South African sides qualify for the FIH Junior World Cup
Both the South African U21 Men and Women celebrated qualification to the FIH Hockey Junior World Cups today in Egypt by completing a 100% group stage. In the process both teams qualified for the Junior African Cup final which takes place on Thursday afternoon.
The SA U21 Women needed to avoid defeat by 5 goals to qualify for the final, but were not in a forgiving mood as they put the hosts to the sword in a brilliantly executed display of attacking game plan and skills. It took the South Africans only five minutes to...
Champions of Africa!
A tough week in Egypt has ended in the most satisfying ways for the South African U21 sides as both the Men and Women can officially call themselves champions of Africa.
The South African Women took on Southern African neighbours Zimbabwe in the womens final. They had to deny two early penalty corners for Zimbabwe but were also unable to make a slew of corners count as despite their dominance on the field the game remained nervy at 0-0. The two teams played in the 2016 Junior Africa Cup in Windhoek and South Africa ran rampant in a 10-0 victory. This...
South Africa learns their opponents for the FIH Hockey Womens Junior World Cup
The tenth edition of the FIH Hockey Womens Junior World Cup takes place in Santiago in Chile from 29 November to 10 December 2023. Today the Pools and schedules were announced in a launch event today at the headquarters of the Chilean Olympic Committee.
The South African Hockey Junior Women, buoyed by a seventh-placed finish at the home-hosted event in 2022, have been placed in Pool A of the tournament and will face off against the defending champions Netherlands, Oceania Cup champions Australia and...
The highly anticipated FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Malaysia 2023 was officially launched today at a ceremony which took place at the Mercure Living Hotel, Putrajaya, Malaysia, attended by the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia, YB Hannah Yeoh and MHC President, Dato' Sri Subahan Kamal.
On this occasion, the pools and match schedule of the tournament were revealed. Malaysia is in Group A with Argentina, Australia, and Chile, while Germany, France, South Africa, and Egypt are in Group B, India, Spain, Korea, and Canada are in Group...
The FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup returns to Malaysia for the first time since 1989 when it takes place in December this year. It will be the 13th edition of the Junior Men’s pinnacle event and the South African Hockey U21 Men will be making their seventh consecutive appearance, having secured their spot when they won the Junior African Championship in Egypt.
The Pools were released this weekend and the South African Men have learnt their opposition in the pool stage as they look continue the upward trend that saw a 9th place finish in the 2021 event.
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South Africa and Korea faced off in the cross-pool playoff on Tuesday in Chile with hopes of securing a top 10 finish still in the objectives. The two sides had met four times previously at a Junior World Cup with Korea winning all of them.
Korea started the better side and on their second penalty corner were rewarded with a goal. The shot was saved by De Jager, but the defenders were slower to react, and Lee Seoyeon scored the goal that gave Korea a deserving lead.
South Africa though settled into the game and earned their own penalty corner but were unable to convert. Korea was awarded a...
Pics Credit - World Sport Pics / FIH
A new chapter in a remarkable rivalry was written on Wednesday afternoon in Kuala Lumpur as South Africa and Egypt for just the second time at a FIH Junior World Cup, with the previous encounter being a draw in 2005. The African heavyweights had both lost their opening games by a two-goal deficit to European opponents and knew that a defeat today would all but eliminate them from the quarterfinal battle.
With their two senior sides having recently contested the high-tempered African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 Qualifier, you could be certain that both...
