2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup Explained

Tournament:	2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup
Other Titles:	Junior Hockey World Cup (India) 2016
Size:	200px
Country:	India
City:	Lucknow
Dates:	–
Venues:	Major Dhyan Chand Stadium
Teams:	16
Confederations:	5
Count:	2
Matches:	44
Goals:	185
Top Scorer:	Edward Horler
Top Scorer Goals:	8
Best Player:	Enrique González de Castéjon
Best Goalkeeper:	Loic Van Doren
Previous Year:	2013
Previous Tournament:	2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup
Next Year:	2021
Next Tournament:	2021 Men's FIH Junior World Cup

The 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held in Lucknow, India from 8–18 December 2016.^{[1] [2]} A total of sixteen teams competed for the title.

Host nation India won the tournament for the second time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final. Germany won the third-place match by defeating Australia 3–0.

Qualification

Each continental federation got a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 15 other teams will compete in the tournament. Pakistan officially qualified for the tournament through their position in the Junior Asia Cup but later were replaced by Malaysia due to not meeting the FIH deadline for submitting entries.^{[3] [4]}

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			1
20–26 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Waterloo, Belgium	6
14–22 November 2015	2015 Junior Asia Cup	Kuantan, Malaysia	3
18–24 January 2016	2016 Oceania Junior Cup	Gold Coast, Australia	2
18–28 March 2016	2016 Junior Africa Cup for Nations	Windhoek, Namibia	2
20–29 March 2016	2016 Pan American Junior Championship	Toronto, Canada	2
Total			16

Umpires

Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Deepak Joshi (India)
• Aziz Adimah (Ghana)
• Dan Barstow (England)
• Tim Bond (New Zealand)
• Sherif Elamari (Egypt)
• Pietro Galligani (Italy)
• Federico Garcia (Uruguay)
• Ben Göntgen (Germany)
• Gabriel Labate (Argentina)
• Sebastien Michielsen (Belgium)
• Zeke Newman (Australia)
• Sean Rapaport (South Africa)
• Suolong You (China)
• David Sweetman (Scotland)

Squads

See main article: 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup squads.

First round

All times are Indian Standard Time .

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Classification round

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

Cross-overs

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Thirteenth and fourteenth place

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Cross-overs

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Ninth and tenth place

Medal round

Quarter-finals

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Fifth to eighth place classification

Cross-overs

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Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

See also

• 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hockey: India to host two World League Finals and 2016 Junior World Cup. 9 November 2013. SportAsia. 21 December 2015. 22 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222133028/http://sport-asia.com/hockey-india-to-host-two-world-league-finals-and-2016-junior-world-cup/. dead.
2. Web site: Lucknow to host junior men's hockey World Cup in December. IANS. 7 June 2016. Business Standard.
3. Web site: FIH halts Pakistan team's participation in Junior Hockey World Cup in India. 29 November 2016.
4. Web site: Qualification Criteria for Hockey Junior World Cup 2016. . www.fih.ch/ . . 27 May 2016.