Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

The Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international women's field hockey tournament governed by African Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champions of Africa and qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup.

Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Most recent season or competition:
2017 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
FormerlyHockey African Cup for Nations
SportField hockey
Founded1990 (1990)
Inaugural season1990
No. of teams8
ContinentAfHF (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 South Africa (6th title)
(2017)
Most titles South Africa (6 titles)

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 Northeast Africa, Northwest Africa, and Central south Africa.[1]

Results

Year Host Final Third place game Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1990
Details
Harare, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Round-robin
Namibia

Kenya
Round-robin
Malawi
5
1994
Details
Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa
Round-robin
Zimbabwe

Namibia
Round-robin
Botswana
4
1998
Details
Harare, Zimbabwe
South Africa
5–0
Kenya

Zimbabwe
Round-robin
Egypt
4
2005
Details
Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa
6–1
Ghana

Namibia
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Nigeria
4
2009
Details
Accra, Ghana
South Africa
5–1
Ghana

Nigeria
4–1
Egypt
4
2013
Details
Nairobi, Kenya
South Africa
3–2
Ghana

Kenya
11–0
Tanzania
4
2017
Details
Ismailia, Egypt
South Africa
4–0
Ghana

Nigeria
3–3
(2–1 s.o.)

Kenya
5
2022
Details
7

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 South Africa 6 (1994*, 1998, 2005*, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 Zimbabwe 1 (1990*) 1 (1994) 1 (1998*)
 Ghana 4 (2005, 2009*, 2013, 2017)
 Kenya 1 (1998) 2 (1990, 2013*) 1 (2017)
 Namibia 1 (1990) 2 (1994, 2005)
 Nigeria 2 (2009, 2017) 1 (2005)
 Egypt 2 (1998, 2009)
 Tanzania 1 (2013)
 Malawi 1 (1990)
 Botswana 1 (1994)
* = hosts

Team appearances

Team
1990

1994

1998

2005

2009

2013

2017

2022
Total
 Botswana 4th1
 Egypt 4th4th5th3
 Ghana 2nd2nd2nd2ndQ5
 Kenya 3rd2nd3rd4thQ5
 Malawi 4th1
 Namibia 2nd3rd3rd3
 Nigeria 4th3rd3rdQ4
 South Africa 1st1st1st1st1st1stQ7
 Tanzania 4th1
 Uganda Q1
 Zambia 5th1
 Zimbabwe 1st2nd3rd3
Total54444457

See also

References

  1. Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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