2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
The 2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, held from 27 July to 4 August 2013 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Defending champions the Netherlands won the tournament for a record third time after defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw. India won the third place match by defeating England 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw to claim their first ever Junior World Cup medal. Qualification Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams competed in the tournament. – France withdrew from participating. As the first reserve team was previously assigned to the European Federation, Russia took their place as winners of the 2012 EuroHockey Junior Nations Championship II. – Australia and New Zealand qualified automatically due to the lack of other competing teams in the Oceania qualifier. Squads First round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Classification round Bracket Placement finals Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification Cross-overs Fifteenth and sixteenth place