2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier

2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier

African Hockey Road To Paris 2024
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Dates	29 October – 5 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	University of Pretoria
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (5th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	104 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matthew Guise-Brown [1] (11 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Benjamin Acquah [1]
Fair play award	Uganda [1]
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The 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier was the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 29 October to 5 November 2023. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

South Africa, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
FIH World Rankings	—	—	2	South Africa   Egypt
Northeast African Qualifying Tournament	6 June 2022	Cancelled [9]	2	Kenya   Uganda
Northwest African Qualifying Tournament	25 August 2022	Cancelled [10]	2	Ghana   Nigeria
FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament	31 August – 4 September 2022	Harare	2	Zimbabwe   Zambia
Total			8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2). ^[11]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	3	3	0	0	29	2	+27	9	Semi-finals
2	Uganda	3	1	0	2	6	13	−7	3
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	6	16	−10	3	Fifth to eighth place classification
4	Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	5	15	−10	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[12]
(H) Hosts

29 October 2023 19:00 [note 1] South Africa   10–0   Zimbabwe D. Cassiem  8' Guise-Brown  17', 20', 35' Ntuli  20', 36', 57' M. Cassiem  29' Van Tonder  49' Kraai  58' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

29 October 2023 20:00 Nigeria   0–5 [note 2]   Uganda Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria

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30 October 2023 16:00 Zimbabwe   2–1   Uganda M. Kanyangarara  24' Kamusewu  47' Report Batusa  26' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Darren Hubach (RSA) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

30 October 2023 20:00 Nigeria   2–8   South Africa Samaila  27', 38' Report Mvimbi  4' Guise-Brown  17', 57' Sherwood  30' Ntuli  35' Kok  46' D. Cassiem  51' M. Cassiem  54' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

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1 November 2023 14:00 Zimbabwe   3–4   Nigeria Mpofu  28' Chomunorwa  31' Kamusewu  43' Report P. John  12' Samaila  24', 48', 59' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

1 November 2023 20:00 South Africa   11–0   Uganda De Sousa  13' Guise-Brown  14', 36', 53' Ntuli  19' Horne  24' Mvimbi  30' M. Cassiem  45', 49', 60' Sherwood  58' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Ghana	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Kenya	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3	Fifth to eighth place classification
4	Zambia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[12]

29 October 2023 12:00 Egypt   2–0   Kenya Adel  40' H. Ragab  55' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Darren Hubach (RSA)

29 October 2023 14:00 [note 3] Ghana   3–1   Zambia Abdul  35' Botsio  39' Ankomah  41' Report Simpanzye  16' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Stanley Tamale (UGA)

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30 October 2023 10:00 Kenya   1–0   Zambia Masibo  53' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Simon Awasa (NGR)

30 October 2023 12:00 Ghana   0–1   Egypt Report M. Ragab  9' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

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1 November 2023 16:00 Egypt   4–1   Zambia H. Ragab  9', 28', 58' Mansour  34' Report Mpande  44' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Stanley Tamale (UGA)

1 November 2023 18:00 Kenya   1–3   Ghana Ludiali  4' Report Akaba  12', 20' Baiden  53' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Darren Hubach (RSA)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	2 November
	Nigeria	5
					4 November
	Zambia	1
					Nigeria	4
	2 November
					Kenya	3
	Kenya	2
	Zimbabwe	1
					Seventh place
					4 November
					Zambia	2
					Zimbabwe	0

5–8th place semi-finals

2 November 2023 16:30 Nigeria   5–1   Zambia Godwin  5' Samaila  9', 55' P. John  16' Linus  35' Report Mpande  28' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Munashe Mashoko (ZIM) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

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2 November 2023 18:45 Kenya   2–1   Zimbabwe Masambu  22' Kariuki  31' Report Chomunorwa  37' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

Seventh place game

4 November 2023 11:30 Zambia   2–0   Zimbabwe Simpanzye  21' Bwali  22' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Stanley Tamale (UGA) Simon Awasa (NGR)

Fifth place game

4 November 2023 13:45 Nigeria   4–3   Kenya P. John  6', 35' Samaila  52' Ajibua  56' Report Onyango  21' Omari  23' Wabwire  56' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 November
	South Africa	7
					5 November
	Ghana	0
					South Africa	2
	3 November
					Egypt	1
	Egypt	9
	Uganda	1
					Third place
					5 November
					Ghana	7
					Uganda	1

Semi-finals

3 November 2023 14:45 Egypt   9–1   Uganda El-Ganaini  15', 26' H. Ragab  21' Mansour  24' Gamal  37', 47' Sayed  45' Mamdouh  48' Ghobran  50' Report Mugisha  57' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Darren Hubach (RSA)

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3 November 2023 19:15 South Africa   7–0   Ghana Julius  4' Guise-Brown  18', 46' Ntuli  19' Kok  20' M. Cassiem  50' Van Tonder  53' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Third place game

5 November 2023 14:15 Ghana   7–1   Uganda Tettey  9', 14', 40' Kwofie  25' Botsio  34' Baiden  45' Opoku  59' Report Batusa  35' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Darren Hubach (RSA) Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

Final

5 November 2023 18:45 South Africa   2–1   Egypt Guise-Brown  1' Julius  51' Report Ghobran  3' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Egypt	2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
3	Ghana
4	Uganda
5	Nigeria
6	Kenya
7	Zambia
8	Zimbabwe

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match.

11 goals

• Matthew Guise-Brown

8 goals

• James Samaila

6 goals

• Mustapha Cassiem
• Nqobile Ntuli

5 goals

• Hossameldin Ragab

4 goals

• Peter John

3 goals

• Francis Tettey

2 goals

• Ahmed El-Ganaini
• Ahmed Gamal
• Hossam Ghobran
• Mostafa Mansour
• Elikem Akaba
• Michael Baiden
• Johnny Botsio
• Dayaan Cassiem
• Ryan Julius
• Tevin Kok
• Samkelo Mvimbi
• Bradley Sherwood
• Jacques van Tonder
• Colline Batusa
• Alfred Mpande
• Joseph Simpanzye
• Alec Chomunorwa
• Tadiwanashe Kamusewu

1 goal

• Ziad Adel
• Mahmoud Mamdouh
• Mostafa Ragab
• Amr Sayed
• Malik Abdul
• Emmanuel Ankomah
• Benjamin Kwofie
• Ernest Opoku
• Francis Kariuki
• Ivan Ludiali
• Bethuel Masambu
• Robert Masibo
• Cliffe Omari
• Festus Onyango
• Danstone Wabwire
• Olawale Ajibua
• Sunday Godwin
• Kelvin Linus
• Keenan Horne
• Zenani Kraai
• Matthew De Sousa
• Maxwell Mugisha
• Phillimon Bwali
• Mutsawashe Kanyangarara
• Arnold Mpofu

Source: FIH

See also

• 2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier
• Field hockey at the 2023 African Games

Notes

1. The start time was moved back due to a lightning. ^[13]
2. Nigeria did not show up to the game and game was counted as a forfeit with a score of 5–0 in favour of Uganda. ^[14]
3. The match was delayed due to lightning. ^[15]

References

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2. webadmin (10 October 2023). "Final Match Schedule - African Hockey Road to Paris 2024". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
3. @africanhockeyfederation; (15 May 2023). "15 May 2023: Revised AfHF 2023 Events Roadmap New hosts & dates announced" – via Instagram.
4. @africanhockeyfederation; (7 September 2023). "The African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W)..." – via Instagram.
5. "African Hockey Road to Paris Qualifier Confirmed". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
6. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024" (PDF).
7. "South Africa seal Olympic Games Paris 2024 Qualification". fih.hockey. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
8. Beer, Rienk De (6 November 2023). "SA Hockey Paris-bound after African success". TeamSA. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
9. "Revised AfHF Road Map 2022–2023". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
10. @afrhockey (25 August 2022). "Due to the late withdrawal of Sierra Leone Men's Team, this tournament was cancelled by the AfHF" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) – Final Match Schedule". africahockey.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
12. FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
13. @SA_Hockey (29 October 2023). "Please note amended start times for the South Africa vs. Zimbabwe times
    17:00 RSA vs Zimbabwe Ladies
    19:00 RSA vs Zimbabwe Men" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
14. "Hockey Cranes get maiden Olympic Qualifier victory". sportsoceanuganda.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
15. @SA_Hockey (29 October 2023). "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 Qualifier. Please note the start of the 14:00 game between Ghana and Zambia has been postponed due to lightning" (Tweet) – via Twitter.