2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup explained

Tournament:	2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
Other Titles:	Junior Hockey World Cup 2022
Size:	290px
Country:	South Africa
City:	Potchefstroom
Dates:	1–12 April
Venues:	NWU Astro
Teams:	15
Confederations:	4
Count:	4
Matches:	44
Goals:	202
Top Scorer:	Jip Dicke
Top Scorer Goals:	13
Best Player:	Stine Kurz
Goalkeeper:	Mali Wichmann
Previous Year:	2016
Previous Tournament:	2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
Next Year:	2023
Next Tournament:	2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup is the ninth edition of the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial women's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation.

It was scheduled to be held from 5 to 16 December 2021 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.^{[1] [2]} Because of a new COVID-19 variant, the tournament was put on hold on 26 November 2021 and later postponed, with the option to be hosted by South Africa.^{[3] [4]} On 10 January 2022 it was announced the tournament will take place from 2 to 13 April 2022 at the original venue.^[5] In February the tournament was moved one day forward to start on 1 and end on 12 April 2022.^[6]

Argentina were the defending champions. They were defeated 4–1 in the quarter-finals by Germany. The Netherlands won a record fourth title by defeating Germany 3–1 in the final.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to South Africa, who qualified automatically as hosts, 15 other teams qualified from five separate continental competitions.^[7]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
13–21 July 2019	2019 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Valencia, Spain	3
17 February 2020	Host		1
Cancelled	2021 Junior Africa Cup	Windhoek, Namibia	1
Cancelled	2021 Junior Asia Cup	Kakamigahara, Japan	2
21–28 August 2021	2021 Junior Pan American Championship	Santiago, Chile	3
Cancelled	2021 Junior Oceania Cup		0
24 September 2021	Invitational		2
10 February 2022			2
9 March 2022			1
Total			15

Squads

See main article: 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup squads.

Umpires

The following 14 umpires were selected on 30 March by the FIH:^[8]

• Maria Locatelli (ARG)
• Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
• Catalina Montesino (CHI)
• Ivona Makar (CRO)
• Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)
• Inès El Hajem (FRA)
• Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
• Alison Keogh (IRL)
• Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)
• Lisette Baljon (NED)
• Victoria Pazos (PAR)
• Wanri Venter (RSA)
• Kim Yoon-seon (KOR)
• Gema Calderón (ESP)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^{[9] [10]}

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

Placement finals

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Thirteenth to fifteenth place classification

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

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[11]

See also

• 2021 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
• 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

External links

• FIH website

Notes and References

1. Web site: First FIH Hockey Junior World Cup on African soil . fih.ch . . 17 February 2020 . . 17 February 2020.
2. Web site: India, South Africa to host junior hockey World Cup 2021 . aninews.in . . 17 February 2020 . . 17 February 2020 . 17 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200217175318/https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/hockey/india-south-africa-to-host-junior-hockey-world-cup-202120200217195227/ . dead .
3. Web site: FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup South Africa 2021 put on hold. fih.ch . . 26 November 2021. 26 November 2021.
4. Web site: South Africa and Canada to join Men's FIH Hockey Pro League. fih.ch. 8 December 2021. 8 December 2021.
5. Web site: Women's Junior World Cup to be played in South Africa in April, Indoor World Cup cancelled . fih.ch . . 10 January 2022 . 10 January 2022.
6. Web site: FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup: 50 days to go! . 9 February 2022.
7. Web site: Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021 . fih.ch . . 17 February 2020 . 3 April 2019.
8. Web site: Officials List . tms.fih.ch . . 30 March 2022.
9. Web site: FIH Hockey Junior World Cups: pools and match schedules revealed. fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 20 October 2021. 20 October 2021.
10. Web site: FIH Junior Hockey World Cup Match Schedule . fih.ch . . 3 December 2020 . . 3 December 2020.
11. Web site: 13 April 2022 . Netherlands reign supreme but Germany push all the way; England win bronze after close encounter with India; Argentina and South Africa sign off with victories. Highlights from Day 12 in Potchefstroom . 2022-04-13 . International Hockey Federation . en.