1979 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

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1979 FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Versailles
Dates	23 August - 2 September
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)
Final positions
Champions	(1st title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	192 (4.57 per match)
Best player	Manzoor Hussain
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The 1979 Hockey Junior World Cup was the first edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup organized by FIH for national teams of players under the age of 21. The tournament was hosted in Versailles, France from 23 August to 2 September 1979. won the inaugural tournament defeating West Germany 2–0 in the final.

Background[]

The International Hockey Federation was looking to expand the global exposure of the game through introducing new competitions under its own organization. The Junior Hockey World Cup was introduced six months after the introduction of the Hockey Champions Trophy. France hosted the first tournament and the trophy was called the Roger Danet Challenge Cup named after the President of FIH Roger Alain Danet.^[1]

Teams[]

The following twelve teams participated in the tournament on invitational basis.

Confederation	Team(s)
Asia	India
Africa
Americas	Argentina
Europe	(hosts)  Ireland  Netherlands  Spain  West Germany

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	13	4	+9	8	Semi-finals
2		5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	8
3	India	5	3	0	2	16	8	+8	6
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	11	11	0	4
5	(H)	5	2	0	3	6	10	−4	4
6		5	0	0	5	4	22	−18	0

23 August 1979 10:00   2–1  India

23 August 1979 12:00   3–1

23 August 1979 18:00 Netherlands  3–1  Spain

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24 August 1979 10:00 Netherlands  4–1

24 August 1979 12:00   2–0  Spain

24 August 1979 14:00 India  7–1

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26 August 1979 10:00 Spain  4–3  India

26 August 1979 12:00 Netherlands  4–0

26 August 1979 14:00   0–1

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28 August 1979 10:00 Netherlands  2–1

28 August 1979 12:00   1–4  India

28 August 1979 14:00   2–6  Spain

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30 August 1979 10:00   2–0

30 August 1979 12:00 India  1–0  Netherlands

30 August 1979 14:00 Spain  0–1

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		5	5	0	0	23	2	+21	10	Semi-finals
2	West Germany	5	4	0	1	19	6	+13	8
3	Argentina	5	3	0	2	9	10	−1	6
4	Ireland	5	2	0	3	7	13	−6	4
5		5	1	0	4	4	16	−12	2
6		5	0	0	5	5	20	−15	0

Fixtures

23 August   6 - 0  Ireland Report

23 August Argentina  3 - 1   Report

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24 August West Germany  5 - 0   Report

24 August Ireland  4 - 1   Report

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26 August   5 - 0   Report

26 August West Germany  3 - 1  Argentina Report

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27 August   3 - 2   Report

27 August   5 - 1  Argentina Report

27 August West Germany  4 - 0  Ireland Report

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28 August Ireland  3 - 0   Report

28 August Argentina  2 - 1   Report

28 August   4 - 1  West Germany Report

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30 August   3 - 0   Report

30 August West Germany  6 - 1   Report

30 August Argentina  2 - 0  Ireland Report

Classification round[]

Ninth to twelfth place classification[]

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	31 August
		0
					2 September
		5
						4
	31 August
					Spain	7
	Spain	8
		0
					11th place
					2 September
						3
						2

Crossovers

31 August Spain  8 - 0   Report

31 August   5 - 0   Report

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Eleventh and twelfth place ( 11th — 12th )

2 September   3 - 2   Report

Ninth and tenth place ( 9th — 10th )

2 September Spain  7 - 4   Report

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	31 August
		2
					2 September
	Argentina	3
					Argentina	1
	31 August
					India	6
	India	3
	Ireland	2
					Seventh place
					2 September
					Ireland	2
						4

Crossovers

31 August India  3 - 2  Ireland Report

31 August   2 - 3  Argentina Report

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Seventh and eighth place ( 7th — 8th )

2 September Ireland  2 - 4   Report

Fifth and sixth place ( 5th — 6th )

2 September Argentina  1 - 6  India Report

Knockout round[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 August
		4
					2 September
		2
						2
	31 August
					West Germany	0
	Netherlands	1
	West Germany	3
					Third place
					2 September
						1
					Netherlands	2

Semi-finals[]

31 August   4 - 2   Report

31 August Netherlands  1 - 3  West Germany Report

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Third and fourth place

2 September   1 - 2  Netherlands Report

Final[]

2 September   2 - 0  West Germany  2'  46' Report

Final standings[]

1.  
2.  West Germany
3.  Netherlands
4.  
5.  India
6.  Argentina
7.  
8.  Ireland
9.  Spain
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