2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

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2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
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Host countryTBA
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
2022 (previous)(next) 2029

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.

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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. [1] [2]

DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifiers
FIH World Rankings 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
15 – 23 June 2024North-West Africa QualifierCancelled [3] 2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
22 – 2 April 2024North-East Africa QualifierCancelled [4] 2Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
17 – 21 August 2024 Central-South Africa Qualifier Harare, Zimbabwe2Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Total8

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