2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier

2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier

African Hockey Road To Paris 2024
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Dates	29 October – 5 November
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Tuks Astro
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (5th title)
Runner-up	Nigeria
Third place	Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	71 (4.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tarryn Lombard [1] (7 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Martha Uko [1]
Fair play award	Zimbabwe [1]
← 2019 (previous)

The 2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier was the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the women's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It was held alongside the men'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] [9]}

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
FIH World Rankings	—	—	2	South Africa   Ghana
Northeast African Qualifying Tournament	6 June 2022	Cancelled [10]	2	Kenya   Uganda
Northwest African Qualifying Tournament	25 August 2022	Cancelled [11]	2	Nigeria   Zambia *
FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament	31 August – 4 September 2022	Harare	2	Zimbabwe   Namibia
Total			8

^* – Zambia Women selected by AfHF EB to complete 8 teams for the Women OQ

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2). ^[12]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	2	2	0	0	14	0	+14	6	Semi-finals
2	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2	1	12	−11	0	Fifth to seventh place classification

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. ^[13]
(H) Hosts

29 October 2023 17:00 [note 1] South Africa   10–0   Zimbabwe Bobbs  4', 33', 51' Mokoena  9', 17' Lombard  15', 25' Du Toit  40' Wood  46' Louw  59' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Charity Majimbo (KEN)

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30 October 2023 18:00 Nigeria   0–4   South Africa Report Lombard  20' Wood  23' Seerane  33' Paton  53' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Rita Katoka (ZAM) Charity Majimbo (KEN)

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1 November 2023 08:00 Zimbabwe   1–2   Nigeria A. Terblanche  45' Report Saturday  39', 55' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Evelyn Fiador (GHA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Ghana	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Zambia	3	1	0	2	4	13	−9	3	Fifth to seventh place classification
4	Namibia	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	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. ^[13]

29 October 2023 08:00 Ghana   2–1   Namibia Berko  13' Coffie  54' Report Rix  5' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Melissa Taylor (RSA)

29 October 2023 10:00 Kenya   4–0   Zambia Mutiva  12', 41' Wachira  30' Okumu  32' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Irene Handura (NAM) Evelyn Fiador (GHA)

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30 October 2023 08:00 Namibia   2–3   Zambia Semedo  37' Meyer  47' Report Kalomo  8' Nakombe  36' Kaluba  50' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Munashe Mashoko (ZIM) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)

30 October 2023 14:00 Kenya   3–2   Ghana Chebet  1' Bwire  30' Okumu  40' Report Berko  36', 48' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

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1 November 2023 10:00 Ghana   7–1   Zambia Berko  4', 11' Antwi  26', 30' Afriyie  37' Ackon  40' Narkuor  45' Report Munthali  4' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Irene Handura (NAM)

1 November 2023 12:00 Namibia   0–1   Kenya Report Bwire  53' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)

Fifth to seventh place classification

Bracket

	5–7th place semi-final				Fifth place
					4 November
					Zambia	0
	2 November
					Namibia	3
	Zimbabwe	2 (0)
	Namibia (p.s.o.)	2 (3)

5–7th place semi-final

2 November 2023 08:00 Zimbabwe   2–2   Namibia A. Terblanche  42' Zimuto  44' Report Kruger  30' Semedo  45' Penalties N. Terblanche Viviers Diplock 0–3 Myburgh Kruger Ludwig University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Rita Katoka (ZAM) Charity Majimbo (KEN)

Fifth place game

4 November 2023 09:15 Zambia   0–3   Namibia Report Kruger  8', 46' Rix  19' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Charity Majimbo (KEN) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 November
	South Africa	7
					5 November
	Ghana	0
					South Africa	9
	3 November
					Nigeria	0
	Kenya	0
	Nigeria	1
					Third place
					5 November
					Ghana	1
					Kenya	3

Semi-finals

3 November 2023 12:30 Kenya   0–1   Nigeria Report Johnson  3' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Evelyn Fiador (GHA)

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3 November 2023 17:00 South Africa   7–0   Ghana Lombard  3' De Waal  10' Bobbs  12', 20' Seerane  29' Louw  30' Wood  60' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

Third place game

5 November 2023 12:00 Ghana   1–3   Kenya Berko  10' Report Guchu  3' Kemunto  7' Chebet  33' University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Irene Handura (NAM)

Final

5 November 2023 16:30 South Africa   9–0   Nigeria Lombard  1', 14', 34' Du Toit  17' Bobbs  20' Wood  22' Augousti  23' Isaacs  35' Paton  49' Report University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Nigeria
3	Kenya
4	Ghana
5	Namibia
6	Zambia
7	Zimbabwe

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.73 goals per match.

7 goals

• Tarryn Lombard

6 goals

• Mavis Berko
• Quanita Bobbs

4 goals

• Bianca Wood

3 goals

• Jahntwa Kruger

2 goals

• Doris Antwi
• Eleanor Chebet
• Flavia Mutiva
• Maureen Okumu
• Lucy Wachira
• Charlize Rix
• Tisha Semedo
• Comfort Saturday
• Jean-Leigh du Toit
• Marie Louw
• Ntsopa Mokoena
• Kristen Paton
• Celia Seerane
• Alexei Terblanche

1 goal

• Mercy Ackon
• Lydia Afriyie
• Ernestina Coffie
• Vivian Narkuor
• Grace Bwire
• Caroline Guchu
• Naom Kemunto
• Adoré Meyer
• Benedicta Johnson
• Taheera Augousti
• Paris-Gail Isaacs
• Kayla de Waal
• Martha Kalomo
• Christine Kaluba
• Margret Munthali
• Carol Nakombe
• Rumbidzaiishe Zimuto

Source: FIH

See also

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

Notes

1. The start time was moved back due to a lightning. ^[14]

References

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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.
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10. "Revised AfHF Road Map 2022–2023". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
11. "Northwest Africa Qualifier for AAG 2023 (Women) – Cancelled". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
12. "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) – Final Match Schedule". africahockey.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
13. FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
14. @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.