Tournament Outline

The World Cup, organized by the FIH International Hockey Federation, is an international tournament to determine the world champion.

Name	14th FIH Junior World Cup (2025/Tamil Nadu)
Host	FIH International Hockey Federation
Schedule	November 28 (Friday) – December 10 (Wednesday), 2025 (13 days)
Host City	Tamil Nadu, India UTC+5:30 (Time difference from Japan -3 hours 30 minutes)
Place	Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium
Participating Countries	Group A: Germany, South Africa, Canada, Ireland Group B: India (host country), Pakistan, Chile, Switzerland Group C: Japan, Argentina, New Zealand, China Group D: Spain, Belgium, Egypt, Namibia Group E: Netherlands, Malaysia, England, Austria Group F: France, Australia, Korea, Bangladesh (Participating Countries Details) [FIH Official Website], Groups A-F [Updated June 30, 2025].

Final Result and Participating Countries

	Team	World Ranking (Before the Tournament)	Gr
Champion	Germany	1st	A
2nd	Spain	4tn	D
3rd	India (Host Country)	2nd	B
4th	Argentina	3rd	C
5th	Belgium	7th	D
6th	Netherlands	5th	E
7th	France	6th	F
8th	New Zealand	12th	C
9th	England	16th	E
10th	Ireland	22th	A
11th	Australia	8th	F
12th	South Africa	10th	A
13th	Malaysia	11th	E
14th	Japan	17th	C
15th	Chile	18th	B
16th	Switzerland	26th	B
17th	Bangladesh	20th	F
18th	Austria	19th	E
19th	Korea	13th	F
20th	China	33th	C
21th	Egypt	15th	D
22th	Canada	14th	A
23th	Namibia	34th	D
24th	Oman	40th	B

FIH World Ranking as of November 26, 2025

Current FIH World Ranking (Please select Men’s) [FIH Official Website]

Match Schedule and Results

Competition Schedule (FIH – TMS)

* Competition start times are subject to change depending on tournament conditions.

Group A

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
1	1st day Group A	Chennai	Germany WR 1st	4-0	South Africa WR 10th
	11/28 12:30
2	1st day Group A	Chennai	Canada WR 14th	3-4	Ireland WR 22th
	11/28 14:45
12	2nd day Group A	Chennai	South Africa WR 10th	2-1	Ireland WR 22th
	11/29 17:00
14	2nd day Group A	Chennai	Canada WR 14th	0-7	Germany WR 1st
	11/29 19:15
25	4th day Group A	Chennai	Germany WR 1st	5-1	Ireland WR 22th
	12/1 17:00
26	2nd day Group A	Chennai	South Africa WR 10th	9-1	Canada WR 14th
	12/1 19:15

Group B

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
8	1st day Group B	Chennai	Oman WR 40th	0-4	Switzerland WR 26th
	11/28 21:15
7	1st day Group B	Chennai	India WR 2nd	7-0	Chile WR 18th
	11/29 00:00
15	2nd day Group B	Chennai	Chile WR 18th	2-3	Switzerland WR 26th
	11/29 21:15
16	2nd day Group B	Chennai	Oman  WR 40th	0-17	India WR 2nd
	11/29 23:30
31	5th day Group B	Chennai	Chile WR 18th	2-0	Oman WR 40th
	12/2 17:00
36	5th day Group B	Chennai	India WR 2nd	5-0	Switzerland WR 26th
	12/2 23:30

Group C

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
3	1st day Group C	Chennai	Japan WR 17th	1-4	Argentina WR 3rd
	11/28 16:45
5	1st day Group C	Chennai	New Zealand WR 12th	5-3	China WR 33th
	11/28 19:00
19	3rd day Group C	Chennai	Japan WR 17th	3-2	China WR 33th
	11/30 16:45
21	3rd day Group C	Chennai	New Zealand WR 12th	3-3	Argentina WR 3rd
	11/30 19:00
27	4th day Group C	Chennai	Japan WR 17th	2-3	New Zealand WR 12th
	12/1 21:15
28	4th day Group C	Chennai	Argentina WR 3rd	3-1	China WR 33th
	12/1 23:30

Group D

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
4	1st day Group D	Chennai	Spain WR 4th	8-0	Egypt WR 15th
	11/28 17:00
6	1st day Group D	Chennai	Belgium WR 7th	12-1	Namibia WR 34th
	11/28 19:45
17	3rd day Group D	Chennai	Egypt WR 15th	2-4	Namibia WR 34th
	11/30 12:30
18	3rd day Group D	Chennai	Belgium WR 7th	0-2	Spain WR 4th
	11/30 14:45
29	5th day Group D	Chennai	Spain WR 4th	13-0	Namibia WR 34th
	12/2 14:30
30	5th day Group D	Chennai	Egypt WR 15th	0-10	Belgium WR 7th
	12/2 16:45

Group E

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
9	2nd day Group E	Chennai	Netherlands WR 5th	5-3	England WR 16th
	11/29 12:30
10	2nd day Group E	Chennai	Malaysia WR 11th	5-1	Austria WR 19th
	11/29 14:45
20	3rd day Group E	Chennai	England WR 16th	13-0	Austria WR 19th
	11/30 17:00
22	3rd day Group E	Chennai	Malaysia WR 11th	0-6	Netherlands WR 5th
	11/30 19:15
32	5th day Group E	Chennai	Netherlands WR 5th	11-0	Austria WR 19th
	12/2 19:00
34	5th day Group E	Chennai	England WR 16th	3-1	Malaysia WR 11th
	12/2 21:15

Group F

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
11	2nd day Group F	Chennai	France WR 9th	11-1	Korea WR 13th
	11/29 16:45
13	2nd day Group F	Chennai	Australia WR 8th	5-3	Bangladesh WR 20th
	11/29 19:00
23	3rd day Group F	Chennai	Korea WR 13th	3-3	Bangladesh WR 20th
	11/30 21:15
24	3rd day Group F	Chennai	Australia WR 8th	3-8	France WR 9th
	11/30 23:30
33	5th day Group F	Chennai	France WR 9th	3-2	Bangladesh WR 20th
	12/2 19:15
35	5th day Group F	Chennai	Korea WR 13th	1-3	Australia WR 8th
	12/2 21:30

Final Matches and Placement Matches

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
37	6th day Preliminary Match for 17th-24th Place	Chennai	Namibia WR 34th	2-2 SO0-2	Austria WR 19th
	12/4 12:30
38	6th day Preliminary Match for 17th-24th Place	Chennai	Bangladesh WR 20th	13-0	Oman WR 40th
	12/4 15:00
39	6th day Preliminary Match for 9th-16th Place	Chennai	England WR 16th	3-1	Chile WR 18th
	12/4 16:00
40	6th day Preliminary Match for 17th-24th Place	Chennai	Korea WR 13th	6-3	Egypt WR 15th
	12/4 17:30
41	6th day Preliminary Match for 9th-16th Place	Chennai	South Africa WR 10th	3-1	Malaysia WR 11th
	12/4 18:30
42	6th day Preliminary Match for 17th-24th Place	Chennai	China WR 33th	3-2	Canada WR 14th
	12/4 20:00
43	6th day Preliminary Match for 9th-16th Place	Chennai	Switzerland WR 26th	2-5	Ireland WR 22th
	12/4 21:00
44	6th day Preliminary Match for 9th-16th Place	Chennai	Japan WR 17th	0-1	Australia WR 8th
	12/4 23:30
45	7th day Quarterfinal	Chennai	Spain WR 4th	4-3	New Zealand WR 12th
	12/5 16:00
46	7th day Quarterfinal	Chennai	France WR 9th	2-2 SO1-3	Belgium WR 7th
	12/5 18:30
47	7th day Quarterfinal	Chennai	Netherlands WR 5th	0-1	Argentina WR 3rd
	12/5 21:00
48	7th day Quarterfinal	Chennai	India WR 2nd	2-2 SO4-3	Belgium WR 7th
	12/5 23:30
49	8th day Preliminary Match for 21th-24th Place	Chennai	Namibia WR 34th	1-3	Canada WR 14th
	12/6 12:30
50	8th day Preliminary Match for 21th-24th Place	Chennai	Oman WR 40th	2-8	Egypt WR 15th
	12/6 15:00
51	8th day Preliminary Match for 13th-16th Place	Chennai	Japan WR 17th	3-1	Chile WR 18th
	12/6 16:00
52	8th day Preliminary Match for 17th-20th Place	Chennai	Austria WR 19th	1-1 SO3-1	China WR 33th
	12/6 17:30
53	8th day Preliminary Match for 13th-16th Place	Chennai	Malaysia WR 11th	7-3	Switzerland WR 26th
	12/6 18:30
54	8th day Preliminary Match for 17th-20th Place	Chennai	Bangladesh WR 20th	5-3	Korea WR 13rd
	12/6 20:00
55	8th day Preliminary Match for 9th-12th Place	Chennai	England WR 16th	3-1	Australia WR 8th
	12/6 21:00
56	8th day Preliminary Match for 9th-12th Place	Chennai	South Africa WR 10th	2-4	Ireland WR 22th
	12/6 22:30
57	9th day Preliminary Match for 5th-8th Place	Chennai	Belgium WR 7th	3-2	France WR 9th
	12/7 16:00
58	9th day Preliminary Match for 5th-8th Place	Chennai	New Zealand WR 12th	3-6	Netherlands WR 5th
	12/7 18:30
59	9th day Semifinal	Chennai	Spain WR 4th	2-1	Argentina WR 3rd
	12/7 21:00
60	9th day Semifinal	Chennai	India WR 2nd	1-5	Germany WR 1st
	12/7 23:30
61	10th day 23th place match	Chennai	Namibia WR 34th	4-2	Oman WR 40th
	12/8 12:30
62	10th place match 21th place match	Chennai	Canada WR 14th	2-2 SO2-3	Egypt WR 15th
	12/8 15:00
63	10th day 19th place match	Chennai	China WR 33th	4-5	Korea WR 13th
	12/8 17:30
64	10th day 17th place match	Chennai	Austria WR 19th	4-5	Bangladesh WR 20th
	12/8 20:00
65	11th day 15th place match	Chennai	Chile WR 18th	2-1	Switzerland WR 26th
	12/9 16:00
66	11th day 13th place match	Chennai	Japan WR 17th	1-1 SO0-3	Malaysia WR 11th
	12/9 18:30
67	11th day 11th place match	Chennai	Australia WR 8th	4-2	South Africa WR 10th
	12/9 21:00
68	11th day 9th place match	Chennai	England WR 16th	2-0	Ireland WR 22th
	12/9 23:30
69	Final day 7th place match	Chennai	France WR 9th	4-1	New Zealand WR 12th
	12/10 16:00
70	Final day 5th place match	Chennai	France WR 9th	3-3 SO4-3	New Zealand WR 12th
	12/10 18:30
71	Final day 3rd plade match	Chennai	India WR 2nd	4-2	Argentina WR 3rd
	12/10 21:00
72	Final day Final	Chennai	Germany WR 1st	1-1 SO3-2	Spain WR 4th
	12/10 23:30

Group Stage Standings

Group A

Team		1	2	3	4
1	Germany	–	○ 4:0	○ 7:0	○ 5:1
2	South Africa	● 0:4	–	○ 9:1	○ 2:1
3	Canada	● 0:7	● 1:9	–	● 3:4
4	Irealand	● 1:5	● 1:2	○ 4:3	–

 

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1		Germany	3	3	0	0	16	15	9
2		South Africa	3	2	0	1	11	5	6
3		Ireland	3	1	0	2	6	-4	3
4		Canada	3	0	0	3	4	-16	0

Group B

Team		1	2	3	4
1	India	–	○ 17:0	○ 7:0	○ 5:0
2	Oman	● 0:17	–	● 0:2	● 0:4
3	Chile	● 0:7	○ 2:0	–	● 2:3
4	Switzerland	● 0:5	○ 4:0	○ 3:2	–

 

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1		India	3	3	0	0	29	29	9
2		Switzerland	3	2	0	1	7	0	6
3		Chile	3	1	0	2	4	-6	3
4		Oman	3	0	0	3	0	-23	0

 

Group C

Team		1	2	3	4
1	Japan	–	● 1:4	● 2:3	○ 3:2
2	Argentina	○ 4:1	–	△ 3:3	○ 3:1
3	New Zealand	○ 3:2	△ 3:3	–	○ 5:3
4	China	● 2:3	● 1:3	● 3:5	–

 

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1		Argentina	3	2	1	0	10	5	7
2		New Zealand	3	2	1	0	11	3	7
3		Japan	3	1	0	2	6	-3	3
4		China	3	0	0	3	6	-5	0

 

Group D

Team		1	2	3	4
1	Spain	–	○ 2:0	○ 8:0	○ 13:0
2	Belgium	● 0:2	–	○ 10:0	○ 12:1
3	Egypt	● 0:8	● 0:10	–	● 2:4
4	Namibia	● 0:13	● 1:12	○ 4:2	–

 

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1		Spain	3	3	0	0	23	23	9
2		Belgium	3	2	0	1	22	19	6
3		Namibia	3	1	0	2	5	-22	3
4		Egypt	3	0	0	3	2	-20	0

Group E

Team		1	2	3	4
1	Netherlands	–	○ 6:0	○ 5:3	○ 11:0
2	Malaysia	● 0:6	–	● 1:3	○ 5:1
3	England	● 3:5	○ 3:1	–	○ 13:0
4	Austria	● 0:11	● 1:5	● 0:13	–

 

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1		Netherlands	3	3	0	0	22	19	9
2		England	3	2	0	1	19	13	6
3		Malaysia	3	1	0	2	6	-4	3
4		Austria	3	0	0	3	1	-28	0

Group F

Team		1	2	3	4
1	France	–	○ 8:3	○ 11:1	○ 3:2
2	Australia	● 3:8	–	○ 3:1	○ 5:3
3	Korea	● 1:11	● 1:3	–	△ 3:3
4	Bangladesh	● 2:3	● 3:5	△ 3:3	–

 

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1		France	3	3	0	0	22	16	9
2		Australia	3	2	0	1	11	-1	6
3		Bangladesh	3	0	1	2	8	-3	1
4		Korea	3	0	1	2	5	-12	1

 

The Drawing of Lots

 

Highlight Reel

From the FIH Official YouTube Channel

Friday, November 28: First Match: Argentina

November 30 (Sun) Game 2: China

Monday, December 1: Game 3 vs. New Zealand

December 4 (Thu) 9th-16th Place Playoff: Australia

December 6 (Sat) 13th-16th Place Playoff: vs. Chile

December 9 (Tue) 13th Place Playoff: Malaysia

Map

Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium

Related Information

• FIH International Hockey Federation – Official Website
• FIH Official Social Media [Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube]
• FIH – TMS 
• Watch.Hockey [Field Hockey Video Streaming Site]
• Men’s U21 Junior National Team