Canada women's national under-21 field hockey team explained

Canada
Association:Field Hockey Canada
Confederation:PAHF (Pan America)
Nickname:Wolf Pups
Coach:Jenn Beagan
Assistant:Cassius Mendonca
Manager:Nancy Charlton
Captain:Melanie Scholz
Regional Name:Junior World Cup
Regional Cup Apps:8
Regional Cup First:1989
Regional Cup Best:7th (1989)

The Canada women's national under-21 field hockey team represents Canada in international under-21 field hockey competitions.[1] The team is controlled by the governing body for field hockey in Canada, Field Hockey Canada, which is a member of the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) and the International Hockey Federation (FIH).[2] [3]

The team's first recorded appearance was at the 1989 FIH World Cup, where the team finished in seventh place.

The team's last appearance was in 2021, during the Pan American Junior Championship in Santiago, where the team claimed an historic gold medal.[4] [5]

Tournament records

FIH Junior World Cup
YearLocationPosition
1989 Ottawa, Canada7th 7 3 0 4 7 13 −6
1993 Terrassa, Spain8th 7 2 0 5 4 16 −12
1997 Seongnam, South Korea11th 7 1 0 6 5 28 −23
2001 Buenos Aires, Argentina13th 7 3 0 4 10 21 −11
2005 Santiago, Chile15th 7 2 1 4 16 15 +1
2009 Boston, United StatesDid not participate
2013 Mönchengladbach, Germany14th 6 1 1 4 11 16 −5
2016 Santiago, ChileDid not participate
2021 Potchefstroom, South Africa15th 4 0 0 4 2 21 −19
2023 Santiago, Chile16th6015442−38
Pan American Junior Championship
YearLocationPosition
1988 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDid not participate
1992 Caracas, Venezuela3rd
1997 Santiago, Chile2nd 6 5 0 1 25 8 +17
2000 Bridgetown, Barbados3rd 5 2 1 2 13 13 0
2005 San Juan, Puerto Rico4th 7 4 0 3 30 7 +23
2008 Mexico City, MexicoDid not participate
2012 Guadalajara, Mexico2nd 6 3 1 2 18 11 +7
2016 Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago4th 6 2 1 3 9 17 −8
2021 Santiago, Chile1st 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3
2023 St. Michael, Barbados4th 5 2 0 3 24 9 +15

Current squad

The following 18 players represented Canada at the 2021 Pan American Junior Championship in Santiago.[6]

Caps and goals updated as of August 28, 2021, after the match against Uruguay.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Nextgen National program . fieldhockey.ca . . 6 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Members . panamhockey.org . . 6 September 2021 . 26 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210926004359/http://www.panamhockey.org/en/members . dead .
  3. Web site: USA . fih.ch . . 6 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Junior Pan American Championship 2021 (W) . tms.fih.ch . . 6 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Team Canada defeats Uruguay and claims historic Pan American gold . fieldhockey.ca . . 6 September 2021 . 6 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210906062537/http://www.fieldhockey.ca/2021/08/28/team-canada-wins-pan-am-gold-in-1-0-final-thriller/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Team Details – Canada . tms.fih.ch . . 6 September 2021 .