2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

The 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held in Lucknow, India from 8–18 December 2016. A total of sixteen teams competed for the title.

Host nation India won the tournament for the second time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final. Germany won the third-place match by defeating Australia 3–0.

Qualification
Each continental federation got a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 15 other teams will compete in the tournament. Pakistan officially qualified for the tournament through their position in the Junior Asia Cup but later were replaced by Malaysia due to not meeting the FIH deadline for submitting entries.

Umpires
Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:


 * Deepak Joshi (India)
 * Aziz Adimah (Ghana)
 * Dan Barstow (England)
 * Tim Bond (New Zealand)
 * Sherif Elamari (Egypt)
 * Pietro Galligani (Italy)
 * Federico Garcia (Uruguay)
 * Ben Göntgen (Germany)
 * Gabriel Labate (Argentina)
 * Sebastien Michielsen (Belgium)
 * Zeke Newman (Australia)
 * Sean Rapaport (South Africa)
 * Suolong You (China)
 * David Sweetman (Scotland)

First round
All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.