2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

The 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup was the tenth edition of the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial women's under–21 field hockey world championship organised by the International Hockey Federation. It was held in Santiago, Chile from 29 November to 10 December 2023.^[1][2]

2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
City	Santiago
Dates	29 November – 10 December
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	235 (4.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Astrid Bonami (11 goals)
Best player	Teresa Lima
Best goalkeeper	Mercedes Artola
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The Netherlands were the defending champions, having won a record-extending fourth title at the 2022 edition.^[3] They defended their title by defeating Argentina 4–1 in a shoot-out in the final after the match finished 2–2 in regular time.^[4][5] Belgium won their first medal by defeating England 7–0 in the bronze medal match.^[6]

Qualification

Alongside the hosts, Chile, the 15 other teams qualified via the continental championships.^[7]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
2 July 2021	Hosts	—	1	Chile
24–30 July 2022	2022 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Ghent, Belgium	5	Germany  Belgium  Netherlands  England  Spain
8–11 December 2022	2022 Junior Oceania Cup	Canberra, Australia	2	Australia  New Zealand
12–16 March 2023	2023 Junior Africa Cup	Ismailia, Egypt	2	South Africa  Zimbabwe
10–18 April 2023	2023 Junior Pan American Championship	Bridgetown, Barbados	3	United States  Argentina  Canada
2–11 June 2023	2023 Junior Asia Cup	Kakamigahara, Japan	3	India  South Korea  Japan
Total			16

Squads

Main article: 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup squads

Umpires

The following 14 umpires were selected on 30 March.^[8]

• Veronica Villafañe (ARG)
• Kristy Robertson (AUS)
• Magali Sergeant (BEL)
• Chen Jianjun (CHN)
• Sandra Adell (ESP)
• Durga Devi (IND)
• Minami Inamoto (JPN)
• Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
• Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
• Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)
• Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
• Katrina Turner (NZL)
• Victoria Pazos (PAR)
• Melissa Taylor (RSA)

Preliminary round

Pools and fixtures were established on the basis of the FIH Junior World Rankings, introduced in 2023.^[9]

All times are local (UTC−04:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	15	2	+13	7	Quarter–finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
3	Chile (H)	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[10]
(H) Hosts

29 November 2023 12:00 Netherlands  2–2  Australia Moes  40' Beljaars  57' Report Stewart  12' Brooks  54' Umpires: Katrina Turner (NZL) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

29 November 2023 20:30 South Africa  0–1  Chile Report Gutiérrez  27' Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Sandra Adell (ESP)

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30 November 2023 18:30 South Africa  0–6  Netherlands Report Roberts  2', 18', 43' Dicke  27' Beljaars  39', 57' Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

30 November 2023 20:30 Australia  2–0  Chile Cullum-Sanders  6' Stewart  44' Report Umpires: Junko Wagatsuma (JPN) Lizelotte Wolter (NED)

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2 December 2023 17:00 Australia  4–0  South Africa Jones  4' Cullum-Sanders  17', 46' Kenny  51' Report Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Minami Inamoto (JPN)

2 December 2023 19:00 Netherlands  7–0  Chile Dicke  5' Roberts  6' Jansen  9' Beljaars  26', 51' Winter  31' Van den Nieuwenhof  60' Report Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Quarter–finals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	0	28	−28	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[10]

29 November 2023 10:00 South Korea  6–0  Zimbabwe Park Mi-g.  9' Lee S.  30' An  34' Jeong  43' Choi N.  55' Choi J.  58' Report Umpires: Chen Jianjun (CHN) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

29 November 2023 16:30 Argentina  1–0  Spain Raposo  22' Report Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Melissa Taylor (RSA)

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1 December 2023 10:00 Spain  8–0  Zimbabwe Barba  9' Lima  10', 12', 32' Melero  17' Carmona  23' C. Fernández  49' Sola  55' Report Umpires: Veronica Villafañe (ARG) Katrina Turner (NZL)

1 December 2023 20:30 South Korea  0–3  Argentina Report Pacheco  17' Santamarina  41' Raposo  52' Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

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3 December 2023 17:00 Spain  2–1  South Korea Carmona  30' Sáenz de Santa María  43' Report An  59' Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Durga Devi (IND)

3 December 2023 19:00 Argentina  14–0  Zimbabwe Pacheco  6', 37', 53' Díaz  9', 36' Raposo  13', 60' Bruggesser  19' Ferola  32', 51' Casas  40', 40' Santamarina  47' Castellaro  59' Report Umpires: Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU) Katrina Turner (NZL)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	17	2	+15	9	Quarter–finals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	12	9	+3	6
3	India	3	1	0	2	17	7	+10	3
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	0	28	−28	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[10]

29 November 2023 14:00 India  12–0  Canada Annu  4', 6', 39' Dipi Monika  21' Mumtaz  26', 41', 54', 60' Deepika  34', 50', 54' Neelam  45' Report Umpires: Minami Inamoto (JPN) Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

29 November 2023 18:30 Germany  0–6  Belgium Report Bonami  15', 32', 37' Dewaet  44', 47', 60' Umpires: Junko Wagatsuma (JPN) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

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30 November 2023 14:00 Belgium  8–0  Canada Bonami  3', 49' De Clerck  7' Cornelissens  11' Dewaet  36', 39' Geerts  43', 52' Report Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Sandra Adell (ESP)

30 November 2023 16:30 India  3–4  Germany Annu  11' Ropni  14' Mumtaz  24' Report Schwabe  17' Plüth  21', 36' Seidel  38' Umpires: Chen Jianjun (CHN) Katrina Turner (NZL)

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2 December 2023 10:00 Belgium  3–2  India Schreurs  5' De Mot  42' Bonami  52' Report Annu  47', 51' Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Chen Jianjun (CHN)

2 December 2023 12:00 Germany  8–0  Canada Stoffelsma  14', 49', 52' Plüth  37', 54' Haid  43' Boehringer  44' Seidel  60' Report Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6	Quarter–finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	United States	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[10]

30 November 2023 10:00 England  5–0  New Zealand Bingham  7' Long  26', 46' Pocknell  52' Alexander  56' Report Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Minami Inamoto (JPN)

30 November 2023 12:00 United States  2–1  Japan Bruder  20', 21' Report Hiramitsu  13' Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

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1 December 2023 12:00 New Zealand  1–2  Japan Reid  19' Report Murayama  35' Ueno  41' Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

1 December 2023 18:30 United States  2–5  England Mendez-Trendler  6' Rose  19' Report Swain  27' Alexander  32' Long  36' Axford  50' Spavin  58' Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

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3 December 2023 10:00 England  1–4  Japan Bingham  17' Report Sasaki  18', 31' Oshima  40', 51' Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

3 December 2023 12:00 New Zealand  2–6  United States Eades  54' Reid  58' Report Mendez-Trendler  23' Tamer  31', 50', 58' Croon  59' Rose  59' Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

Classification round

Bracket

	Ninth to sixteenth				Cross-overs				Ninth place
	5 December
	Chile	2
					7 December
	Zimbabwe	0
					Chile	1
	5 December
					United States	5
	United States	8
									9 December
	Canada	0
									United States	2 (2)
	5 December
									India (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
	South Korea (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
					7 December
	South Africa	1 (2)
					South Korea	1
	5 December
					India	3			Eleventh place
	India (p.s.o.)	3 (3)
									9 December
	New Zealand	3 (2)
									Chile	1
									South Korea	2

Ninth to sixteenth place quarter-finals

5 December 2023 09:00 India  3–3  New Zealand Ropni  8' Chhatri  17' Sunelita  53' Report Story  11' Harris  14' Pho  49' Penalties Mumtaz Deepika Sakshi Rutaja Preeti Mumtaz 3–2 Cotter Pho Findlay Baker Schneideman Cotter Umpires: Junko Wagatsuma (JPN) Minami Inamoto (JPN)

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5 December 2023 11:15 United States  8–0  Canada Mendez-Trendler  10' Bruder  38' Adams  41' Rose  42', 43' Dixon  57' Tamer  59' Wadas  60' Report Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Chen Jianjun (CHN)

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5 December 2023 18:15 South Korea  1–1  South Africa Lee S.  12' Report Phume  30' Penalties Jeong Park Mi-h. Park S. Lee Y. An 3–2 Janse van Vuuren Hamza Swarts Augousti Isaacs Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

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5 December 2023 20:30 Chile  2–0  Zimbabwe Muñoz  8' Ma. Gago  23' Report Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

	Cross-overs				Thirteenth place
	7 December
	Zimbabwe (p.s.o)	1 (4)
					9 December
	Canada	1 (3)
					Zimbabwe	1
	7 December
					South Africa	6
	South Africa	3
	New Zealand	1
					Fifteenth place
					9 December
					Canada	3
					New Zealand	5

Cross-overs

7 December 2023 09:00 Zimbabwe  1–1  Canada Elijah  52' Report Kuzyk  10' Penalties Elijah Zimuto Mzizi Mujiba Elijah Elijah Zimuto 4–3 Hogg Poulakis Gibb Koop Kuzyk Poulakis Kuzyk Umpires: Junko Wagatsuma (JPN) Chen Jianjun (CHN)

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7 December 2023 11:15 South Africa  3–1  New Zealand Isaacs  21' Phume  34' Janse van Vuuren  52' Report Cotter  44' Umpires: Veronica Villafañe (ARG) Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

Fifteenth and sixteenth place

9 December 2023 12:15 Canada  3–5  New Zealand Kuzyk  3' Mathisen  27', 50' Report Cotter  6', 20' Harris  23', 42' Reid  32' Umpires: Minami Inamoto (JPN) Melissa Taylor (RSA)

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

9 December 2023 14:30 Zimbabwe  1–6  South Africa Elijah  36' Report Mendonça  17' Hamza  21', 32', 47', 60' Brisset  50' Umpires: Junko Wagatsuma (JPN) Veronica Villafañe (ARG)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Cross-overs

7 December 2023 18:15 South Korea  1–3  India Choi J.  19' Report Ropni  23' Mumtaz  44' Annu  46' Umpires: Minami Inamoto (JPN) Sandra Adell (ESP)

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7 December 2023 20:30 Chile  1–5  United States Muñoz  59' Report Mendez-Trendler  10' Croon  15', 41' Rose  15' Bruder  60' Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

Eleventh and twelfth place

9 December 2023 17:00 Chile  1–2  South Korea Irazoqui  15' Report Park Mi-h.  17' An  22' Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

Ninth and tenth place

9 December 2023 19:15 United States  2–2  India Thomassey  27', 53' Report Manju  11' Sunelita  57' Penalties Tamer Wadas Dixon Bent-Cole Underwood Wadas 2–3 Preeti Sakshi Mumtaz Annu Rutaja Rutaja Umpires: Chen Jianjun (CHN) Katrina Turner (NZL)

Medal round

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 December
	Netherlands	4
					8 December
	Spain	1
					Netherlands	8
	6 December
					England	1
	England	1
									10 December
	Germany	0
									Netherlands (p.s.o)	2 (4)
	6 December
									Argentina	2 (1)
	Argentina	3
					8 December
	Australia	1
					Argentina (p.s.o)	0 (3)
	6 December
					Belgium	0 (1)			Third place
	Belgium	1
									10 December
	Japan	0
									England	0
									Belgium	7

Quarter-finals

6 December 2023 09:00 Netherlands  4–1  Spain Winter  3' Beljaars  8' Van Loon  11' Dicke  34' Report Lima  42' Umpires: Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU) Katrina Turner (NZL)

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6 December 2023 11:15 England  1–0  Germany Spavin  39' Report Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Melissa Taylor (RSA)

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6 December 2023 18:15 Belgium  1–0  Japan Schreurs  60+' Report Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Chen Jianjun (CHN)

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6 December 2023 20:30 Argentina  3–1  Australia Cairó  20' Casas  26' Bruggesser  52' Report Stewart  39' Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	8 December
	Spain	1
					10 December
	Germany	2
					Germany	0
	8 December
					Australia	2
	Australia	1
	Japan	0
					Seventh place
					10 December
					Spain	2
					Japan	4

Cross-overs

8 December 2023 09:00 Spain  1–2  Germany Jiménez  30' Report Fischer  14' Haid  30+' Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

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8 December 2023 11:15 Australia  1–0  Japan Stewart  59' Report Umpires: Katrina Turner (NZL) Durga Devi (IND)

Seventh and eighth place

10 December 2023 12:15 Spain  2–4  Japan Pérez  6' Jiménez  15' Report Hayasuke  11', 26' Matsunami  18' Sasaki  34' Umpires: Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU) Chen Jianjun (CHN)

Fifth and sixth place

10 December 2023 14:30 Germany  0–2  Australia Report A. Lawton  25' Young  33' Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Minami Inamoto (JPN)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

8 December 2023 18:15 Netherlands  8–1  England Roberts  1', 46' Beljaars  7', 22' Dicke  17' Reijnen  20', 53' De Nooijer  35' Report Spavin  33' Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Sandra Adell (ESP)

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8 December 2023 20:30 Argentina  0–0  Belgium Report Penalties Santamarina Bruggesser Pagella Raposo 3–1 Bonami De Mot De Clerck Dewaet Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Melissa Taylor (RSA)

Third and fourth place

10 December 2023 17:00 England  0–7  Belgium Report Bonami  7', 36', 44', 47', 58' Dewaet  39' De Clerck  45' Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

Final

10 December 2023 19:15 Netherlands  2–2  Argentina Roberts  35', 57' Report Díaz  20' Raposo  29' Penalties Winter Moes Jansen Dicke 4–1 Díaz Raposo Pagella Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

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	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	29	6	+23	14	Gold medal
2	B	Argentina	6	4	2	0	23	3	+20	14	Silver medal
3	C	Belgium	6	5	1	0	25	2	+23	16	Bronze medal
4	D	England	6	3	0	3	13	21	−8	9
5	A	Australia	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Losing quarter-finalists
6	C	Germany	6	3	0	3	14	13	+1	9
7	D	Japan	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	9
8	B	Spain	6	2	0	4	14	12	+2	6
9	C	India	6	2	2	2	25	13	+12	8	Crossover winners
10	D	United States	6	4	1	1	25	11	+14	13
11	B	South Korea	6	2	1	3	11	10	+1	7
12	A	Chile (H)	6	2	0	4	5	16	−11	6
13	A	South Africa	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7	Crossover losers
14	B	Zimbabwe	6	0	1	5	2	37	−35	1
15	D	New Zealand	6	1	1	4	12	22	−10	4
16	C	Canada	6	0	1	5	4	42	−38	1

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[11]

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Teresa Lima
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Mercedes Artola
Top goalscorer	Astrid Bonami

Goalscorers

There were 235 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 4.9 goals per match.

11 goals

• Astrid Bonami

8 goals

• Trijntje Beljaars
• Mikki Roberts

7 goals

• Annu

6 goals

• Louise Dewaet
• Mumtaz Khan

5 goals

• Valentina Raposo
• Laura Plüth
• Hope Rose

4 goals

• Daiana Pacheco
• Tatum Stewart
• Jip Dicke
• Madeline Harris
• Malikah Hamza
• Teresa Lima
• Charlotte Bruder
• Daniela Mendez-Trendler
• Abigail Tamer

3 goals

• Lara Casas
• Zoe Díaz
• Hannah Cullum-Sanders
• Maddie Long
• Scarlett Spavin
• Lilly Stoffelsma
• Deepika Soreng
• Ropni Kumari
• Risa Sasaki
• Tessa Reid
• An Su-jin
• Jans Croon

2 goals

• Brisa Bruggesser
• Valentina Ferola
• Paula Santamarina
• Perrine de Clerck
• Marthe-Marie Geerts
• Noa Schreurs
• Allison Kuzyk
• Elizabeth Mathisen
• Constanza Muñoz
• Bethan Alexander
• Charlotte Bingham
• Katharina Haid
• Sunelita Toppo
• Sana Hayasuke
• Natsumi Oshima
• Emma Reijnen
• Mette Winter
• Hannah Cotter
• Reabetswe Phume
• Choi Ji-yun
• Lee Seo-yeon
• Sara Carmona
• Paula Jiménez
• Kiersten Thomassey
• Tinodiwanashe Elijah

1 goal

• Sofía Cairó
• Juana Castellaro
• Maddison Brooks
• Makayla Jones
• Madeline Kenny
• Amy Lawton
• Grace Young
• Maura Cornelissens
• France de Mot
• Martina Gago
• Josefina Gutiérrez
• Francisca Irazoqui
• Madeleine Axford
• Lizzie Pocknell
• Claudia Swain
• Joana Boehringer
• Marie Fischer
• Sophia Schwabe
• Carolin Seidel
• Manju Chorsiya
• Jyoti Chhatri
• Neelam
• Dipi Monika Toppo
• Ai Hiramitsu
• Mei Matsunami
• Hiroka Murayama
• Maho Ueno
• Eline Jansen
• Isis van Loon
• Guusje Moes
• Noor van den Nieuwenhof
• Lilli de Nooijer
• Jaimee Eades
• Riana Pho
• Isabella Story
• Laikén Brisset
• Paris-Gail Isaacs
• Ané Janse van Vuuren
• Shanna Mendonça
• Choi Nu-rim
• Jeong Sa-ena
• Park Mi-gyeong
• Park Mi-hyang
• Clara Barba
• Carmen Fernández
• Nerea Melero
• Blanca Pérez
• Teresa Sáenz de Santa María
• Mar Sola
• Lucy Adams
• Katie Dixon
• Lauren Wadas

Source: FIH

See also

• 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup