Field hockey at the 2018 African Youth Games – Boys' tournament

2018 African Youth Games – Boys' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	19–26 July
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Stade Ferhani
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Runner-up
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	83 (4.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(12 goals)

The boys' hockey 5s event at the 2018 African Youth Games in Algiers was held at the Stade Ferhani from 19 to 26 July 2018.^[1] The tournament served as a direct qualifier for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, with the winner and runner-up qualifying.

Qualified teams[]

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•  South Africa
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Uganda was supposed to play in Pool B, but withdrew due to a lack of funds.^[2]

Format[]

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. All teams move on to the quarterfinals, and depending on their positions within the pool, they will be playing against a team from the other pool. In the quarterfinals, the four losing teams will be playing for the 5th to 8th place classification, whilst the four winning teams will move on to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knock-out system.

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	9
2		3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
3		3	1	0	2	11	11	0	3
4		3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

19 July 2018 12:00 South Africa  5–0    13'  14', 19'  17'  18' Report Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

19 July 2018 13:00   9–0    3', 12'  5', 11', 18'  6', 7'  8'  19' Report Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Kofi Quagraine (GHA)

20 July 2018 10:00   0–6  South Africa Report  1', 3', 13'  7' Cassiem  19'  20' Umpires: Kofi Quagraine (GHA) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

20 July 2018 11:00   4–1    9' de Villiers  13'  17'  20' Report  5' Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

21 July 2018 12:00   5–2    10+', 12'  13'  19' de Villiers  20' Report  9'  16' Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

21 July 2018 13:00 South Africa  9–0    2'  4', 12'  6', 7', 16', 19', 20'  15' Report Umpires: Haitham Selim (EGY) Kofi Quagraine (GHA)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
2		2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3		2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

19 July 2018 16:00   1–2    14' Report  5'  19' Umpires: Gershwin Reid (RSA) Shigeki Kodoma (JPN)

20 July 2018 12:00   2–1    2'  10' Report  10' Umpires: Haitham Selim (EGY) Gershwin Reid (RSA)

21 July 2018 11:00   2–0    3'  4' Report Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

	Fifth place (25 July)					5–7th place semifinal (24 July)					Quarterfinals (23 July)					Semifinals (24 July)					Final (26 July)
												South Africa	–
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																	South Africa	5
																		2
													1
													0
		(PSO)	1 (2)																			South Africa (PSO)	1 (2)
			1 (0)																			1 (0)
													1
													3
							1										1
	0							0										4			Third place (26 July)
		0											7										2
													0										3

Quarterfinals[]

23 July 2018 14:00   1–3    15' Report  9'  10'  18' Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Kofi Quagraine (GHA)

23 July 2018 15:00   1–0    4' Report Umpires: Gershwin Reid (RSA) Haitham Selim (EGY)

23 July 2018 16:00   7–0    4'  6', 15', 20'  7'  13'  17' Report Umpires: Munashe Mashoko (ZIM) Simon Awasa (NGA)

5–7th place semifinal[]

24 July 2018 11:00   1–0    18' Report Umpires: Kofi Quagraine (GHA) Haitham Selim (EGY)

Fifth place game[]

25 July 2018 13:00   1–0   Report Penalties 2–0

Semifinals[]

24 July 2018 15:00 South Africa  5–2   Report

24 July 2018 16:00   1–4   Report

Third place game[]

26 July 2018 13:00   2–3   Report

Final[]

26 July 2018 16:00 South Africa  1–1   Report Penalties 2–0

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	South Africa
4
5
6
7

Goalscorers[]

There have been 83 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.61 goals per match (as of text).

12 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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