2021 Men's Indoor Africa Cup

2021 Men's Indoor Africa Cup
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Durban
Dates	16–18 April
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Thomas Moore College
Final positions
Champions	(5th title)
Runner-up
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	156 (22.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(24 goals)
Best player	Dayaan Cassiem
← 2017 (previous)

The 2021 Men's Indoor African Cup was held in Durban, South Africa. It was originally scheduled from 25 to 27 September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[2] On 30 December 2020 it was announced the tournament was rescheduled to be held from 16 to 18 April 2021.^[3]

The competition featured three teams, with the winner securing a place in the 2022 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup. The hosts and defending champions won the title by defeating 4–1 in the final.^[4]

Results[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	(H)	4	4	0	81	6	+75	12	Final
2		4	2	2	70	15	+55	6	Final
3		4	0	4	0	130	−130	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[5]
(H) Host

Fixtures[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

16 April 2021
10:30

	27–0
3', 3', 13', 15', 21', 39' 3', 12', 12', 14', 37', 37' 7', 9', 10', 18', 20', 20', 25', 27', 29', 30', 34' 10' 12' 17' 35'	Report

Umpires:
Peter Caulder (RSA)
Lefika Bulala (BOT)

16 April 2021
14:30

	36–0
M. Cassiem 1', 3', 5', 5', 15', 26', 27', 38' D. Cassiem 4', 28', 30', 36', 39', 40' 6', 17', 20', 25', 33' 12' Eustice 13', 30', 30', 37', 40' 16', 38' 18', 20', 23' 19' 20', 22', 24', 26', 36'	Report

Umpires:
Lefika Bulala (BOT)
Llewellyn Sonie (RSA)

16 April 2021
19:30

	6–3
8' D. Cassiem 19' 22' M. Cassiem 23', 32' 37'	Report	15', 34' 29'

Umpires:
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)
Peter Caulder (RSA)

17 April 2021
10:30

	0–37
	Report	2' 2', 3', 13', 14', 23', 35' 4', 28', 29', 37', 38' 5', 11', 15', 21', 23' 7', 9', 18', 19', 20', 26', 27', 36', 39', 40', 40' 7', 26' 8', 10', 25', 34' 16' 17', 28'

Umpires:
Llewellyn Sonie (RSA)
Peter Caulder (RSA)

17 April 2021
14:30

	0–30
	Report	4', 16', 26', 32', 39' Abrahams 4', 34', 40' M. Cassiem 6', 8', 19', 22', 29', 36' D. Cassiem 7', 11', 14', 24', 35' Eustice 7', 23', 37' 11', 13' 12', 38' 24', 28', 32' 27'

Umpires:
Claire Cowan (RSA)
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

17 April 2021
19:30

	3–9
4', 26' 38'	Report	D. Cassiem 7', 35', 36', 37' M. Cassiem 17' 20', 40' 21', 33'

Umpires:
Peter Caulder (RSA)
Llewellyn Sonie (RSA)

Final[]

18 April 2021
16:00

	4–1
M. Cassiem 18' 24', 32' Eustice 25'	Report	12'

Umpires:
Peter Caulder (RSA)
Llewellyn Sonie (RSA)

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Rank	Team

	Qualified for the 2022 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

Awards[]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[4]

Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Top goalscorer
Dayaan Cassiem

Goalscorers[]

There were 156 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 22.3 goals per match.

24 goals

18 goals

Mustaphaa Cassiem

16 goals

Dayaan Cassiem

15 goals

14 goals

10 goals

9 goals

Jethro Eustice

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Rusten Abrahams

2 goals

Source: FIH

References[]

^ "Africa Hockey Qualifier Postponed". allafrica.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Events Calendar – African Hockey Federation". africahockey.org. 14 September 2020.
^ "AfHF Press Release 30 Dec. 2020 – Revised Event Dates and other important announcements". 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Indoor Africa Cup - Namibia Women and South Africa Men reign supreme". Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ FIH Tournament Regulations Indoor November 2019

[1] "Africa Hockey Qualifier Postponed". allafrica.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[2] "Events Calendar – African Hockey Federation". africahockey.org. 14 September 2020.

[3] "AfHF Press Release 30 Dec. 2020 – Revised Event Dates and other important announcements". 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[final-4] "Indoor Africa Cup - Namibia Women and South Africa Men reign supreme". Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[5] FIH Tournament Regulations Indoor November 2019

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