The World Hockey Championship for Women’s Youth Teams ( Hockey Junior World Cup ) is an international field hockey team competition held under the auspices of the International Field Hockey Federation (FIH) since 1989. Held once every four years. Players must be at least 21 years old (as of December 31 of the year preceding the year of the championship).
| Women's Field Hockey World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Kind of sport | Field hockey |
| Founded by | 1989 |
| Continent | ( FIH ) |
| Last champion |  Netherlands (3rd title) |
| Most titles | Netherlands (3 titles) |
| Official site | www.fihockey.org |
Since 1979, a championship has been held for men's youth teams .
The most successful in the championship rallies were 4 national teams: the Netherlands national team won the championship 3 times, the national team of South Korea - 2 times, the national teams of Argentina and Germany - once (as of December 2014).
Content
Tournament Rules
The championship is divided into two parts: qualification and final tournament. Teams get into the final tournament only after having achieved success in qualification - not a single team gets directly into the final tournament.
Qualification
All teams wishing to qualify for the final tournament of the championship take part in the championships of their continents. The Federation of each continent receives two places for participation in the first two places in their championship in the final tournament of the World Cup. The remaining places are filled by teams by decision of the International Federation (occupying the highest places in the ranking of youth teams).
Final Tournament
Teams are divided into two groups (the distribution of the groups is determined by the places occupied in the world ranking of teams) and play among themselves in a circular system in one circle. The first two places in the groups go to the “medal” round, where they play first in the semifinals; then the winners of the semifinals play in the final match for 1st place, the losers in the semifinals - in the match for 3rd place. The rest of the teams that took places in the group round below the 2nd place play “classification” matches among themselves for the final determination of the final places occupied in the championship.
Results
Winners and Prizewinners
| Year | City and country of the final tournament | The final | 3rd place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 1989 | Ottawa , Canada | Germany | The Republic of Korea | the USSR | Netherlands | ||||
| 1993 | Terrassa , Spain | Argentina | Australia | Germany | The Republic of Korea | ||||
| 1997 | Seongnam , South Korea | Netherlands | 2-0 | Australia | Argentina | 3-1 | Germany | ||
| 2001 | Buenos Aires , Argentina | The Republic of Korea | 2-2 (4-3) penalty | Argentina | Australia | 2-0 | Netherlands | ||
| 2005 | Santiago , Chile | The Republic of Korea | 1-0 | Germany | Netherlands | 2-1 | Australia | ||
| 2009 | Boston , USA | Netherlands | 3-0 | Argentina | The Republic of Korea | 2-1 | England | ||
| 2013 | Monchengladbach , Germany | Netherlands | 1-1 (4-2) penalty | Argentina | India | 1-1 (3-2) penalty | England | ||
| 2016 | Santiago , Chile | ||||||||
Winning Teams
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 (1997, 2009, 2013) | 1 (2005) | 2 (1989, 2001) | |
| The Republic of Korea | 2 (2001, 2005) | 1 (1989) | 1 (2009) | 1 (1993) |
| Argentina | 1 (1993) | 3 (2001 *, 2009, 2013) | 1 (1997) | |
| Germany ^ | 1 (1989) | 1 (2005) | 1 (1993) | 1 (1997) |
| Australia | 2 (1993, 1997) | 1 (2001) | 1 (2005) | |
| India | 1 (2013) | |||
| USSR # | 1 (1989) | |||
| England | 2 (2009, 2013) |
- * = national team of the host country of the tournament
- ^ = including the results shown by the national team of Germany in 1989
- # = countries that subsequently split into several independent states
- ^ = including the results shown by the national team of Germany in 1989
See also
- Men's Field Hockey World Championship