2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
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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Last updated July 17, 2024

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]

Qualification

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
—	FIH World Rankings	—	2	Egypt South Africa
Cancelled^[7]	North-West Africa Qualifier	—	2	Ghana Nigeria
Cancelled	North-East Africa Qualifier	—	2	Kenya Uganda
Cancelled^[1]	Central-South Africa Qualifier	—	1	Namibia ~~Zimbabwe~~
Total			7

Preliminary round

The schedule was published on 14 December 2021.^[8]

All times are local (UTC±0).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	2	2	0	15	1	+14	6	Semi-finals
2	Kenya	2	1	1	5	3	+2	3	Semi-finals
3	Namibia	2	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]

17 January 2022
20:00

South Africa	13–0	Namibia
Malgraff 5' Drummond 10' Pautz 23', 54' Spooner 24', 54' Guise-Brown 35', 47', 49' Paton 45' Sherwood 56', 60' Jackson 58'	Report

Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Stanley Tamale (UGA)

18 January 2022
17:00

Namibia	1–4	Kenya
Tjikuniva 18'	Report	Wakhura 14' Iningu 51' Awino 53' Onyango 57'

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

19 January 2022
16:00

Kenya	1–2	South Africa
Wakhura 40'	Report	Ntuli 33', 37'

Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Semi-finals
2	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	13	8	+5	4	Semi-finals
3	Ghana (H)	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Uganda	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

17 January 2022
16:00

Ghana	1–1	Uganda
Tettey 28'	Report	Ntumba 40'

Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)

17 January 2022
18:00

Egypt	4–2	Nigeria
Sayed 32' Ibrahim 35', 45' Mos. Ragab 42'	Report	P. John 28' Samaila 36'

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

18 January 2022
13:00

Nigeria	10–3	Uganda
P. John 9', 59' Samaila 10' Victor 11' Sunday 20' Ibrahim 22', 53' M. John 35' Solomon 40' Godwin 42'	Report	Mugisha 3' Opio 25' Okodi 50'

Umpires:
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)

18 January 2022
19:00

Ghana	0–1	Egypt
	Report	El-Ganaini 55'

Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)

20 January 2022
13:00

Egypt	3–1	Uganda
Mos. Ragab 21' Z. Adel 23' Nasr 47'	Report	Ntumba 21'

Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

20 January 2022
19:00

Nigeria	1–1	Ghana
P. John 43'	Report	Tettey 56'

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

Fifth to seventh place classification

Bracket

Sixth place		Fifth place




		22 January

		Ghana	6
21 January
		Uganda	1
Namibia	2

Uganda	3

Sixth place game

21 January 2022
09:00

Namibia	2–3	Uganda
La Cock 29', 39'	Report	Opio 9', 13' Batusa 34'

Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)

Fifth place game

22 January 2022
11:00

Ghana	6–1	Uganda
Adjei 12', 37' Tettey 23', 44' Kwofie 34' Akaba 58'	Report	Batusa 52'

Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

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

22 January 2022
13:15

South Africa	7–0	Nigeria
Guise-Brown 17', 23', 57' Ntuli 18' Pautz 20' Malgraff 27' Bell 43'	Report

Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

22 January 2022
15:30

Egypt	5–1	Kenya
Nasr 11' Ragab 12', 27' M. Adel 37' El-Naggar 43'	Report	Wakhura 51'

Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

Third place game

23 January 2022
14:15

Nigeria	4–2	Kenya
Godwin 7' Sunday 18' Ibrahim 31' Samaila 44'	Report	Kipyego 18' Iningu 52'

Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Stanley Tamale (UGA)

Final

23 January 2022
18:15

South Africa	1–1	Egypt
Guise-Brown 12'	Report	Z. Adel 23'
Penalties
Spooner Mvimbi Ntuli Ngubane Sherwood	3–1	M. Adel Edris Sayed Nasr

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)]

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Egypt
	Nigeria
4	Kenya
5	Ghana
6	Uganda
7	Namibia

	Qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.

7 goals

Matthew Guise-Brown

4 goals

Mostafa Ragab
Francis Tettey
Peter John

3 goals

Constant Wakhura
Benjamin Ibrahim
James Samaila
Nqobile Ntuli
Richard Pautz
Thomas Opio

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Contents

Qualification

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Fifth to seventh place classification

Bracket

Sixth place game

Fifth place game

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Goalscorers

See also

Related Research Articles

References