2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

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2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
CityAccra
Dates17–23 January
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions South Africa (8th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored82 (5.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Matthew Guise-Brown (7 goals)
Best playerSouth Africa Nqobile Ntuli
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The 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the 11th edition of the Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. In February 2021 it was announced that the tournament would be held alongside the women's tournament at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 23 January 2022.[1]

South Africa were the defending champions, winning the 2017 edition.[2] They successfully defended their title after beating Egypt in the final.[3] The winner qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[4]

Qualification[edit]

The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams played in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.[5][6]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
— FIH World Rankings — 2  Egypt
 South Africa
Cancelled[7] North-West Africa Qualifier — 2  Ghana
 Nigeria
Cancelled North-East Africa Qualifier — 2  Kenya
 Uganda
Cancelled[1] Central-South Africa Qualifier — 1  Namibia
 Zimbabwe
Total 7

Preliminary round[edit]

The schedule was published on 14 December 2021.[8]

All times are local (UTC±0).

Pool A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 2 2 0 0 15 1 +14 6 Semi-finals
2  Kenya 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
3  Namibia 2 0 0 2 1 17 −16 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[9]
17 January 2022
20:00
South Africa  13–0  Namibia
Malgraff field hockey ball 5'
Drummond field hockey ball 10'
Pautz field hockey ball 23', 54'
Spooner field hockey ball 24', 54'
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 35', 47', 49'
Paton field hockey ball 45'
Sherwood field hockey ball 56', 60'
Jackson field hockey ball 58' 		Report
Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Stanley Tamale (UGA)
18 January 2022
17:00
Namibia  1–4  Kenya
Tjikuniva field hockey ball 18' Report Wakhura field hockey ball 14'
Iningu field hockey ball 51'
Awino field hockey ball 53'
Onyango field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
19 January 2022
16:00
Kenya  1–2  South Africa
Wakhura field hockey ball 40' Report Ntuli field hockey ball 33', 37'
Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

Pool B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9 Semi-finals
2  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 13 8 +5 4
3  Ghana (H) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Uganda 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2022. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[9]
(H) Hosts
17 January 2022
16:00
Ghana  1–1  Uganda
Tettey field hockey ball 28' Report Ntumba field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)
17 January 2022
18:00
Egypt  4–2  Nigeria
Sayed field hockey ball 32'
Ibrahim field hockey ball 35', 45'
Mos. Ragab field hockey ball 42' 		Report P. John field hockey ball 28'
Samaila field hockey ball 36'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)
18 January 2022
13:00
Nigeria  10–3  Uganda
P. John field hockey ball 9', 59'
Samaila field hockey ball 10'
Victor field hockey ball 11'
Sunday field hockey ball 20'
Ibrahim field hockey ball 22', 53'
M. John field hockey ball 35'
Solomon field hockey ball 40'
Godwin field hockey ball 42' 		Report Mugisha field hockey ball 3'
Opio field hockey ball 25'
Okodi field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
18 January 2022
19:00
Ghana  0–1  Egypt
Report El-Ganaini field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
20 January 2022
13:00
Egypt  3–1  Uganda
Mos. Ragab field hockey ball 21'
Z. Adel field hockey ball 23'
Nasr field hockey ball 47' 		Report Ntumba field hockey ball 21'
Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)
20 January 2022
19:00
Nigeria  1–1  Ghana
P. John field hockey ball 43' Report Tettey field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

Fifth to seventh place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
Sixth placeFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
22 January
 
 
 Ghana6
 
21 January
 
 Uganda1
 
 Namibia2
 
 
 Uganda3
 

Sixth place game[edit]

21 January 2022
09:00
Namibia  2–3  Uganda
La Cock field hockey ball 29', 39' Report Opio field hockey ball 9', 13'
Batusa field hockey ball 34'
Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)

Fifth place game[edit]

22 January 2022
11:00
Ghana  6–1  Uganda
Adjei field hockey ball 12', 37'
Tettey field hockey ball 23', 44'
Kwofie field hockey ball 34'
Akaba field hockey ball 58' 		Report Batusa field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

First to fourth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 January
 
 
 South Africa7
 
23 January
 
 Nigeria0
 
 South Africa (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
22 January
 
 Egypt1 (1)
 
 Egypt5
 
 
 Kenya1
 
Third place
 
 
23 January
 
 
 Nigeria4
 
 
 Kenya2

Semi-finals[edit]

22 January 2022
13:15
South Africa  7–0  Nigeria
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 17', 23', 57'
Ntuli field hockey ball 18'
Pautz field hockey ball 20'
Malgraff field hockey ball 27'
Bell field hockey ball 43' 		Report
Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
22 January 2022
15:30
Egypt  5–1  Kenya
Nasr field hockey ball 11'
Ragab field hockey ball 12', 27'
M. Adel field hockey ball 37'
El-Naggar field hockey ball 43' 		Report Wakhura field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

Third place game[edit]

23 January 2022
14:15
Nigeria  4–2  Kenya
Godwin field hockey ball 7'
Sunday field hockey ball 18'
Ibrahim field hockey ball 31'
Samaila field hockey ball 44' 		Report Kipyego field hockey ball 18'
Iningu field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Stanley Tamale (UGA)

Final[edit]

23 January 2022
18:15
South Africa  1–1  Egypt
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 12' Report Z. Adel field hockey ball 23'
Penalties
Spooner Penalty shoot-out scored
Mvimbi Penalty shoot-out scored
Ntuli Penalty shoot-out missed
Ngubane Penalty shoot-out missed
Sherwood Penalty shoot-out scored 		3–1 Penalty shoot-out missed M. Adel
Penalty shoot-out scored Edris
Penalty shoot-out missed Sayed
Penalty shoot-out missed Nasr
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)]

Final ranking[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Egypt
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Nigeria
4  Kenya
5  Ghana
6  Uganda
7  Namibia
Qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b @AfrHockey (16 February 2021). "As per the 2nd AfHF Executive Board meeting of 12 Feb. 2021 and given the ongoing Corona virus outbreak impact on our 2021 events Road Map, presenting the 2nd EB Meeting Resolutions & Revised Events Dates" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "South Africa complete double at Africa Cup of Nations". fih.ch. 29 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa's Hockey World Cup adventures gets underway". fih.ch. 23 January 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands, 2023 FIH Hockey Men's World Cup in India". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. ^ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. ^ "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "AfHF Press Release 30 Dec. 2020 – Revised Event Dates and other important announcements". 30 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Africa Hockey – FIXTURES | Africa Cup of Nations". African Hockey Federation. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
  9. ^ a b FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021
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