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FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2025 Host Cities Revealed
The FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2025 will be staged in the Indian cities of Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December 10, Hockey India has announced.
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The FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2025 will be staged in the Indian cities of Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December 10, Hockey India has announced.
The 2025 edition will be the 14th edition of the Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial men’s under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation.
The tournament will go on for a fortnight and will feature 24 hockey teams for the first time.
The FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup initially started as a 12-team tournament, which increased to 16 in the 2001 edition. The 2023 edition in Malaysia also featured 16 teams.
This will be the third FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup to be held in India. India hosted the 2016 edition in Lucknow and the 2021 edition in Bhubaneswar.
“With 24 teams playing the Junior World Cup this time, we will have the event in two cities – Chennai and Madurai. While Chennai has hosted the Asian Champions Trophy in 2023, Madurai will be hosting an international event of this magnitude for the first time,” Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey said.
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The tournament was started in 1979. Since 1985 it was held every four years. From 2021 onwards the tournament has been held every two years. Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.
Germany is the most successful team in the Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup with seven titles. They are also the defending champions, having beaten France in the 2023 final played at the National Hockey Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Five countries have dominated the event’s history. Germany is the most successful team, having won the tournament seven times followed by Argentina and India, having won the tournament two times. Australia and Pakistan have each won the tournament once.
India are the two-time FIH Hockey Junior World Cup champions, having won the titles in 2001 and 2016.
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