As the eleventh edition of the mens junior hockey World Cup gets underway in Lucknow on December 8, India begin their campaign against Canada.?This is the second time that India are hosting the mens junior World Cup in hockey, and also the second successive time it is being held in India. New Delhi hosted the previous edition in 2013, where Germany claimed their sixth title, beating France 5-2 in the final.Sixteen teams have been put into four groups of four teams each. India are in Pool D, and should they finish in the top two of the group stages, they will have to face one of the top two teams from Pool C, which comprises Germany, New Zealand, Spain and Japan.Heres everything you want to know about the Indian team, and their opponents in Pool D:INDIA Previous appearances: 8 Best finish: Champions (2001), Runners-up (1997)India bring one of the strongest teams to the junior World Cup, with full internationals like captain Harjeet Singh, forward Mandeep Singh, defender Harmanpreet Singh and goalkeeper Vikas Dahiya in their squad. India come into the World Cup on the back of a strong performance in a four nations invitational event in Valencia in October, where they beat a field comprising Germany, Belgium and hosts Spain to take the first place. Defender and drag-flick specialist Varun Kumar and forward Armaan Qureishi were in good scoring form for India, with both chipping in with goals in the 5-2 win over Germany in the final for the team coached by Harendra Singh.ENGLAND Previous appearances: 8 Best finish: Fourth (1997, 2001)England qualified for the World Cup by virtue of a bronze-medal finish at the European junior championship in Belgium in 2014, beating the home side in a shootout. There are four players who are returning from the 2013 team - Jonty Griffiths, James Albery, Chris Proctor and captain James Gall - and they will be looking to make up for a hugely disappointing performance that saw the team finish 14th in Delhi. Gall will be one of the influential players in this squad, the second in his family to captain the England junior team after his older brother Jonny, who captained the team in Belgium in 2014.CANADA Previous appearances: 4 Best finish: Eighth (1983) Theres a distinct Indian flavour about the Canadian team, coached by Inderpal Sehmbi, with a majority of the players of Punjabi origin. Canada also has the youngest player in the competition, 16-year-old Rowan Childs, in their squad. The captaincy will be split between two players of Indian origin, Balraj Panesar and the experienced Brandon Pereira, who was also part of the team in 2013.SOUTH AFRICA Previous appearances: 4 Best finish: Eleventh (2001) South Africa qualified for their fifth successive World Cup following a runners-up finish to Egypt at the junior African Cup in 2016, where they were beaten 3-2 in a thrilling final played in Windhoek, Namibia. 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