The OHF Junior World Cup Qualifiers are arriving in Auckland, NZ. This will be a 3 game series played between Australia and NZ for both the men and the women January 20 – February 2.
The teams were welcomed to Auckland with a powhiri lead by the local iwi on Tuesday.
Both Australia and NZ have named strong teams for this event and should prove to be a very competitive series.
Team announcements for Australia can be found here: https://www.hockey.org.au/news/burras-and-jillaroos-teams-unveiled-to-secure-2025-junior-world
Team announcements for NZ can be found here: https://www.hockeynz.co.nz/news/squads-announced-for-new-zealand-u21-teams-ahead-of-oceania-cup-junior-world-cup-qualifier
An experienced officials panel has been named, lead by Tammy Standley who is one of the FIH’s top Technical Officials. We are pleased to have this wealth of knowledge available to our up and coming umpires and officials.
- Tammy Standley – Tournament Director (Aus)
- Andrew Spence – Technical Officer (NZ)
- Greer Wells – Technical Officer (NZ)
- Sarah Garnett – Umpire Manger (NZ)
- Adam Barry – Assistant UM (Aus)
- Mike Treloar – Assistant UM (NZ)
- Nicola Brown – Umpire (Aus)
- Cassidy Gallagher – Umpire (Aus)
- Lani Jackman – Umpire (NZ)
- Kaitlyn Pennell – Umpire (NZ)
- Ryan Potter – Umpire (NZ)
- Nick Saunders – Umpire (NZ)
- Tim Sheahan – Umpire (Aus)
NZ Maori U21 women are playing in a 3 match series against a Pasifika invitational side as a curtain raiser to this event.
To find official competition draw and results follow along at: https://fih.altiusrt.com/admin/content/competitions/1717, and if you wish to watch the games you can watch individual games or purchase a tournament pass here: https://www.hockeynz.tv/en/content/u21s-oceania-cup-world-qualifiers