighth place ( 7th — 8th )
* 2 September
| Ireland | 2 - 4 | France |
| | Report | |
Fifth and sixth place ( 5th — 6th )
* 2 September
| Argentina | 1 - 6 | India |
| | Report | |

### Knockout round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 31 August | 31 August |
| Pakistan | 4 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 2 September | 2 September |
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 September | 2 September |
| Malaysia | 2 | Pakistan | 2 |
| 31 August | 31 August | | Pakistan | 2 |
| 31 August | 31 August | West Germany | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | West Germany | 0 |
| West Germany | 3 | | |
| West Germany | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2 September | 2 September |
| | | Malaysia | 1 |
| | | Netherlands | 2 |

#### Semi-finals

* 31 August
| Pakistan | 4 - 2 | Malaysia |
| | Report | |
* 31 August
| Netherlands | 1 - 3 | West Germany |
| | Report | |
Third and fourth place
* 2 September
| Malaysia | 1 - 2 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |

#### Final

* 2 September
| Pakistan | 2 - 0 | West Germany |
| J. Muhammad 2' Rashid 46' | Report | |

## Final standings

* Pakistan
* West Germany
* Netherlands
* Malaysia
* India
* Argentina
* France
* Ireland
* Spain
* Ghana
* Singapore
* Chile