2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

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]

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
← 2021 (cancelled) (previous) (next) 2024 →

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

Qualification

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

Pool A

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
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 K.  32', 44', 46', 57' Neelam  47' Report Umpires: Shi Him Tang (HKG) Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ)

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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)

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5 June 2023 12:00 Malaysia  1–2  India Dian  6' Report Mumtaz  10' Deepika K.  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)

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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 K.  54' Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Valerie Koh (SGP)

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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 K.  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

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
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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

Ninth and tenth place

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

Bracket

	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

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)

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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

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

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

Bracket

	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

10 June 2023 13:00 India  1–0  Japan Sunelita  47' Report Umpires: Kim Yoon Seon (KOR) Valerie Koh (SGP)

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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

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

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

Final standings

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

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 Kumari
• 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

• Li Jingyi
• Wei Yuanmeng
• Neelam
• Vaishnavi Phalke
• Ai Hiramitsu
• Natsumi Oshima
• Balzhan Beisenbay
• Viktoriya Lyapina
• Azmyra Azhairy
• Zati Muhamad
• Siti Shaikh
• Nur Yussaini
• Lee Yu-jin
• Park Seo-yeon

2 goals

• Liang Weizhi
• Liu Hui
• Xu Wenjuan
• Yang Yiting
• Huang Yu-Ting
• Manju Chorsiya
• Mahiro Kitayama
• Hiroka Murayama
• Kirandeep Gurdip
• Khairunnisa Mohd
• Siti Mohd
• Choi Jiyun
• Choi Sara
• Park Mi-hyang
• Marjona Mamatmurodova

1 goal

• Cen Hailin
• Hu Linyuan
• Ku Chen-Yi
• Wang Yi-Hsuan
• Anna Aiello
• Rutaja Pisal
• Mayuri Horikawa
• Haruka Kawaguchi
• Hanami Saito
• Sora Suzuki
• Sabina Berdenova
• Gulsina Izbassarova
• Nurul Azman
• Thibatharshini James
• Hong Solbeotnara
• Lee Seo-yeon
• Song Sung-eun
• Dilafruz Abdullaeva

Source: FIH

See also

• 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup