2020 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

The 2020 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup will be the eighth edition of the Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup. The tournament was scheduled to be held in Kakamigahara, Japan from 6 to 12 April 2020.[1] In March 2020 it was announced that the tournament would be postponed due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

2020 Women's Junior Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CityKakamigahara
Dates2020
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
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China were the defending champions but had to withdraw due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The tournament serves as the Asian qualifier for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top three qualifying.[4]

Qualification

The top six teams from the 2015 edition qualified directly and they were joined by the top two from the 2019 Junior AHF Cup.

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the tournament.[1] China had to withdraw from the tournament due to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.[3] The first reserve team Chinese Taipei after their third-place finish at the 2019 Junior AHF Cup took their place.[5]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
5–13 September 2015 2015 Junior Asia Cup Changzhou, China 5  China
 India
 Japan
 Malaysia
 South Korea
 Thailand
9–15 September 2019 2019 Junior AHF Cup Singapore 3  Chinese Taipei
 Singapore
 Uzbekistan
Total 8
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See also

References
  1. "Announcement: Women's Junior Asia Cup 2020". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. "Women's Junior Asia Cup Gifu Kakamigahara 2020 – Formal Announcement of Postponement". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. Singh, Jugjet (5 February 2020). "China withdraw from women's Junior Asia Cup due to coronavirus". New Straits Times. nst.com.my. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  5. Yazdani, Danish (7 February 2020). "Women's Junior Asia Cup 2020 Match Schedule". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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