2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | India | ||
| Cities | Chennai Madurai | ||
| Dates | 28 November – 10 December | ||
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Germany (8th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Spain | ||
| Third place |  India | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 72 | ||
| Goals scored | 450 (6.25 per match) | ||
| Top scorer |  Amirul Islam (18 goals) | ||
| Best player |  Casper van der Veen | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Jasper Ditzer | ||
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The 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup is 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. It is held at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai and Madurai International Hockey Stadium in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India, from 28 November to 10 December 2025.[1][2]
The tournament will feature 24 teams for the first time.[3]
24 teams will be split into six groups and four teams and play a round-robin. After the preliminary round, the teams will be ranked in their position they finished. The group winners and the two best-second placed teams advance to the quarterfinals. The four remaining second-placed teams and the four best third-ranked teams play the 9 to 16th place playoffs and the remaining teams the 17 to 24th place games. From there on, a knockout system will be used.[4]
Qualification
Alongside the hosts, India, the 23 other teams qualify via the continental championships.[5]
Qualified teams
Because only two teams participated in the Oceania qualifier the third quota from Oceania was reallocated to Europe, the continent of the next highest placed team in the Junior World Ranking. Oman replaced Pakistan in Pool B after the latter withdrew from the tournament having refused to travel to India, amid the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis, after its request for a "neutral venue" was rejected by the FIH. Pakistan had previously also withdrawn from the 2025 Hockey Asia Cup for the same reason.[6][7]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| 11 June 2024 | Hosts | N/a | 1 | India |
| 3–12 July 2024 | 2024 Junior Pan American Championship | Surrey, Canada | 3 |  Argentina Canada Chile |
| 14–20 July 2024 | 2024 EuroHockey U21 Championship | Terrassa, Spain | 7 |  Belgium England France Germany Ireland Netherlands Spain |
| 15–20 July 2024 | 2024 EuroHockey U21 Championship II | Walcz, Poland | 1 |  Austria |
| Lausanne, Switzerland | 1 |  Switzerland | ||
| 26 November – 4 December 2024 | 2024 Junior Asia Cup[8] | Muscat, Oman | 6 | Bangladesh China Japan Malaysia South Korea Oman Pakistan Thailand |
| 30 January – 2 February 2025 | 2025 Junior Oceania Cup[9] | Auckland, New Zealand | 2 |  Australia New Zealand |
| 18–25 April 2025 | 2024 Junior Africa Cup[10] | Windhoek, Namibia | 3 |  Egypt Namibia South Africa |
| Total | 24 | |||
Venues
On 28 March 2025, Hockey India announced that Chennai and Madurai are the two host cities for the 2025 Junior World Cup.[11][12]
| Madurai | Chennai | |
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| Madurai International Hockey Stadium | Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium | |
| Capacity: 2,000 | Capacity: 8,670 | |
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Draw
The draw was scheduled to take place on 24 June 2025, but was postponed later.[13][14] It was held on 28 June 2025.[15]
Seeding
The seeding was announced on 19 June 2025.[13]
| Seeded teams | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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| Germany (Pool A) India (Pool B) Argentina (Pool C) Spain (Pool D) Netherlands (Pool E) France (Pool F) |
Belgium Australia Pakistan South Africa Malaysia New Zealand |
South Korea Canada Egypt England Japan Chile |
Austria Bangladesh Ireland Switzerland China Namibia |
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[5]
Preliminary round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | Quarter–finals |
| 2 | South Africa |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | 9–16th place quarter-finals |
| 3 | Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | 17–24th place quarter-finals |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | +29 | 9 | Quarter–finals |
| 2 | Switzerland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 9–16th place quarter-finals |
| 3 | Chile |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Oman |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | 17–24th place quarter-finals |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
(H) Hosts
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Pool C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 | Quarter–finals |
| 2 | New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | 9–16th place quarter-finals |
| 4 | China |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 0 | 17–24th place quarter-finals |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
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Pool D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 9 | Quarter–finals |
| 2 | Belgium |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 6 | |
| 3 | Namibia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 3 | 17–24th place quarter-finals |
| 4 | Egypt |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 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 scored.[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
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Pool E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 9 | Quarter–finals |
| 2 | England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 6 | 9–16th place quarter-finals |
| 3 | Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Austria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 | 17–24th place quarter-finals |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
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Pool F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 9 | Quarter–finals |
| 2 | Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 6 | 9–16th place quarter-finals |
| 3 | Bangladesh |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 1 | 17–24th place quarter-finals |
| 4 | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 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 scored.[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
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Ranking
Teams were ranked according to their position in the preliminary round.
First-ranked teams
| Pos | Pool | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | B | India (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | +29 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | D | Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 9 | |
| 3 | E | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 9 | |
| 4 | F | France |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 9 | |
| 5 | A | Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | |
| 6 | C | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
(H) Hosts
Second-ranked teams
| Pos | Pool | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | C | New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | D | Belgium |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 6 | |
| 3 | E | England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 6 | 9–16th place quarterfinals |
| 4 | A | South Africa |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | |
| 5 | B | Switzerland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | F | Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 6 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
Third-ranked teams
| Pos | Pool | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | C | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | 9–16th place quarterfinals |
| 2 | A | Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 3 | E | Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | B | Chile |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
| 5 | D | Namibia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 3 | 17–24th place quarterfinals |
| 6 | F | Bangladesh |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 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 scored.[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[16]
Fourth-ranked teams
| Pos | Pool | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | F | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 | 17–24th place quarterfinals |
| 2 | C | China |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 0 | |
| 3 | A | Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | |
| 4 | D | Egypt |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 | |
| 5 | C | Oman |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | |
| 6 | E | Austria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 |
17th to 24th place classification
Bracket
| 17–24th place quarter-finals | Cross-overs | 17th place | ||||||||
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| Namibia | 2 (0) | |||||||||
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| Austria (p.s.o.) | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Austria (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
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| China | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 2 | |||||||||
| Austria | 4 | |||||||||
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| Bangladesh | 5 | |||||||||
| Bangladesh | 13 | |||||||||
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| Oman | 0 | |||||||||
| Bangladesh | 5 | |||||||||
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| South Korea | 3 | 19th place | ||||||||
| South Korea | 6 | |||||||||
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| Egypt | 3 | |||||||||
| China | 4 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 5 | |||||||||
17–24th place quarter-finals
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21st to 24th place classification
| 21st–24th place semi-finals | 21st place | |||||
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| Namibia | 1 | |||||
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| Canada | 3 | |||||
| Canada | 2 (2) | |||||
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| Egypt (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Oman | 2 | |||||
| Egypt | 8 | |||||
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| Namibia | 4 | |||||
| Oman | 2 | |||||
21st–24th place semi-finals
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17th to 20th place classification
Cross-overs
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17th and 18th place
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Ninth to sixteenth place classification
Bracket
| 9–16th place quarter-finals | Cross-overs | Ninth place | ||||||||
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| England | 3 | |||||||||
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| Chile | 1 | |||||||||
| England | 3 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
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| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| England | 2 | |||||||||
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| Ireland | 0 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 3 | |||||||||
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| Malaysia | 1 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||||||
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| Ireland | 4 | Eleventh place | ||||||||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||
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| Ireland | 5 | |||||||||
| Australia | 4 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||||||
9–16th place quarter-finals
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13th to 16th place classification
| 13–16th place semi-finals | 13th place | |||||
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| Chile | 1 | |||||
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| Japan | 3 | |||||
| Japan | 1 (0) | |||||
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| Malaysia (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||
| Malaysia | 7 | |||||
| Switzerland | 3 | |||||
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| Chile | 2 | |||||
| Switzerland | 1 | |||||
13–16th place semi-finals
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Ninth to twelfth place classification
Cross-overs
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Medal round
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| India (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
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| Belgium | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| India | 1 | |||||||||
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| Germany | 5 | |||||||||
| France | 2 (1) | |||||||||
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| Germany (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Germany (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
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| Spain | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand | 3 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| India | 4 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
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Fifth to eighth place classification
| Cross-overs | Fifth place | |||||
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| Belgium | 3 | |||||
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| France | 2 | |||||
| Belgium (p.s.o.) | 3 (4) | |||||
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| Netherlands | 3 (3) | |||||
| New Zealand | 3 | |||||
| Netherlands | 6 | |||||
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| France | 4 | |||||
| New Zealand | 1 | |||||
Cross-overs
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team |
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Spain |
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India (H) |
| 4 | Argentina |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | New Zealand |
| 9 | England |
| 10 | Ireland |
| 11 | Australia |
| 12 | South Africa |
| 13 | Malaysia |
| 14 | Japan |
| 15 | Chile |
| 16 | Switzerland |
| 17 | Bangladesh |
| 18 | Austria |
| 19 | South Korea |
| 20 | China |
| 21 | Egypt |
| 22 | Canada |
| 23 | Namibia |
| 24 | Oman |
Goalscorers
There were 450 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 6.25 goals per match.
18 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Nicolás Rodríguez
Duncan Jackson
Julian Kaiser
Muhammad Abdullah
Li Pengfei
Mohamed Ghanem- Abdelrahman Kasem
George Fletcher
James Liddiard- Arthur Plauche
Paul Glander- Lukas Kossel
- Justus Warweg
Ajeet Yadav
Louis Rowe
Azimuddin Kamaruddin- Danish Khairil
- Aqil Mat
Thies Bakker
Owen Brown
Alhussin Al Hasni
Ross Montgomery
Andrés Medina- Nicolas Mustarós
Jens Flück- Mattia Ribaudo
2 goals
- Mateo Torrigiani
- Patrick Andrew
- Dylan Brick
- Matthew Hawthorne
- Daykin Stanger
- Benjamin Kelner
- Obidul Joy
- Muhammad Saju
Jean Cloetens- Mathias Francois
- Benjamin Thiéry
Felipé Duisberg- Di Yanwei
- Ning Dongjun
- Zhang Jialiang
- Mohab Hegab
- Max Anderson
- Alex Chihota
- Malo Martinache
- Tassilo Sura
- Alec von Schwerin
- Rosan Kujur
- Thounaojam Luwang
- Rohit
- Gurjot Singh
- Samuel Dale
Yuma Fujiwara- Shun Hara
- Naru Kimura
- Harris Osman
Josh van der Merwe- Finn van Bijnen
- Sam Lints
- Brett Horn
- Reuben Sendzul
Lee Gyeong-hu- Son Seung-han
- Ton Moran
- Jonathan Baumbach
- Léonard Kraxner
1 goal
- Juan Fernández
- Santiago Fernández
- Tomás Ruiz
- Kade Leigh
- Oliver Will
- Andor Losonci
- Benedikt Meisel
- Mateusz Nyckowiak
- Hozifa Hossain
- Gaspard Cornez-Massant
- Marin Van Heel
- Nathan Rogge
Gurnoor Bhullar- Tomás Hasson
- Juan Kouyoumdjian Velasco
- Santiago Pizarro
- Felipé Richard
- Tomás Taborga
- Javier Vargas
- Sun Jingran
- Ahmed Fahmy
- Youssef Hussein
- Ollly Bennett
- Ted Graves
- Jonny Sturch-Hibbitt
- Achille Loussif
- Arthur Morcrette
- Gabriel Piole
- Christian Franz
- Quirin Nahr
- Ferdinand Steinebach
- Titus Wex
- Ankit Pal
- Rex Dunlop
- Matthew McKee
- Noa Mulvey
- Milo Thompson
- Matsuki Mori
- Shu Ono
- Kazuki Terasaka
- Kyoya Toya
- Handzalah Hadi
- Adam Johari
- Rahuul M Nazrien
- Naaveenesh Panicker
- Liam Bruys
- James de Jager
- Mathew Lassen
- Gerhard Myburgh
- Ludwig van Rooyen
- Tjeerd Boermans
- Casper Hafkamp
- Danilo Trieling
- Jens de Vuijst
- Pepijn van der Valk
- Peppe Veen
- Scott Illerbrun
- Ryan Parr
- Maitham Al-Wahaibi
- Litha Kraai
- Sian Maart
- Carlon Mentoor
- Daniel Neuhoff
- Kim Dong-geon
- Park Jae-won
- Park Seo-won
- Song Jeong-seob
- Pere Amat
- Aleix Bozal
- Mario Mena
- Juan Prado
- Max Fischbach
- Yannick Hug
- Louis Thijs
Source: FIH