2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

2023 Women's Junior Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Kakamigahara
Dates	3–11 June
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Kawasaki Heavy Industries Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	228 (7.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Annu (9 goals)
Best player	Maho Ueno
Best young player	Anjali Barwa
Best goalkeeper	Lee Seo-yeon
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The 2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the women's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from 3 to 11 June 2023 in Kakamigahara, Japan.^[1]^[2]

The top three teams qualified for the 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.^[3]

Qualification[edit]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
—	FIH Women's World Ranking	—	5	China India Japan Malaysia South Korea
12–20 October 2022	2022 Junior AHF Cup	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	5	Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Indonesia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan
Total			10

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	37	3	+34	10	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	4	3	1	0	23	4	+19	10	Semi-finals
3	Malaysia	4	2	0	2	21	5	+16	6
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	3	24	−21	3
5	Uzbekistan	4	0	0	4	1	49	−48	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[4]

3 June 2023
12:00

South Korea	5–1	Chinese Taipei
Choi S. 6' Park M. 19' An 24', 42' Jeong 40'	Report	Huang 49'

Umpires:
Sheena Hori (JPN)
Yao Liu (CHN)

3 June 2023
14:00

India	22–0	Uzbekistan
Vaishnavi 3', 56' Mumtaz 6', 44', 47', 60' Annu 13', 29', 30', 38', 43', 51' Sunelita 17', 17' Deepika S. 18', 25' Manju 26' Deepika 32', 44', 46', 57' Neelam 47'	Report

Umpires:
Shi Him Tang (HKG)
Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ)

4 June 2023
12:00

Malaysia	7–0	Chinese Taipei
Nur M. 20' Nur Y. 22', 37' Siti 30', 40' Nurul 32' Thibatharshini 35'	Report

Umpires:
Shi Him Tang (HKG)
Valerie Koh (SGP)

4 June 2023
14:00

South Korea	13–0	Uzbekistan
An 4', 13', 16' Lee Y. 5' Jeong 22', 45', 58' Park S. 34', 59' Choi S. 35' Choi J. 37' Lee S. 45' Park M. 55'	Report

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Yao Liu (CHN)

5 June 2023
12:00

Malaysia	1–2	India
Dian 6'	Report	Mumtaz 10' Deepika 26'

Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Yao Liu (CHN)

5 June 2023
14:00

Chinese Taipei	2–1	Uzbekistan
Huang 18', 25'	Report	Abdullaeva 60'

Umpires:
Sheena Hori (JPN)
Shi Him tang (HKG)

6 June 2023
12:00

Uzbekistan	0–12	Malaysia
	Report	Dian 1', 22', 52' Kirandeep 10', 25' Khairunnisa 11' Zati 26', 27', 30' Norshafiqha 42', 53' Nur M. 45'

Umpires:
Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ)
Sheena Hori (JPN)

6 June 2023
14:00

South Korea	2–2	India
Lee Y. 15' Choi J. 30'	Report	Deepika S. 43' Deepika 54'

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Valerie Koh (SGP)

8 June 2023
14:00

Malaysia	1–3	South Korea
Norshafiqha 38'	Report	An 4' Song 38' Lee Y. 48'

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Sandra Adell (ESP)

8 June 2023
16:00

India	11–0	Chinese Taipei
Vaishnavi 1' Deepika 3' Annu 10', 52' Rutaja 12' Neelam 19' Manju 33' Sunelita 43', 57' Deepika S. 46' Mumtaz 55'	Report

Umpires:
Kim Yoon Seon (KOR)
Shi Him Tang (HKG)

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	0	44	0	+44	12	Semi-finals
2	Japan (H)	4	3	0	1	52	1	+51	9	Semi-finals
3	Kazakhstan	4	2	0	2	9	22	−13	6
4	Hong Kong	4	0	1	3	0	37	−37	1
5	Indonesia	4	0	1	3	0	45	−45	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[4]
(H) Hosts

3 June 2023
16:00

China	18–0	Indonesia
Zhang D. 5' Zhang J. 13', 19', 20' Cai 16', 34' Hao 22' Yang 27' Li 27', 59' Liu 35', 53' Wei 35' Liang 37' Ni 39', 48' Huang 48', 59'	Report

Umpires:
Valerie Koh (SGP)
Yogita Pasi (IND)

3 June 2023
18:00

Japan	23–0	Hong Kong
Wakasa 2', 17', 57' Kawaguchi 4' Hiramitsu 5', 33' Ueno 9', 42', 53' Saito 10' Kondo 18', 60' Sasaki 18', 24' Kitayama 22' Hayasuke 25', 28', 37' Matsunami 25', 29', 32' Oshima 46', 50'	Report

Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)

4 June 2023
16:00

Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong
Beisenbay 23' Lyapina 32', 42'

Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Yogita Pasi (IND)

4 June 2023
18:00

Japan	21–0	Indonesia
Ueno 8', 19', 20', 24', 60' Mikami 10', 12', 13', 51' Hayasuke 17' Murayama 25' Sasaki 27', 50' Oshima 30' Suzuki 36' Kondo 36', 41' Hiramitsu 43' Wakasa 52', 57' Horikawa 53'	Report

Umpires:
Kim Yoon Seon (KOR)
Liu Yu-Chen (TPE)

5 June 2023
16:00

Hong Kong	0–0	Indonesia
	Report

Umpires:
Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)
Kim Yoon Seon (KOR)

5 June 2023
18:00

Kazakhstan	0–14	China
	Report	Zhang D. 3', 4', 49', 49', 53' Hao 5', 44' Liang 23' Cai 28' Zhang J. 30', 31' Wei 43', 57' Xu 53'

Umpires:
Yogita Pasi (IND)
Liu Yu-Chen (TPE)

6 June 2023
16:00

Indonesia	0–6	Kazakhstan
	Report	Lobanova 10', 15', 49', 54' Beisenbay 45' Lyapina 56'

Umpires:
Kim Yoon Seon (KOR)
Yao Liu (CHN)

6 June 2023
18:00

Japan	0–1	China
	Report	Huang 8'

Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)

8 June 2023
12:00

China	11–0	Hong Kong
Ni 1', 59' Yang 7' Cai 17', 51' Li 18' Cen 27' Hao 28', 32' Xu 34' Hu 44'	Report

Umpires:
Valerie KOH (SGP)
Sheena HORI (JPN)

8 June 2023
18:00

Kazakhstan	0–8	Japan
	Report	Matsunami 8' Wakasa 12', 54' Hayasuke 23', 45' Murayama 31' Sasaki 32', 49'

Umpires:
Yogita Pasi (IND)
Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)

Classification round[edit]

Ninth and tenth place[edit]

10 June 2023
10:30

Uzbekistan	2–0	Indonesia
Mamatmurodova 28', 38'	Report

Umpires:
Shi Him Tang (HKG)
Yao Liu (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

5–8th place semi-finals		Fifth place

9 June

Malaysia	10
		11 June
Hong Kong	1
		Malaysia	7
9 June
		Kazakhstan	0
Kazakhstan	4

Chinese Taipei	3
		Seventh place

		11 June

		Hong Kong	0

		Chinese Taipei	2

5–8th place semi-finals[edit]

9 June 2023
14:00

Malaysia	10–1	Hong Kong
Nur M. 2', 14', 39' Dian 8' Siti 9' Norshafiqha 24' Siti 40' Khairunnisa 41' Azmyra 52' Nur Y. 60'	Report	Aiello 18'

Umpires:
Liu Yu-Chen (TPE)
Yogita Pasi (IND)

9 June 2023
16:30

Kazakhstan	4–3	Chinese Taipei
Berdenova 10' Izbassarova 18' Lobanova 27' Beisenbay 46'	Report	Huang 7' Wang 43' Ku 54'

Umpires:
Yao Liu (CHN)
Sheena Hori (JPN)

Seventh and eighth place[edit]

11 June 2023
10:30

Hong Kong	0–2	Chinese Taipei
	Report	Huang Yi 24' Huang Yu 46'\

Umpires:
Yogita Pasi (IND)
Sheena Hori (JPN)

Fifth and sixth place[edit]

11 June 2023
13:00

Malaysia	7–0	Kazakhstan
Azmyra 14', 44' Dian 18', 36' Nur M. 28', 53' Siti 55'	Report

Umpires:
Valerie Koh (SGP)
Yao Liu (CHN)

First to fourth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

10 June

India	1
		11 June
Japan	0
		India	2
10 June
		South Korea	1
China	0

South Korea	2
		Third place

		11 June

		Japan	2

		China	1

Semi-finals[edit]

10 June 2023
13:00

India	1–0	Japan
Sunelita 47'	Report

Umpires:
Kim Yoon Seon (KOR)
Valerie Koh (SGP)

10 June 2023
15:30

China	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Hong 5' An 18'

Umpires:
Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)
Sandra Adell (ESP)

Third and fourth place[edit]

11 June 2023
15:30

Japan	2–1	China
Wakasa 17' Kitayama 47'	Report	Huang 27'

Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Kim Yoon Seon (KOR)

Final[edit]

11 June 2023
18:00

India	2–1	South Korea
Annu 22' Neelam 41'	Report	Park S. 25'

Umpires:
Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)

Statistics[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Qualification
	India	2023 Junior World Cup
	South Korea
	Japan (H)
4	China
5	Malaysia
6	Kazakhstan
7	Chinese Taipei
8	Hong Kong
9	Uzbekistan
10	Indonesia

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 228 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 7.86 goals per match.

9 goals

Annu

8 goals

Maho Ueno
Mai Wakasa

7 goals

Deepika
Nur Mohammed
Dian Nazeri
An Su-jin

6 goals

Zhang Dian
Mumtaz Khan
Sana Hayasuke
Risa Sasaki

5 goals

Cai Wenqian
Hao Guoting
Zhang Jing
Sunelita Toppo
Viktoriya Lobanova

4 goals

Huang Siting
Ni Yanling
Huang Yi-Chun
Deepika Soreng
Wakana Kondo
Mei Matsunami
Maiko Mikami
Norshafiqha Ishak
Jeong Sa-ena

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References[edit]

^ "Kakamigahara to Host Women's Junior Asia Cup in June this Year". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
^ Singh, Jugjet (18 February 2023). "Young Tigress eye Junior World Cup qualification". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2023" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
^ ^a ^b FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022

[1] "Kakamigahara to Host Women's Junior Asia Cup in June this Year". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[2] Singh, Jugjet (18 February 2023). "Young Tigress eye Junior World Cup qualification". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[3] "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2023" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.

[Regulations-4] FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022

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v t e Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
Tournaments	Kuala Lumpur 1992 Shirane 1996 Kuala Lumpur 2000 Hyderabad 2004 Kuala Lumpur 2008 Bangkok 2012 Changzhou 2015 ~~Kakamigahara 2021~~ Kakamigahara 2023
Qualification	Singapore 2003 Kuala Lumpur 2007 Bangkok 2011 Hong Kong 2014 Singapore 2019 Taldykorgan 2022 Singapore 2024

Qualification[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pool B[edit]

Classification round[edit]

Ninth and tenth place[edit]

Fifth to eighth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

5–8th place semi-finals[edit]

Seventh and eighth place[edit]

Fifth and sixth place[edit]

First to fourth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Third and fourth place[edit]

Final[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]