The 2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup is the 11th 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. The tournament is held in Santiago, Chile from 1 to 13 December 2025. It is the fourth time the tournament will be hosted by Santiago, Chile. 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, 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. DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifier(s)3–12 July 20242024 Junior Pan American ChampionshipSurrey, Canada414–20 July 20242024 EuroHockey U21 ChampionshipTerrassa, Spain 716–20 July 20242024 EuroHockey U21 Championship IIRakovník, Czech Republic1Konya, Türkiye12 December 2024Hosts17–15 December 20242024 Junior Asia CupMuscat, Oman530 January – 2 February 20252025 Junior Oceania CupAuckland, New Zealand 218–27 April 20252024 Junior Africa Cup Windhoek, Namibia3Total24
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Preliminary round The draw was held on 12 June 2025, during a ceremony in Santiago.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Rankings Following the completion of the pool stage, teams will be ranked according to their final group position to determine the classification round schedule. First placed teams
Second placed teams
Third placed teams
Fourth placed teams
Seventeenth to twenty-fourth place classification Bracket
Play-offs
Twenty-first to twenty-fourth place classification Bracket
Crossovers
Twenty-third and twenty-fourth place
Twenty-first and twenty-second place
Seventeenth to twentieth place classification Crossovers
Nineteenth and twentieth place
Seventeenth and eighteenth place
Ninth to sixteenth place classification Bracket
Play-offs
Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification Bracket
Crossovers
Fifteenth and sixteenth place
Thirteenth and fourteenth place
Ninth to twelfth place classification Crossovers
Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place
Medal round Bracket
Quarter-finals
Fifth to eighth place classification Bracket
Crossovers
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Statistics Final standings
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Award Player Player of the tournament Noor van den Nieuwenhof Goalkeeper of the tournament Maïté Bussels Top goalscorer Wang Lihang Iris de Kemp Noor van den Nieuwenhof
Goalscorers
See also 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
References
External links FIH Website