Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

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Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Most recent season or competition:
2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
FormerlyHockey African Cup for Nations
SportField hockey
Founded1974; 48 years ago (1974)
Inaugural season1974
No. of teams8
ConfederationAfHF (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)		 South Africa (8th title)
(2022)
Most titles South Africa (8 titles)

The Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international men's field hockey tournament governed by African Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champions of Africa and qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup.

The first edition was held in 1974.[1]

Qualification[]

The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualify directly for the tournament while the other teams have to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualify for the tournament. The three regions are Northeast Africa, Northwest Africa, and Central south Africa.[2]

Results[]

Year Host Final Third place game Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1974
 Cairo, Egypt
Ghana 		Round-robin
Kenya
Uganda 		Round-robin
Nigeria 		5
1983
 Cairo, Egypt
Egypt 		Round-robin
Kenya
Ghana 		Round-robin
Nigeria 		6
1989
 Blantyre, Malawi
Egypt 		Round-robin
Kenya
Round-robin
Zimbabwe 		5
1993
 Nairobi, Kenya
South Africa 		Round-robin
Egypt
Kenya 		Round-robin
Zimbabwe 		5
1996
 Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa 		Round-robin
Kenya
Egypt 		Round-robin
Zimbabwe 		6
2000
 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
South Africa 		3–2
Egypt
Zimbabwe 		1–1
Ghana 		7
2005
Details 		Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa 		0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p.s.)
Egypt
Ghana 		2–0
Nigeria 		5
2009
Details 		Accra, Ghana
South Africa 		4–1
Egypt
Ghana 		3–2 (a.e.t.)
Nigeria 		4
2013
Details 		Nairobi, Kenya
South Africa 		2–0
Egypt
Kenya 		4–1
Ghana 		4
2017
Details 		Ismailia, Egypt
South Africa 		2–1
Egypt
Ghana 		5–3
Kenya 		5
2022
Details 		Accra, Ghana
South Africa 		1–1
(3–1 s.o.)
Egypt
Nigeria 		4–2
Kenya 		7

Performances by nation[]

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 South Africa 8 (1993, 1996*, 2000, 2005*, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Egypt 2 (1983*, 1989) 7 (1993, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017*, 2022) 1 (1996)
 Ghana 1 (1974) 4 (1983, 2005, 2009*, 2017) 3 (2000, 2013)
 Kenya 4 (1974, 1983, 1989, 1996) 3 (1993*, 2013*) 2 (2017, 2022)
 Nigeria 1 (2022) 4 (1974, 1983, 2005, 2009)
 Zimbabwe 1 (2000*) 3 (1989, 1993, 1996)
  1 (1989*)
 Uganda 1 (1974)

Team appearances[]

Nation Egypt
 Egypt
 Malawi
 Kenya
 South Africa
 Zimbabwe
 South Africa
2005 		Ghana
2009 		Kenya
2013 		Egypt
2017 		Ghana
2022 		Total
  – – – – 6th – – – – – – 1
 Egypt 5th 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 11
 Ghana 1st 3rd – – – 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 5th 8
 Kenya 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd – – – 3rd 4th 4th 8
  – – 3rd – – – – – – – – 1
 Namibia – – – – 5th 6th 5th – – – 7th 4
 Nigeria 4th 4th – – – 5th 4th 4th – 5th 3rd 7
 Tanzania – 6th – – – – – – – – – 1
  – – – 5th – – – – – – – 1
 South Africa – – – 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 8
 Uganda 3rd – – – – 7th – – – – 6th 3
  – – 5th – – – – – – WD – 1
 Zimbabwe – 5th 4th 4th 4th 3rd – – – – WD 5
Total 5 6 5 5 6 7 5 4 4 5 7

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "AfHF Hockey Africa Cup for Nations officially launched". The Ghanaian Journal. 2009-05-27.
  2. ^ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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