The Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, is the field hockey Junior World Cup competition for women, with the format for qualification and the final tournament similar to the men's.
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| First season | 1989 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Confederation | FIH (International) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Netherlands (5th title) (2023) |
| Most titles | Netherlands (5 titles) |
| Qualification | Continental championships |
It is organized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and has been played since 1989. The tournament features players who are under 21 years of age and is held once every two years.
Four teams have dominated in past events. Netherlands is the most successful team, having won the tournament five times, this followed by Korea and Argentina. Germany have won the tournament once.
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIH banned Russia from the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, and banned Russian and Belarusian officials from FIH events.[1]
Results
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Successful national teams
edit| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third places | Fourth places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands
|
5 (1997, 2009, 2013, 2022, 2023) | 1 (2016) | 1 (2005) | 2 (1989, 2001) |
 Argentina
|
2 (1993, 2016) | 4 (2001*, 2009, 2013, 2023) | 1 (1997) | |
 South Korea
|
2 (2001, 2005) | 1 (1989) | 1 (2009) | 1 (1993) |
 Germany^
|
1 (1989) | 2 (2005, 2022) | 1 (1993) | 1 (1997) |
 Australia
|
2 (1993, 1997) | 2 (2001, 2016) | 1 (2005) | |
 England
|
1 (2022) | 3 (2009, 2013, 2023) | ||
 India
|
1 (2013) | 1 (2022) | ||
 Soviet Union#
|
1 (1989) | |||
 Belgium
|
1 (2023) | |||
 Spain
|
1 (2016) |
- * = hosts
- ^ = includes result representing West Germany in 1989
- # = states that have since split into two or more independent nations
Team appearances
edit| Team |  1989 |
1993 |
1997 |
2001 |
 2005 |
 2009 |
2013 |
2016 |
 2022 |
2023 |
2025 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
6th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 2nd | Q | 11 |
| Australia
|
– | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | WD | 5th | 8 | |
 Austria
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 1 | |
 Belarus
|
– | – | – | – | 14th | 15th | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Belgium
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 6th | WD | 3rd | Q | 4 |
| Canada
|
7th | 8th | 11th | 13th | 15th | – | 14th | – | 15th | 16th | Q | 9 |
| Chile
|
11th | – | – | 12th | 10th | 12th | – | 11th | – | 12th | Q | 7 |
 China
|
5th | 6th | 8th | – | 13th | 7th | 12th | 10th | WD | – | 7 | |
| England
|
8th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | Q | 11 |
 France
|
– | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | 15th | – | – | 2 | |
| Germany^
|
1st | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 10th | 5th | 2nd | 6th | Q | 11 |
 Ghana
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | 1 | |
| India
|
– | – | – | 9th | 11th | 9th | 3rd | – | 4th | 9th | 6 | |
 Ireland
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | Q | 2 |
 Japan
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | WD | 7th | 2 | |
 Kenya
|
– | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Lithuania
|
– | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Malaysia
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | 1 | |
| Netherlands
|
4th | 5th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Q | 11 |
 New Zealand
|
9th | – | – | 5th | – | 10th | 9th | 13th | WD | 15th | 6 | |
 Russia
|
– | – | – | 15th | – | – | 15th | – | DSQ | – | 2 | |
 Scotland
|
– | 11th | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 3 |
| South Africa
|
– | – | 6th | 6th | 8th | 11th | 8th | 14th | 7th | 13th | 8 | |
| South Korea
|
2nd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 11th | 12th | 6th | 11th | 10 | |
| Soviet Union#
|
3rd | Defunct | 1 | |||||||||
| Spain
|
– | 7th | 9th | 10th | 6th | 13th | 5th | 4th | WD | 8th | Q | 9 |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
– | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Ukraine
|
– | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | WD | – | 1 | |
| United States
|
10th | – | 12th | 14th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 10th | Q | 10 |
 Uruguay
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | Q | 2 |
 Wales
|
– | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | Q | 3 |
 Zimbabwe
|
12th | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 16th | 12th | 14th | 5 | |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 24 | |
- ^ = includes result representing West Germany in 1989
- # = states that have since split into two or more independent nations
Argentina, Korea, Germany, and Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at each Junior World Cup; 31 teams have competed in at least one Junior World Cup.
Debut of teams
edit| Year | Debuting teams | Successor and renamed teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | No. | CT | ||
| 1989 | Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, England, West Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Soviet Union, United States, Zimbabwe
|
12 | 12 | |
| 1993 | Australia, Kenya, Scotland, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
|
5 | 17 | Germany
|
| 1997 | South Africa, Ukraine
|
2 | 19 | |
| 2001 | India, Russia, Wales
|
3 | 22 | |
| 2005 | Belarus
|
1 | 23 | |
| 2009 | France, Lithuania
|
2 | 25 | |
| 2013 | Belgium, Ghana
|
2 | 27 | |
| 2016 | Japan
|
1 | 28 | |
| 2022 | Austria, Ireland, Malaysia, Uruguay
|
4 | 32 | |