2021 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

The 2021 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations will be 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. The venue and exact dates are yet to be confirmed.

2021 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
DatesOctober 2021
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
← 2017 (previous) (next) 2025 →

South Africa are the seven-time defending champions, winning the 2017 edition.[1] The winner will qualify for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.[2]

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 North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.[3][4]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
N/A FIH World Rankings N/A 2  Ghana
 South Africa
Cancelled[5] North-West Africa Qualifier N/A 1  Nigeria
1–8 March 2021 North-East Africa Qualifier Nairobi, Kenya 2
1–9 May 2021 Central-South Africa Qualifier Harare, Zimbabwe 2
Total 7

See also

References
  1. "South Africa complete double at Africa Cup of Nations". fih.ch. 29 October 2017.
  2. "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.
  3. Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  4. "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. "AfHF Press Release 30 Dec. 2020 – Revised Event Dates and other important announcements". 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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