Most recent season or competition: 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations | |
Formerly | Hockey African Cup for Nations |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Founded | 1974 |
First season | 1974 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Confederation | AfHF (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | South Africa (8th title) (2022) |
Most titles | South Africa (8 titles) |
The Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international men's field hockey tournament governed by African Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champions of Africa and qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup.
The first edition was held in 1974. [1]
The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualify directly for the tournament while the other teams have to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualify for the tournament. The three regions are Northeast Africa, Northwest Africa, and Central south Africa. [2]
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1974 Details | Cairo, Egypt | Ghana | Round-robin | Uganda | Kenya | Round-robin | Nigeria | 5 | |||
1983 Details | Cairo, Egypt | Egypt | Round-robin | Kenya | Ghana | Round-robin | Nigeria | 6 | |||
1989 Details | Blantyre, Malawi | Egypt | Round-robin | Kenya | Malawi | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | 5 | |||
1993 Details | Nairobi, Kenya | South Africa | Round-robin | Egypt | Kenya | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | 5 | |||
1996 Details | Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa | Round-robin | Kenya | Egypt | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | 6 | |||
2000 Details | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | South Africa | 3–2 | Egypt | Zimbabwe | 1–1 | Ghana | 7 | |||
2005 Details | Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p.s.) | Egypt | Ghana | 2–0 | Nigeria | 5 | |||
2009 Details | Accra, Ghana | South Africa | 3–1 | Egypt | Ghana | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria | 4 | |||
2013 Details | Nairobi, Kenya | South Africa | 2–0 | Egypt | Kenya | 4–1 | Ghana | 4 | |||
2017 Details | Ismailia, Egypt | South Africa | 2–1 | Egypt | Ghana | 5–3 | Kenya | 5 | |||
2022 Details | Accra, Ghana | South Africa | 1–1 (3–1 s.o.) | Egypt | Nigeria | 4–2 | Kenya | 7 | |||
2025 Details | TBA | 8 |
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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South Africa | 8 (1993, 1996*, 2000, 2005*, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022) | |||
Egypt | 2 (1983*, 1989) | 7 (1993, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017*, 2022) | 1 (1996) | |
Ghana | 1 (1974) | 4 (1983, 2005, 2009*, 2017) | 3 (2000, 2013) | |
Kenya | 3 (1983, 1989, 1996) | 3 (1993*, 2013*, 1974) | 2 (2017, 2022) | |
Uganda | 1 (1974) | |||
Nigeria | 1 (2022) | 4 (1974, 1983, 2005, 2009) | ||
Zimbabwe | 1 (2000*) | 3 (1989, 1993, 1996) | ||
Malawi | 1 (1989*) |
Nation | 1974 | 1983 | 1989 | 1993 | 1996 | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | 2013 | 2017 | 2022 | 2025 | Total |
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Botswana | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Egypt | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 12 |
Ghana | 1st | 3rd | – | – | – | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | Q | 9 |
Kenya | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | 3rd | 4th | 4th | Q | 9 |
Malawi | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Namibia | – | – | – | – | 5th | 6th | 5th | – | – | – | 7th | Q | 5 |
Nigeria | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 4th | – | 5th | 3rd | Q | 8 |
Seychelles | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
South Africa | – | – | – | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | 9 |
Tanzania | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Uganda | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | 6th | Q | 4 |
Zambia | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | WD | – | Q | 2 |
Zimbabwe | – | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | WD | – | 5 |
Total | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
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