Men's Junior Africa Cup

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Men's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
Most recent season or competition:
FormerlyJunior Africa Cup of Nations
SportField hockey
Founded1981; 41 years ago (1981)
Inaugural season
No. of teams5
ConfederationAfHF (Africa)

The Men's Junior Africa Cup (JAC), formerly known as the Junior Africa Cup of Nations, is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organised by the African Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1988 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1] Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.


Results[]

Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
Junior Africa Cup for Nations
1981
[2]

2
1984
[3]


3
1993
[4]


n/a 3
1997
[5] 		Harare, Zimbabwe

South Africa

4
2001
[6] 		Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa 		1-0

4-2
4
2004
 Cairo , Egypt
South Africa


6
2008
 Cairo , Egypt[7]
South Africa 		3-2

11-0
6
2012
Details[8] 		Randburg, South Africa
South Africa 		1(4)-1(2)

4-2
5[9]
Junior Africa Cup
2016
Details 		Windhoek, Namibia
3–2
South Africa
5–3
5
2021
 Windhoek, Namibia Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] Cancelled 5

Summary[]

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 South Africa 4 (2001*, 2004, 2008, 2012*) 1 (2016)
  4 (1984, 1993, 1997, 2016) 4 (2001, 2004, 2008*, 2012)
  1 (1981) 1 (1993) 2 (1997, 2012)
  3 (1981, 1984, 1991) 4 (1993, 1997*, 2001, 2016)
  3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
  2 (2001, 2005)
  1 (2016*)
  1 (2008)
* = host nation

Team appearances[]

Team
Morocco
Zimbabwe
 South Africa
 Egypt
 Egypt
 South Africa
2012 		Namibia
2016 		Namibia
 Total
  - 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 8
  - - - - - 3rd 3rd 3rd - 3
  1st - 2nd 4th - 5th 6th 4th - - 5
  - - - - - - 5th - - 1
  - - - - - - - - 4th 1
  - - - - 4th 4th - - - 2
 South Africa - - - 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 6
  - - - - - 4th - - 2
  - - - - - - - 5th 1
  2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 6th - 5th 3rd 8
Total 2 2 3 3 4 6 6 5 5 0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 2nd Africa Nations Cup 1981 Nairobi (KEN) 11 - Winner Kenya". Field Hockey Africa Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 3rd Africa Nations Cup 1984 Morocco - Winner Egypt". Field Hockey Africa Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 5th Africa Nations Cup 1993 - Winner Egypt". Field Hockey Africa Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 6th Africa Nations Cup 1997 Harare (ZIM) 22-27.04 - Winner Egypt". Field Hockey Africa Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 7th Afirca Cup 2001 Pretoria (RSA) 27-31.03 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archivee.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 9th Afirca Cup 2008 Cairo (EGY) 11-19.07 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
  8. ^ "News for 21 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 21 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "News for 12 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 12 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "AfHF Press Release – Cancellation announcement due to COVID-19: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2021". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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