2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

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2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
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Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
City Ismailia
Dates11–18 October
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Suez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (8th title)
Runner-upFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Third placeFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored54 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Ghana.svg Mavis Berko (6 goals)
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The 2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international women'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 men's tournament in Ismailia, Egypt from 11 to 18 October 2025. [1]

Contents

South Africa, as the winner qualified for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup. [2]

Qualification

The highest-ranked team in the FIH Women's World Ranking qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each regional qualifier qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa. [3] [4]

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Highlighted are the countries that are participating in the 2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations.
  Qualified
  Hosts
DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifiers
—Hosts—1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
— FIH Women's World Ranking —1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Cancelled [5] North-West Africa Qualifier—2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Cancelled [6] North-East Africa Qualifier—1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda [7]
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya [7]
17–24 August 2024 Central-South Africa Qualifier Harare, Zimbabwe3Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia [8]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia [7]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [7]
Total8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4310182+1610 Final
2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 4301207+139
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 421175+27 Third place match
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 4103311−83
5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (H)4004124−230
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. [9]
(H) Hosts
11 October 2025
12:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg1–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Owiti Field hockey ball.svg 50' Report
Umpires:
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)
11 October 2025
16:00
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg8–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Sarfoa Field hockey ball.svg 14'
Narkuor Field hockey ball.svg 21', 31', 33'
Afriyie Field hockey ball.svg 41'
Amoah Field hockey ball.svg 43'
Owusuaa Field hockey ball.svg 54'
Agyei Field hockey ball.svg 58'		 Report El-Sayed Field hockey ball.svg 48'
Umpires:
Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
12 October 2025
11:00
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg5–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Berko Field hockey ball.svg 13', 15', 29', 41', 56' Report Obukowho Field hockey ball.svg 5'
Umpires:
Mari-Elize Swart (RSA)
Linah Barasa (KEN)
12 October 2025
17:00
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg10–0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Zulu Field hockey ball.svg 3', 59'
Mokoena Field hockey ball.svg 15'
Pearce Field hockey ball.svg 17'
Mali Field hockey ball.svg 26'
De Waal Field hockey ball.svg 28', 56'
Augousti Field hockey ball.svg 50', 54'
Fourie Field hockey ball.svg 57'		 Report
Umpires:
Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)
14 October 2025
13:00
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg2–3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Amoah Field hockey ball.svg 19'
Berko Field hockey ball.svg 24'		 Report Mali Field hockey ball.svg 12', 18'
Du Toit Field hockey ball.svg 17'
Umpires:
Linah Barasa (KEN)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
14 October 2025
17:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0–4Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Report Anjao Field hockey ball.svg 15'
Chebet Field hockey ball.svg 34'
Kemunto Field hockey ball.svg 48'
Owiti Field hockey ball.svg 58'
Umpires:
Mari-Elize Swart (RSA)
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
15 October 2025
11:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg0–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report
Umpires:
Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
15 October 2025
13:00
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Christopher Field hockey ball.svg 11'
Njoku Field hockey ball.svg 34'		 Report
Umpires:
Linah Barasa (KEN)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)
17 October 2025
11:00
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg5–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Du Toit Field hockey ball.svg 1'
Bobbs Field hockey ball.svg 34'
Pearce Field hockey ball.svg 41', 49'
Maree Field hockey ball.svg 56'		 Report
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)
17 October 2025
13:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg2–5Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Bwire Field hockey ball.svg 8'
Chebet Field hockey ball.svg 23'		 Report Konadu Field hockey ball.svg 6', 34', 38'
Amoah Field hockey ball.svg 36'
Narkuor Field hockey ball.svg 48'
Umpires:
Mari-Elize Swart (RSA)
Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

18 October 2025
11:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg1–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Bwire Field hockey ball.svg 47' Report
Umpires:
Mari-Elize Swart (RSA)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)

Final

18 October 2025
15:30
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg4–0Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Du Toit Field hockey ball.svg 3', 30'
De Waal Field hockey ball.svg 5'
Pearce Field hockey ball.svg 14'		 Report
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

PosTeamQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (H)
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

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