2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Chile | ||
| City | Santiago | ||
| Dates | 1–13 December | ||
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue | Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped Estadio Nacional | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Netherlands (6th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Argentina | ||
| Third place |  Belgium | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 72 | ||
| Goals scored | 367 (5.1 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  Wang Lihang Iris de Kemp Noor van den Nieuwenhof (8 goals) | ||
| Best player | Noor van den Nieuwenhof | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Maïté Bussels | ||
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The 2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup is the 11th edition of the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial women's under-21 field hockey world championship organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament is held in Santiago, Chile from 1 to 13 December 2025.[1] It is the fourth time the tournament will be hosted by Santiago, Chile.[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, 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.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| 3–12 July 2024 | 2024 Junior Pan American Championship | Surrey, Canada | 4 | Argentina United States Uruguay Canada |
| 14–20 July 2024 | 2024 EuroHockey U21 Championship | Terrassa, Spain | 7 |  Austria Belgium England Germany Ireland Netherlands Spain |
| 16–20 July 2024 | 2024 EuroHockey U21 Championship II | Rakovník, Czech Republic | 1 |  Wales |
| Konya, Türkiye | 1 |  Scotland | ||
| 2 December 2024 | Hosts | N/a | 1 |  Chile |
| 7–15 December 2024 | 2024 Junior Asia Cup[6] | Muscat, Oman | 5 |  India China South Korea Japan Malaysia |
| 30 January – 2 February 2025 | 2025 Junior Oceania Cup[7] | Auckland, New Zealand | 2 |  Australia New Zealand |
| 18–27 April 2025 | 2024 Junior Africa Cup[8] | Windhoek, Namibia | 3 |  Namibia South Africa Zimbabwe |
| Total | 24 | |||
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Preliminary round
The draw was held on 12 June 2025, during a ceremony in Santiago.[9]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | +31 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Japan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | 9–16th place classification |
| 3 | Chile |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | 17–24th place classification |
| 4 | Malaysia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Belgium |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 7 | |
| 3 | Wales |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | 9–16th place classification |
| 4 | Zimbabwe |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | −37 | 0 | 17–24th place clasification |
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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
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Pool C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | India |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 6 | 9–16th place classification |
| 3 | Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Namibia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | 17–24th place classification |
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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
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Pool D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | China |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | England |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | |
| 3 | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | 9–16th place classification |
| 4 | Austria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | 17–24th place classification |
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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
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Pool E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | 9–16th place classification |
| 3 | Scotland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | 17–24th place classification |
| 4 | Canada |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
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Pool F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Uruguay |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | 9–16th place classification |
| 3 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 | 17–24th place classification |
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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
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Rankings
Following the completion of the pool stage, teams will be ranked according to their final group position to determine the classification round schedule.
First placed teams
| Pos | Pool | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | A | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | +31 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | C | Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 | |
| 3 | E | Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 9 | |
| 4 | F | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | |
| 5 | B | Belgium |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 7 | |
| 6 | D | China |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
Second placed teams
| Pos | Pool | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | B | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | D | England |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | |
| 3 | C | India |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 6 | Ninth to sixteenth place classification |
| 4 | E | Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | |
| 5 | A | Japan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | |
| 6 | F | Uruguay |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
Third placed teams
| Pos | Pool | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | D | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | Ninth to sixteenth place classification |
| 2 | F | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 3 | C | Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | B | Wales |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 5 | A | Chile |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | Seventeenth to twenty-fourth place classification |
| 6 | E | Scotland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 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.[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
Fourth placed teams
| Pos | Pool | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | F | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 | Seventeenth to twenty-fourth place classification |
| 2 | E | Canada |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 1 | |
| 3 | A | Malaysia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | |
| 4 | D | Austria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | |
| 5 | C | Namibia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | |
| 6 | B | Zimbabwe |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | −37 | 0 |
Seventeenth to twenty-fourth place classification
Bracket
| Play-offs | Crossovers | Seventeenth place | ||||||||
| 7 December | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||
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| Austria | 2 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 2 (2) | |||||||||
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| Scotland (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Scotland | 4 | |||||||||
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| Namibia | 0 | |||||||||
| Scotland (p.s.o.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
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| Chile | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| Canada (p.s.o.) | 3 (5) | |||||||||
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| Malaysia | 3 (3) | |||||||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||||||
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| Chile | 2 | Nineteenth place | ||||||||
| Chile | 6 | |||||||||
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| Zimbabwe | 1 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 2 | |||||||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||||||
Play-offs
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Twenty-first to twenty-fourth place classification
Bracket
| Cross-overs | Twenty-first place | |||||
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| Austria | 3 | |||||
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| Namibia | 1 | |||||
| Austria | 3 | |||||
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| Malaysia | 1 | |||||
| Malaysia (p.s.o.) | 3 (5) | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 3 (3) | |||||
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| Namibia | 1 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 2 | |||||
Crossovers
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Twenty-third and twenty-fourth place
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Seventeenth to twentieth place classification
Crossovers
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Ninth to sixteenth place classification
Bracket
| Play-offs | Crossovers | Ninth place | ||||||||
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| India | 3 | |||||||||
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| Wales | 1 | |||||||||
| India (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
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| Uruguay | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| Uruguay (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
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| South Africa | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| India | 1 | |||||||||
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| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
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| Ireland | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
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| Japan | 0 | Eleventh place | ||||||||
| Japan (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
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| South Korea | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
Play-offs
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Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification
Bracket
| Cross-overs | Thirteenth place | |||||
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| Wales | 2 | |||||
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| South Africa | 0 | |||||
| Wales | 0 | |||||
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| Ireland | 3 | |||||
| Ireland | 2 | |||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||
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| South Africa | 5 | |||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||
Crossovers
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Crossovers
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Medal round
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| Netherlands | 8 | |||||||||
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| England | 2 | |||||||||
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 0 (3) | |||||||||
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| Belgium | 0 (0) | |||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||
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| Belgium | 4 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||
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| China | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||||||
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| China | 5 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | |||||||||
| China | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Fifth to eighth place classification
Bracket
| Cross-overs | Fifth place | |||||
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| England | 1 | |||||
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| United States | 2 | |||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
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| Germany | 3 | |||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||
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| England | 2 | |||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
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Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team |
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Netherlands |
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Argentina |
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Belgium |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Germany |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Australia |
| 8 | England |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | India |
| 11 | Japan |
| 12 | Uruguay |
| 13 | Ireland |
| 14 | Wales |
| 15 | South Africa |
| 16 | South Korea |
| 17 | Scotland |
| 18 | Chile (H) |
| 19 | New Zealand |
| 20 | Canada |
| 21 | Austria |
| 22 | Malaysia |
| 23 | Zimbabwe |
| 24 | Namibia |
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11]
| Award | Player |
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| Player of the tournament | Noor van den Nieuwenhof |
| Goalkeeper of the tournament | Maïté Bussels |
| Top goalscorer | Wang Lihang Iris de Kemp Noor van den Nieuwenhof |
Goalscorers
There were 367 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 5.1 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Lourdes Pisthón- Catalina Stamati
Madeline Kenny- Jamie-Lee Surha
Perrine de Clerck- Chloé Delhalle
- Louise Dewaet
- Famke van Heel
- Emilie Verhees
Laura Müller
Hao Guoting
Lottie Bingham
Katharina Haid- Martina Reisenegger
Sakshi Rana
Milla Fulton
Hanami Saito
Maud van den Heuvel
Emelia Surridge
Lee Su-gyeong
Marta Alcaraz
Reese D'Ariano- Alaina McVeigh
2 goals
- Lara Casas
- Juana Castellaro
- Zoe Díaz
- Marthe-Marie Geerts
Kenzie Girgis- Nicole Poulakis
- Victoria Arrieta
- Josefa Luders
- Li Jingyi
- Tan Lei
- Sienna Dunn
- Evie Grindal
- Mia Moore
- Katharina Becker
- Annika Schönhoff
- Ishika
- Manisha
- Purnima Yadav
- Hollai Quinn
Zawiatul Hartomo- Nur Mohd
- Mea de Vries
- Kaatje Walhof
- Riana Pho
Leah du Plessis- Anja Tromp
- Hong Solbeotnara
- Esther Canales
- Anna Gardsjord
- Victoria Madariaga
- Maci Bradford
- Daniela Mendez-Trendler
Chiara Curcio- Melina Haidukowski
Amy Cradden
1 goal
- Victoria Falasco
- Delfina Persoglia
- Pilar Pisthón
- Josie Lawton
- Samantha Love
- Camryn Mathison
- Evie Stansby
Katharina Bauer- Anna Damm
- Anja Haselsteiner
- Marie Pelz
- Loes Palfliet
- Louise van Hecke
- Fee van Den Abeele
- Zoe Furber
- Isidora Caravia
- Maite Parada
- Catalina Rojas
- Javiera Saenz
- Hu Linyuan
- Nie Yushuo
- Wei Qixiao
- Zou Lizhe
- Hannah Boss
- Jessica Dyson
- Beth Gardens
- Josefina Hippe
- Freya Robinson
- Johanna Hachenberg
- Gesa Lubienski
- Binima Dhan
- Sonam
- Sakshi Shukla
- Sunelita Toppo
- Eabha Curran
- Matilde Errico
- Amy Handcock
- Rebekah Lennon
- Maia McCourt
- Sana Hayasuke
- Niko Maruyama
- Minami Ohtsuka
- Sena Tabuchi
- Ayano Usui
- Rina Yamamoto
- Rei Yoshida
- Azmyra Azhairy
- Zati Muhamad
- Nurdini Ridzuan
- Nor Tamijt
Anthea Coetzee- Maryke Kruger
- Azaylee Philander
- Katerina Langedijk
- Ivy Tellier
- Emma Findlay
- Hannah Findlay
- Georgie Shotter
Jennifer Cain- Lexie MacMillan
- Caterina Nelli
- Jodie Blows
- Teshawn de la Rey
- Thabelani Metu
- Joo So-yeon
- Park Hyeon-jeong
- Park Seo-yeon
- Marta Armenteras
- Mireia Gifra
- Teresa Sáenz de Santa María
- Leire Zubizarreta
- Alejandra de la Llama
- Mia Abello
- Mary Adams
- Ella Beach
- Olivia Bent-Cole
- Josie Hollamon
- Mia Schoenbeck
- Justina Arregui
- Carolina Curcio
- Valentina Luis
- María Rodríguez
- Sofia Trigo
- Freya Diamond
- Matilda Edwards
- Olivia Forey
- Eloise Moat
- Caitlin Witham
Nyasha Bvute- Tinodiwanashe Elijah
- Chelsey-Lee Hares
- Panaka Kambadza
- Amber Tozana
- Rebeca Winsor
Source: FIH