The Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup is a women's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1992 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Junior World Cup.[1]
| Most recent season or competition: 2024 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| First season | 1992 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Confederation | Asian Hockey Federation |
| Most recent champion(s) |  India (2nd title) (2024) |
| Most titles |  South Korea (4 titles) |
| Qualification | Junior AHF Cup |
The tournament has been won by three different teams: South Korea has the most titles with four and China follows with three. India has won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Muscat, Oman and was won by India. The 2021 edition, to be held in Kakamigahara, Japan, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results
edit| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1992 Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  South Korea |
3–2 |  China |
 India |
2–1 |  Japan |
7 | |||
| 1996 Details |
Shirane, Japan | South Korea |
China |
Japan |
 Chinese Taipei |
5 | |||||
| 2000 Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | South Korea |
2–1 | China |
India |
3–1 | Japan |
8 | |||
| 2004 Details |
Hyderabad, India | China |
3–2 | South Korea |
India |
2–0 | Japan |
4 | |||
| 2008 Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | South Korea |
2–0 | China |
India |
3–1 | Japan |
9 | |||
| 2012 Details |
Bangkok, Thailand | China |
5–2 | India |
South Korea |
3–1 | Japan |
10 | |||
| 2015 Details |
Changzhou, China | China |
2–2 (3–1 s.o.) |
Japan |
South Korea |
3–2 | India |
9 | |||
| 2021 Details |
Kakamigahara, Japan | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] | Cancelled | 8 | |||||||
| 2023 Details |
Kakamigahara, Japan | India |
2–1 | South Korea |
Japan |
2–1 | China |
10 | |||
| 2024 Details |
Muscat, Oman | India |
1–1 (3–2 s.o.) |
China |
South Korea |
1–1 (3–2 s.o.) |
Japan |
10 | |||
Performance by nations
edit| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
4 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008) | 2 (2004, 2023) | 3 (2012, 2015, 2024) | |
 China
|
3 (2004, 2012, 2015*) | 5 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2024) | 2 (2023, 2024) | |
| India
|
2 (2023, 2024) | 1 (2012) | 4 (1992, 2000, 2004*, 2008) | 1 (2015) |
 Japan
|
1 (2015) | 2 (1996, 2023*) | 6 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2024) | |
 Chinese Taipei
|
1 (1996) |
- * = host nation
Team appearances
edit| Team |  1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
 2012 |
2015 |
2023 |
 2024 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 1 |
| China
|
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei
|
6th | 4th | 7th | – | 7th | – | 9th | 7th | 7th | 7 |
 Hong Kong
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | 2 |
| India
|
3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 8 |
 Indonesia
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 1 |
| Japan
|
4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 9 |
 Kazakhstan
|
– | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 6th | – | 2 |
| Malaysia
|
5th | 5th | 6th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 8 |
 North Korea
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 1 |
 Pakistan
|
– | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | 2 |
 Singapore
|
– | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | 8th | – | – | 3 |
| South Korea
|
1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 9 |
 Sri Lanka
|
7th | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 10th | 3 |
| Thailand
|
– | – | 8th | – | 9th | 6th | 6th | – | 6th | 5 |
 Uzbekistan
|
– | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | [3] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Virus opens JWC door for Malaysia". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Field Hockey Asia Women Junior Cups Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.