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

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Men's field hockey
at the 2023 African Games
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
City Accra
Dates17 March 2024 (2024-03-17)–22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (3rd title)
Runner-upFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Third placeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored30 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed El-Ganaini
Flag of Nigeria.svg 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.

Contents

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.

GGroup stageBBronze medal matchFFinal
Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22
GGGBF

Participating nations

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

Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

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

Head Coach: Flag of Pakistan.svg Tahir Zaman

  1. Mostafa Mansour
  2. Ahmed Mohsen
  3. Amr Sayed (C)
  4. Ashraf Said
  5. Ahmed El-Naggar
  6. Mohamed Ragab
  7. Mahmoud Mamdouh
  8. Karim Atef
  9. Moustafa Tarek
  10. Mahmoud Hussin (GK)
  11. Hussein Awad
  12. Ziad Adel
  13. Ahmed El-Ganaini
  14. Mohamed Adel
  15. Basel Abdelmonem
  16. Mohamed Ali
  17. Hossameldin Ragab
  18. Mohamed Hemid (GK)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

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

Head Coach: Salya Nsalbini

  1. Joshua Pepperah
  2. Charles Abbiw (C)
  3. Stephen Asamoah
  4. Derrick Fialor
  5. Emmanuel Ankomah
  6. Richard Adjei
  7. Abdellah Addison
  8. Francis Tettey
  9. Samuel Agbeli
  10. Emmanuel Akaba
  11. Ernest Opoku
  12. Benjamin Kwofie
  13. Alfred Ntiamoah
  14. Matthew Damalie
  15. Luke Damalie
  16. Benjamin Acquah (GK)
  17. Malik Abdul
  18. Eugene Acheampong (GK)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

Head Coach: Willys Otieno

  1. Festus Onyango
  2. Joshua Omondi (GK)
  3. Moses Loise
  4. Sutcliffe Usagi
  5. Constant Wakhura (C)
  6. Bethuel Masambu
  7. Ivan Ludiali
  8. Francis Kariuki
  9. Cliffe Omari
  10. George Mutria
  11. Moses Ademba
  12. Robert Masibo
  13. James Muthii
  14. Samuel Silong (GK)
  15. Emmanuel Wiswa
  16. Derick Henry
  17. Kennedy Mango
  18. Mathias Omwaka
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

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

Head coach:Baba Ndana

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

Group stage

All times are local (UTC)

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 330096+39 Final
2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (H)320142+26
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 310267−13 Third place match
4Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 300348−40
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  Flag of Ghana.svg1–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Damalie Field hockey ball.svg 58' Report
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Haroon Rashid (PAK)

17 March 2024
16:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg2–3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Wakhura Field hockey ball.svg 23'
Ademba Field hockey ball.svg 59'		 Report Adel Field hockey ball.svg 17'
Ragab Field hockey ball.svg 41'
El-Ganaini Field hockey ball.svg 47'
Umpires:
Nortey Ebenezer (GHA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

18 March 2024
10:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg5–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
El-Ganaini Field hockey ball.svg 17', 36'
Ragab Field hockey ball.svg 29'
Sayed Field hockey ball.svg 32'
Mamdouh Field hockey ball.svg 51'		 Report Samaila Field hockey ball.svg 21', 30'
Victor Field hockey ball.svg 32', 49'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Nortey Ebenezer (GHA)

18 March 2024
16:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg1–3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Wiswa Field hockey ball.svg 59' Report Fialor Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Addison Field hockey ball.svg 43'
Ntiamoah Field hockey ball.svg 45'
Umpires:
Mohamed Hassan (EGY)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

20 March 2024
14:00
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Samaila Field hockey ball.svg 15', 21' Report Masambu Field hockey ball.svg 7'
Umpires:
Nortey Ebenezer (GHA)
Mohamed Hassan (EGY)

20 March 2024
16:00
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg0–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Report El-Ganaini Field hockey ball.svg 41'
Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Deepak Joshi (IND)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

22 March 2024
14:00
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Samaila Field hockey ball.svg 33'
John Field hockey ball.svg 43'		 Report Kariuki Field hockey ball.svg 53'
Umpires:
Mohamed Hassan (EGY)
Nortey Ebenezer (GHA)

Final

22 March 2024
16:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
El-Ganaini Field hockey ball.svg 15'
Adel Field hockey ball.svg 26'		 Report Ntiamoah Field hockey ball.svg 44'
Tettey Field hockey ball.svg 57'
Penalties
Ragab Field hockey penmiss.svg
Mansour Field hockey penmiss.svg
El-Ganaini Field hockey pengoal.svg
Adel Field hockey pengoal.svg
Said Field hockey pengoal.svg		3–1Field hockey penmiss.svg Kwofie
Field hockey penmiss.svg Agbeli
Field hockey penmiss.svg Ntiamoah
Field hockey pengoal.svg Ankomah
Field hockey penmiss.svg Adjei
Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Deepak Joshi (IND)

Statistics

Final standings

PosTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (H)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
4Flag of Kenya.svg  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

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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