Most recent season or competition: 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Africa Cup | |
Formerly | Junior Africa Cup of Nations |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Founded | 1978 |
No. of teams | 4 |
Confederation | AfHF (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | South Africa (5th title) (2023) |
Most titles | Egypt & South Africa (5 titles) |
The Men's Junior Africa Cup (JAC), formerly known as the Junior Africa Cup of Nations, is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organised by the African Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1988 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup. [1] Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1978 | Ibadan, Nigeria | Ghana | Kenya | Nigeria | Only three teams. | 3 | |||||
1982 | Nairobi, Kenya | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Only two teams. | 2 | ||||||
1984 | Cairo, Egypt | Egypt | Zimbabwe | Kenya | Only three teams. | 3 | |||||
1989 | Morocco | Egypt | Zimbabwe | Kenya | Morocco | 4 | |||||
1993 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Egypt | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Only three teams. | 3 | |||||
1997 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Egypt | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Kenya | 4 | |||||
2001 | Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa | Egypt | Zimbabwe | Nigeria | 4 | |||||
2004 | Cairo, Egypt | South Africa | Egypt | Ghana | Nigeria | 6 | |||||
2008 | Cairo, Egypt | South Africa | Egypt | Ghana | Sudan | 6 | |||||
2012 Details | Randburg, South Africa | South Africa | 1–1 (4–2 p.s.o.) | Egypt | Ghana | 4–2 | Kenya | 5 | |||
2016 Details | Windhoek, Namibia | Egypt | 3–2 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | 5–3 | Namibia | 5 | |||
2021 | Windhoek, Namibia | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] | Cancelled | 5 | |||||||
2023 Details | Ismailia, Egypt | South Africa | 2–2 (4–3 p.s.o.) | Egypt | Kenya | 2–1 | Zimbabwe | 4 | |||
2024 Details | Windhoek, Namibia [3] |
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Egypt | 5 (1984*, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2016) | 5 (2001, 2004*, 2008*, 2012, 2023*) | ||
South Africa | 5 (2001*, 2004, 2008, 2012*, 2023) | 2 (1997, 2016) | ||
Kenya | 1 (1982*) | 2 (1978, 1993) | 3 (1984, 1989, 2023) | 2 (1997, 2012) |
Ghana | 1 (1978) | 3 (2004, 2008, 2012) | ||
Zimbabwe | 3 (1982, 1984, 1989) | 4 (1993*, 1997*, 2001, 2016) | 1 (2023) | |
Nigeria | 1 (1978*) | 2 (2001, 2004) | ||
Namibia | 1 (2016*) | |||
Sudan | 1 (2008) | |||
Morocco | 1 (1989*) |
Team | 1978 | 1982 | 1984 | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2023 | Total |
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Egypt | – | – | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 10 |
Ghana | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | – | WD | 4 |
Kenya | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | – | 5th | 6th | 4th | – | 3rd | 10 |
Libya | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 1 |
Morocco | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Namibia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | 1 |
Nigeria | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | WD | 3 |
South Africa | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 7 |
Sudan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | 1 |
Tanzania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | 1 |
Zimbabwe | – | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | – | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 10 |
Total | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | [4] |
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