2015 African Olympic Qualifier (field hockey)

2015 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Randburg
Dates	23 October – 1 November 2015
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (3rd title)
Runner-up	Ghana
Third place	Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	147 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lilian du Plessis (18 goals)
← 2011 (previous)	(next) 2019 →

2015 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Randburg
Dates	23 October – 1 November 2015
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (3rd title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	223 (9.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matthew Guise-Brown (16 goals)
← 2011 (previous)	(next) 2019 →

2015 African Olympic Qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Randburg
Dates	23 October – 1 November 2015
Venue(s)	Randburg Hockey Stadium
← 2011 (previous)

The 2015 African Olympic Qualifier was the third edition of the African Olympic Qualifier for Men and Women. It was held from 23 October to 1 November 2015 in Randburg, South Africa. Nine teams competed in the men's and seven in the women's tournament. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

On 30 October South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) published a statement reiterating that it will not consider qualifying though the continental qualifying tournament acceptable.^[1] SASCOC and the South African Hockey Association had previously specified 2014-15 FIH Hockey World League as the only Olympic selection route for the South Africa men's and women's national field hockey teams.^[2]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Men's tournament[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	4	4	0	61	0	+61	12	Advance to semifinals
2	Ghana	4	3	1	36	6	+30	9	Advance to semifinals
3	Zimbabwe	4	2	2	27	23	+4	6	Advance to fifth place game
4	Namibia	4	1	3	8	22	−14	3
5		4	0	4	0	81	−81	0

Source: FIH.ch
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

23 October 2015
16:45

Namibia	5–0 (forfeit)
	Report

Umpires:
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

23 October 2015
19:00

Zimbabwe	0–16	South Africa
	Report	Guise-Brown 3', 16', 17', 27', 45' 3', 31' 5' Norris-Jones 10', 20', 56' 29', 49' Malgraff 52', 54' 58'

Umpires:
Andrés Ortiz (ESP)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

24 October 2015
15:30

Ghana	5–0	Namibia
17', 36' 46' 50' 59'	Report

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Scott Tarr (RSA)

24 October 2015
16:45

South Africa	30–0
1', 7', 7', 29', 45+', 50' Hykes 9', 38', 57' Guise-Brown 10', 12', 23', 41' 15', 15', 35', 43', 44', 55' Robinson 18', 60' Eustice 21', 26', 45' Drummond 22' Bell 36' Malgraff 37' 42' 54' 59'	Report

Umpires:
Alfred Akrong (GHA)
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)

26 October 2015
12:15

Ghana	27–0
2', 7', 34' 3', 15', 38' 6', 24', 40' 17' 20', 25', 29', 31', 36', 44', 46', 48' 21' 29' 41', 53' 41' 42', 46' 47', 50'	Report

Umpires:
Abdulkadir Mukaddam (TAN)
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

26 October 2015
14:30

Zimbabwe	6–3	Namibia
7', 38', 58', 59' 14' 47'	Report	13' 54' 59'

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

27 October 2015
12:15

	0–19	Zimbabwe
	Report	6', 52', 55' 9', 26', 40', 42' 9' 15', 30', 35', 36', 48', 59' 29', 36', 45', 45' 41'

Umpires:
Kirk Mendoza (RSA)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

27 October 2015
19:00

Ghana	0–4	South Africa
	Report	Guise-Brown 20', 40' 48' Hykes 50'

Umpires:
Tony Fernandes (KEN)
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)

29 October 2015
14:30

Zimbabwe	2–4	Ghana
23' 51'	Report	10' 16' 29', 44'

Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Scott Tarr (RSA)

29 October 2015
19:00

South Africa	11–0	Namibia
Guise-Brown 3', 24' 10', 31' Halkett 21' Bell 28', 43' Hykes 33', 55' 42' 53'	Report

Umpires:
Abdulkadir Mukaddam (TAN)
Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	34	1	+33	9	Advance to semifinals
2	Kenya	3	2	1	11	5	+6	6	Advance to semifinals
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	4	11	−7	3	Advance to fifth place game
4	Tanzania	3	0	3	0	32	−32	0

Source: FIH.ch
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

25 October 2015
14:30

Kenya	3–1	Nigeria
30' 33' 59'	Report	21'

Umpires:
Kirk Mendoza (RSA)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

25 October 2015
16:45

Egypt	22–0	Tanzania
2' 4', 41' El-Naggar 5', 54' 7', 8', 9', 10', 11', 48', 55', 59' Mohsen 12' Nasr 15' 24', 31' 33' 43' 40', 52' 59'	Report

Umpires:
Tony Fernandes (KEN)
Garba Asura (NGA)

26 October 2015
16:45

Kenya	1–4	Egypt
51'	Report	8' 23', 49' El-Naggar 37'

Umpires:
Andrés Ortiz (ESP)
Alfred Akrong (GHA)

27 October 2015
14:00

Tanzania	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	13', 42' 40'

Umpires:
Scott Tarr (RSA)
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

28 October 2015
14:30

Tanzania	0–7	Kenya
	Report	11' 35', 45' 48' 49', 50' 53'

Umpires:
Garba Asura (NGA)
Alfred Akrong (GHA)

28 October 2015
16:45

Egypt	8–0	Nigeria
5', 13', 27', 35' 15', 29' 28' 42'	Report

Umpires:
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals		Final

31 October

South Africa	2
		1 November
Kenya	1
		South Africa	4
31 October
		Egypt	2
Egypt	7

Ghana	1
		Third place

		1 November

		Kenya	4

		Ghana	3

7–9th place semifinal[]

30 October 2015
16:30

	1–3	Tanzania
45'	Report	18' 25' 55'

Umpires:
Kirk Mendoza (RSA)
Garba Asura (NGA)

Semifinals[]

31 October 2015
14:00

Egypt	7–1	Ghana
6' 7' 26' 30' 35' 53', 56'	Report	37'

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Scott Tarr (RSA)

31 October 2015
16:30

South Africa	2–1	Kenya
Norris-Jones 51' 55'	Report	48'

Umpires:
Andrés Ortiz (ESP)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

Seventh place game[]

1 November 2015
14:30

Namibia	10–0	Tanzania
15' 21' 22', 49' 25', 38' 30' 40' 41' 48'	Report

Umpires:
Garba Asura (NGA)
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

Fifth place game[]

31 October 2015
19:00

Zimbabwe	2–2	Nigeria
58' 60'	Report	5' 47'
Penalties
	2–3

Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Alfred Akrong (GHA)

Third place game[]

1 November 2015
14:00

Ghana	3–4	Kenya
17' 38' 50'	Report	10' 26' 34' 39'

Umpires:
Andrés Ortiz (ESP)
Kirk Mendoza (RSA)

Final[]

1 November 2015
16:30

Egypt	2–4	South Africa
36' El-Naggar 48'	Report	Guise-Brown 47', 48', 59' Norris-Jones 60'

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

Final standings[]

	Qualified for the 2016 Olympics

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Egypt
	Kenya
4	Ghana
5	Nigeria
6	Zimbabwe
7	Namibia
8	Tanzania
9

Women's tournament[]

Pool[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	6	6	0	0	68	0	+68	18	Qualified to 2016 Summer Olympics
2	Ghana	6	4	1	1	22	7	+15	13
3	Kenya	6	3	1	2	13	18	−5	10
4	Namibia	6	3	0	3	16	10	+6	9
5	Zimbabwe	6	2	0	4	12	15	−3	6
6	Nigeria	6	2	0	4	16	23	−7	6
7	Tanzania	6	0	0	6	0	74	−74	0

Source: FIH.ch
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

Results[]

23 October 2015
14:00

Tanzania	0–9	Zimbabwe
	Report	18', 56', 58' 20' 30+' 35' 38', 40' 43'

Umpires:
Caren Ouma (KEN)
Deborah Agunda (KEN)

23 October 2015
16:30

Ghana	2–1	Nigeria
18' 56'	Report	45'

Umpires:
Stephanie Judefind (USA)
Chantelle Birtz (RSA)

23 October 2015
16:45

Kenya	2–0	Namibia
20' 34'	Report

Umpires:
Sharne Meyers (ZIM)
Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

24 October 2015
12:15

Kenya	2–0	Zimbabwe
5' 25'	Report

Umpires:
Cynthia Clement (GHA)
Chantelle Britz (RSA)

24 October 2015
13:15

Ghana	1–0	Namibia
53'	Report

Umpires:
Jummai Sule (NGA)
Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

24 October 2015
14:30

South Africa	15–0	Nigeria
Coston 6', 45' Du Plessis 7', 9', 20', 53', 58' Mayne 11', 28', 53' Deetlefs 17' Manuel 33' Marks 35', 36' 40'	Report

Umpires:
Sharne Meyers (ZIM)
Caren Ouma (KEN)

26 October 2015
14:00

Ghana	4–0	Zimbabwe
27' 28' 35' 54'	Report

Umpires:
Caren Ouma (KEN)
Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

26 October 2015
16:30

Kenya	5–0	Tanzania
5' 8' 18' 34' 38'	Report

Umpires:
Stephanie Judefind (USA)
Jummai Sule (NGA)

26 October 2015
19:00

South Africa	5–0	Namibia
Walraven 19', 40' Du Plessis 35' Deetlefs 42', 48'	Report

Umpires:
Deborah Agunda (KEN)
Cynthia Clement (GHA)

27 October 2015
14:30

Ghana	12–0	Tanzania
7', 17', 22' 10' 20', 49' 26' 27', 60' 50', 52', 56'	Report

Umpires:
Sharne Meyers (ZIM)
Jummai Sule (NGA)

27 October 2015
16:30

Namibia	3–1	Nigeria
2' 9' 18'	Report	8'

Umpires:
Chantelle Britz (NGA)
Caren Ouma (KEN)

27 October 2015
16:45

South Africa	6–0	Zimbabwe
Du Plessis 16', 56' Mayne 22' Walraven 27' Manuel 49' Davids 52'	Report

Umpires:
Stephanie Judefind (USA)
Deborah Agunda (KEN)

29 October 2015
12:15

Zimbabwe	1–2	Namibia
40'	Report	4', 57'

Umpires:
Lyndal Robertson (RSA)
Chantelle Birtz (RSA)

29 October 2015
14:00

Tanzania	0–10	Nigeria
	Report	9' 12', 33', 48', 52' 20', 38' 34' 41' 52'

Umpires:
Sharne Meyers (ZIM)
Deborah Agunda (KEN)

29 October 2015
16:45

South Africa	12–0	Kenya
9', 16', 60+' 11', 36', 47' 20', 44' 26', 28', 30' 48'	Report

Umpires:
Cynthia Clement (GHA)
Stephanie Judefind (USA)

30 October 2015
12:00

Zimbabwe	2–1	Nigeria
10' 27'	Report	39'

Umpires:
Cynthia Clement (GHA)
Caren Ouma (KEN)

30 October 2015
14:15

Ghana	3–3	Kenya
1' 44' 55'	Report	33' 52' 53'

Umpires:
Stephanie Judefind (USA)
Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

30 October 2015
19:00

South Africa	27–0	Tanzania
Du Plessis 9', 18', 28', 36', 41', 59' Coston 11', 36', 48' Manuel 12' Marks 21', 24', 56' 22' Chamberlain 31', 43', 46', 47', 47', 54', 59' Mayne 43', 58' Russell 44', 46' Bright 50' Davids 51'	Report

Umpires:
Sharne Meyers (ZIM)
Jummai Sule (NGA)

1 November 2015
09:00

Tanzania	0–11	Namibia
	Report	6' 10', 17' 11', 58' 20', 24', 43', 51' 44' 60'

Umpires:
Deborah Agunda (KEN)
Cynthia Clement (GHA)

1 November 2015
11:30

South Africa	3–0	Ghana
Mayne 7' Chamberlain 15' Du Plessis 31'	Report

Umpires:
Stephanie Judefind (USA)
Caren Ouma (KEN)

1 November 2015
12:00

Kenya	1–3	Nigeria
3'	Report	17', 35', 58'

Umpires:
Chantelle Britz (RSA)
Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

References[]

^ "Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association". sascoc.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^ "Agreement entered into between SASCOC and SAHA on the selection of athletes" (PDF). sascoc.co.za. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Regulations

External links[]

[1] "Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association". sascoc.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[2] "Agreement entered into between SASCOC and SAHA on the selection of athletes" (PDF). sascoc.co.za. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[Regulations-3] Regulations

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