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]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Ghana | ||
| City | Accra | ||
| Dates | 17–23 January | ||
| Teams | 7 (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 played | 15 | ||
| Goals scored | 82 (5.47 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Matthew Guise-Brown (7 goals) | ||
| Best player | Nqobile Ntuli | ||
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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 |
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| — | FIH World Rankings | — | 2 | Egypt South Africa
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| Cancelled[7] | North-West Africa Qualifier | — | 2 |  Ghana Nigeria
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| Cancelled | North-East Africa Qualifier | — | 2 |  Kenya Uganda
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| 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 |
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| 1 | South Africa
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Kenya
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Namibia
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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]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[9]
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Pool B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Egypt
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Nigeria
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ghana (H)
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Uganda
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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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[9]
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Fifth to seventh place classification edit
Bracket edit
| Sixth place | Fifth place | |||||
| 22 January | ||||||
| Ghana | 6 | |||||
| 21 January | ||||||
| Uganda | 1 | |||||
| Namibia | 2 | |||||
| Uganda | 3 | |||||
Sixth place game edit
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Fifth place game edit
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First to fourth place classification edit
Bracket edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 January | ||||||
| South Africa | 7 | |||||
| 23 January | ||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||
| South Africa (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||
| 22 January | ||||||
| Egypt | 1 (1) | |||||
| Egypt | 5 | |||||
| Kenya | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 23 January | ||||||
| Nigeria | 4 | |||||
| Kenya | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals edit
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Third place game edit
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Final edit
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Final ranking edit
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South Africa
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Egypt
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Nigeria
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| 4 | Kenya
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| 5 | Ghana
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| 6 | Uganda
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| 7 | Namibia
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| 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "South Africa complete double at Africa Cup of Nations". fih.ch. 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa's Hockey World Cup adventures gets underway". fih.ch. 23 January 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Africa Hockey – FIXTURES | Africa Cup of Nations". African Hockey Federation. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
- ^ a b FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021