1979 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

Junior hockey tournament 1979 FIH Hockey Junior World Cup 21 PAK 21 FRG 21 NED 23 August - 2 September France Versailles Racing Club de France 12 4 1 42 1982 192 PAK Manzoor Hussain 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. Pakistan won the inaugural tournament defeating West Germany 2–0 in the final where, Malik Nasir Khan was awarded with the Golden Stick titlehttps://www.dawn.com/news/1796648 Hockey: Pass me by, Glory days 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.Arumugam K. Junior World Cup Flash Back: 1979 https://stick2hockey.com/junior-world-cup-flash-back-1979/ 2021-11-21 Stick2Hockey en-US Teams The following twelve teams participated in the tournament on invitational basis. ConfederationTeam(s)Asia21 IND 21 MAS 21 PAK 21 SINAfrica21 GHAAmericas21 ARG 21 CHLEurope21 FRA (hosts) 21 IRE 21 NED 21 ESP 1977 21 FRG Preliminary round Pool A main WDL FIH complete NED, MAS, IND, ESP, FRA, CHI SF SF 0 0 5 4 22 2 0 3 6 10 H 3 0 2 16 8 4 0 1 8 3 4 0 1 13 4 2 0 3 11 11 21 CHI 21 FRA 21 IND 21 MAS 21 NED 21 ESP 1977 2 Q green1 Semi-finals 23 August 1979 10:00 21 MAS 2–1 21 IND 23 August 1979 12:00 21 FRA 3–1 21 CHI 23 August 1979 18:00 21 NED 3–1 21 ESP 1977 24 August 1979 10:00 21 NED 4–1 21 FRA 24 August 1979 12:00 21 MAS 2–0 21 ESP 1977 24 August 1979 14:00 21 IND 7–1 21 CHI 26 August 1979 10:00 21 ESP 1977 4–3 21 IND 26 August 1979 12:00 21 NED 4–0 21 CHI 26 August 1979 14:00 21 FRA 0–1 21 MAS 28 August 1979 10:00 21 NED 2–1 21 MAS 28 August 1979 12:00 21 FRA 1–4 21 IND 28 August 1979 14:00 21 CHI 2–6 21 ESP 1977 30 August 1979 10:00 21 MAS 2–0 21 CHI 30 August 1979 12:00 21 IND 1–0 21 NED 30 August 1979 14:00 21 ESP 1977 0–1 21 FRA Pool B main WDL FIH complete PAK, FRG, ARG, IRE, GHA, SIN SF SF 3 0 2 9 10 1 0 4 4 16 2 0 3 7 13 5 0 0 23 2 0 0 5 5 20 4 0 1 19 6 21 ARG 21 GHA 21 IRE 21 PAK 21 SIN 21 FRG 2 Q green1 Semi-finals Fixtures 23 August 21 PAK 6 - 0 21 IRE Report 23 August 21 ARG 21 GHA 3 - 1 Report 24 August 21 FRG 21 GHA 5 - 0 Report 24 August 21 IRE 21 SIN 4 - 1 Report 26 August 21 PAK 5 - 0 21 SIN Report 26 August 21 FRG 21 ARG 3 - 1 Report 27 August 21 GHA 21 SIN 3 - 2 Report 27 August 21 PAK 21 ARG 5 - 1 Report 27 August 21 FRG 21 IRE 4 - 0 Report 28 August 21 IRE 21 GHA 3 - 0 Report 28 August 21 ARG 2 - 1 21 SIN Report 28 August 21 PAK 21 FRG 4 - 1 Report 30 August 21 PAK 21 GHA 3 - 0 Report 30 August 21 FRG 21 SIN 6 - 1 Report 30 August 21 ARG 2 - 0 21 IRE Report Classification round Ninth to twelfth place classification high yes Ninth place 11th place 31 August 21 CHI 0 21 GHA 5 31 August 21 ESP 1977 8 21 SIN 0 2 September 21 GHA 4 21 ESP 1977 7 2 September 21 SIN 3 21 CHI 2 Crossovers 31 August 21 ESP 1977 21 SIN 8 - 0 Report31 August 21 GHA 21 CHL 5 - 0 Report Eleventh and twelfth place ( 11th — 12th ) 2 September 21 SIN 21 CHL 3 - 2 Report Ninth and tenth place ( 9th — 10th ) 2 September 21 ESP 1977 21 GHA 7 - 4 Report Fifth to eighth place classification high yes Fifth place Seventh place 31 August 21 FRA 2 21 ARG 3 31 August 21 IND 3 21 IRE 2 2 September 21 ARG 1 21 IND 6 2 September 21 IRE 2 21 FRA 4 Crossovers 31 August 21 IND 21 IRE 3 - 2 Report31 August 21 FRA 21 ARG 2 - 3 Report Seventh and eighth place ( 7th — 8th ) 2 September 21 IRE 21 FRA 2 - 4 Report Fifth and sixth place ( 5th — 6th ) 2 September 21 ARG 21 IND 1 - 6 Report Knockout round high yes 31 August 21 PAK 4 21 MAS 2 31 August 21 NED 1 21 FRG 3 2 September 21 PAK 2 21 FRG 0 2 September 21 MAS 1 21 NED 2 Semi-finals 31 August 21 PAK 21 MAS 4 - 2 Report31 August 21 NED 21 FRG 1 - 3 Report Third and fourth place 2 September 21 MAS Report 21 NED 1 - 2 Final 2 September 21 PAK 21 FRG 2 - 0 Report J. Muhammad FG 2 Rashid PC 46 Final standings 21 PAK 21 FRG 21 NED 21 MAS 21 IND 21 ARG 21 FRA 21 IRE 21 ESP 1977 21 GHA 21 SIN 21 CHI References Category:Hockey Junior World Cup Junior World Cup Category:International field hockey competitions hosted by France Hockey Junior World Cup Hockey Junior World Cup Hockey Junior World Cup Category:Versailles Category:Sport in Yvelines Category:History of Yvelines