2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
| Junior Hockey World Cup 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament details | |||
| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Potchefstroom | ||
| Dates | 1–12 April | ||
| Teams | 15 (from 4 confederations) | ||
| Venue(s) | NWU Astro | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | Netherlands (4th title) | ||
| Runner-up | Germany | ||
| Third place | England | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 44 | ||
| Goals scored | 202 (4.59 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Jip Dicke (13 goals) | ||
| Best player | Stine Kurz | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Mali Wichmann | ||
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The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup is 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 2 to 13 April 2022 at the original venue. In February the tournament was moved one day forward to start on 1 and end on 12 April 2022.
Argentina were the defending champions. They were defeated 4–1 in the quarter-finals by Germany. The Netherlands won a record fourth title by defeating Germany 3–1 in the final.