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Qualification Overview
Qualification Criteria
Age limit
All players shall be under 21 years of age as of 31 December 2022 that is all players shall be born on or after 1 January 2002.
Teams
The FIH Women’s Junior World Cup 2023 will consist of 16 teams.
The Host Nation – Chile
The host nation will be awarded 1 quota place.
Teams Qualified by Continental Federation
The Continental quotas are as follows:
- Africa (2): The Top 2 teams in the Junior Africa Cup 2023
- Asia (2): The Top 2 teams in the Junior Asia Cup 2023
- Europe (2): The Top 2 teams in the EuroHockey Junior Championship 2022
- Pan America (2): The Top 2 team in the Junior Pan American Championship 2023
- Oceania (2): The Top 2 teams in the Junior Oceania Cup 2023
Teams Qualified via quotas awarded following the Women’s Junior World Cup 2022
The quotas are as follows:
- The Top 5 teams in the Women’s Junior World Cup 2022 will grant an additional quota to their respective Continental Federations, not to a specific team. The Teams that will fill these additional quotas will also come from the Continental Championships
- Based on the top 5 teams in the 2022 Women’s JWC being
- Netherlands (EHF)
- Germany (EHF)
- England (EHF)
- India (AHF)
- Argentina (PAHF)
Therefore
- Pan America are awarded 1 additional quota, to be filled by the 3rd team in the Junior Pan American Championship 2023
- Asia are awarded 1 additional quota, to be filled by the 3rd team in the Junior Asia Cup 2023
- Europe are awarded 3 additional quotas, to be filled by the 3rd, 4th and 5th teams in the EuroHockey Junior Championship 2022
To see the full qualification criteria for the competition, click here.
Qualification summary
Below is a snapshot summary regarding how the teams secured their respective places at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup Chile 2023.
Pool A
Australia: 1st Place – Junior Oceania Cup 2022
Chile: Host nation
Netherlands: 1st place – FIH Hockey Junior World Cup South Africa 2022
South Africa: 1st Place – Junior Africa Cup 2023
Pool B
Argentina: 5th place – FIH Hockey Junior World Cup South Africa 2022
Korea: 2nd Place – Junior Asia Cup 2023
Spain: 5th Place – EuroHockey Junior Championship 2022
Zimbabwe: 2nd Place – Junior Africa Cup 2023
Pool C
Belgium: 2nd Place – EuroHockey Junior Championship 2022
Canada: 4th Place – Junior Pan American Championship 2023
Germany: 2nd place – FIH Hockey Junior World Cup South Africa 2022
India: 4th place – FIH Hockey Junior World Cup South Africa 2022
Pool D
England: 3rd Place – FIH Hockey Junior World Cup South Africa 2022
Japan: 3rd Place – Junior Asia Cup 2023
New Zealand: 2nd Place – Junior Oceania Cup 2022
USA: 1st Place – Junior Pan American Championship 2023
Links to qualification competition websites
- Additional information about each of the qualification competitions can be found below:
- EuroHockey Junior Championship 2022 (Ghent, Belgium): click here
- Junior Oceania Cup 2022 (Canberra, Australia):click here
- Junior Africa Cup 2023 (Ismailia, Egypt): click here.
- Junior Pan American Championship 2023 (Bridgetown, Barbados): click here
- Junior Asia Cup 2023 (Kakamigahara, Japan): click here
