2021 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
The 2021 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup will be the ninth edition of the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial women's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It will be held in Potchefstroom, South Africa in late 2021 with the exact dates yet to be confirmed.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Potchefstroom | ||
| Dates | Late 2021 | ||
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||
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Argentina are the defending champions.
Qualification
A total of 16 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to South Africa, who qualified automatically as hosts, 15 other teams will qualify from five separate continental competitions.[3]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13–21 July 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Junior Championship | Valencia, Spain | 6 | .svg.png){kind=small}      |
| 17 February 2020 | Host | N/A | 1 |  |
| 2020 | 2020 Junior Asia Cup | Kakamigahara, Japan | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2020 Junior Oceania Cup | TBD | 2 | |
| 22–28 March 2021 | 2021 Junior Africa Cup | Accra, Ghana | 1 | |
| 12–25 April 2021 | 2021 Junior Pan American Championship | Santiago, Chile | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | |||
References
- "First FIH Hockey Junior World Cup on African soil". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- "India, South Africa to host junior hockey World Cup 2021". aninews.in. Lausanne: Asian News International. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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