The 2021 Women’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup will be the ninth edition of the Women’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial women’s under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was scheduled to be held from 5 to 16 December 2021 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Because of a new COVID-19 variant, the tournament was put on hold on 26 November 2021 and later postponed, with the option to be hosted by South Africa.
On 10 January 2022 it was announced the tournament will take place from 1Â to 12Â April 2022 at the original venue.
Argentina are the defending champions.
The International Hockey Federation has revealed the pools (four groups of four teams each) and match schedule of the upcoming Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup.
The FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup South Africa 2021 will start with an opening match involving Ireland and Zimbabwe at the North-West University (NWU) of the academic city of Potchefstroom, situated approximately 120 km west-southwest of Johannesburg. The Final is scheduled on 12 April
Junior World Cup Pools :
POOL A :
- Canada
- USA
- Netherlands
- Zimbabwe
POOL B :
- Ireland
- South Africa
- England
POOL C :
- Argentina
- Austria
- Korea
- Uruguay
POOL D :
- Germany
- India
- Malaysia
- Wales
Women’s Junior World Cup Results :
| DATE | MATCH NO. | POOL | TIME | MATCH | SCORELINE |
| 1st April | 1 | B | 11.00 | England v South Africa | 3-0 |
| 2 | A | 13.00 | Netherlands vs USA | 9-0 | |
| 3 | A | 15.00 | Canada vs Zimbabwe | 1-2 | |
| 4 | C | 17.00 | Korea vs Uruguay | 1-0 | |
| 5 | C | 19.00 | Argentina vs Austria | 8-0 | |
| 2nd April | 6 | D | 09.00 | India vs Wales | – |
| 7 | D | 11.00 | Germany vs Malaysia | – | |
| 8 | A | 13.00 | USA vs Zimbabwe | – | |
| 9 | A | 15.00 | Canada vs Netherlands | – | |
| 10 | B | 17.00 | Ireland vs England | – | |
| 3rd April | 11 | D | 09.00 | Malaysia vs Wales | – |
| 12 | D | 11.00 | India vs Germany | – | |
| 13 | C | 15.30 | Austria vs Uruguay | – | |
| 14 | C | 17.30 | Korea vs Argentina | – | |
| 4th April | 15 | B | 11.00 | South Africa vs Ireland | – |
| 16 | A | 15.30 | Netherlands vs Zimbabwe | – | |
| 17 | A | 17.30 | USA vs Canada | – | |
| 5th April | 18 | C | 09.00 | Austria vs Korea | – |
|  | 19 | C | 11.00 | Argentina vs Uruguay | – |
| 20 | D | 15.30 | Malaysia vs India | – | |
| 21 | D | 17.30 | Germany vs Wales | – | |
| 6th April 2022 – REST DAY | |||||
| 7th April | 22 | 9/16 Placing | 11.15 | 3rd Pool D vs 4th Pool C | – |
| 23 | 9/16 Placing | 15.45 | 3rd Pool B vs 4th Pool A | – | |
| 24 | 9/16 Placing | 18.00 | 3rd Pool C vs 4th Pool D | – | |
| 8th April | 25 | QF | 09.00 | 1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool B | – |
| 26 | QF | 11.15 | 1st Pool D vs 2nd Pool C | – | |
| 27 | QF | 15.45 | 1st Pool B vs 2nd Pool A | – | |
| 28 | QF | 18.00 | 1st Pool C vs 2nd Pool D | – | |
| 9th April | 29 | 13/16 Placing | 11.15 | Loser Match 23 vs Loser Match 24 | – |
| 30 | 9/12 Placing | 13.30 | 3rd Pool A vs Winner Match 22 | – | |
| 31 | 9/12 Placing | 15.45 | Winner Match 23 vs Winner Match 24 | – | |
| 10th April | 32 | 5/8 Placing | 09.00 | Loser Match 25 vs Loser Match 26 | – |
| 33 | 5/8 Placing | 11.15 | Loser Match 27 vs Loser Match 28 | – | |
| 34 | SF | 13.30 | Winner Match 25 vs Winner Match 26 | – | |
| 35 | SF | 15.45 | Winner Match 27 vs Winner Match 28 | – | |
| 11th April | 36 | 13/14 Placing | 11.15 | Loser Match 22 vs Winner Match 28 | – |
| 37 | 11/12 Placing | 13.30 | Loser Match 30 vs Winner Match 31 | – | |
| 38 | 9/10 Placing | 15.45 | Winner Match 30 vs Winner Match 31 | – | |
| 12th April | 39 | 7/8 Placing | 09.00 | Loser Match 32 vs Loser Match 33 | – |
| 40 | 5/6 Placing | 11.15 | Winner Match 32 vs Winner Match 33 | – | |
| 41 | 3/4 Placing | 13.30 | Loser Match 34 vs Loser Match 35 | – | |
| 42 | Finals | 15.45 | Winner Match 34 vs Winner Match 35 | – | |
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