2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

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. ==Qualification==

Alongside the hosts, India, the 23 other teams qualify via the continental championships. 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 Pakistan had previously also withdrawn from the 2025 Hockey Asia Cup for the same reason. ==Venues==

On 28 March 2025, Hockey India announced that Chennai and Madurai are the two host cities for the 2025 Junior World Cup. ==Draw==

The draw was scheduled to take place on 24 June 2025, but was postponed later. It was held on 28 June 2025. Seeding The seeding was announced on 19 June 2025. ==Squads==

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament. ==Preliminary round==

Pool A ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- Pool C ---- ---- Pool D ---- ---- Pool E ---- ---- Pool F ---- ---- Ranking Teams were ranked according to their position in the preliminary round. First-ranked teams Second-ranked teams Third-ranked teams Fourth-ranked teams ==17th to 24th place classification==

Bracket 17–24th place quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- 21st to 24th place classification 21st–24th place semi-finals ---- 23rd and 24th place 21st and 22nd place 17th to 20th place classification Cross-overs ---- 19th and 20th place 17th and 18th place ==Ninth to sixteenth place classification==

Bracket 9–16th place quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- 13th to 16th place classification 13–16th place semi-finals ---- 15th and 16th place 13th and 14th place Ninth to twelfth place classification Cross-overs ---- Eleventh and twelfth place Ninth and tenth place ==Medal round==

Bracket Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Fifth to eighth place classification Cross-overs ---- Seventh and eighth place Fifth and sixth place First to fourth place classification Semi-finals ---- Third and fourth place Final ==Statistics==

Final standings Goalscorers ==See also==