2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

U21 field hockey championship

Tournament details

Host country

Chile

City

Santiago

Dates

29 November – 10 December

Teams

16 (from 5 confederations)

Venue(s)

Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped

Final positions

Champions

Netherlands (5th title)

Runner-up

Argentina

Third place

Belgium

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

235 (4.9 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Astrid Bonami (11 goals)

Best player

Teresa Lima

Best goalkeeper

Mercedes Artola

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The 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup was the tenth edition of the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial women's under–21 field hockey world championship organised by the International Hockey Federation. It was held in Santiago, Chile from 29 November to 10 December 2023.

The Netherlands were the defending champions, having won a record-extending fourth title at the 2022 edition. They defended their title by defeating Argentina 4–1 in a shoot-out in the final after the match finished 2–2 in regular time. Belgium won their first medal by defeating England 7–0 in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Alongside the hosts, Chile, the 15 other teams qualified via the continental championships.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
2 July 2021	Hosts	—	1	Chile
24–30 July 2022	2022 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Ghent, Belgium	5	Germany Belgium Netherlands England Spain
8–11 December 2022	2022 Junior Oceania Cup	Canberra, Australia	2	Australia New Zealand
12–16 March 2023	2023 Junior Africa Cup	Ismailia, Egypt	2	South Africa Zimbabwe
10–18 April 2023	2023 Junior Pan American Championship	Bridgetown, Barbados	3	United States Argentina Canada
2–11 June 2023	2023 Junior Asia Cup	Kakamigahara, Japan	3	India South Korea Japan
Total			16

Squads

Main article: 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup squads

Umpires

The following 14 umpires were selected on 30 March.

Veronica Villafañe (ARG)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Durga Devi (IND)
Minami Inamoto (JPN)
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Katrina Turner (NZL)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Melissa Taylor (RSA)

Preliminary round

Pools and fixtures were established on the basis of the FIH Junior World Rankings, introduced in 2023.

All times are local (UTC−04:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	15	2	+13	7	Quarter–finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Quarter–finals
3	Chile (H)	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts

29 November 2023
12:00

Netherlands	2–2	Australia
Moes 40' Beljaars 57'	Report	Stewart 12' Brooks 54'

Umpires:
Katrina Turner (NZL)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

29 November 2023
20:30

South Africa	0–1	Chile
	Report	Gutiérrez 27'

Umpires:
Durga Devi (IND)
Sandra Adell (ESP)

30 November 2023
18:30

South Africa	0–6	Netherlands
	Report	Roberts 2', 18', 43' Dicke 27' Beljaars 39', 57'

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

30 November 2023
20:30

Australia	2–0	Chile
Cullum-Sanders 6' Stewart 44'	Report

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)

2 December 2023
17:00

Australia	4–0	South Africa
Jones 4' Cullum-Sanders 17', 46' Kenny 51'	Report

Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Minami Inamoto (JPN)

2 December 2023
19:00

Netherlands	7–0	Chile
Dicke 5' Roberts 6' Jansen 9' Beljaars 26', 51' Winter 31' Van den Nieuwenhof 60'	Report

Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	18	0	+18	9	Quarter–finals
2	Spain	3	2	1	10	2	+8	6	Quarter–finals
3	South Korea	3	1	2	7	5	+2	3
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	3	0	28	−28	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

29 November 2023
10:00

South Korea	6–0	Zimbabwe
Park Mi-g. 9' Lee S. 30' An 34' Jeong 43' Choi N. 55' Choi J. 58'	Report

Umpires:
Chen Jianjun (CHN)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)

29 November 2023
16:30

Argentina	1–0	Spain
Raposo 22'	Report

Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Melissa Taylor (RSA)

1 December 2023
10:00

Spain	8–0	Zimbabwe
Barba 9' Lima 10', 12', 32' Melero 17' Carmona 23' C. Fernández 49' Sola 55'	Report

Umpires:
Veronica Villafañe (ARG)
Katrina Turner (NZL)

1 December 2023
20:30

South Korea	0–3	Argentina
	Report	Pacheco 17' Santamarina 41' Raposo 52'

Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

3 December 2023
17:00

Spain	2–1	South Korea
Carmona 30' Sáenz de Santa María 43'	Report	An 59'

Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Durga Devi (IND)

3 December 2023
19:00

Argentina	14–0	Zimbabwe
Pacheco 6', 37', 53' Díaz 9', 36' Raposo 13', 60' Bruggesser 19' Ferola 32', 51' Casas 40', 40' Santamarina 47' Castellaro 59'	Report

Umpires:
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)
Katrina Turner (NZL)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	17	2	+15	9	Quarter–finals
2	Germany	3	2	1	12	9	+3	6	Quarter–finals
3	India	3	1	2	17	7	+10	3
4	Canada	3	0	3	0	28	−28	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

29 November 2023
14:00

India	12–0	Canada
Annu 4', 6', 39' Dipi Monika 21' Mumtaz 26', 41', 54', 60' Deepika 34', 50', 54' Neelam 45'	Report

Umpires:
Minami Inamoto (JPN)
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

29 November 2023
18:30

Germany	0–6	Belgium
	Report	Bonami 15', 32', 37' Dewaet 44', 47', 60'

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)

30 November 2023
14:00

Belgium	8–0	Canada
Bonami 3', 49' De Clerck 7' Cornelissens 11' Dewaet 36', 39' Geerts 43', 52'	Report

Umpires:
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Sandra Adell (ESP)

30 November 2023
16:30

India	3–4	Germany
Annu 11' Ropni 14' Mumtaz 24'	Report	Schwabe 17' Plüth 21', 36' Seidel 38'

Umpires:
Chen Jianjun (CHN)
Katrina Turner (NZL)

2 December 2023
10:00

Belgium	3–2	India
Schreurs 5' De Mot 42' Bonami 52'	Report	Annu 47', 51'

Umpires:
Melissa Taylor (RSA)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)

2 December 2023
12:00

Germany	8–0	Canada
Stoffelsma 14', 49', 52' Plüth 37', 54' Haid 43' Boehringer 44' Seidel 60'	Report

Umpires:
Durga Devi (IND)
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	11	6	+5	6	Quarter–finals
2	Japan	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6	Quarter–finals
3	United States	3	2	1	10	8	+2	6
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

30 November 2023
10:00

England	5–0	New Zealand
Bingham 7' Long 26', 46' Pocknell 52' Alexander 56'	Report

Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Minami Inamoto (JPN)

30 November 2023
12:00

United States	2–1	Japan
Bruder 20', 21'	Report	Hiramitsu 13'

Umpires:
Durga Devi (IND)
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

1 December 2023
12:00

New Zealand	1–2	Japan
Reid 19'	Report	Murayama 35' Ueno 41'

Umpires:
Melissa Taylor (RSA)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)

1 December 2023
18:30

United States	2–5	England
Mendez-Trendler 6' Rose 19'	Report	Swain 27' Alexander 32' Long 36' Axford 50' Spavin 58'

Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)

3 December 2023
10:00

England	1–4	Japan
Bingham 17'	Report	Sasaki 18', 31' Oshima 40', 51'

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)

3 December 2023
12:00

New Zealand	2–6	United States
Eades 54' Reid 58'	Report	Mendez-Trendler 23' Tamer 31', 50', 58' Croon 59' Rose 59'

Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

Classification round

Bracket

Ninth to sixteenth		Cross-overs		Ninth place

5 December

Chile	2
		7 December
Zimbabwe	0
		Chile	1
5 December
		United States	5
United States	8
				9 December
Canada	0
				United States	2 (2)
5 December
				India (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
South Korea (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
		7 December
South Africa	1 (2)
		South Korea	1
5 December
		India	3	Eleventh place
India (p.s.o.)	3 (3)
				9 December
New Zealand	3 (2)
				Chile	1

				South Korea	2

Ninth to sixteenth place quarter-finals

5 December 2023
09:00

India	3–3	New Zealand
Ropni 8' Chhatri 17' Sunelita 53'	Report	Story 11' Harris 14' Pho 49'
Penalties
Mumtaz Deepika Sakshi Rutaja Preeti Mumtaz	3–2	Cotter Pho Findlay Baker Schneideman Cotter

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Minami Inamoto (JPN)

5 December 2023
11:15

United States	8–0	Canada
Mendez-Trendler 10' Bruder 38' Adams 41' Rose 42', 43' Dixon 57' Tamer 59' Wadas 60'	Report

Umpires:
Melissa Taylor (RSA)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)

5 December 2023
18:15

South Korea	1–1	South Africa
Lee S. 12'	Report	Phume 30'
Penalties
Jeong Park Mi-h. Park S. Lee Y. An	3–2	Janse van Vuuren Hamza Swarts Augousti Isaacs

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

5 December 2023
20:30

Chile	2–0	Zimbabwe
Muñoz 8' Ma. Gago 23'	Report

Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

Cross-overs		Thirteenth place

7 December

Zimbabwe (p.s.o)	1 (4)
		9 December
Canada	1 (3)
		Zimbabwe	1
7 December
		South Africa	6
South Africa	3

New Zealand	1
		Fifteenth place

		9 December

		Canada	3

		New Zealand	5

Cross-overs

7 December 2023
09:00

Zimbabwe	1–1	Canada
Elijah 52'	Report	Kuzyk 10'
Penalties
Elijah Zimuto Mzizi Mujiba Elijah Elijah Zimuto	4–3	Hogg Poulakis Gibb Koop Kuzyk Poulakis Kuzyk

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)

7 December 2023
11:15

South Africa	3–1	New Zealand
Isaacs 21' Phume 34' Janse van Vuuren 52'	Report	Cotter 44'

Umpires:
Veronica Villafañe (ARG)
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

Fifteenth and sixteenth place

9 December 2023
12:15

Canada	3–5	New Zealand
Kuzyk 3' Mathisen 27', 50'	Report	Cotter 6', 20' Harris 23', 42' Reid 32'

Umpires:
Minami Inamoto (JPN)
Melissa Taylor (RSA)

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

9 December 2023
14:30

Zimbabwe	1–6	South Africa
Elijah 36'	Report	Mendonça 17' Hamza 21', 32', 47', 60' Brisset 50'

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Cross-overs

7 December 2023
18:15

South Korea	1–3	India
Choi J. 19'	Report	Ropni 23' Mumtaz 44' Annu 46'

Umpires:
Minami Inamoto (JPN)
Sandra Adell (ESP)

7 December 2023
20:30

Chile	1–5	United States
Muñoz 59'	Report	Mendez-Trendler 10' Croon 15', 41' Rose 15' Bruder 60'

Umpires:
Durga Devi (IND)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)

Eleventh and twelfth place

9 December 2023
17:00

Chile	1–2	South Korea
Irazoqui 15'	Report	Park Mi-h. 17' An 22'

Umpires:
Durga Devi (IND)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)

Ninth and tenth place

9 December 2023
19:15

United States	2–2	India
Thomassey 27', 53'	Report	Manju 11' Sunelita 57'
Penalties
Tamer Wadas Dixon Bent-Cole Underwood Wadas	2–3	Preeti Sakshi Mumtaz Annu Rutaja Rutaja

Umpires:
Chen Jianjun (CHN)
Katrina Turner (NZL)

Medal round

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

6 December

Netherlands	4
		8 December
Spain	1
		Netherlands	8
6 December
		England	1
England	1
				10 December
Germany	0
				Netherlands (p.s.o)	2 (4)
6 December
				Argentina	2 (1)
Argentina	3
		8 December
Australia	1
		Argentina (p.s.o)	0 (3)
6 December
		Belgium	0 (1)	Third place
Belgium	1
				10 December
Japan	0
				England	0

				Belgium	7

Quarter-finals

6 December 2023
09:00

Netherlands	4–1	Spain
Winter 3' Beljaars 8' Van Loon 11' Dicke 34'	Report	Lima 42'

Umpires:
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)
Katrina Turner (NZL)

6 December 2023
11:15

England	1–0	Germany
Spavin 39'	Report

Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Melissa Taylor (RSA)

6 December 2023
18:15

Belgium	1–0	Japan
Schreurs 60+'	Report

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)

6 December 2023
20:30

Argentina	3–1	Australia
Cairó 20' Casas 26' Bruggesser 52'	Report	Stewart 39'

Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Cross-overs		Fifth place

8 December

Spain	1
		10 December
Germany	2
		Germany	0
8 December
		Australia	2
Australia	1

Japan	0
		Seventh place

		10 December

		Spain	2

		Japan	4

Cross-overs

8 December 2023
09:00

Spain	1–2	Germany
Jiménez 30'	Report	Fischer 14' Haid 30+'

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

8 December 2023
11:15

Australia	1–0	Japan
Stewart 59'	Report

Umpires:
Katrina Turner (NZL)
Durga Devi (IND)

Seventh and eighth place

10 December 2023
12:15

Spain	2–4	Japan
Pérez 6' Jiménez 15'	Report	Hayasuke 11', 26' Matsunami 18' Sasaki 34'

Umpires:
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)

Fifth and sixth place

10 December 2023
14:30

Germany	0–2	Australia
	Report	A. Lawton 25' Young 33'

Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Minami Inamoto (JPN)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

8 December 2023
18:15

Netherlands	8–1	England
Roberts 1', 46' Beljaars 7', 22' Dicke 17' Reijnen 20', 53' De Nooijer 35'	Report	Spavin 33'

Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Sandra Adell (ESP)

8 December 2023
20:30

Argentina	0–0	Belgium
	Report
Penalties
Santamarina Bruggesser Pagella Raposo	3–1	Bonami De Mot De Clerck Dewaet

Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Melissa Taylor (RSA)

Third and fourth place

10 December 2023
17:00

England	0–7	Belgium
	Report	Bonami 7', 36', 44', 47', 58' Dewaet 39' De Clerck 45'

Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)

Final

10 December 2023
19:15

Netherlands	2–2	Argentina
Roberts 35', 57'	Report	Díaz 20' Raposo 29'
Penalties
Winter Moes Jansen Dicke	4–1	Díaz Raposo Pagella

Umpires:
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

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	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	29	6	+23	14	Gold medal
2	B	Argentina	6	4	2	0	23	3	+20	14	Silver medal
3	C	Belgium	6	5	1	0	25	2	+23	16	Bronze medal
4	D	England	6	3	0	3	13	21	−8	9

5	A	Australia	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Losing quarter-finalists
6	C	Germany	6	3	0	3	14	13	+1	9
7	D	Japan	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	9
8	B	Spain	6	2	0	4	14	12	+2	6

9	C	India	6	2	2	2	25	13	+12	8	Crossover winners
10	D	United States	6	4	1	1	25	11	+14	13
11	B	South Korea	6	2	1	3	11	10	+1	7
12	A	Chile (H)	6	2	0	4	5	16	−11	6

13	A	South Africa	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7	Crossover losers
14	B	Zimbabwe	6	0	1	5	2	37	−35	1
15	D	New Zealand	6	1	1	4	12	22	−10	4
16	C	Canada	6	0	1	5	4	42	−38	1

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Teresa Lima
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Mercedes Artola
Top goalscorer	Astrid Bonami

Goalscorers

There were 235 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 4.9 goals per match.

11 goals

Astrid Bonami

8 goals

7 goals

Annu

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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External links

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