2021 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

The 2021 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup will be the ninth edition of the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial women's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It will be held from 5 to 16 December 2021 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.[1][2][3]

2021 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityPotchefstroom
Dates5—16 December
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
2016 (previous) (next) 2023

Argentina are the defending champions.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to South Africa, who qualified automatically as hosts, 15 other teams will qualify from five separate continental competitions.[4]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
13–21 July 2019 2019 EuroHockey Junior Championship Valencia, Spain 6  Belgium
 England
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Spain
17 February 2020 Host N/A 1  South Africa
2020 2020 Junior Oceania Cup TBD 2
22–28 March 2021 2021 Junior Africa Cup Accra, Ghana 1
11–17 April 2021 2021 Junior Asia Cup Kakamigahara, Japan 3
16–29 August 2021 2021 Junior Pan American Championship Santiago, Chile 3
Total 16

See also

References

  1. "First FIH Hockey Junior World Cup on African soil". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. "India, South Africa to host junior hockey World Cup 2021". aninews.in. Lausanne: Asian News International. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. "FIH Junior Hockey World Cup Match Schedule". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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