The 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup is the 14th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial men's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It is held at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai and Madurai International Hockey Stadium in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India, from 28 November to 10 December 2025.
The tournament will feature 24 teams for the first time.
Format 24 teams will be split into six groups and four teams and play a round-robin. After the preliminary round, the teams will be ranked in their position they finished. The group winners and the two best-second placed teams advance to the quarterfinals. The four remaining second-placed teams and the four best third-ranked teams play the 9 to 16th place playoffs and the remaining teams the 17 to 24th place games. From there on, a knockout system will be used.
Qualification Alongside the hosts, India, the 23 other teams qualify via the continental championships.
Qualified teams Because only two teams participated in the Oceania qualifier the third quota from Oceania was reallocated to Europe, the continent of the next highest placed team in the Junior World Ranking. Oman replaced Pakistan in Pool B after the latter withdrew from the tournament having refused to travel to India, amid the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis, after its request for a "neutral venue" was rejected by the FIH. Pakistan had previously also withdrawn from the 2025 Hockey Asia Cup for the same reason. DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifier(s)11 June 2024Hosts13–12 July 20242024 Junior Pan American ChampionshipSurrey, Canada314–20 July 20242024 EuroHockey U21 ChampionshipTerrassa, Spain 715–20 July 20242024 EuroHockey U21 Championship IIWalcz, Poland1Lausanne, Switzerland126 November – 4 December 20242024 Junior Asia CupMuscat, Oman630 January – 2 February 20252025 Junior Oceania CupAuckland, New Zealand 218–25 April 20252024 Junior Africa Cup Windhoek, Namibia3Total24
Venues On 28 March 2025, Hockey India announced that Chennai and Madurai are the two host cities for the 2025 Junior World Cup. MaduraiChennaiMadurai International Hockey StadiumMayor Radhakrishnan Hockey StadiumCapacity: 2,000Capacity: 8,670
Draw The draw was scheduled to take place on 24 June 2025, but was postponed later. It was held on 28 June 2025.
Seeding The seeding was announced on 19 June 2025.
Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (Pool A) (Pool B) (Pool C) (Pool D) (Pool F)
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Preliminary round Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Ranking Teams were ranked according to their position in the preliminary round.
First-ranked teams
Second-ranked teams
Third-ranked teams
Fourth-ranked teams
17th to 24th place classification Bracket
17–24th place quarter-finals
21st to 24th place classification
21st–24th place semi-finals
23rd and 24th place
21st and 22nd place
17th to 20th place classification Cross-overs
19th and 20th place
17th and 18th place
Ninth to sixteenth place classification Bracket
9–16th place quarter-finals
13th to 16th place classification
13–16th place semi-finals
15th and 16th place
13th and 14th place
Ninth to twelfth place classification Cross-overs
Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place
Medal round Bracket
Quarter-finals
Fifth to eighth place classification
Cross-overs
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Statistics Final standings
Goalscorers
See also 2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
References
External links Official website