2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed squads for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 5 and 16 December 2023.

A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team. Those marked in bold have been capped at full international level.

Pool A

Argentina

The squad was announced on 7 November 2023.[1]

Head coach: Juan Gilardi

1. Agustin Magdalena (GK)
5. Tomás Ruiz
6. Mateo Fernandez
8. Agustín Bonanno
9. Marco Aguirre Gómez Corta
10. Joaquín Toscani
11. Ramiro Infanzón
15. Joaquin Ruiz (GK)
16. Matías Rey
17. Guido Nobili
18. Lucas Redondo
19. Bautista Poletti
21. Bruno Correa
23. Matias Andreotti
24. Juan Fernández
29. Ignacio Persoglio
30. Nicolás Rodríguez
31. Bautista Capurro
35. Ignacio Nardolillo
41. Inaki Minadeo (C)

Australia

The squad was announced on 17 November 2023.[2]

Head coach: Jay Stacy

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
27	GK	Oliver Higgins	(2002-10-13)13 October 2002 (aged 20)	4	0	Suburban Lions
28	GK	Max Larkin	(2003-05-16)16 May 2003 (aged 19)	5	0	Tassie Tigers
1	DF	Nye Roberts	(2003-01-24)24 January 2003 (aged 19)	5	0	HC Melbourne
12	DF	Angus Adamson	(2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 19)	5	0	YMCC
13	DF	Dylan Downey	(2005-01-26)26 January 2005 (aged 17)	5	2	NSW Pride
23	DF	Cambell Geddes	(2002-06-18)18 June 2002 (aged 20)	14	7	Perth Thundersticks
25	DF	Michael Taylor	(2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 20)	5	0	Brisbane Blaze
2	MF	William Mathison	(2002-06-12)12 June 2002 (aged 20)	5	1	Brisbane Blaze
6	MF	Liam Henderson	(2003-08-28)28 August 2003 (aged 19)	14	0	HC Melbourne
7	MF	Lachlan Rogers	(2004-08-24)24 August 2004 (aged 18)	5	0	Tassie Tigers
8	MF	Toby Mallon	(2005-07-20)20 July 2005 (aged 17)	9	0	Briars
11	MF	Max Freedman	(2003-03-19)19 March 2003 (aged 19)	8	0	YMCC
16	MF	Nathan Czinner	(2002-03-19)19 March 2002 (aged 20)	14	0	NSW Pride
5	FW	Jake Lambeth	(2002-08-30)30 August 2002 (aged 20)	6	2	Royals
9	FW	Diarmid Chappell	(2003-11-14)14 November 2003 (aged 19)	5	1	Brisbane Blaze
19	FW	Craig Marais (C)	(2002-05-28)28 May 2002 (aged 20)	8	3	HC Melbourne
21	FW	Cooper Burns	(2002-03-06)6 March 2002 (aged 20)	14	12	HC Melbourne
24	FW	Brodee Foster	(2002-06-21)21 June 2002 (aged 20)	13	7	Perth Thundersticks

Chile

Head coach: Matías Amoroso

1. Joaquin Acevedo
7. Francisco Cerda
8. Alexei De Witt
9. Felipe Duisberg
14. Sebastian Loehnert Baeza
15. Joaquín Muñoz
16. Felipe Richard
19. Axel Stein
20. Raimundo Valenzuela
23. Javier Vargas
24. Julián Villanueva (GK)
25. Vicente Wilhelmy
26. Sebastián Wolansky (C)
33. Gaspar Fosalba
34. Mateo Perret
35. Bruno Acevedo
36. Tomas Hasson
37. Teodoro Sinning (GK)

Malaysia

Pool B

Egypt

Head coach: Moustafa Khalil

1. Ali Abdalla
3. Hesham Omar
4. Hosni Mohamed
5. Bakr Youssef
6. Fathalla Ziad
7. Fahmy Ahmed
9. Elhadi Ahmed
10. Ragab Hossameldin (C)
11. Adel Ziad
12. Reda Mohamed
13. Hassanein Mohamed
14. Mohamady Amro
15. Mokhtar Bassem
16. Hussin Mahmoud (GK)
17. Awad Hussein
20. Fouda Ahmed
22. Kamal Said
24. Abdelmonem Basel
26. Geneidy Mohamed (GK)
27. Taha Saber

France

Head coach: Frederic Soyez

1. Louis Haertelmeyer
2. Gaëtan Larnicol
3. Jules Bournac
4. Brieuc Delemazure
5. Stanislas Branicki
6. Tassilo Sura
7. Jules Verrier
8. Thibault Fouquet
9. Mathis Clément
10. Hugo Verrier
11. Noé Jouin
12. Gaspard Xavier
14. Gaspard Denis
15. Tom Gaillard
16. Rafael Stab
18. Victor Saint-Martin
20. Arthur Morcette
23. Marius Clément (GK)
28. Thomas Assoignon
31. Antoine Robert (GK)

Germany

Head coach: Rein van Eijk

3. Ben Hasbach
4. Christian Franz
7. Fabio Seitz
8. Jan Cordes
10. Luis Hoechemer (C)
11. Hugo von Montgelas
12. Tom Schmidt-Didlaukies
14. Peer Hinrichs
15. Nikas Berendts
16. Antheus Barry
20. Florian Sperling
21. Matteo Poljaric (C)
23. Jakob Brilla
24. Liam Holdermann
25. Michel Struthoff
26. Aron Flatten
27. Paul Glander
29. Joshua Onyekwue Nnaji (GK)
35. Florian Simon (GK)
43. Leon Lindemann

South Africa

The squad was announced on 13 November 2023.[3]

Head coach: Guy Elliott

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
4		Nathan Ansell (Captain)	(2002-03-15)15 March 2002 (aged 20)	14	UCT Ikey Rangers
5		James Flint	(2004-04-06)6 April 2004 (aged 18)	9	Maties
6		Daniel Neuhoff	(2004-10-03)3 October 2004 (aged 18)	5	Maties
7		Hans Neethling	(2002-07-13)13 July 2002 (aged 20)	15	Maties
9		Cameron Le Forestier	(2002-09-04)4 September 2002 (aged 20)	21	UP Tuks
10		Ross Breytenbach	(2004-06-01)1 June 2004 (aged 18)	11	Jeppe
11		Damian Knott	(2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 19)	15	WPCC
12		Sian Maart	(2004-03-30)30 March 2004 (aged 18)	4	UP Tuks
14		Caleb Oliphant	(2002-05-21)21 May 2002 (aged 20)	10	Maties
16		Thabang Jeyi	(2003-05-21)21 May 2003 (aged 19)	5	Langa
17		Ayakha Mthalane	(2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 19)	15	UP Tuks
19	MF	Leruo Ditlhakanyane	(2005-07-20)20 July 2005 (aged 17)	4	D.H.S
21		Fawaaz Kahder	(2002-11-20)20 November 2002 (aged 20)	15	Beaulieu
22		Calvin Davis	(2003-11-22)22 November 2003 (aged 19)	10	UP Tuks
24	GK	Reece Govender	(2002-12-17)17 December 2002 (aged 20)	10	Wits
27	GK	Gianluca Virissimo	(2003-10-02)2 October 2003 (aged 19)	5	UCT Ikey Rangers
31		David Tshebi	(2003-12-21)21 December 2003 (aged 19)	4	Varsity
34		Jaydon Brooker	(2005-04-03)3 April 2005 (aged 17)	0	Jeppe

Pool C

Canada

Canada announced their squad on 28 October 2023.[4]

Head coach: Geoffrey Matthews

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	MF	Callan McCulloch	(2005-02-06)6 February 2005 (aged 18)	5
2	DF	Joshua Miranda	(2004-02-07)7 February 2004 (aged 19)	5
4	DF	Grant Simpson	(2004-04-27)27 April 2004 (aged 19)	5
5	DF	Satpreet Dhadda	(2004-09-09)9 September 2004 (aged 19)	5
6	FW	Hudson Loh	(2003-07-24)24 July 2003 (aged 20)	5
7	FW	Kirin Robinson	(2004-08-01)1 August 2004 (aged 19)	5
8	MF	Noah Louie	(2005-03-18)18 March 2005 (aged 18)	5
9	FW	Robin Thind	(2006-05-08)8 May 2006 (aged 17)	5
10	MF	Leighton De Souza	(2005-09-04)4 September 2005 (aged 18)	5
13	DF	Arjun Cheema	(2003-09-18)18 September 2003 (aged 20)	0
14	MF	Julius D'Souza (Captain)	(2002-07-02)2 July 2002 (aged 21)	8
15	FW	Ravpreet Gill	(2004-12-24)24 December 2004 (aged 18)	4
17	MF	Jude Nicholson	(2006-05-14)14 May 2006 (aged 17)	5
18	MF	Arshmit Pannu	(2003-09-18)18 September 2003 (aged 20)	0
21	DF	Maansarovar Sidhu	(2002-07-19)19 July 2002 (aged 21)	5
22	MF	Jyothswaroop Sidhu	(2002-07-19)19 July 2002 (aged 21)	11
28	GK	Armaan Bagri	(2003-06-08)8 June 2003 (aged 20)	5
30	GK	Guarav Ghai	(2004-09-26)26 September 2004 (aged 19)	5

India

Head coach: C.R. Kumar

The final squad was announced on 14 November 2023.[5][6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	DF	Shardanand Tiwari	(2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 18)	28	Uttar Pradesh
3	MF	Sunit Lakra	(2002-06-02)2 June 2002 (aged 20)	15
4	DF	Amandeep Lakra	(2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 20)	21	RSPB/Hockey Association of Odisha
5	MF	Poovanna CB	(2002-10-05)5 October 2002 (aged 20)	21	Karnataka
6	DF	Amir Ali	(2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 18)	20	Uttar Pradesh
9	FW	Sudeep Chirmako	(2002-12-05)5 December 2002 (aged 20)	33	Odisha
10	MF	Amandeep	(2002-12-20)20 December 2002 (aged 20)	21	Chandigarh
11	FW	Boby Singh Dhami	(2002-07-01)1 July 2002 (aged 20)	19	Food Corporation of India/Haryana
12	FW	Sourabh Anand Kushwaha	(2005-09-16)16 September 2005 (aged 17)	4	Uttar Pradesh
13	GK	Ranvijay Singh Yadav	(2003-07-10)10 July 2003 (aged 19)	4	NCE, Sonipat
14	MF	Vishnukant Singh	(2002-08-10)10 August 2002 (aged 20)	44	Uttar Pradesh
16	FW	Uttam Singh (Captain)	(2002-12-10)10 December 2002 (aged 20)	29	Uttar Pradesh Hockey Academy
20	DF	Sunil JoJo	(2002-12-14)14 December 2002 (aged 20)	11	RSPB/Jharkhand
27	GK	Mohit H.S.	(2002-02-27)27 February 2002 (aged 20)	21	Karnataka
29	MF	Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem	(2001-08-03)3 August 2001 (aged 21)	23	Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
30	FW	Aditya Lalage	(2003-01-15)15 January 2003 (aged 19)	11	Maharashtra
32	DF	Rohit	(2004-03-23)23 March 2004 (aged 18)	21	RSPB/Chandigarh
49	MF	Aditya Singh	(2002-12-01)1 December 2002 (aged 20)	0	RSPB/NCE, Delhi
50	DF	Sukhvinder	(2006-05-14)14 May 2006 (aged 16)	5	NCE, Sonipat
78	MF	Rajinder Singh	(2002-12-12)12 December 2002 (aged 20)	21
90	FW	Araijeet Singh Hundal (Vice-captain)	(2004-01-21)21 January 2004 (aged 18)	22	Punjab and Sind Bank

South Korea

Head coach: Jang Young

1. Choi Ji-ho
2. Hwang Keonyeol
6. Lee Sung-min
7. Kong Yoonho (C)
8. Cho Ghu-hyeong
9. Kim Min-kwon
10. Kim Jae-ho
11. Lee Seung-hwan
13. Kim Dae-hyun
14. Kim Yu-bin
15. Song Jeong-seob
17. Lim Jun-yeol
20. Park Geon-woo
21. Kim Se-yeon (GK)
25. Lim Do-hyun
26. Kim Sookyo (GK)
30. Park Hyun
99. Yoo Seung-ho

Spain

The squad was announced on 16 November 2023.[7]

Head coach: Oriol Torras Puig

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Jan Capellades	(2004-03-24)24 March 2004 (aged 19)	6	Club Egara
2		Matias Barón	(2006-07-17)17 July 2006 (aged 17)	0	Real Club de Polo
3		Aleix Bozal	(2004-06-29)29 June 2004 (aged 19)	4	Junior FC
4		Guiu Corominas	(2004-06-06)6 June 2004 (aged 19)	4	Atlètic Terrassa
5		Iñaky Zaldúa	(2003-02-26)26 February 2003 (aged 20)	9	Real Club de Polo
6		Bruno Font	(2004-11-15)15 November 2004 (aged 19)	9	Junior FC
7		Oriol Bozal	(2002-07-10)10 July 2002 (aged 21)	15	Junior FC
8		Pere Amat	(2004-09-17)17 September 2004 (aged 19)	9	Club Egara
9		Pol Cabré-Verdiell	(2003-04-22)22 April 2003 (aged 20)	15	Atlètic Terrassa
10		Enric Miralles	(2002-06-08)8 June 2002 (aged 21)	9	CD Terrassa
11		Pau Petchamé	(2003-01-21)21 January 2003 (aged 20)	9	CD Terrassa
12		Ton Moran	(2006-01-11)11 January 2006 (aged 17)	0	Club Egara
14		Nicolás Álvarez	(2003-01-04)4 January 2003 (aged 20)	4	RS Tenis
17		Andreas Rafi (C)	(2002-04-24)24 April 2002 (aged 21)	9	Mannheimer HC
19		Pablo Espino	(2003-03-28)28 March 2003 (aged 20)	4	Junior FC
21		Ton Borràs	(2003-10-10)10 October 2003 (aged 20)	9	Real Club de Polo
22		Xavier Barutell	(2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 20)	15	Atlètic Terrassa
25	GK	Fernando Díaz	(2002-02-20)20 February 2002 (aged 21)	4	Complutense

Pool D

Belgium

Belgium announced their squad on 26 October 2023.[8]

Head coach: Jeroen Baart

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
4	MF	Lucas Putters	(2002-01-25)25 January 2002 (aged 21)	10	Dragons
5	DF	Hugo Labouchere	(2004-02-07)7 February 2004 (aged 19)	0	Orée
6	FW	Diego Hainaut	(2004-11-19)19 November 2004 (aged 19)	0	Uccle Sport
7	MF	Victor Foubert	(2002-10-12)12 October 2002 (aged 21)	5	Dragons
8	MF	Nicolas Bogaerts	(2004-01-15)15 January 2004 (aged 19)	0	Orée
9	MF	Louis De Backer	(2002-02-27)27 February 2002 (aged 21)	5	Léopold
10	MF	Maximilian Langer	(2006-08-05)5 August 2006 (aged 17)	0	Orée
11	FW	Jack Vloeberghs	(2003-10-15)15 October 2003 (aged 20)	0	Herakles
12	FW	Max Luyten	(2002-11-05)5 November 2002 (aged 21)	5	Dragons
13	FW	Louis Depelsenaire	(2002-09-13)13 September 2002 (aged 21)	5	Waterloo Ducks
14	FW	Thomas Crols	(2002-09-11)11 September 2002 (aged 21)	5	Dragons
17	MF	Guillermo Hainaut	(2002-06-08)8 June 2002 (aged 21)	11	Uccle Sport
21	GK	Julien Le Maire	(2002-07-30)30 July 2002 (aged 21)	0	Herakles
23	DF	Lucas Balthazar	(2006-01-08)8 January 2006 (aged 17)	0	Uccle Sport
24	DF	Thomas Joye	(2003-02-24)24 February 2003 (aged 20)	5	Uccle Sport
26	MF	Charles Langendries	(2006-04-26)26 April 2006 (aged 17)	0	Waterloo Ducks
30	DF	Brieuc Petit	(2003-10-05)5 October 2003 (aged 20)	0	Waterloo Ducks
43	GK	Boris Feldheim	(2002-04-01)1 April 2002 (aged 21)	11	Daring

Netherlands

The Netherlands announced their squad on 2 November 2023.[9]

Head coach: Jesse Mahieu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Nieki Verbeek	(2004-10-07)7 October 2004 (aged 19)	0	Oranje-Rood
2		Pepijn van der Heijden	(2003-04-22)22 April 2003 (aged 20)	5	Rotterdam
3		Mees Kurvers	(2002-10-24)24 October 2002 (aged 21)	0	Den Bosch
4	DF	Timo Boers	(2003-10-10)10 October 2003 (aged 20)	0	Den Bosch
7		Boris Aardenburg	(2003-02-06)6 February 2003 (aged 20)	5	Pinoké
8	MF	Menno Boeren	(2002-05-12)12 May 2002 (aged 21)	11	Rotterdam
9		Olivier Hortensius	(2002-09-04)4 September 2002 (aged 21)	11	Rotterdam
10	MF	Guus Jansen	(2002-03-07)7 March 2002 (aged 21)	11	Rotterdam
11	FW	Casper van der Veen	(2004-06-29)29 June 2004 (aged 19)	11	Bloemendaal
12		Bouwe Buitenhuis	(2002-04-30)30 April 2002 (aged 21)	0	Klein Zwitserland
14	FW	Duco Telgenkamp	(2002-07-17)17 July 2002 (aged 21)	5	Kampong
15		Luke Dommershuijzen	(2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (aged 21)	10	Amsterdam
16		Casper Berkman	(2003-04-08)8 April 2003 (aged 20)	5	HGC
17	FW	Jan van 't Land	(2005-04-07)7 April 2005 (aged 18)	0	HGC
18	MF	Gijs ter Braak	(2004-09-22)22 September 2004 (aged 19)	0	Bloemendaal
20		Dylan Lucieer	(2004-04-04)4 April 2004 (aged 19)	0	Rotterdam
22	GK	Daan Taphoorn	(2003-02-11)11 February 2003 (aged 20)	0	HGC
23	MF	Lucas Veen	(2003-11-23)23 November 2003 (aged 20)	0	HGC

New Zealand

Head coach: Aaron Ford

1. Ryan Parr
3. Matthew Wilson
5. James Hickson
6. Aidan Fraser
7. Joshua Irwin
8. Scott Cosslett
9. Patrick Ward
11. Daniel Torr
12. Benjamin Culhane (C)
13. Sam Lints
14. Luke Aldred
15. James Nicolson
16. Jordan Whittleston
17. Luke Elmes (GK)
18. Hayden Ganley (GK)
19. Jonty Elmes
20. Aiden Bax
21. Gus Nelson

Pakistan

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