Junior hockey world cups

FIH Hockey Junior World Cups: The Executive Board (EB) of the International Hockey Association (FIH) has decided that the number of participating teams at the 2025 FIH Hockey Junior World Cups will be increased from 16 to 24.

This expansion will provide global competition opportunities for more young athletes from eight more countries around the world, in a tournament format that will see every team playing six matches, the FIH informed in a release on Monday.

The EB meeting was held on the occasion of the first-ever FIH Hockey5s World Cup on Sunday in Muscat, Oman, under the chairmanship of FIH President Tayyab Ikram.