# 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed squads for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 5 and 16 December 2023.
A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team. Those marked in bold have been capped at full international level.

## Pool A
### Argentina

The squad was announced on 7 November 2023.
Head coach: Juan Gilardi
* Agustin Magdalena (GK)
* Tomás Ruiz
* Mateo Fernandez
* Agustín Bonanno
* Marco Aguirre Gómez Corta
* Joaquín Toscani
* Ramiro Infanzón
* Joaquin Ruiz (GK)
* Matías Rey
* Guido Nobili
* Lucas Redondo
* Bautista Poletti
* Bruno Correa
* Matias Andreotti
* Juan Fernández
* Ignacio Persoglio
* Nicolás Rodríguez
* Bautista Capurro
* Ignacio Nardolillo
* Inaki Minadeo (C)

### Australia

The squad was announced on 17 November 2023.
Head coach: Jay Stacy
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 27 | GK | Oliver Higgins | (2002-10-13)13 October 2002 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Suburban Lions |
| 28 | GK | Max Larkin | (2003-05-16)16 May 2003 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | Tassie Tigers |
| 1 | DF | Nye Roberts | (2003-01-24)24 January 2003 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | HC Melbourne |
| 12 | DF | Angus Adamson | (2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | YMCC |
| 13 | DF | Dylan Downey | (2005-01-26)26 January 2005 (aged 17) | 5 | 2 | NSW Pride |
| 23 | DF | Cambell Geddes | (2002-06-18)18 June 2002 (aged 20) | 14 | 7 | Perth Thundersticks |
| 25 | DF | Michael Taylor | (2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Brisbane Blaze |
| 2 | MF | William Mathison | (2002-06-12)12 June 2002 (aged 20) | 5 | 1 | Brisbane Blaze |
| 6 | MF | Liam Henderson | (2003-08-28)28 August 2003 (aged 19) | 14 | 0 | HC Melbourne |
| 7 | MF | Lachlan Rogers | (2004-08-24)24 August 2004 (aged 18) | 5 | 0 | Tassie Tigers |
| 8 | MF | Toby Mallon | (2005-07-20)20 July 2005 (aged 17) | 9 | 0 | Briars |
| 11 | MF | Max Freedman | (2003-03-19)19 March 2003 (aged 19) | 8 | 0 | YMCC |
| 16 | MF | Nathan Czinner | (2002-03-19)19 March 2002 (aged 20) | 14 | 0 | NSW Pride |
| 5 | FW | Jake Lambeth | (2002-08-30)30 August 2002 (aged 20) | 6 | 2 | Royals |
| 9 | FW | Diarmid Chappell | (2003-11-14)14 November 2003 (aged 19) | 5 | 1 | Brisbane Blaze |
| 19 | FW | Craig Marais (C) | (2002-05-28)28 May 2002 (aged 20) | 8 | 3 | HC Melbourne |
| 21 | FW | Cooper Burns | (2002-03-06)6 March 2002 (aged 20) | 14 | 12 | HC Melbourne |
| 24 | FW | Brodee Foster | (2002-06-21)21 June 2002 (aged 20) | 13 | 7 | Perth Thundersticks |

### Chile

Head coach: Matías Amoroso
* Joaquin Acevedo
* Francisco Cerda
* Alexei De Witt
* Felipe Duisberg
* Sebastian Loehnert Baeza
* Joaquín Muñoz
* Felipe Richard
* Axel Stein
* Raimundo Valenzuela
* Javier Vargas
* Julián Villanueva (GK)
* Vicente Wilhelmy
* Sebastián Wolansky (C)
* Gaspar Fosalba
* Mateo Perret
* Bruno Acevedo
* Tomas Hasson
* Teodoro Sinning (GK)

### Malaysia
## Pool B
### Egypt

Head coach: Moustafa Khalil
* Ali Abdalla
* Hesham Omar
* Hosni Mohamed
* Bakr Youssef
* Fathalla Ziad
* Fahmy Ahmed
* Elhadi Ahmed
* Ragab Hossameldin (C)
* Adel Ziad
* Reda Mohamed
* Hassanein Mohamed
* Mohamady Amro
* Mokhtar Bassem
* Hussin Mahmoud (GK)
* Awad Hussein
* Fouda Ahmed
* Kamal Said
* Abdelmonem Basel
* Geneidy Mohamed (GK)
* Taha Saber

### France

Head coach: Frederic Soyez
* Louis Haertelmeyer
* Gaëtan Larnicol
* Jules Bournac
* Brieuc Delemazure
* Stanislas Branicki
* Tassilo Sura
* Jules Verrier
* Thibault Fouquet
* Mathis Clément
* Hugo Verrier
* Noé Jouin
* Gaspard Xavier
* Gaspard Denis
* Tom Gaillard
* Rafael Stab
* Victor Saint-Martin
* Arthur Morcette
* Marius Clément (GK)
* Thomas Assoignon
* Antoine Robert (GK)

### Germany

Head coach: Rein van Eijk
* Ben Hasbach
* Christian Franz
* Fabio Seitz
* Jan Cordes
* Luis Hoechemer (C)
* Hugo von Montgelas
* Tom Schmidt-Didlaukies
* Peer Hinrichs
* Nikas Berendts
* Antheus Barry
* Florian Sperling
* Matteo Poljaric (C)
* Jakob Brilla
* Liam Holdermann
* Michel Struthoff
* Aron Flatten
* Paul Glander
* Joshua Onyekwue Nnaji (GK)
* Florian Simon (GK)
* Leon Lindemann

### South Africa

The squad was announced on 13 November 2023.
Head coach: Guy Elliott
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 4 | | Nathan Ansell (Captain) | (2002-03-15)15 March 2002 (aged 20) | 14 | UCT Ikey Rangers |
| 5 | | James Flint | (2004-04-06)6 April 2004 (aged 18) | 9 | Maties |
| 6 | | Daniel Neuhoff | (2004-10-03)3 October 2004 (aged 18) | 5 | Maties |
| 7 | | Hans Neethling | (2002-07-13)13 July 2002 (aged 20) | 15 | Maties |
| 9 | | Cameron Le Forestier | (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 (aged 20) | 21 | UP Tuks |
| 10 | | Ross Breytenbach | (2004-06-01)1 June 2004 (aged 18) | 11 | Jeppe |
| 11 | | Damian Knott | (2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 19) | 15 | WPCC |
| 12 | | Sian Maart | (2004-03-30)30 March 2004 (aged 18) | 4 | UP Tuks |
| 14 | | Caleb Oliphant | (2002-05-21)21 May 2002 (aged 20) | 10 | Maties |
| 16 | | Thabang Jeyi | (2003-05-21)21 May 2003 (aged 19) | 5 | Langa |
| 17 | | Ayakha Mthalane | (2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 19) | 15 | UP Tuks |
| 19 | MF | Leruo Ditlhakanyane | (2005-07-20)20 July 2005 (aged 17) | 4 | D.H.S |
| 21 | | Fawaaz Kahder | (2002-11-20)20 November 2002 (aged 20) | 15 | Beaulieu |
| 22 | | Calvin Davis | (2003-11-22)22 November 2003 (aged 19) | 10 | UP Tuks |
| 24 | GK | Reece Govender | (2002-12-17)17 December 2002 (aged 20) | 10 | Wits |
| 27 | GK | Gianluca Virissimo | (2003-10-02)2 October 2003 (aged 19) | 5 | UCT Ikey Rangers |
| 31 | | David Tshebi | (2003-12-21)21 December 2003 (aged 19) | 4 | Varsity |
| 34 | | Jaydon Brooker | (2005-04-03)3 April 2005 (aged 17) | 0 | Jeppe |

## Pool C
### Canada

Canada announced their squad on 28 October 2023.
Head coach: Geoffrey Matthews
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps |
| 1 | MF | Callan McCulloch | (2005-02-06)6 February 2005 (aged 18) | 5 |
| 2 | DF | Joshua Miranda | (2004-02-07)7 February 2004 (aged 19) | 5 |
| 4 | DF | Grant Simpson | (2004-04-27)27 April 2004 (aged 19) | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Satpreet Dhadda | (2004-09-09)9 September 2004 (aged 19) | 5 |
| 6 | FW | Hudson Loh | (2003-07-24)24 July 2003 (aged 20) | 5 |
| 7 | FW | Kirin Robinson | (2004-08-01)1 August 2004 (aged 19) | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Noah Louie | (2005-03-18)18 March 2005 (aged 18) | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Robin Thind | (2006-05-08)8 May 2006 (aged 17) | 5 |
| 10 | MF | Leighton De Souza | (2005-09-04)4 September 2005 (aged 18) | 5 |
| 13 | DF | Arjun Cheema | (2003-09-18)18 September 2003 (aged 20) | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Julius D'Souza (Captain) | (2002-07-02)2 July 2002 (aged 21) | 8 |
| 15 | FW | Ravpreet Gill | (2004-12-24)24 December 2004 (aged 18) | 4 |
| 17 | MF | Jude Nicholson | (2006-05-14)14 May 2006 (aged 17) | 5 |
| 18 | MF | Arshmit Pannu | (2003-09-18)18 September 2003 (aged 20) | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Maansarovar Sidhu | (2002-07-19)19 July 2002 (aged 21) | 5 |
| 22 | MF | Jyothswaroop Sidhu | (2002-07-19)19 July 2002 (aged 21) | 11 |
| 28 | GK | Armaan Bagri | (2003-06-08)8 June 2003 (aged 20) | 5 |
| 30 | GK | Guarav Ghai | (2004-09-26)26 September 2004 (aged 19) | 5 |

### India

Head coach: C.R. Kumar
The final squad was announced on 14 November 2023.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 1 | DF | Shardanand Tiwari | (2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 18) | 28 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 3 | MF | Sunit Lakra | (2002-06-02)2 June 2002 (aged 20) | 15 | |
| 4 | DF | Amandeep Lakra | (2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 20) | 21 | RSPB/Hockey Association of Odisha |
| 5 | MF | Poovanna CB | (2002-10-05)5 October 2002 (aged 20) | 21 | Karnataka |
| 6 | DF | Amir Ali | (2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 18) | 20 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 9 | FW | Sudeep Chirmako | (2002-12-05)5 December 2002 (aged 20) | 33 | Odisha |
| 10 | MF | Amandeep | (2002-12-20)20 December 2002 (aged 20) | 21 | Chandigarh |
| 11 | FW | Boby Singh Dhami | (2002-07-01)1 July 2002 (aged 20) | 19 | Food Corporation of India/Haryana |
| 12 | FW | Sourabh Anand Kushwaha | (2005-09-16)16 September 2005 (aged 17) | 4 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | GK | Ranvijay Singh Yadav | (2003-07-10)10 July 2003 (aged 19) | 4 | NCE, Sonipat |
| 14 | MF | Vishnukant Singh | (2002-08-10)10 August 2002 (aged 20) | 44 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 16 | FW | Uttam Singh (Captain) | (2002-12-10)10 December 2002 (aged 20) | 29 | Uttar Pradesh Hockey Academy |
| 20 | DF | Sunil JoJo | (2002-12-14)14 December 2002 (aged 20) | 11 | RSPB/Jharkhand |
| 27 | GK | Mohit H.S. | (2002-02-27)27 February 2002 (aged 20) | 21 | Karnataka |
| 29 | MF | Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem | (2001-08-03)3 August 2001 (aged 21) | 23 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 30 | FW | Aditya Lalage | (2003-01-15)15 January 2003 (aged 19) | 11 | Maharashtra |
| 32 | DF | Rohit | (2004-03-23)23 March 2004 (aged 18) | 21 | RSPB/Chandigarh |
| 49 | MF | Aditya Singh | (2002-12-01)1 December 2002 (aged 20) | 0 | RSPB/NCE, Delhi |
| 50 | DF | Sukhvinder | (2006-05-14)14 May 2006 (aged 16) | 5 | NCE, Sonipat |
| 78 | MF | Rajinder Singh | (2002-12-12)12 December 2002 (aged 20) | 21 | |
| 90 | FW | Araijeet Singh Hundal (Vice-captain) | (2004-01-21)21 January 2004 (aged 18) | 22 | Punjab and Sind Bank |

### South Korea

Head coach: Jang Young
* Choi Ji-ho
* Hwang Keonyeol
* Lee Sung-min
* Kong Yoonho (C)
* Cho Ghu-hyeong
* Kim Min-kwon
* Kim Jae-ho
* Lee Seung-hwan
* Kim Dae-hyun
* Kim Yu-bin
* Song Jeong-seob
* Lim Jun-yeol
* Park Geon-woo
* Kim Se-yeon (GK)
* Lim Do-hyun
* Kim Sookyo (GK)
* Park Hyun
* Yoo Seung-ho

### Spain

The squad was announced on 16 November 2023.
Head coach: Oriol Torras Puig
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 1 | GK | Jan Capellades | (2004-03-24)24 March 2004 (aged 19) | 6 | Club Egara |
| 2 | | Matias Barón | (2006-07-17)17 July 2006 (aged 17) | 0 | Real Club de Polo |
| 3 | | Aleix Bozal | (2004-06-29)29 June 2004 (aged 19) | 4 | Junior FC |
| 4 | | Guiu Corominas | (2004-06-06)6 June 2004 (aged 19) | 4 | Atlètic Terrassa |
| 5 | | Iñaky Zaldúa | (2003-02-26)26 February 2003 (aged 20) | 9 | Real Club de Polo |
| 6 | | Bruno Font | (2004-11-15)15 November 2004 (aged 19) | 9 | Junior FC |
| 7 | | Oriol Bozal | (2002-07-10)10 July 2002 (aged 21) | 15 | Junior FC |
| 8 | | Pere Amat | (2004-09-17)17 September 2004 (aged 19) | 9 | Club Egara |
| 9 | | Pol Cabré-Verdiell | (2003-04-22)22 April 2003 (aged 20) | 15 | Atlètic Terrassa |
| 10 | | Enric Miralles | (2002-06-08)8 June 2002 (aged 21) | 9 | CD Terrassa |
| 11 | | Pau Petchamé | (2003-01-21)21 January 2003 (aged 20) | 9 | CD Terrassa |
| 12 | | Ton Moran | (2006-01-11)11 January 2006 (aged 17) | 0 | Club Egara |
| 14 | | Nicolás Álvarez | (2003-01-04)4 January 2003 (aged 20) | 4 | RS Tenis |
| 17 | | Andreas Rafi (C) | (2002-04-24)24 April 2002 (aged 21) | 9 | Mannheimer HC |
| 19 | | Pablo Espino | (2003-03-28)28 March 2003 (aged 20) | 4 | Junior FC |
| 21 | | Ton Borràs | (2003-10-10)10 October 2003 (aged 20) | 9 | Real Club de Polo |
| 22 | | Xavier Barutell | (2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 20) | 15 | Atlètic Terrassa |
| 25 | GK | Fernando Díaz | (2002-02-20)20 February 2002 (aged 21) | 4 | Complutense |

## Pool D
### Belgium

Belgium announced their squad on 26 October 2023.
Head coach: Jeroen Baart
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 4 | MF | Lucas Putters | (2002-01-25)25 January 2002 (aged 21) | 10 | Dragons |
| 5 | DF | Hugo Labouchere | (2004-02-07)7 February 2004 (aged 19) | 0 | Orée |
| 6 | FW | Diego Hainaut | (2004-11-19)19 November 2004 (aged 19) | 0 | Uccle Sport |
| 7 | MF | Victor Foubert | (2002-10-12)12 October 2002 (aged 21) | 5 | Dragons |
| 8 | MF | Nicolas Bogaerts | (2004-01-15)15 January 2004 (aged 19) | 0 | Orée |
| 9 | MF | Louis De Backer | (2002-02-27)27 February 2002 (aged 21) | 5 | Léopold |
| 10 | MF | Maximilian Langer | (2006-08-05)5 August 2006 (aged 17) | 0 | Orée |
| 11 | FW | Jack Vloeberghs | (2003-10-15)15 October 2003 (aged 20) | 0 | Herakles |
| 12 | FW | Max Luyten | (2002-11-05)5 November 2002 (aged 21) | 5 | Dragons |
| 13 | FW | Louis Depelsenaire | (2002-09-13)13 September 2002 (aged 21) | 5 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 14 | FW | Thomas Crols | (2002-09-11)11 September 2002 (aged 21) | 5 | Dragons |
| 17 | MF | Guillermo Hainaut | (2002-06-08)8 June 2002 (aged 21) | 11 | Uccle Sport |
| 21 | GK | Julien Le Maire | (2002-07-30)30 July 2002 (aged 21) | 0 | Herakles |
| 23 | DF | Lucas Balthazar | (2006-01-08)8 January 2006 (aged 17) | 0 | Uccle Sport |
| 24 | DF | Thomas Joye | (2003-02-24)24 February 2003 (aged 20) | 5 | Uccle Sport |
| 26 | MF | Charles Langendries | (2006-04-26)26 April 2006 (aged 17) | 0 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 30 | DF | Brieuc Petit | (2003-10-05)5 October 2003 (aged 20) | 0 | Waterloo Ducks |
| 43 | GK | Boris Feldheim | (2002-04-01)1 April 2002 (aged 21) | 11 | Daring |

### Netherlands

The Netherlands announced their squad on 2 November 2023.
Head coach: Jesse Mahieu
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 1 | GK | Nieki Verbeek | (2004-10-07)7 October 2004 (aged 19) | 0 | Oranje-Rood |
| 2 | | Pepijn van der Heijden | (2003-04-22)22 April 2003 (aged 20) | 5 | Rotterdam |
| 3 | | Mees Kurvers | (2002-10-24)24 October 2002 (aged 21) | 0 | Den Bosch |
| 4 | DF | Timo Boers | (2003-10-10)10 October 2003 (aged 20) | 0 | Den Bosch |
| 7 | | Boris Aardenburg | (2003-02-06)6 February 2003 (aged 20) | 5 | Pinoké |
| 8 | MF | Menno Boeren | (2002-05-12)12 May 2002 (aged 21) | 11 | Rotterdam |
| 9 | | Olivier Hortensius | (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 (aged 21) | 11 | Rotterdam |
| 10 | MF | Guus Jansen | (2002-03-07)7 March 2002 (aged 21) | 11 | Rotterdam |
| 11 | FW | Casper van der Veen | (2004-06-29)29 June 2004 (aged 19) | 11 | Bloemendaal |
| 12 | | Bouwe Buitenhuis | (2002-04-30)30 April 2002 (aged 21) | 0 | Klein Zwitserland |
| 14 | FW | Duco Telgenkamp | (2002-07-17)17 July 2002 (aged 21) | 5 | Kampong |
| 15 | | Luke Dommershuijzen | (2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (aged 21) | 10 | Amsterdam |
| 16 | | Casper Berkman | (2003-04-08)8 April 2003 (aged 20) | 5 | HGC |
| 17 | FW | Jan van 't Land | (2005-04-07)7 April 2005 (aged 18) | 0 | HGC |
| 18 | MF | Gijs ter Braak | (2004-09-22)22 September 2004 (aged 19) | 0 | Bloemendaal |
| 20 | | Dylan Lucieer | (2004-04-04)4 April 2004 (aged 19) | 0 | Rotterdam |
| 22 | GK | Daan Taphoorn | (2003-02-11)11 February 2003 (aged 20) | 0 | HGC |
| 23 | MF | Lucas Veen | (2003-11-23)23 November 2003 (aged 20) | 0 | HGC |

### New Zealand

Head coach: Aaron Ford
* Ryan Parr
* Matthew Wilson
* James Hickson
* Aidan Fraser
* Joshua Irwin
* Scott Cosslett
* Patrick Ward
* Daniel Torr
* Benjamin Culhane (C)
* Sam Lints
* Luke Aldred
* James Nicolson
* Jordan Whittleston
* Luke Elmes (GK)
* Hayden Ganley (GK)
* Jonty Elmes
* Aiden Bax
* Gus Nelson