Chennai: Defending champions India are drawn with title contenders and hosts Holland in the same pool of the 16-team junior hockey World Cup scheduled to be held in Rotterdam from June 29 to July 10.

India won the title in Hobart in 2001.

Following are the groupings (seedings in bracket):

Pool-A: Spain (1), England (8), Korea (9) and Mexico (16)

Pool-B: Germany (2), Argentina (7), South Africa (10) and Malaysia (15)

Pool-C: Australia (3), Pakistan (6), Belgium (11) and Chile (14)

Pool-D: India (4), Holland (5), Poland (12) and Egypt (13)