Field hockey at the 2023 African Games – Men's tournament

Men's field hockey
at the 2023 African Games

Tournament details
Host country	Ghana
City	Accra
Dates	17 March 2024 (2024-03-17)–22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)
Runner-up	Ghana
Third place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	30 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed El-Ganaini James Samaila (5 goals)
← 2003 (previous)

Field Hockey was among the sports at the 13th Africa Games held in 8 to 23 March 2023 in Accra, Ghana.

Egypt won the final on penalties against the hosts Ghana after a 2–2 score-line at the end of regular time. Nigeria won the third-place playoff against Kenya (2–1).

Competition schedule

In the preliminary round, games will be played on two pitches.

G

Group stage

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Sun 17	Mon 18	Tue 19	Wed 20	Thu 21	Fri 22
G	G		G		B	F

Participating nations

5 teams were scheduled to compete in field hockey. ^[1]

  Egypt

The squad was announced on 12 March 2024. ^[2]

Head Coach: Tahir Zaman

3. Mostafa Mansour
7. Ahmed Mohsen
9. Amr Sayed (C)
10. Ashraf Said
11. Ahmed El-Naggar
12. Mohamed Ragab
13. Mahmoud Mamdouh
14. Karim Atef
15. Moustafa Tarek
16. Mahmoud Hussin (GK)
17. Hussein Awad
18. Ziad Adel
21. Ahmed El-Ganaini
22. Mohamed Adel
24. Basel Abdelmonem
27. Mohamed Ali
30. Hossameldin Ragab
32. Mohamed Hemid (GK)

  Ghana

The squad was announced on 14 March 2024. ^[3]

Head Coach: Salya Nsalbini

2. Joshua Pepperah
4. Charles Abbiw (C)
5. Stephen Asamoah
7. Derrick Fialor
8. Emmanuel Ankomah
9. Richard Adjei
10. Abdellah Addison
11. Francis Tettey
12. Samuel Agbeli
13. Emmanuel Akaba
15. Ernest Opoku
18. Benjamin Kwofie
19. Alfred Ntiamoah
20. Matthew Damalie
24. Luke Damalie
26. Benjamin Acquah (GK)
28. Malik Abdul
30. Eugene Acheampong (GK)

  Kenya

Head Coach: Willys Otieno

1. Festus Onyango
2. Joshua Omondi (GK)
3. Moses Loise
4. Sutcliffe Usagi
6. Constant Wakhura (C)
7. Bethuel Masambu
8. Ivan Ludiali
10. Francis Kariuki
11. Cliffe Omari
12. George Mutria
13. Moses Ademba
15. Robert Masibo
18. James Muthii
20. Samuel Silong (GK)
25. Emmanuel Wiswa
30. Derick Henry
32. Kennedy Mango
42. Mathias Omwaka

  Nigeria

The squad was announced on 12 March 2024. ^[4]

Head coach:Baba Ndana

1. Haruna Yohanna (GK)
3. Christopher Joseph
4. Olawale Ajibua
5. Joseph Adamu
6. James Samaila
7. Kish Victor
8. Michael John (C)
9. Sunday Godwin
10. Muiz Bello
11. Kelvin Linus
12. Peter John
13. Dennis Solomon
14. Elkana Ibrahim
15. Olayinka Jayeoba
16. Endurance Nzete
17. Isaac Patrick
19. Benjamin Ibrahim
22. Mustapha Abdullahi (GK)

  South Africa ^[5]

Group stage

All times are local (UTC)

The pools were announced on 22 February 2024. ^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	9	6	+3	9	Final
2	Ghana (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3	Third place match
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	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 scored.
(H) Hosts

17 March 2024 14:00 Ghana   1–0   Nigeria Damalie  58' Report Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Haroon Rashid (PAK)

17 March 2024 16:00 Kenya   2–3   Egypt Wakhura  23' Ademba  59' Report Adel  17' Ragab  41' El-Ganaini  47' Umpires: Nortey Ebenezer (GHA) Simon Awasa (NGR)

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18 March 2024 10:00 Egypt   5–4   Nigeria El-Ganaini  17', 36' Ragab  29' Sayed  32' Mamdouh  51' Report Samaila  21', 30' Victor  32', 49' Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Nortey Ebenezer (GHA)

18 March 2024 16:00 Kenya   1–3   Ghana Wiswa  59' Report Fialor  38' Addison  43' Ntiamoah  45' Umpires: Mohamed Hassan (EGY) Simon Awasa (NGR)

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20 March 2024 14:00 Nigeria   2–1   Kenya Samaila  15', 21' Report Masambu  7' Umpires: Nortey Ebenezer (GHA) Mohamed Hassan (EGY)

20 March 2024 16:00 Ghana   0–1   Egypt Report El-Ganaini  41' Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Deepak Joshi (IND)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

22 March 2024 14:00 Nigeria   2–1   Kenya Samaila  33' John  43' Report Kariuki  53' Umpires: Mohamed Hassan (EGY) Nortey Ebenezer (GHA)

Final

22 March 2024 16:00 Egypt   2–2   Ghana El-Ganaini  15' Adel  26' Report Ntiamoah  44' Tettey  57' Penalties Ragab Mansour El-Ganaini Adel Said 3–1 Kwofie Agbeli Ntiamoah Ankomah Adjei Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Deepak Joshi (IND)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team
	Egypt
	Ghana (H)
	Nigeria
4	Kenya

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.

5 goals

• Ahmed El-Ganaini
• James Samaila

2 goals

• Hossameldin Ragab
• Alfred Ntiamoah
• Kish Victor

1 goal

• Mohamed Adel
• Ziad Adel
• Mahmoud Mamdouh
• Amr Sayed
• Abdellah Addison
• Luke Damalie
• Derrick Fialor
• Francis Tettey
• Moses Ademba
• Francis Kariuki
• Bethuel Masambu
• Constant Wakhura
• Emmanuel Wiswa
• Peter John

Source: FIH

References

1. @africanhockeyfederation; (21 February 2024). "The Hockey 🏑 tournaments (M/W) of the 13th African Games 2023 ..." – via Instagram.
2. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
3. @ghanahockey; (14 March 2024). "Ghana Hockey Association has announced the Ghana National Hockey Teams to participate in the 13th African Games 2023 taking place in Accra - Ghana from the 17th - 22nd March 2024" – via Instagram.
4. @nigeriahockeyfederation; (12 March 2024). "TEAM NIGERIA HOCKEY MALE AND FEMALE TEAMS EYE PODIUM FINISH AT THE 13TH ALL AFRICAN GAMES AS BOTH TEAMS DEPART NIGERIA" – via Instagram.
5. "Team SA withdraws hockey from 13th African Games". TeamSA. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
6. @africanhockeyfederation; (22 February 2022). "Match Schedule 🏑 released for the 13th African Games 2023 (15-22 March 2024) in Accra, Ghana" – via Instagram.