| Formerly | Indoor Africa Cup of Nations |
|---|---|
| Sport | Indoor hockey |
| Founded | 2017 |
| First season | 2017 |
| No. of teams | 3 |
| Confederation | AfHF (Africa) |
| Most recent champion(s) | M:  South Africa (2nd title)W:  Namibia (2nd title) (2021) |
Indoor hockey at the Indoor Africa Cup (IAC) was first introduced at the 2017 Men's African Hockey Indoor Cup of Nations in Swakopmund, Namibia. [1]
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2014 [2] | Windhoek, Namibia |  South Africa | Round-robin |  Namibia | No playoff | 2 | |||||
| 2017 Details | Swakopmund, Namibia | South Africa | 2–1 | Namibia |  Zimbabwe | No playoff | 3 | ||||
| 2021 Details | Durban, South Africa | South Africa | 4–1 | Namibia |  Botswana | No playoff | 3 | ||||
| 2024 Details | Swakopmund, Namibia [3] | Namibia | 3–3 (4–3) penalty shootout | South Africa | Zimbabwe | No playoff | 4 | ||||
| Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 (2014, 2017, 2021*) | 1 (2024) | |
| Namibia | 1 (2024*) | 3 (2014*, 2017*, 2021) | |
 Zimbabwe | 2 (2017, 2024) | ||
 Botswana | 1 (2021) |
| Team | 2014 | 2017 | 2021 | 2024 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | – | - | 3rd | DQ [4] | 2 |
| South Africa | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3 |
| Namibia | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | – | 3rd | – | 3rd | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2014 [2] | Windhoek, Namibia | South Africa | Round-robin | Namibia | No playoff | 2 | |||||
| 2017 Details [5] | Swakopmund, Namibia | Namibia | 3–3 (2–1) penalty shootout | South Africa | Zimbabwe | No playoff | 3 | ||||
| 2019 Details | Durban, South Africa | Namibia | 2–0 | South Africa | Botswana | No playoff | 3 | ||||
| 2024 Details | Swakopmund, Namibia [3] | South Africa | 3–3 (2–1) penalty shootout | Namibia | Zimbabwe | No playoff | 4 | ||||
| Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 2 (2017*, 2021) | 2 (2014*, 2024*) | |
| South Africa | 2 (2014, 2024) | 2 (2017, 2021*) | |
| Zimbabwe | 2 (2017, 2024) | ||
| Botswana | 1 (2021) |
| Team | 2014 | 2017 | 2021 | 2024 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | – | - | 3rd | DQ [4] | 2 |
| Namibia | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3 |
| South Africa | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | – | 3rd | - | 3rd | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 4 |
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