Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Most recent season or competition: 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations | |
Formerly | Hockey African Cup for Nations |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Founded | 1974; 50 years ago (1974) |
First season | 1974 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Confederation | AfHF (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 | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1974 Details | Cairo, Egypt | Ghana | Round-robin | Uganda | Kenya | Round-robin | Nigeria | 5 | |||
1983 Details | Cairo, Egypt | Egypt | Round-robin | Kenya | Ghana | Round-robin | Nigeria | 6 | |||
1989 Details | Blantyre, Malawi | Egypt | Round-robin | Kenya | Malawi | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | 5 | |||
1993 Details | Nairobi, Kenya | South Africa | Round-robin | Egypt | Kenya | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | 5 | |||
1996 Details | Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa | Round-robin | Kenya | Egypt | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | 6 | |||
2000 Details | 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 | 3–1 | 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 |
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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 | 3 (1983, 1989, 1996) | 3 (1993*, 2013*, 1974) | 2 (2017, 2022) | |
Uganda | 1 (1974) | |||
Nigeria | 1 (2022) | 4 (1974, 1983, 2005, 2009) | ||
Zimbabwe | 1 (2000*) | 3 (1989, 1993, 1996) | ||
Malawi | 1 (1989*) |
Team appearances
Nation | 1974 | 1983 | 1989 | 1993 | 1996 | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | 2013 | 2017 | 2022 | Total |
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Botswana | – | – | – | – | 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 |
Malawi | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Namibia | – | – | – | – | 5th | 6th | 5th | – | – | – | 7th | 4 |
Nigeria | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 4th | – | 5th | 3rd | 7 |
Seychelles | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
South Africa | – | – | – | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 8 |
Tanzania | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Uganda | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | 6th | 3 |
Zambia | – | – | 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
- Field hockey at the African Games
- Men's African Olympic Qualifier
- Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
References
- ^ "AfHF Hockey Africa Cup for Nations officially launched". The Ghanaian Journal. 2009-05-27.
- ^ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
External links
- Men Field Hockey Africa Cup Archive - todor66.com
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Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
- Cairo 1974
- Cairo 1983
- Blantyre 1989
- Nairobi 1993
- Pretoria 1996
- Bulawayo 2000
- Pretoria 2005
- Accra 2009
- Nairobi 2013
- Ismailia 2017
- Accra 2022