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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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]

South Africa were the defending champions, winning the 2017 edition. ^[2] They successfully defended their title after beating Egypt in the final. ^[3] The winner qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. ^[4]

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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	2	2	0	0	15	1	+14	6	Semi-finals
2	Kenya	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
3	Namibia	2	0	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)

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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)

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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
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)

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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)

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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)

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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

• Ziad Adel
• Amr Ibrahim
• Mohamed Nasr
• Richard Adjei
• Allan Iningu
• Dian La Cock
• Sunday Godwin
• Emmanuel Sunday
• Ignatius Malgraff
• Bradley Sherwood
• Nicholas Spooner
• Colline Batusa
• Timothy Ntumba

1 goal

• Mohamed Adel
• Ahmed El-Ganaini
• Ahmed El-Naggar
• Amr Sayed
• Emmanuel Akaba
• Benjamin Kwofie
• Emmanuel Awino
• Titus Kipyego
• Festus Onyango
• Isascar Tjikuniva
• Michael John
• Dennis Solomon
• Kish Victor
• Daniel Bell
• Timothy Drummond
• Le-Neal Jackson
• Taine Paton
• Maxwell Mugisha
• Brian Okodi

Source: FIH

See also

• 2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

References

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9. FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021