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) games won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
17 September 1997
18:00
Australia  8–2  Cuba
Choppy  3'
Commens  8', 23'
Taylor  26'
Bolton  42', 44'
Brennan  56'
Elder  60'		 Report Y. Hernández  14'
Gómez  67'
Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
18 September 1997
12:00
Spain  3–2  India
Amat  26', 42', 50' Report Rajiv  43', 54'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Peter Broughton (ENG)
18 September 1997
14:00
Belgium  2–2  Netherlands
Letier  23'
Collin  27'		 Report Van Wijk  15'
Slotema  55'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
19 September 1997
14:00
Cuba  1–6  Spain
Gómez  59' Report J. Sánchez  5'
Aguilar  10'
Amat  21', 41'
Masaña  50'
Casas  66'
Umpires:
Peter Broughton (ENG)
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
19 September 1997
16:00
Australia  3–1  Belgium
Elder  43'
Wells  59'
Taylor  62'		 Report Fayt  42'
Umpires:
Steven Graham (WAL)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
19 September 1997
18:00
Netherlands  2–3  India
De Jong  7'
Van Esseveldt  18'		 Report Tirkey  32'
Rajiv  62'
Rawat  68'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
21 September 1997
12:00
Belgium  1–0  Cuba
Gierts  40' Report
Umpires:
Peter Broughton (ENG)
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
21 September 1997
14:00
India  2–2  Australia
Virender  23'
Rajiv  29'		 Report Wells  37'
Elder  58'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
21 September 1997
16:00
Spain  0–1  Netherlands
Report De Jong  49'
Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
22 September 1997
18:00
Cuba  0–8  India
Report Tirkey  38', 43'
Rajiv  41', 50', 64'
Senthil  55'
Baljit  62'
Chauhan  70'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
23 September 1997
12:00
Netherlands  0–4  Australia
Report Webster  15'
Wells  31'
Taylor  51'
Bolton  54'
Umpires:
Peter Broughton (ENG)
Richard Wolter (GER)
23 September 1997
14:00
Spain  4–2  Belgium
Quintana  35', 57'
Aguilar  40', 60'		 Report Gierts  12'
Milecan  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  28' Report Amat  2'
Umpires:
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
24 September 1997
14:00
India  4–2  Belgium
Samir  30', 50'
Rajiv  34'
Chauhan  54'		 Report Gierts  16'
Milecan  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) Host
17 September 1997
11:30
Pakistan  1–1  Egypt
Ullah  58' Report El Fatah  67'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Steven Graham (WAL)
17 September 1997
13:30
England  3–2  Japan
Pearn  20', 29', 63' Report Tobita  46'
Yamazaki  64'
Umpires:
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
17 September 1997
16:00
Argentina  1–5  Germany
Ocaña  58' Report Lunau-Mierke  25'
Reinelt  46', 55'
Achtmann  64'
Draguhn  68'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Eric Denis (BEL)
18 September 1997
16:00
Egypt  1–4  England
Samer  53' Report Boyse  14'
Mathews  37', 50'
Simons  63'
Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
18 September 1997
18:00
Pakistan  3–3  Argentina
Farooq  2'
Abdullah  34', 43'		 Report Deambosi  7', 70'
Ocaña  11'
Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
19 September 1997
12:00
Germany  3–1  Japan
Reinelt  35'
Lunau-Mierke  48', 60'		 Report Soma  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  18'
Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
20 September 1997
16:00
Japan  1–5  Pakistan
Tobita  33' Report Abdullah  3'
Imran  5'
Yousaf  41'
Salim  50'
Khalid Jr.  57'
Umpires:
Steven Graham (WAL)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
22 September 1997
12:00
Japan  4–2  Egypt
Tobita  14', 30', 57'
Hokaze  18'		 Report Wasfy  10'
Abbas  17'
Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)
22 September 1997
14:00
Germany  2–6  Pakistan
Bruse  38'
Draguhn  55'		 Report Yousaf  4', 9', 44'
Ullah  11', 47'
Farooq  67'
Umpires:
Steven Graham (WAL)
Eric Denis (BEL)
22 September 1997
16:00
England  2–5  Argentina
Mathews  19'
Boyse  22'		 Report Deambosi  17', 44'
M. Vila  33'
Orozco  48'
Melgarejo  63'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Peter Elders (NED)
23 September 1997
16:00
Argentina  1–0  Japan
Melgarejo  44' Report
Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Eric Denis (BEL)
23 September 1997
18:00
Pakistan  1–3  England
Ullah  31' Report Simons  12', 12'
Pearn  27'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
24 September 1997
16:00
Germany  4–1  Egypt
Draughn  5'
Achtmann  17'
Lunau-Mierke  27'
Hentschel  37'		 Report Hassan  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
 
 
 Belgium2
 
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)3

Cross-overs
27 September 1997
10:00
Belgium  2–4  Egypt
Milecan  1'
Collin  51'		 Report Samer  29', 32'
Wasfy  49'
Hassan  53'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
27 September 1997
12:30
Japan  4–5 (a.e.t.)  Cuba
Tobita  24', 37', 46', 65' Report Gómez  22', 57', 72'
J. Hernández  45', 68'
Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Shakeel Qureshi (IND)

Eleventh and twelfth place
28 September 1997
08:00
Belgium  3–5  Japan
Letier  10'
Collin  37'
Gierts  42'		 Report Shirakaba  9'
Yamazaki  11', 16', 32'
Tobita  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  8'
Wasfy  60'
El Fatah  76'		 Report Y. Pérez  31'
Gómez  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  22'
M. Vila  37'
Orozco  47'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
26 September 1997
12:30
Pakistan  5–2  Netherlands
Farooq  6', 57'
Atzal  27'
Ullah  49', 54'		 Report De Jong  46'
Meuwsen  69'
Umpires:
Peter Broughton (ENG)
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)

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

Fifth and sixth place
27 September 1997
15:00
Argentina  2–4  Pakistan
Esparis  18'
Garreta  27'		 Report Yousuf  9', 62'
Abdullah  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  5'
Reinelt  31'
Klink  58'		 Report Baljit  38'
Harbhajan  43'
Virender  68'
Rajiv  74'
Umpires:
Steven Graham (WAL)
Eric Denis (BEL)
26 September 1997
17:30
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
13:00
England  2–4  Germany
Simons  48'
Boyse  66'		 Report Reinelt  4'
Klink  16'
Eimer  25'
Lunau-Mierke  38'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)

Final
28 September 1997
16:00
Australia  3–2  India
Taylor  29'
Elder  33'
Wells  42'		 Report Harbhajan  17'
Gurmail  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
 Australia 7 5 2 0 23 9 +14 17 Gold Medal
 India 7 4 1 2 25 15 +10 13 Silver Medal
 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) Host

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

  • Naohiko Tobita

9 goals

  • Rajiv Mishra

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.
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