2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup

The 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 8th edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from 24 November to 4 December 2016 in Santiago, Chile.

2016 Women's Hockey
Junior World Cup

Junior Hockey World Cup 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
City	Santiago
Dates	24 November – 4 December 2016
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Club Deportivo Manquehue
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	232 (5.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frédérique Matla (12 goals)
Best player	María Granatto
Best goalkeeper	Aleisha Power
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Argentina won the tournament after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 4–2 in the final. This was the first time Argentina had won the Junior World Cup since the 1993 tournament in Terrassa, Spain.^[1]

Australia won the third place match by defeating Spain 3–1 on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw. This was Australia's first Junior World Cup medal in 15 years.^[2]

Qualification

Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams competed in the tournament.^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			Chile
20–26 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Nations Championships	Waterloo, Belgium	Belgium  England  France  Germany  Netherlands  Spain
5–13 September 2015	2015 Junior Asia Cup	Changzhou, China	China  South Korea  Japan
18–24 January 2016	2016 Junior Oceania Cup	Gold Coast, Australia	Australia  New Zealand
18–28 March 2016	2016 Junior Africa Cup	Windhoek, Namibia	South Africa  Zimbabwe
20–29 March 2016	2016 Junior Pan American Championship	Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago	Argentina  United States

Squads

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

First round

All times are Chile Time (UTC−03:00)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	28	3	+25	9	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	14	7	+7	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	10	13	−3	3	9th to 12th place classification
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	0	29	−29	0	13th to 16th place classification

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

24 November 2016 14:00 United States  10–0  Zimbabwe Hoffman  8', 34' Magadan  14' Matson  21', 27' Major  22' Woods  25', 57' Paolino  47' Gonzales  63' Report Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Catalina Montesino Wenzel Jung Hee Kim

24 November 2016 16:00 Netherlands  10–2  South Korea Burg  1' Matla  3', 26', 41' Van der Plas  7', 13', 49' Fillet  8' Roosen  40' Sanders  64' Report Kim Se.  23' Moon  51' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Sarah Wilson Karen Bennett

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25 November 2016 18:00 South Korea  6–0  Zimbabwe Moon  5', 68' Kim Se.  10' Kim Mi.  20', 66' Cho H.  70' Report Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Ana Faias Miskarmalia Ariffin

25 November 2016 20:00 United States  1–5  Netherlands Caro  3' Report Van der Hoek  17' Kappelle  32', 59' Leemans  34' Sanders  54' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Wanri Venter Alison Keogh

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27 November 2016 12:00 Netherlands  13–0  Zimbabwe Adegeest  13' Van der Plas  17' Matla  18', 31', 51', 54', 68' Fortuin  20', 35' Roosen  22' Van der Hoek  24' Kerstholt  26' Krekelaar  70' Report Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Michelle Meister Ana Faias

27 November 2016 14:00 South Korea  2–3  United States Kim Se.  2' Cho H.  68' Report Paolino  18' Matson  33' Moyer  58' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Xiaoying Liu Hannah Harrison

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6
3	Japan	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1	9th to 12th place classification
4	France	3	0	1	2	1	18	−17	1	13th to 16th place classification

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

25 November 2016 10:00 Germany  10–1  France Horn  2', 69' Ziehm  6' Granitzki  14', 22' Marquardt  17' Vivot  30' Gablać  40', 61' Schaunig  64' Report Delannoy  32' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Catalina Montesino Wenzel Suzi Sutton

25 November 2016 12:00 Argentina  3–1  Japan von der Heyde  22' Ortiz  41' Gorzelany  57' Report Kawamura  52' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Clare Druijts Xiaoying Liu

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26 November 2016 12:00 France  0–0  Japan Report Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Michelle Meister Wanri Venter

26 November 2016 16:00 Germany  1–4  Argentina Huse  59' Report Jankunas  17' Granatto  24', 35' von der Heyde  46' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Sarah Wilson Ana Faias

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28 November 2016 16:00 Japan  0–2  Germany Report Huse  26' Martin-Pelegrina  34' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Jung Hee Kim Suzi Sutton

28 November 2016 18:00 Argentina  8–0  France Trinchinetti  38' Jankunas  44', 53', 54' Granatto  52', 65' Sanguinetti  61' Toccalino  62' Report Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Hannah Harrison Miskarmalia Ariffin

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	England	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3	9th to 12th place classification
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	4	12	−8	1	13th to 16th place classification

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

24 November 2016 18:00 Australia  7–0  South Africa Hanna  6' S. Fitzpatrick  25' Spano  28' Stewart  31' Hayes  38' S. Taylor  49', 59' Report Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Michelle Meister Hannah Harrison

24 November 2016 20:00 England  1–0  Chile Burge  18' Report Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Miskarmalia Ariffin Aleisha Neumann

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26 November 2016 14:00 England  1–1  Australia Sanders  4' Report R. Taylor  43' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Alison Keogh Suzi Sutton

26 November 2016 18:00 South Africa  1–2  Chile Davids  51' Report Villagrán  5' Machado  54' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Jung Hee Kim Clare Druijts

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28 November 2016 14:00 South Africa  3–3  England Esteves  35' Small  52', 60' Report Hunt  6' Munro  28' Crowson  41' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Catalina Montesino Wenzel Sarah Wilson

28 November 2016 20:00 Australia  2–1  Chile R. Taylor  6' Williams  55' Report Krimerman  22' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Michelle Meister Xiaoying Liu

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
3	China	3	0	3	0	8	8	0	3	9th to 12th place classification
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1	13th to 16th place classification

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

24 November 2016 10:00 China  4–4  Spain Zhang  13' Ou  19', 32' Guo  69' Report F. Amundson  7' Gil  56', 57' Iglesias  70' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Alison Keogh Clare Druijts

24 November 2016 12:00 New Zealand  1–2  Belgium Dickins  7' Report Hillewaert  26', 29' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Suzi Sutton Xiaoying Liu

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25 November 2016 14:00 Belgium  0–4  Spain Report Serrahima  23', 61' Iglesias  48' Segú  63' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Karen Bennett Jung Hee Kim

25 November 2016 16:00 China  2–2  New Zealand Zhang  25' Zhong M.  36' Report Hull  58', 62' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Hannah Harrison Aleisha Neumann

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27 November 2016 16:00 Belgium  2–2  China Ronquetti  68' Vanden Borre  70' Report Guo  3' Zhong M.  42' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Aleisha Neumann Karen Bennett

27 November 2016 18:00 New Zealand  0–4  Spain Report Jiménez  5', 35' Pampín  45' Segú  48' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Sarah Wilson Wanri Venter

Classification round

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

	Cross-overs				Thirteenth Place
	1 December
	Zimbabwe	0
					3 December
	New Zealand	16
					New Zealand	8
	1 December
					South Africa	2
	France	0 (1)
	South Africa (s.o)	0 (3)
					Fifteenth Place
					3 December
					Zimbabwe	1
					France	3

Cross-overs

1 December 2016 13:15 Zimbabwe  0–16  New Zealand Report Reed  11', 66' Ritchie  13', 62' Jaques  15', 51', 53' Steel  19', 46', 66', 70' Hull  23', 69' Dickins  26', 42' Davey  30' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Alison Keogh Aleisha Neumann

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1 December 2016 15:30 France  0–0  South Africa Report Penalties Ponthieu Delannoy Lhopital Vankemmel 1–3 Esteves Cairns Fourie Glasby Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Miskarmalia Ariffin Ana Faias

Fifteenth and sixteenth place

3 December 2016 11:45 Zimbabwe  1–3  France Groenewald  26' Report Vankemmel  12', 58' Roque  61' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Miskarmalia Ariffin Catalina Montesino Wenzel

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

3 December 2016 14:00 New Zealand  8–2  South Africa Hull  10' Ritchie  20', 31' Davey  35' Reed  43' Wium  53' Jaques  55' Tinning  69' Report Glasby  28' Cairns  45' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Ana Faias Clare Druijts

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Cross-overs				Ninth Place
	1 December
	South Korea	0
					3 December
	China	1
					China	0
	1 December
					Japan	2
	Japan	6
	Chile	1
					Eleventh Place
					3 December
					South Korea	2 (1)
					Chile (s.o)	2 (3)

Cross-overs

1 December 2016 17:45 South Korea  0–1  China Report Tang  44' Umpires: Catalina Montesino Wenzel (CHL) Wanri Venter (RSA)

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1 December 2016 20:00 Japan  6–1  Chile Nishimura  10' Toriyama  23', 47' Kawamura  28', 31' Segawa  38' Report Villagrán  54' Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Suzi Sutton (USA)

Eleventh and twelfth place

3 December 2016 18:30 South Korea  2–2  Chile Moon  16' Kim S.  40' Report Krimerman  8' Machado  60' Penalties Kim S. Kang Cho H. Jung 1–3 Morales Salas De las Heras D. Ananías Krimerman Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRE) Karen Bennett (NZL)

Ninth and tenth place

3 December 2016 16:15 China  0–2  Japan Report Segawa  5' Mori  21' Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Suzi Sutton (USA)

Medal round

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 November
	Netherlands	5
					2 December
	Germany	0
					Netherlands	4
	30 November
					Spain	0
	Spain	5
									4 December
	England	3
									Netherlands	2
	30 November
									Argentina	4
	Argentina	2
					2 December
	United States	0
					Argentina	4
	30 November
					Australia	2			Third place
	Australia	7
									4 December
	Belgium	2
									Spain	1 (1)
									Australia (p.s.o)	1 (3)

Quarter-finals

30 November 2016 13:15 Netherlands  5–0  Germany Burg  11' Matla  23', 65' Van der Plas  37' Leemans  56' Report Umpires: Karen Bennett Jung Hee Kim

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30 November 2016 15:30 Spain  5–3  England García  15' Iglesias  35', 47' F. Amundson  46' Serrahima  53' Report Sanders  24' Crowson  58', 65' Umpires: Aleisha Neumann Wanri Venter

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30 November 2016 17:45 Argentina  2–0  United States Donati  32' von der Heyde  49' Report Umpires: Alison Keogh Xiaoying Liu

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30 November 2016 20:00 Australia  7–2  Belgium Stewart  5', 51' M. Fitzpatrick  29' Malone  48', 70' S. Fitzpatrick  64' Spano  69' Report Hillewaert  3' Peeters  30' Umpires: Clare Druijts Hannah Harrison

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	2 December
	Germany	1
					4 December
	England	0
					Germany	4
	2 December
					Belgium	3
	United States	1
	Belgium	2
					Seventh place
					4 December
					England	3
					United States	1

Cross-overs

2 December 2016 13:15 United States  1–2  Belgium Matson  68' Report Gose  7' Hillewaert  35' Umpires: Karen Bennett Hannah Harrison

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2 December 2016 15:30 Germany  1–0  England Martin-Pelegrina  33' Report Umpires: Jung Hee Kim Clare Druijts

Seventh and eighth place

4 December 2016 11:45 England  3–1  United States Burge  9' Macdonell  41' Daly  56' Report Matson  19' Umpires: Aleisha Neumann Wanri Venter

Fifth and sixth place

4 December 2016 14:00 Germany  4–3  Belgium Huse  8', 39', 57' Marquardt  66' Report Vanden Borre  5' Weicker  12' Raymakers  55' Umpires: Hannah Harrison Alison Keogh

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

2 December 2016 17:45 Argentina  4–2  Australia Donati  4' Sanguinetti  44' Mi. Fernández  57' Jankunas  70' Report Hayes  66' Williams  69' Umpires: Michelle Meister Xiaoying Liu

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2 December 2016 20:00 Netherlands  4–0  Spain van der Plas  11' Matla  22', 68' Kerstholt  58' Report Umpires: Sarah Wilson Aleisha Neumann

Third and fourth place

4 December 2016 16:15 Spain  1–1  Australia F. Amundson  6' Report Gray  28' Penalties Ycart Garcia Iglesias Jiménez 1–3 Williams Bates Gray Nobbs Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Alison Keogh Karen Bennett

Final

4 December 2016 18:30 Netherlands  2–4  Argentina van der Hoek  19' Sanders  50' Report Donati  27' Borgia  35' Ortíz  43' Gorzelany  70' Club Deportivo Manquehue Umpires: Xiaoying Liu Michelle Meister

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Frédérique Matla	María Granatto	Aleisha Power

Statistics

Final rankings

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
	Argentina	6	6	0	0	25	6	+19	18	Gold Medal
	Netherlands	6	5	0	1	39	7	+32	15	Silver Medal
	Australia	6	3	2	1	20	9	+11	11	Bronze Medal
4	Spain	6	3	2	1	18	12	+6	11	Fourth place
5	Germany	6	4	0	2	18	13	+5	12	Eliminated in quarterfinals
6	Belgium	6	2	1	3	11	19	−8	7
7	England	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	8
8	United States	6	2	0	4	16	14	+2	6
9	Japan	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	7	Eliminated in pool stage
10	China	5	1	3	1	9	10	−1	6
11	Chile	5	1	1	3	6	12	−6	4
12	South Korea	5	1	1	3	12	16	−4	4
13	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	27	10	+17	7	Eliminated in pool stage
14	South Africa	5	0	2	3	6	20	−14	2
15	France	5	1	2	2	4	19	−15	5
16	Zimbabwe	5	0	0	5	1	48	−47	0

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 232 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.

12 goals

• Frédérique Matla

6 goals

• Pleun van der Plas

5 goals

• Julieta Jankunas
• Viktoria Huse
• Megan Hull
• Erin Matson

4 goals

• María Granatto
• Lien Hillewaert
• Alia Jaques
• Deanna Ritchie
• Phoebe Steel
• Kim Seo-Yeong
• Moon So-Yun
• Belén Iglesias

3 goals

• Bianca Donati
• Lucina von der Heyde
• Grace Stewart
• Megan Crowson
• Motomi Kawamura
• Pien Sanders
• Imme van der Hoek
• Stephanie Dickins
• Kayla Reed
• Florencia Amundson
• Mariona Serrahima

2 goals

• Agustina Gorzelany
• Paula Ortíz
• Lucía Sanguinetti
• Savannah Fitzpatrick
• Greta Hayes
• Ambrosia Malone
• Michaela Spano
• Renee Taylor
• Sophie Taylor
• Mariah Williams
• Stéphanie Vanden Borre
• Denise Krimerman
• Sofía Machado
• Fernanda Villagrán
• Zhang Jinrong
• Zhong Mengling
• Guo Qiu
• Ou Zixia
• Esme Burge
• Erica Sanders
• Victorine Vankemmel
• Hannah Gablać
• Hanna Granitzki
• Kira Horn
• Maxi Marquardt
• Teresa Martin-Pelegrina
• Maho Segawa
• Mai Toriyama
• Joosje Burg
• Kyra Fortuin
• Ilse Kappelle
• Maxime Kerstholt
• Yentl Leemans
• Fabienne Roosen
• Tarryn Davey
• Donna Small
• Cho Hye-Jin
• Kim Min-Ji
• Anna Gil
• Lucía Jiménez
• Marta Segú
• Ashley Hoffman
• Margaux Paolino
• Nicole Woods

1 goal

• Bárbara Borgia
• Milagros Fernández
• Sofía Toccalino
• Eugenia Trinchinetti
• Madison Fitzpatrick
• Laura Gray
• Kate Hanna
• Daphné Gose
• Joanne Peeters
• Mathilde Raymakers
• Marie Ronquetti
• Alice Weicker
• Tang Wanli
• Charlotte Daly
• Holly Hunt
• Lydia MacDonell
• Holly Munro
• Marine Delannoy
• Noa Roque
• Maike Schaunig
• Alisa Vivot
• Annelotte Ziehm
• Kanon Mori
• Ayaka Nishimura
• Charlotte Adegeest
• Michelle Fillet
• Maartje Krekelaar
• Catherine Tinning
• Emily Wium
• Danielle Cairns
• Gretchen Davids
• Natalie Esteves
• Tarryn Glasby
• Begoña García
• Lara Pampín
• Catherine Caro
• Linnea Gonzales
• Amanda Magadan
• Gabrielle Major
• Lauren Moyer
• Tyla Groenewald

Source: FIH

See also

• 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup