2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup Explained

Tournament:	2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
Size:	180px
Country:	United States
City:	Boston
Venues:	Jordan Field, Harvard University Newton Campus Field, Boston College
Teams:	16
Confederations:	5
Count:	2
Matches:	58
Goals:	255
Top Scorer:	Zhao Yudiao
Top Scorer Goals:	12
Best Player:	Emilie Mol
Previous Year:	2005
Previous Tournament:	2005 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
Next Year:	2013
Next Tournament:	2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup

The 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the sixth tournament of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from August 3 to August 16, 2009, in Boston, United States.

The Netherlands won the tournament for the second time after defeating Argentina 3–0 in the final. Defending champions South Korea won the third-place match by defeating England 2–1.^[1]

Qualification

Each continental federation got a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Along with the host nation, 16 teams competed in the tournament.^{[2] [3]}

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation
11–20 July 2008	2008 Junior Africa Cup for Nations	Cairo, Egypt
20–26 July 2008	2008 EuroHockey Junior Nations Championship	Valencia, Spain
20–26 July 2008	2008 EuroHockey Junior Nations Trophy	Prague, Czech Republic
6–12 October 2008	2008 Pan American Junior Championship	Mexico City, Mexico
11–14 December 2008	2008 Oceania Junior Nations Cup	Brisbane, Australia
13–21 December 2008	2008 Junior Asia Cup	Seremban, Malaysia

– Egypt withdrew from participating. As the first reserve team was previously assigned to the European Federation, France took their place as winners of the 2012 EuroHockey Junior Nations Trophy.

– Australia and New Zealand qualified automatically due to the lack of other competing teams in the Oceania qualifier.^[4]

Squads

See main article: 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup squads.

Results

All times are Eastern Daylight Time ^[5]

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Medal round

Pool E

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Pool F

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Non-medal round

Pool G

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Fifth to sixteenth place classification

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

External links

• Official FIH website
• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Netherlands claim BDO Junior World Cup title. 2013-05-29. 2009-08-17.
2. News: FIH releases Qualified Teams for 2009 Events. 2008-11-12. FIH. 2009-04-01.
3. News: FIH releases Pools for BDO Women's Junior World Cup. 2009-02-02. FIH. 2009-04-01.
4. Web site: Junior Black Sticks Women's team to play Australia JWC Qualifier. 2008-10-20. FIH. 2013-06-03.
5. Web site: BDO Hockey Junior World Cup Women, Boston (USA) – 03/16 Aug 2009. FIH. 2009-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110529233302/http://209.20.80.25/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,,1181-1-1-150587-0-file,00.pdf. 29 May 2011. dead. dmy-all.