Women's Junior Africa Cup

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Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
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SportField hockey
Founded1988; 34 years ago (1988)
Inaugural season
No. of teams5
ConfederationAfHF (Africa)

The Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup, formerly known as the Junior Africa Cup of Nations, is a women'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
1989
1993
 Harare, Zimbabwe
1997
[2] 		Harare, Zimbabwe
South Africa 		Round-robin

Round-robin
4
2001
 Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa
2004
[3] 		Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa


4
2008
[4] 		Cairo, Egypt
South Africa 		6-0

2-1
6
2012
Details 		Randburg, South Africa[5]
South Africa 		4-0

1-0
5[6]
Junior Africa Cup
2016
Details 		Windhoek, Namibia
South Africa 		10–0

15–0
4
2021
 Windhoek, Namibia Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Cancelled 4

Summary[]

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 South Africa 6 (1997, 2001*, 2004*, 2008, 2012*, 2016)
  1 (1989) 3 (1997*, 2004, 2016)
  1 (1993) 1 (1997) 1 (2012)
  1 (2008*)
  3 (2004, 2012, 2016*) 1 (1997)
  1 (2012) 1 (2008)
  2 (2004, 2008)
  1 (2016)


* = host nation

Team appearances[]

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 3rd Africa Nations Cup 1997 Harare (ZIM) 22-27.04 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 5th Africa Nations Cup 2004 Pretoria (RSA) 13-17.09 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 6th Africa Nations Cup 2008 Cairo (EGY) 11-19.07 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "News for 21 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 21 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "News for 12 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 12 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "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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