2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup Explained

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.

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
20–26 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Nations Championships	Waterloo, Belgium
5–13 September 2015	2015 Junior Asia Cup	Changzhou, China
18–24 January 2016	2016 Junior Oceania Cup	Gold Coast, Australia
18–28 March 2016	2016 Junior Africa Cup	Windhoek, Namibia
20–29 March 2016	2016 Junior Pan American Championship	Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago

Squads

See main article: 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup squads.

First round

All times are Chile Time

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Classification round

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

Cross-overs

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Thirteenth and fourteenth place

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Cross-overs

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Ninth and tenth place

Medal round

Quarter-finals

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Fifth to eighth place classification

Cross-overs

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Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

See also

• 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Argentina win women's Hockey Junior World Cup 2016. 2016-12-06. 2016-12-04.
2. Web site: ESP – AUS (3/4). 10 June 2018 . 2016-12-04.
3. Web site: Qualification Criteria for Hockey Junior World Cup 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160412130737/http://www.fih.ch/media/8997774/151007-qualification-system-for-2016-junior-world-cup.pdf . 2016-04-12 . 22 July 2017 . FIH.