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 2025
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Suez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium
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The 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations will be 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]}

The winner will qualify 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   Zambia
Total			8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 11 October 2025. Source: AfHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[9]

11 October 2025 14:00 Namibia   v   Nigeria

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12 October 2025 13:00 Nigeria   v   South Africa

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14 October 2025 11:00 South Africa   v   Namibia

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 11 October 2025. Source: AfHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[9]
(H) Hosts

11 October 2025 12:00 Kenya   v   Ghana

11 October 2025 17:00 Egypt   v   Zambia

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12 October 2025 15:00 Kenya   v   Zambia

12 October 2025 17:00 Ghana   v   Egypt

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14 October 2025 11:00 Ghana   v   Zambia

14 October 2025 17:00 Egypt   v   Kenya

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 October
	1st Pool A
					18 October
	2nd Pool B
	17 October
	2nd Pool A
	1st Pool B
					Third place
					18 October

Semi-finals

17 October 2025 16:00 1st Pool A v 2nd Pool B

17 October 2025 18:15 2nd Pool A v 1st Pool B

Third place game

18 October 2025 13:45 v

Final

18 October 2025 17:45 v

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos	Team
1	TBA	2026 FIH World Cup
2	TBA	2026 World Cup Qualifiers
3	TBA
4	TBA
5	TBA
6	TBA
7	TBA

Source: FIH

See also

• 2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

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. FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022