The Men's African Olympic Qualifier is the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It is held every four years and was introduced after field hockey was removed from the All-Africa Games program.[1] The first edition was held in Nairobi, Kenya simultaneously with the 2007 All-Africa Games.[2]
| Most recent season or competition: 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier | |
| Formerly | All-Africa Games |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 2007 |
| First season | 2007 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Confederation | AfHF (Africa) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  South Africa (5th title) (2023) |
| Most titles | South Africa (5 titles) |
Results edit
Summaries edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2007 Details |
Nairobi, Kenya |  South Africa |
2–1 |  Egypt |
 Kenya |
3–2 |  Ghana |
6 | |||
| 2011 Details |
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
1–0 | Egypt |
Ghana |
5–1 | Kenya |
6 | |||
| 2015 Details |
Randburg, South Africa | South Africa |
4–2 | Egypt |
Kenya |
4–3 | Ghana |
9 | |||
| 2019 Details |
Stellenbosch, South Africa | South Africa |
Round-robin | Egypt |
Ghana |
Round-robin |  Zimbabwe |
6 | |||
| 2023 Details |
Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa |
2–1 | Egypt |
Ghana |
7–1 |  Uganda |
8 | |||
Top four statistics edit
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa
|
5 (2007, 2011, 2015*, 2019*, 2023*) | |||
 Egypt
|
5 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) | |||
 Ghana
|
3 (2011, 2019, 2023) | 2 (2007, 2015) | ||
 Kenya
|
2 (2007*, 2015) | 1 (2011) | ||
 Zimbabwe
|
1 (2019) | |||
 Uganda
|
1 (2023) |
- * = host nation
Team appearances edit
| Nation | 2007 |
2011 |
2015 |
2019 |
2023 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Botswana
|
– | – | 9th | – | – | 1 |
| Egypt
|
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 5 |
| Ghana
|
4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
| Kenya
|
3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5 |
 Morocco
|
– | 6th | – | – | – | 1 |
 Namibia
|
– | – | 7th | 6th | – | 2 |
 Nigeria
|
5th | – | 5th | WD | 5th | 3 |
| South Africa
|
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5 |
 Tanzania
|
– | – | 8th | – | – | 1 |
| Uganda
|
6th | – | – | WD | 4th | 2 |
 Zambia
|
– | – | – | – | 7th | 1 |
| Zimbabwe
|
– | 5th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Vanguard, 16 December 2006: Africa Games pushed a week back *Hockey, baseball, softball fail to get back in Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ghana Hockey Association, 20 April 2007: 2007 All Africa Games - Hockey to be Played Simultaneously in Nairobi