2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Ismailia
Dates	11–18 October
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Suez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (9th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	99 (6.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	James Samaila (8 goals)
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The 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the 12th 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 March 2025 it was announced that the tournament would be held alongside the women's tournament in Ismailia, Egypt from 11 to 18 October 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

South Africa, as the winner qualified for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. ^[3]

Qualification

The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play 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. ^{[4] [5]}

Highlighted are the countries that are participating in the 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations.

  Qualified

   Hosts

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
—	FIH World Rankings	—	2	South Africa   Egypt
15 – 23 June 2024	North-West Africa Qualifier	Cancelled [6]	2	Ghana   Nigeria
22 – 2 April 2024	North-East Africa Qualifier	Cancelled [7]	2	Kenya   Uganda [8]
17 – 21 August 2024	Central-South Africa Qualifier	Harare, Zimbabwe	2	Namibia [9]   Zambia
Total			8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	5	4	1	0	30	10	+20	13	Final
2	Egypt (H)	5	4	1	0	26	11	+15	13
3	Kenya	5	2	0	3	9	12	−3	6	Third place match
4	Nigeria	5	2	0	3	14	18	−4	6
5	Ghana	5	2	0	3	16	22	−6	6
6	Zambia	5	0	0	5	4	26	−22	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. ^[10]
(H) Hosts

Matches

11 October 2025 10:00 Ghana   1–2   Nigeria Teye  58' Report Solomon  36', 49' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Haitham Selim (EGY)

11 October 2025 14:00 South Africa   5–0 [note 1]   Zambia Report Umpires: Titus Mulwa (KEN) Simon Awasa (NGR)

11 October 2025 20:30 Egypt   2–1   Kenya H. Ragab  43' Mos. Ragab  51' Report Masambu  40' Umpires: Peter Caulder (RSA) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

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12 October 2025 13:00 Zambia   0–5 [note 1]   Ghana Report Umpires: Haitham Selim (EGY) Peter Caulder (RSA)

12 October 2025 15:00 South Africa   3–1   Kenya Horne  20' M. Cassiem  24' Davis  49' Report Masambu  40' Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Simon Awasa (NGR)

12 October 2025 19:00 Egypt   6–3   Nigeria Adel  4', 8' H. Ragab  6' Abdelmonem  11' El-Ganaini  26' Moh. Ragab  53' Report Victor  7' Samaila  21', 26' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Titus Mulwa (KEN)

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14 October 2025 11:00 Nigeria   5–1   Zambia John  14' Samaila  30', 44', 48' Godwin  57' Report Tagwireyi  54' Umpires: Haitham Selim (EGY) Titus Mulwa (KEN)

14 October 2025 15:00 Egypt   3–3   South Africa Mos. Ragab  23' Adel  32' Mamdouh  45' Report Davis  10' D. Cassiem  21', 53' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Simon Awasa (NGR)

14 October 2025 19:00 Kenya   2–4   Ghana Omwaka  7' Loise  60' Report Kwofie  5' Apronti  5' Quagraine  10' Akaba  23' Umpires: Peter Caulder (RSA) Abraham Chaya (ZAM)

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15 October 2025 15:00 Nigeria   1–2   Kenya John  4' Report Omwaka  15+' Mosoiko  43' Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Abraham Chaya (ZAM)

15 October 2025 17:00 Zambia   1–8   Egypt Mutale  42' Report Mamdouh  21', 29', 45' Karem  30', 38' Mos. Ragab  52' Nasr  59' Adel  59' Umpires: Peter Caulder (RSA) Simon Awasa (NGR)

15 October 2025 19:00 Ghana   3–11   South Africa Akaba  16' Kwofie  30' Dogbe  50' Report Horne  12', 57' D. Cassiem  21', 38', 43' Mvimbi  26' Kraai  32' Mann  35' Davis  39' Ngubane  46' Neethling  59' Umpires: Haitham Selim (EGY) Titus Mulwa (KEN)

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17 October 2025 15:00 Kenya   3–2   Zambia Ludiali  22' Nayombe  23' Omari  46' Report Tagwireyi  9' Mpande  12' Umpires: Haitham Selim (EGY) Simon Awasa (NGR)

17 October 2025 17:00 Egypt   7–3   Ghana Adel  17' El-Ganaini  18', 28', 41' H. Ragab  28' Said  43' Abdelmonem  53' Report Folivi  35' Quagraine  36' Quaye  54' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Peter Caulder (RSA)

17 October 2025 19:00 South Africa   8–3   Nigeria D. Cassiem  4', 33' Hobson  29' Horne  31' Neethling  37', 47' Mvimbi  44' Spooner  44' Report Solomon  16' Ibrahim  30' Samaila  45' Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Titus Mulwa (KEN)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

18 October 2025 13:15 Kenya   1–3   Nigeria Usagi  25' Report Solomon  17' Samaila  46', 50' Umpires: Peter Caulder (RSA) Haitham Selim (EGY)

Final

18 October 2025 17:45 South Africa   5–1   Egypt M. Cassiem  8', 15', 43' Spooner  41' Davis  46' Report Esmat  19' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	South Africa	2026 FIH Hockey World Cup
	Egypt (H)	2026 World Cup Qualifiers
	Nigeria
4	Kenya
5	Ghana
6	Zambia

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 6.6 goals per match.

8 goals

• James Samaila

7 goals

• Dayaan Cassiem

4 goals

• Ahmed El-Ganaini
• Mahmoud Mamdouh
• Dennis Solomon
• Mustapha Cassiem
• Calvin Davis
• Keenan Horne

3 goals

• Ziad Adel
• Hossameldin Ragab
• Mostafa Ragab
• Kofi Quagraine
• Hans Neethling

2 goals

• Basel Abdelmonem
• Mohamed Adel
• Ahmed Karem
• Emmanuel Akaba
• Benjamin Kwofie
• Bethuel Masambu
• Mathias Omwaka
• Peter John
• Samkelo Mvimbi
• Nicholas Spooner
• Abraham Tagwireyi

1 goal

• Zeiad Esmat
• Mohamed Nasr
• Mohamed Ragab
• Ashraf Said
• Sylvester Apronti
• Christopher Dogbe
• Francis Folivi
• Bernard Quaye
• Moses Loise
• Ivan Ludiali
• Alex Mosoiko
• Linton Nayombe
• Cliffe Omari
• Sutcliffe Usagi
• Sunday Godwin
• Elkana Ibrahim
• Kish Victor
• Andrew Hobson
• Zenani Kraai
• Ryan Mann
• Senzwesihle Ngubane
• Alfred Mpande
• Isaac Mutale

Source: FIH

See also

• 2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Notes

1. The match resulted in a walkover, after the Zambian team arrived late and did not made it in time for the game. ^[11]

References

1. "Africa Cup of Nations [ACN] - 2025 (12th M & 9th W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
2. @sa_hockey_men; (22 June 2025). "SA Hockey Men –Calendar 2025" – via Instagram.
3. "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
4. Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation . Retrieved 29 February 2020.
5. "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
6. "North West Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
7. "North-East Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
8. @africanhockeyfederation; (29 August 2025). "ACN 2025 Participating Teams" – via Instagram.
9. @africanhockeyfederation; (17 September 2025). "Final Participating Teams (after withdrawal of Namibia Men & Women)" – via Instagram.
10. FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
11. @egyhockey13; (11 October 2025). "Due to the late arrival of the Zambia" – via Instagram.