1997 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

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.

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) Rajiv Mishra (9 goals)
Best player Rajiv Mishra
← 1993 (previous) (next) 2001 →

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)

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) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
17 September 1997
18:00
Australia  8–2  Cuba
Report
18 September 1997
12:00
Spain  3–2  India
Report
18 September 1997
14:00
Belgium  2–2  Netherlands
Report
19 September 1997
14:00
Cuba  1–6  Spain
Report
19 September 1997
16:00
Australia  3–1  Belgium
Report
19 September 1997
18:00
Netherlands  2–3  India
Report
21 September 1997
12:00
Belgium  1–0  Cuba
Report
21 September 1997
14:00
India  2–2  Australia
Report
21 September 1997
16:00
Spain  0–1  Netherlands
Report
22 September 1997
18:00
Cuba  0–8  India
Report
23 September 1997
12:00
Netherlands  0–4  Australia
Report
23 September 1997
14:00
Spain  4–2  Belgium
Report
24 September 1997
10:00
Netherlands  8–2  Cuba
Report
24 September 1997
12:00
Australia  1–1  Spain
Report
24 September 1997
14:00
India  4–2  Belgium
Report

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 5 4 0 1 15 9 +6 8 Advance to the semi-finals
2  England (H) 5 3 0 2 12 10 +2 6
3  Pakistan 5 2 2 1 16 10 +6 6 5th–8th place classification
4  Argentina 5 2 2 1 12 12 0 6
5  Japan 5 1 0 4 8 14 −6 2 9th–12th place classification
6  Egypt 5 0 2 3 7 15 −8 2
Source:
(H) Host.
17 September 1997
Egypt  1–1  Pakistan
17 September 1997
England  3–2  Japan
17 September 1997
Germany  5–1  Argentina
18 September 1997
England  4–1  Egypt
18 September 1997
Pakistan  3-3  Argentina
19 September 1997
Germany  3–1  Japan
20 September 1997
Argentina  2–2  Egypt
20 September 1997
Germany  1–0  England
20 September 1997
Pakistan  5–1  Japan
22 September 1997
Japan  4–2  Egypt
22 September 1997
Germany  2–6  Pakistan
22 September 1997
Argentina  5–2  England
23 September 1997
Argentina  1–0  Japan
23 September 1997
England  3–1  Pakistan
24 September 1997
Germany  4–1  Egypt

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
 
 
 Belgium2
 
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)3

Cross-overs
27 September 1997
Belgium  2–4  Egypt
27 September 1997
Japan  4–5 (a.e.t.)  Cuba

Eleventh and twelfth place
28 September 1997
Belgium  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Japan

Ninth and tenth place
28 September 1997
Egypt  5–3  Cuba

Fifth to eighth place classification
 
Cross-oversFifth place
 
      
 
26 September
 
 
 Spain0
 
27 September
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina4
 
26 September
 
 Pakistan5
 
 Pakistan5
 
 
 Netherlands2
 
Seventh place
 
 
27 September
 
 
 Spain2
 
 
 Netherlands4

Cross-overs
26 September 1997
Pakistan  5–2  Netherlands
26 September 1997
Spain  0–3  Argentina

Seventh and eighth place
27 September 1997
Spain  2–4  Netherlands

Fifth and sixth place
27 September 1997
Pakistan  5–4  Argentina

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
Germany  3–4 (a.e.t.)  India
26 September 1997
Australia  2–1  England
Taylor  58'
Elder  63'		 Report Simons  8'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Third and fourth place
28 September 1997
England  2–4  Germany

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

Final standings
  1.  Australia
  2.  India
  3.  Germany
  4.  England
  5.  Pakistan
  6.  Argentina
  7.  Netherlands
  8.  Spain
  9.  Egypt
  10.  Cuba
  11.  Japan
  12.  Belgium

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