1997 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

1997 Men's Junior World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
CityMilton Keynes
Dates17–28 September
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)National Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up India
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Japan Naohiko Tobita (10 goals)
Best playerIndia Rajiv Mishra
1993 (previous) (next) 2001

The 1997 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the sixth edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national under-21 national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 17 to 28 September 1997 in Milton Keynes, England.

Australia won the tournament for the first time by defeating India 3–2 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating England 4–2 in the third and fourth place playoff.[1]

Qualification

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1  England
1–7 September 1996 1996 EuroHockey Junior Championship Vejle, Denmark 4  Netherlands
 Germany
 Spain
 Belgium
29 May – 9 June 1996 1996 Junior Asia Cup Singapore 2  Pakistan
 India
30 October – 9 November 1996 1996 Pan American Junior Championship Bridgetown, Barbados 2  Argentina
 Cuba
23–26 April 1997 1997 Junior African Cup Harare, Zimbabwe 1  Egypt
Oceania 1  Australia
26–29 March 1997 Intercontinental qualification Moorpark, United States 1  Japan
Total 12

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 3 2 0 18 6 +12 8 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  India 5 3 1 1 19 9 +10 7
3  Spain 5 3 1 1 14 7 +7 7
4  Netherlands 5 2 1 2 13 11 +2 5
5  Belgium 5 1 1 3 8 13 −5 3
6  Cuba 5 0 0 5 5 31 −26 0
Source: Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
17 September 1997
18:00
Australia  8–2  Cuba
Choppy field hockey ball 3'
Commens field hockey ball 8'23'
Taylor field hockey ball 26'
Bolton field hockey ball 42'44'
Brennan field hockey ball 56'
Elder field hockey ball 60'
Report Y. Hernández field hockey ball 14'
Gómez field hockey ball 67'
Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

18 September 1997
12:00
Spain  3–2  India
Amat field hockey ball 26'42'50' Report Rajiv field hockey ball 43'54'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Peter Broughton (ENG)
18 September 1997
14:00
Belgium  2–2  Netherlands
Letier field hockey ball 23'
Collin field hockey ball 27'
Report Van Wijk field hockey ball 15'
Slotema field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)

19 September 1997
14:00
Cuba  1–6  Spain
Gómez field hockey ball 59' Report J. Sánchez field hockey ball 5'
Aguilar field hockey ball 10'
Amat field hockey ball 21'41'
Masaña field hockey ball 50'
Casas field hockey ball 66'
Umpires:
Peter Broughton (ENG)
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
19 September 1997
16:00
Australia  3–1  Belgium
Elder field hockey ball 43'
Wells field hockey ball 59'
Taylor field hockey ball 62'
Report Fayt field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Steven Graham (WAL)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
19 September 1997
18:00
Netherlands  2–3  India
De Jong field hockey ball 7'
Van Esseveldt field hockey ball 18'
Report Tirkey field hockey ball 32'
Rajiv field hockey ball 62'
Rawat field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

21 September 1997
12:00
Belgium  1–0  Cuba
Gierts field hockey ball 40' Report
Umpires:
Peter Broughton (ENG)
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
21 September 1997
14:00
India  2–2  Australia
Virender field hockey ball 23'
Rajiv field hockey ball 29'
Report Wells field hockey ball 37'
Elder field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
21 September 1997
16:00
Spain  0–1  Netherlands
Report De Jong field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

22 September 1997
18:00
Cuba  0–8  India
Report Tirkey field hockey ball 38'43'
Rajiv field hockey ball 41'50'64'
Senthil field hockey ball 55'
Baljit field hockey ball 62'
Chauhan field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)

23 September 1997
12:00
Netherlands  0–4  Australia
Report Webster field hockey ball 15'
Wells field hockey ball 31'
Taylor field hockey ball 51'
Bolton field hockey ball 54'
Umpires:
Peter Broughton (ENG)
Richard Wolter (GER)
23 September 1997
14:00
Spain  4–2  Belgium
Quintana field hockey ball 35'57'
Aguilar field hockey ball 40'60'
Report Gierts field hockey ball 12'
Milecan field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Steven Graham (WAL)

24 September 1997
10:00
Netherlands  8–2  Cuba
Report
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Peter Broughton (ENG)
24 September 1997
12:00
Australia  1–1  Spain
Taylor field hockey ball 28' Report Amat field hockey ball 2'
Umpires:
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
24 September 1997
14:00
India  4–2  Belgium
Samir field hockey ball 30'50'
Rajiv field hockey ball 34'
Chauhan field hockey ball 54'
Report Gierts field hockey ball 16'
Milecan field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Toshimichi Fijimura (JPN)
Steven Graham (WAL)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 5 4 0 1 15 9 +6 8 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  England (H) 5 3 0 2 12 10 +2 6
3  Pakistan 5 2 2 1 16 10 +6 6
4  Argentina 5 2 2 1 12 12 0 6
5  Japan 5 1 0 4 8 14 −6 2
6  Egypt 5 0 2 3 7 15 −8 2
Source: Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
17 September 1997
11:30
Pakistan  1–1  Egypt
Ullah field hockey ball 58' Report El Fatah field hockey ball 67'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Steven Graham (WAL)
17 September 1997
13:30
England  3–2  Japan
Pearn field hockey ball 20'29'63' Report Tobita field hockey ball 46'
Yamazaki field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
17 September 1997
16:00
Argentina  1–5  Germany
Ocaña field hockey ball 58' Report Lunau-Mierke field hockey ball 25'
Reinelt field hockey ball 46'55'
Achtmann field hockey ball 64'
Draguhn field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Eric Denis (BEL)

18 September 1997
16:00
Egypt  1–4  England
Samer field hockey ball 53' Report Boyse field hockey ball 14'
Mathews field hockey ball 37'50'
Simons field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
18 September 1997
18:00
Pakistan  3–3  Argentina
Farooq field hockey ball 2'
Abdullah field hockey ball 34'43'
Report Deambosi field hockey ball 7'70'
Ocaña field hockey ball 11'
Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

19 September 1997
12:00
Germany  3–1  Japan
Reinelt field hockey ball 35'
Lunau-Mierke field hockey ball 48'60'
Report Soma field hockey ball 32'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Peter Elders (NED)

20 September 1997
12:00
Egypt  2–2  Argentina
Report
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
20 September 1997
14:00
England  0–1  Germany
Report Draguhn field hockey ball 18'
Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
20 September 1997
16:00
Japan  1–5  Pakistan
Tobita field hockey ball 33' Report Abdullah field hockey ball 3'
Imran field hockey ball 5'
Yousaf field hockey ball 41'
Salim field hockey ball 50'
Khalid Jr. field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Steven Graham (WAL)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

22 September 1997
12:00
Japan  4–2  Egypt
Tobita field hockey ball 14'30'57'
Hokaze field hockey ball 18'
Report Wasfy field hockey ball 10'
Abbas field hockey ball 17'
Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
22 September 1997
14:00
Germany  2–6  Pakistan
Bruse field hockey ball 38'
Draguhn field hockey ball 55'
Report Yousaf field hockey ball 4'9'44'
Ullah field hockey ball 11'47'
Farooq field hockey ball 67'
Umpires:
Steven Graham (WAL)
Eric Denis (BEL)
22 September 1997
16:00
England  2–5  Argentina
Mathews field hockey ball 19'
Boyse field hockey ball 22'
Report Deambosi field hockey ball 17'44'
M. Vila field hockey ball 33'
Orozco field hockey ball 48'
Melgarejo field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Peter Elders (NED)

23 September 1997
16:00
Argentina  1–0  Japan
Melgarejo field hockey ball 44' Report
Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Eric Denis (BEL)
23 September 1997
18:00
Pakistan  1–3  England
Ullah field hockey ball 31' Report Simons field hockey ball 12'12'
Pearn field hockey ball 27'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

24 September 1997
16:00
Germany  4–1  Egypt
Draughn field hockey ball 5'
Achtmann field hockey ball 17'
Lunau-Mierke field hockey ball 27'
Hentschel field hockey ball 37'
Report Hassan field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
Roger St. Rose (TTO)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

 
Cross-oversNinth place
 
      
 
27 September
 
 
 Belgium2
 
28 September
 
 Egypt4
 
 Egypt5
 
27 September
 
 Cuba3
 
 Japan4
 
 
 Cuba (a.e.t.)5
 
Eleventh place
 
 
28 September
 
 
 Belgium3
 
 
 Japan5

Cross-overs

27 September 1997
10:00
Belgium  2–4  Egypt
Milecan field hockey ball 1'
Collin field hockey ball 51'
Report Samer field hockey ball 29'32'
Wasfy field hockey ball 49'
Hassan field hockey ball 53'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)

27 September 1997
12:30
Japan  4–5 (a.e.t.)  Cuba
Tobita field hockey ball 24'37'46'65' Report Gómez field hockey ball 22'57'72'
J. Hernández field hockey ball 45'68'
Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)

Eleventh and twelfth place

28 September 1997
08:00
Belgium  3–5  Japan
Letier field hockey ball 10'
Collin field hockey ball 37'
Gierts field hockey ball 42'
Report Shirakaba field hockey ball 9'
Yamazaki field hockey ball 11'16'32'
Tobita field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
Roger St. Rose (TTO)

Ninth and tenth place

28 September 1997
10:30
Egypt  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Cuba
Samer field hockey ball 8'
Wasfy field hockey ball 60'
El Fatah field hockey ball 76'
Report Y. Pérez field hockey ball 31'
Gómez field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
Eric Denis (BEL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
Cross-oversFifth place
 
      
 
26 September
 
 
 Spain0
 
27 September
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina2
 
26 September
 
 Pakistan4
 
 Pakistan5
 
 
 Netherlands2
 
Seventh place
 
 
27 September
 
 
 Spain4
 
 
 Netherlands5

Cross-overs

26 September 1997
10:00
Spain  0–3  Argentina
Report Deambrosi field hockey ball 22'
M. Vila field hockey ball 37'
Orozco field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

26 September 1997
12:30
Pakistan  5–2  Netherlands
Farooq field hockey ball 6'57'
Atzal field hockey ball 27'
Ullah field hockey ball 49'54'
Report De Jong field hockey ball 46'
Meuwsen field hockey ball 69'
Umpires:
Peter Broughton (ENG)
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)

Seventh and eighth place

27 September 1997
17:30
Spain  4–5  Netherlands
Amat field hockey ball 10'36'
Quintana field hockey ball 20'
J. Sánchez field hockey ball 26'
Report Van Esseveldt field hockey ball 4'
De Jong field hockey ball 25'
Hoyng field hockey ball 39'
Derichx field hockey ball 44'
Van der Weide field hockey ball 70+'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Peter Broughton (ENG)

Fifth and sixth place

27 September 1997
15:00
Argentina  2–4  Pakistan
Esparis field hockey ball 18'
Garreta field hockey ball 27'
Report Yousuf field hockey ball 9'62'
Abdullah field hockey ball 42'49'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Steven Graham (WAL)

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 September
 
 
 Australia2
 
28 September
 
 England1
 
 Australia3
 
26 September
 
 India2
 
 Germany3
 
 
 India (a.e.t.)4
 
Third place
 
 
28 September
 
 
 England2
 
 
 Germany4

Semi-finals

26 September 1997
15:00
Germany  3–4 (a.e.t.)  India
Bruse field hockey ball 5'
Reinelt field hockey ball 31'
Klink field hockey ball 58'
Report Baljit field hockey ball 38'
Harbhajan field hockey ball 43'
Virender field hockey ball 68'
Rajiv field hockey ball 74'
Umpires:
Steven Graham (WAL)
Eric Denis (BEL)

26 September 1997
17:30
Australia  2–1  England
Taylor field hockey ball 58'
Elder field hockey ball 63'
Report Simons field hockey ball 8'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Third and fourth place

28 September 1997
13:00
England  2–4  Germany
Simons field hockey ball 48'
Boyse field hockey ball 66'
Report Reinelt field hockey ball 4'
Klink field hockey ball 16'
Eimer field hockey ball 25'
Lunau-Mierke field hockey ball 38'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)

Final

28 September 1997
16:00
Australia  3–2  India
Taylor field hockey ball 29'
Elder field hockey ball 33'
Wells field hockey ball 42'
Report Harbhajan field hockey ball 17'
Gurmail field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Richard Wolter (GER)

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Standings
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 7 5 2 0 23 9 +14 17 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  India 7 4 1 2 25 15 +10 13 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany 7 5 0 2 22 15 +7 15 Bronze Medal
4  England (H) 7 3 0 4 15 16 −1 9 Fourth place
5  Pakistan 7 4 2 1 25 14 +11 14 Eliminated in
Group stage
6  Argentina 7 3 2 2 17 16 +1 11
7  Netherlands 7 3 1 3 20 20 0 10
8  Spain 7 3 1 3 18 15 +3 10
9  Egypt 7 2 2 3 14 19 −5 8
10  Cuba 7 1 0 6 12 38 −26 3
11  Japan 7 2 0 5 17 22 −5 6
12  Belgium 7 1 1 5 13 22 −9 4
Source: Field Hockey
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

  • Note: Scorers from the Pool A and B matches of NED vs CUB and EGY vs ARG are unknown, and hence have not been added to this list.

There were 221 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.26 goals per match.

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Field hockey - Men's Junior World Cup - 1997". the-sports.org. Retrieved 18 July 2017.