The 2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international women'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 men'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 | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue(s) | Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  South Africa (7th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Ghana | ||
| Third place |  Kenya | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 19 | ||
| Goals scored | 69 (3.63 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Tarryn Glasby (9 goals) | ||
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South Africa were the six-time defending champions, having also won the 2017 edition.[2] They successfully defended their title after beating Ghana in the final.[3] The winner qualified for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.[4]
Qualification
editThe top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play 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 | Ghana South Africa
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| Cancelled[7] | North-West Africa Qualifier | — | 1 |  Nigeria
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| Cancelled | North-East Africa Qualifier | — | 2 | Kenya Uganda
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| Cancelled[1] | Central-South Africa Qualifier | — | 3 |  Namibia Zambia Zimbabwe
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| Total | 8 | |||
Preliminary round
editThe 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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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Zimbabwe
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Namibia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Uganda
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
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Pool B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ghana (H)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Kenya
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Nigeria
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Zambia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
(H) Hosts
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Classification round
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| Namibia (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||
| 23 January | ||||||
| Zambia | 2 (2) | |||||
| Namibia | 0 | |||||
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| Nigeria | 1 | |||||
| Nigeria | 4 | |||||
| Uganda | 0 | |||||
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| Zambia | 2 | |||||
| Uganda | 1 | |||||
5–8th place semi-finals
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Seventh place game
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Fifth place game
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Knockout stage
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| South Africa | 4 | |||||
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| Kenya | 0 | |||||
| South Africa | 3 | |||||
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| Ghana | 1 | |||||
| Ghana | 2 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 1 | |||||
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| 23 January | ||||||
| Kenya (p.s.o.) | 0 (3) | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 0 (1) | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third place game
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Final
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Final ranking
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Kenya
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| 4 | Zimbabwe
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| 5 | Nigeria
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| 6 | Namibia
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| 7 | Zambia
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| 8 | Uganda
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Goalscorers
editThere were 69 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 3.63 goals per match.
9 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b @AfrHockey (February 16, 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 2021-12-14.
- ^ a b FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021
- ^ @hockeyKE (January 18, 2022). "BREAKING: Ghana have been handed a walk-over after Kenya (W) Flagge von Kenia failed to honour the fixture. Their scheduled flight just landed in Accra a few minutes ago" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @AfrHockey (January 17, 2022). "Match 2 KEN VS ZAM (W) which was scheduled for Monday 17th January 2022 at 0900hrs has been rescheduled to be played on Wednesday 19th January 2022 at 0900hrs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.