# 2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

The 2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the women's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from 3 to 11 June 2023 in Kakamigahara, Japan.
The top three teams qualified for the 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.

## Qualification

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| — | FIH Women's World Ranking | — | 5 | China India Japan Malaysia South Korea |
| 12–20 October 2022 | 2022 Junior AHF Cup | Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan | 5 | Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Indonesia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | |

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | +34 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 6 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 3 | |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 49 | −48 | 0 | |
* 3 June 2023 12:00
| South Korea | 5–1 | Chinese Taipei |
| Choi S. 6' Park M. 19' An 24', 42' Jeong 40' | Report | Huang 49' |
* Umpires: Sheena Hori (JPN) Yao Liu (CHN)
* 3 June 2023 14:00
| India | 22–0 | Uzbekistan |
| Vaishnavi 3', 56' Mumtaz 6', 44', 47', 60' Annu 13', 29', 30', 38', 43', 51' Sunelita 17', 17' Deepika S. 18', 25' Manju 26' Deepika K. 32', 44', 46', 57' Neelam 47' | Report | |
* Umpires: Shi Him Tang (HKG) Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ)
* 4 June 2023 12:00
| Malaysia | 7–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| Nur M. 20' Nur Y. 22', 37' Siti 30', 40' Nurul 32' Thibatharshini 35' | Report | |
* Umpires: Shi Him Tang (HKG) Valerie Koh (SGP)
* 4 June 2023 14:00
| South Korea | 13–0 | Uzbekistan |
| An 4', 13', 16' Lee Y. 5' Jeong 22', 45', 58' Park S. 34', 59' Choi S. 35' Choi J. 37' Lee S. 45' Park M. 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Yao Liu (CHN)
* 5 June 2023 12:00
| Malaysia | 1–2 | India |
| Dian 6' | Report | Mumtaz 10' Deepika K. 26' |
* Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Yao Liu (CHN)
* 5 June 2023 14:00
| Chinese Taipei | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
| Huang 18', 25' | Report | Abdullaeva 60' |
* Umpires: Sheena Hori (JPN) Shi Him tang (HKG)
* 6 June 2023 12:00
| Uzbekistan | 0–12 | Malaysia |
| | Report | Dian 1', 22', 52' Kirandeep 10', 25' Khairunnisa 11' Zati 26', 27', 30' Norshafiqha 42', 53' Nur M. 45' |
* Umpires: Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ) Sheena Hori (JPN)
* 6 June 2023 14:00
| South Korea | 2–2 | India |
| Lee Y. 15' Choi J. 30' | Report | Deepika S. 43' Deepika K. 54' |
* Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Valerie Koh (SGP)
* 8 June 2023 14:00
| Malaysia | 1–3 | South Korea |
| Norshafiqha 38' | Report | An 4' Song 38' Lee Y. 48' |
* Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Sandra Adell (ESP)
* 8 June 2023 16:00
| India | 11–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| Vaishnavi 1' Deepika K. 3' Annu 10', 52' Rutaja 12' Neelam 19' Manju 33' Sunelita 43', 57' Deepika S. 46' Mumtaz 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kim Yoon Seon (KOR) Shi Him Tang (HKG)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | +44 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 1 | +51 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 6 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 | −37 | 1 | |
| 5 | Indonesia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 45 | −45 | 1 | |
* 3 June 2023 16:00
| China | 18–0 | Indonesia |
| Zhang D. 5' Zhang J. 13', 19', 20' Cai 16', 34' Hao 22' Yang 27' Li 27', 59' Liu 35', 53' Wei 35' Liang 37' Ni 39', 48' Huang 48', 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Valerie Koh (SGP) Yogita Pasi (IND)
* 3 June 2023 18:00
| Japan | 23–0 | Hong Kong |
| Wakasa 2', 17', 57' Kawaguchi 4' Hiramitsu 5', 33' Ueno 9', 42', 53' Saito 10' Kondo 18', 60' Sasaki 18', 24' Kitayama 22' Hayasuke 25', 28', 37' Matsunami 25', 29', 32' Oshima 46', 50' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)
* 4 June 2023 16:00
| Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Hong Kong |
| Beisenbay 23' Lyapina 32', 42' | | |
* Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Yogita Pasi (IND)
* 4 June 2023 18:00
| Japan | 21–0 | Indonesia |
| Ueno 8', 19', 20', 24', 60' Mikami 10', 12', 13', 51' Hayasuke 17' Murayama 25' Sasaki 27', 50' Oshima 30' Suzuki 36' Kondo 36', 41' Hiramitsu 43' Wakasa 52', 57' Horikawa 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kim Yoon Seon (KOR) Liu Yu-Chen (TPE)
* 5 June 2023 16:00
| Hong Kong | 0–0 | Indonesia |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS) Kim Yoon Seon (KOR)
* 5 June 2023 18:00
| Kazakhstan | 0–14 | China |
| | Report | Zhang D. 3', 4', 49', 49', 53' Hao 5', 44' Liang 23' Cai 28' Zhang J. 30', 31' Wei 43', 57' Xu 53' |
* Umpires: Yogita Pasi (IND) Liu Yu-Chen (TPE)
* 6 June 2023 16:00
| Indonesia | 0–6 | Kazakhstan |
| | Report | Lobanova 10', 15', 49', 54' Beisenbay 45' Lyapina 56' |
* Umpires: Kim Yoon Seon (KOR) Yao Liu (CHN)
* 6 June 2023 18:00
| Japan | 0–1 | China |
| | Report | Huang 8' |
* Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)
* 8 June 2023 12:00
| China | 11–0 | Hong Kong |
| Ni 1', 59' Yang 7' Cai 17', 51' Li 18' Cen 27' Hao 28', 32' Xu 34' Hu 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: Valerie KOH (SGP) Sheena HORI (JPN)
* 8 June 2023 18:00
| Kazakhstan | 0–8 | Japan |
| | Report | Matsunami 8' Wakasa 12', 54' Hayasuke 23', 45' Murayama 31' Sasaki 32', 49' |
* Umpires: Yogita Pasi (IND) Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)

## Classification round
### Ninth and tenth place

* 10 June 2023 10:30
| Uzbekistan | 2–0 | Indonesia |
| Mamatmurodova 28', 38' | Report | |
* Umpires: Shi Him Tang (HKG) Yao Liu (CHN)

### Fifth to eighth place classification
#### Bracket

| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 9 June | 9 June |
| Malaysia | 10 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 11 June | 11 June |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 11 June | 11 June |
| Hong Kong | 1 | Malaysia | 7 |
| 9 June | 9 June | | Malaysia | 7 |
| 9 June | 9 June | Kazakhstan | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | Kazakhstan | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 11 June | 11 June |
| | | Hong Kong | 0 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 2 |

#### 5–8th place semi-finals

* 9 June 2023 14:00
| Malaysia | 10–1 | Hong Kong |
| Nur M. 2', 14', 39' Dian 8' Siti 9' Norshafiqha 24' Siti 40' Khairunnisa 41' Azmyra 52' Nur Y. 60' | Report | Aiello 18' |
* Umpires: Liu Yu-Chen (TPE) Yogita Pasi (IND)
* 9 June 2023 16:30
| Kazakhstan | 4–3 | Chinese Taipei |
| Berdenova 10' Izbassarova 18' Lobanova 27' Beisenbay 46' | Report | Huang 7' Wang 43' Ku 54' |
* Umpires: Yao Liu (CHN) Sheena Hori (JPN)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 11 June 2023 10:30
| Hong Kong | 0–2 | Chinese Taipei |
| | Report | Huang Yi 24' Huang Yu 46'\ |
* Umpires: Yogita Pasi (IND) Sheena Hori (JPN)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 11 June 2023 13:00
| Malaysia | 7–0 | Kazakhstan |
| Azmyra 14', 44' Dian 18', 36' Nur M. 28', 53' Siti 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Valerie Koh (SGP) Yao Liu (CHN)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 June | 10 June |
| India | 1 |
| India | 1 | 11 June | 11 June |
| Japan | 0 | 11 June | 11 June |
| Japan | 0 | India | 2 |
| 10 June | 10 June | | India | 2 |
| 10 June | 10 June | South Korea | 1 |
| China | 0 | South Korea | 1 |
| South Korea | 2 | | |
| South Korea | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 11 June | 11 June |
| | | Japan | 2 |
| | | China | 1 |

### Semi-finals

* 10 June 2023 13:00
| India | 1–0 | Japan |
| Sunelita 47' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kim Yoon Seon (KOR) Valerie Koh (SGP)
* 10 June 2023 15:30
| China | 0–2 | South Korea |
| | Report | Hong 5' An 18' |
* Umpires: Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS) Sandra Adell (ESP)

### Third and fourth place

* 11 June 2023 15:30
| Japan | 2–1 | China |
| Wakasa 17' Kitayama 47' | Report | Huang 27' |
* Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Kim Yoon Seon (KOR)

### Final

* 11 June 2023 18:00
| India | 2–1 | South Korea |
| Annu 22' Neelam 41' | Report | Park S. 25' |
* Umpires: Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| | India | 2023 Junior World Cup |
| | South Korea | 2023 Junior World Cup |
| | Japan (H) | 2023 Junior World Cup |
| 4 | China | |
| 5 | Malaysia | |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | |
| 8 | Hong Kong | |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | |
| 10 | Indonesia | |

### Goalscorers

There were 228 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 7.86 goals per match.
9 goals
* Annu
8 goals
* Maho Ueno
* Mai Wakasa
7 goals
* Deepika Kumari
* Nur Mohammed
* Dian Nazeri
* An Su-jin
6 goals
* Zhang Dian
* Mumtaz Khan
* Sana Hayasuke
* Risa Sasaki
5 goals
* Cai Wenqian
* Hao Guoting
* Zhang Jing
* Sunelita Toppo
* Viktoriya Lobanova
4 goals
* Huang Siting
* Ni Yanling
* Huang Yi-Chun
* Deepika Soreng
* Wakana Kondo
* Mei Matsunami
* Maiko Mikami
* Norshafiqha Ishak
* Jeong Sa-ena
3 goals
* Li Jingyi
* Wei Yuanmeng
* Neelam
* Vaishnavi Phalke
* Ai Hiramitsu
* Natsumi Oshima
* Balzhan Beisenbay
* Viktoriya Lyapina
* Azmyra Azhairy
* Zati Muhamad
* Siti Shaikh
* Nur Yussaini
* Lee Yu-jin
* Park Seo-yeon
2 goals
* Liang Weizhi
* Liu Hui
* Xu Wenjuan
* Yang Yiting
* Huang Yu-Ting
* Manju Chorsiya
* Mahiro Kitayama
* Hiroka Murayama
* Kirandeep Gurdip
* Khairunnisa Mohd
* Siti Mohd
* Choi Jiyun
* Choi Sara
* Park Mi-hyang
* Marjona Mamatmurodova
1 goal
* Cen Hailin
* Hu Linyuan
* Ku Chen-Yi
* Wang Yi-Hsuan
* Anna Aiello
* Rutaja Pisal
* Mayuri Horikawa
* Haruka Kawaguchi
* Hanami Saito
* Sora Suzuki
* Sabina Berdenova
* Gulsina Izbassarova
* Nurul Azman
* Thibatharshini James
* Hong Solbeotnara
* Lee Seo-yeon
* Song Sung-eun
* Dilafruz Abdullaeva
Source: FIH