2016 Men's Hockey 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.

2016 Men's Hockey
Junior World Cup

Junior Hockey World Cup (India) 2016
Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Lucknow
Dates	8 (8)–18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Major Dhyan Chand Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	185 (4.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edward Horler (8 goals)
Best player	Enrique González de Castéjon
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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	India
20–26 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Waterloo, Belgium	6	Netherlands  Germany  England  Belgium  Spain  Austria
14–22 November 2015	2015 Junior Asia Cup	Kuantan, Malaysia	3	Japan  Malaysia  Pakistan  South Korea
18–24 January 2016	2016 Oceania Junior Cup	Gold Coast, Australia	2	Australia  New Zealand
18–28 March 2016	2016 Junior Africa Cup for Nations	Windhoek, Namibia	2	Egypt  South Africa
20–29 March 2016	2016 Pan American Junior Championship	Toronto, Canada	2	Argentina  Canada
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

Main article: 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup squads

First round

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Quarter-finals
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
3	Austria	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4	9th–12th place classification
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	3	15	−12	0	13th–16th place classification

Source: FIH

9 December 2016 10:00 Argentina  1–1  Austria Domene  47' Report Binder  63' Umpires: Aziz Adimah Pietro Galligani

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10 December 2016 12:00 South Korea  2–5  Austria Park  35', 54' Report Hilbert  8' Rudofsky  21', 62' Binder  39' Lindengrun  60' Umpires: Sherif Elamari Sebastien Michielsen

10 December 2016 16:00 Argentina  1–2  Australia Casella  42' Report Bird  31' Govers  69' Umpires: Dan Barstow David Sweetman

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12 December 2016 10:00 Australia  4–2  Austria Simmonds  4' Sharp  24' Govers  45' Welch  46' Report Schippan  8' Lindengrun  67' Umpires: Sean Rapaport Deepak Joshi

12 December 2016 12:00 South Korea  1–5  Argentina Park  41' Report Ferreiro  2' Domene  12' Habif  14' Keenan  29', 50' Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen Suolong You

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13 December 2016 12:00 Australia  5–0  South Korea Gerrard  25' Govers  33', 34' Hendry  61' Arunasalam  68' Report Umpires: David Sweetman Pietro Galligani

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	16	5	+11	6
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3	9th–12th place classification
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0	13th–16th place classification

Source: FIH

9 December 2016 12:00 Belgium  4–0  Egypt Simar  18' Raes  27' van Linthoudt  46' Lemaire  60' Report Umpires: Tim Bond Gabriel Labate

9 December 2016 18:00 Netherlands  7–2  Malaysia van Dam  19' Brinkman  25' van Groesen  33', 63' Pieters  40' Aarts  44' Croon  49' Report Zaidi  59' Arshad  65' Umpires: Ben Göntgen Sean Rapaport

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11 December 2016 14:00 Belgium  3–2  Netherlands Verheijen  48' Van Lierde  56' Raes  69' Report Pieters  38' van Groesen  64' Umpires: Ben Göntgen Gabriel Labate

11 December 2016 16:00 Malaysia  2–0  Egypt Zulhamizan  13' Hamirin  61' Report Umpires: Deepak Joshi Pietro Galligani

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12 December 2016 16:00 Netherlands  7–0  Egypt van Dam  7' Janssen  9', 54' van Groesen  25' Brinkman  37' van der Graaf  45' Schoenaker  58' Report Umpires: Dan Barstow Tim Bond

12 December 2016 18:00 Malaysia  0–3  Belgium Report Stockbroekx  10' Van Lierde  33' Verheijen  55' Umpires: Zeke Newman Federico Garcia

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	9th–12th place classification
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0	13th–16th place classification

Source: FIH

8 December 2016 11:30 New Zealand  1–0  Japan Logan  55' Report Umpires: David Sweetman Suolong You

8 December 2016 13:30 Germany  2–1  Spain Boeckel  25' Herzbruch  63' Report Bordas I Fabregas  48' Umpires: Gabriel Labate Sean Rapaport

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9 December 2016 14:00 Spain  4–1  Japan Serrahima  8' Garcia Alcalde  24', 37' De Abadal  25' Report Sugiyama  48' Umpires: Deepak Joshi Federico Garcia

9 December 2016 16:00 New Zealand  1–2  Germany Lane  4' Report Herzbruch  24' Boeckel  51' Umpires: Dan Barstow Sebastien Michielsen

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11 December 2016 12:00 Germany  6–1  Japan Staib  3' Boeckel  25', 39' Prinz  54' Herzbruch  58' Windfeder  63' Report Ozawa  67' Umpires: Aziz Adimah David Sweetman

11 December 2016 18:00 Spain  3–3  New Zealand Piera Grau  21' González de Castéjon  62' Lara Rosell  69' Report Hiha  44' Keaney  59' Thomas  66' Umpires: Federico Garcia Sean Rapaport

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	3	0	0	11	4	+7	9	Quarter-finals
2	England	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	6
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3	9th–12th place classification
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0	13th–16th place classification

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

8 December 2016 15:30 England  4–2  South Africa Horler  5', 9' Scott  11' Griffiths  62' Report De Sousa  13' Crowe  56' Umpires: Zeke Newman Sherif Elamari

8 December 2016 18:45 India  4–0  Canada Mandeep  35' Harmanpreet  46' Varun  60' Ajit  66' Report Umpires: Pietro Galligani Frederico Garcia

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10 December 2016 14:00 South Africa  3–1  Canada Lion-Cachet  26' Crowe  41' Pfaff  55' Report Pereira  21' Umpires: Tim Bond Zeke Newman

10 December 2016 18:00 India  5–3  England Parvinder  24' Qureshi  35' Harmanpreet  37' Simranjeet  45' Varun  59' Report Clee  10' Calnan  63' Horler  67' Umpires: Ben Göntgen Suolong You

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12 December 2016 18:00 South Africa  1–2  India Lion-Cachet  28' Report Harjeet  11' Mandeep  55' Umpires: Sherif Elamari Gabriel Labate

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13 December 2016 10:00 England  6–0  Canada Calnan  10', 23' Horler  15', 20', 46' Proctor  54' Report Umpires: Aziz Adimah Ben Göntgen

Classification round

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

	Cross-overs				Thirteenth place
	14 December
	Egypt	0
					16 December
	Japan	1
					Japan	2
	14 December
					South Korea	1
	South Korea	2
	Canada	1
					Fifteenth place
					16 December
					Egypt	2
					Canada	1

Cross-overs

14 December 2016 11:15 Egypt  0–1  Japan Report Yamasaki  41' Umpires: Zeke Newman Aziz Adimah

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14 December 2016 18:00 South Korea  2–1  Canada Park Joo-han  21' Oh Se-yong  26' Report Pereira  28' Umpires: Sherif Elamari Deepak Joshi

Fifteenth and sixteenth place

17 December 2016 12:30 Egypt  2–1  Canada Gadelkarim  58' Elganaini  67' Report Chopra  35' Umpires: Aziz Adimah Federico Garcia

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

17 December 2016 14:30 Japan  2–1  South Korea Watanabe  55' Yamasaki  70' Report Oh Se-yong  65' Umpires: Deepak Joshi Zeke Newman

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Cross-overs				Ninth place
	14 December
	Austria	2
					17 December
	South Africa	4
					South Africa	1
	14 December
					New Zealand	4
	Malaysia	1
	New Zealand	3
					Eleventh place
					17 December
					Austria	2 (1)
					Malaysia (s.o)	2 (2)

Cross-overs

14 December 2016 13:30 Austria  2–4  South Africa Lindengrun  13' Thörnblom  60' Report De Sousa  21' Halle  32' Crowe  56' Ntuli  68' Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen Tim Bond

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14 December 2016 15:45 Malaysia  1–3  New Zealand Omar  28' Report Logan  6' Capizzi  58' Lane  60' Umpires: Pietro Galligani Gabriel Labate

Eleventh and twelfth place

17 December 2016 15:45 Austria  2–2  Malaysia Binder  26' Kaltenböck  41' Report Zulhamizan  8' Nik Rosemi  14' Penalties Thörnblom Schmidt Rudofsky Hilbert Steyrer 1–2 Nik Rosemi Arshad Sumantri Mustafa Umpires: sean Rapaport Sherif Elamari

Ninth and tenth place

17 December 2016 18:00 South Africa  1–4  New Zealand Halle  37' Report Wilcox  12', 15' Read  19' Thomas  30' Umpires: Pietro Galligani Sebastien Michielsen

Medal round

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 December
	Belgium (s.o.)	1 (4)
					16 December
	Argentina	1 (1)
					Belgium (s.o.)	0 (4)
	15 December
					Germany	0 (3)
	Germany	4
									18 December
	England	2
									Belgium	1
	15 December
									India	2
	Australia	2
					16 December
	Netherlands	1
					Australia	2 (2)
	15 December
					India (s.o.)	2 (4)			Third place
	India	2
									18 December
	Spain	1
									Germany	3
									Australia	0

Quarter-finals

15 December 2016 11:15 Belgium  1–1  Argentina Wegnez  69' Report Casella  44' Penalties Poncelet De Sloover Wegnez Raes 4–1 Casella Domene Keenan Umpires: Ben Göntgen Dan Barstow

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15 December 2016 13:30 Germany  4–2  England Schiffer  22' Windfeder  31' Scholten  52' Herzbruch  70' Report Horler  65', 66' Umpires: Gabriel Labate Sebastien Michielsen

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15 December 2016 15:45 Australia  2–1  Netherlands Arunasalam  18' Welch  58' Report Janssen  47' Umpires: Federico Garcia Sean Rapaport

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15 December 2016 18:00 India  2–1  Spain Simranjeet  57' Harmanpreet  66' Report Serrahima  23' Umpires: David Sweetman Suolong You

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	17 December
	Argentina	3
					18 December
	England	0
					Argentina	2
	17 December
					Spain	1
	Netherlands	1
	Spain	2
					Seventh place
					18 December
					England	2
					Netherlands	6

Cross-overs

17 December 2016 11:15 Argentina  3–0  England Acosta  40' Nepote  55' Casella  61' Report Umpires: Federico Garcia Zeke Newman

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17 December 2016 13:30 Netherlands  1–2  Spain Croon  64' Report Piera Grau  30' Garcia Alcalde  34' Umpires: Gabriel Labate Tim Bond

Seventh and eighth place

18 December 2016 11:15 England  2–6  Netherlands Sorsby  55', 66' Report van Dam  21' Brinkman  41', 68' van Groesen  56', 69' de Vilder  65' Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen Zeke Newman

Fifth and sixth place

18 December 2016 13:30 Argentina  2–1  Spain Keenan  51' Domene  54' Report Perellon  67' Umpires: Sean Rapaport Tim Bond

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

16 December 2016 15:45 Belgium  0–0  Germany Report Penalties Poncelet De Sloover Wegnez Raes Rubens 4–3 Schmid Große Prinz Staib Herzbruch Umpires: Dan Barstow David Sweetman

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16 December 2016 18:00 Australia  2–2  India Craig  14' Sharp  57' Report Gurjant  42' Mandeep  48' Penalties Govers Bird Sharp Welch 2–4 Harjeet Harmanpreet Sumit Manpreet Umpires: Ben Göntgen Suolong You

Third and fourth place

18 December 2016 15:45 Germany  3–0  Australia Schiffer  11' Herzbruch  51', 60' Report Umpires: David Sweetman Federico Garcia

Final

18 December 2016 18:00 Belgium  1–2  India Van Bockrijck  70' Report Gurjant  8' Simranjeet  22' Umpires: Suolong You Ben Göntgen

Awards

Top Goalscorer	U19 Player of the Tournament	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Edward Horler	Timm Herzbruch	Enrique González de Castéjon	Loic Van Doren

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Standings
	India	6	5	1	0	17	8	+9	16	Gold Medal
	Belgium	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11	Silver Medal
	Germany	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Bronze Medal
4	Australia	6	4	1	1	15	9	+6	13	Fourth place
5	Argentina	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Spain	6	2	1	3	12	11	+1	7
7	Netherlands	6	3	0	3	24	11	+13	9
8	England	6	2	0	4	17	20	−3	6
9	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	12	7	+5	10	Eliminated in Pool stage
10	South Africa	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2	6
11	Malaysia	5	1	1	3	7	15	−8	4
12	Austria	5	1	2	2	12	13	−1	5
13	Japan	5	2	0	3	5	12	−7	6	Eliminated in Pool stage
14	South Korea	5	1	0	4	6	18	−12	3
15	Egypt	5	1	0	4	2	15	−13	3
16	Canada	5	0	0	5	3	17	−14	0

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 185 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match.

8 goals

• Edward Horler

6 goals

• Timm Herzbruch
• Bram van Groesen

4 goals

• Blake Govers
• Anton Boeckel
• Thierry Brinkman
• Park Joo-Han

3 goals

• Maico Casella
• Tomás Domene
• Nicolás Keenan
• Oliver Binder
• Franz Lindengrun
• Will Calnan
• Mandeep Singh
• Harmanpreet Singh
• Simranjeet Singh
• Jip Janssen
• Thijs van Dam
• Ryan Crowe
• Lucas García Alcade

2 goals

• Kiran Arunasalam
• Lachlan Sharp
• Jack Welch
• Pit Rudofsky
• Henri Raes
• Quentin van Lierde
• Thomas Verheijen
• Brandon Pereira
• Tom Sorsby
• Jan Schiffer
• Lukas Windfeder
• Varun Kumar
• Gurjant Singh
• Koji Yamasaki
• Mohamad Zulhamizan
• Jorrit Croon
• Terrance Pieters
• Sam Lane
• Oliver Logan
• Dylan Thomas
• Mackenzie Wilcox
• Matthew De Sousa
• Courtney Halle
• Kyle Lion-Cachet
• Oh Se-Yong
• Llorenc Piera Grau
• Marc Serrahima

1 goal

• Nicolás Acosta
• Martín Ferreiro
• Thomas Habif
• Ignacio Nepote
• Matthew Bird
• Tom Criag
• Frazer Gerrard
• Max Hendry
• Joshua Simmonds
• Marcel Hilbert
• Peter Kaltenböck
• Phillip Schippan
• Leon Thörnblom
• Alexis Lemaire
• Philippe Simar
• Gregory Stockbroekx
• Fabrice van Bockrijck
• Alexandre van Linthoudt
• Victor Wegnez
• Rohan Chopra
• Ahmed Elganaini
• Mohamed Gadelkarim
• Jack Clee
• Jonty Griffiths
• Christopher Proctor
• Peter Scott
• Thies Ole Prinz
• Florian Scholten
• Constantin Staib
• Ajit Pandey
• Armaan Qureshi
• Harjeet Singh
• Parvinder Singh
• Ryo Ozawa
• Atsushi Sugiyama
• Kota Watanabe
• Amirol Arshad
• Khaliq Hamirin
• Aiman Nik Rosemi
• Firdaus Omar
• Muhammad Zaidi
• Daniel Aarts
• Morris de Vilder
• Noud Schoenaker
• Sebastian van der Graaf
• Robbie Capizzi
• Sam Hiha
• Jonty Keaney
• Brad Read
• Nqobile Ntuli
• Walter Pfaff
• Manuel Bordas Fabregas
• Pablo de Abadal
• Enrique González de Castéjon
• Jan Lara Rosell
• Marc Perellon

Source: FIH

See also

• 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup