FIH Junior World Ranking: 23

How they qualified: Host nation

Junior World Cup history: 2016 – 11th, 2009 – 12th, 2005 – 10th, 2001 – 12th, 1989 – 12th

Having staged the FIH Women’s Junior World Cup on two previous occasions, host nation Chile will be hoping to make it third time lucky this time around. Their best finish to date was 10th at the 2005 competition in Santiago, but they will be setting their sights far higher in 2023. While the team might not have had to qualify for this competition due to their status as hosts, the team’s excellent third place finished at the Junior Pan American Championships in Barbados earlier this year ensures they will be taken very seriously in this event. Chile’s defeat in the Junior Pan Am semi-finals came at the hands of eventual winners USA, who edged the South Americans in a shoot-out after regular time finished 1-1. However, the team bounce back in sensational style with a thumping 5-1 victory against Canada, with Martina Gago, Marin Goñi, captain Francisca Irazoqui, Josefina Gutierrez and Constanza Muñoz all on target to seal the bronze medal. Irazoqui and Laura Müller were both part of the Chile senior squad that finished fourth at the recent Pan American Games 2023, played on the same pitches that will stage this Junior World Cup.