Women's Junior Africa Cup

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Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Field hockey current event.svg 2024 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
Sport Field hockey
Founded1988;36 years ago (1988)
First season 1988
No. of teams4
Confederation AfHF (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (7th title)
(2023)
Most titlesFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (7 titles)

The Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup, formerly known as the Junior Africa Cup of Nations, is a women'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.

Contents

Results

YearHostFinalThird place matchNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place
1989
Details
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
Only two teams2
1993
Details
Harare, ZimbabweFlag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Only three teams3
1997
Details [2]
Harare, ZimbabweFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Round-robin Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
Round-robin Flag of Namibia.svg
Namibia
4
2001
Details
Pretoria, South AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
4
2004
Details [3]
Pretoria, South AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
Flag of Namibia.svg
Namibia
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
4
2008
Details [4]
Cairo, EgyptFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
6–0Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
2–1Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
5
2012
Details
Randburg, South Africa [5] Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
4–0Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
Flag of Namibia.svg
Namibia
1–0Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
5 [6]
2016
Details
Windhoek, NamibiaFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
10–0Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
Flag of Namibia.svg
Namibia
15–0Flag of Tanzania.svg
Tanzania
4
2021 Windhoek, NamibiaCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] Cancelled4
2023
Details
Ismailia, EgyptFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
1–0Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
2–0Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
4
2024
Details
Windhoek, Namibia [8] 4

Summary

TeamWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth place
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7 (1997, 2001*, 2004*, 2008, 2012*, 2016, 2023)1 (1993)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1 (1989)5 (1993*, 1997*, 2004, 2016, 2023)1 (2001)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1 (1993)1 (1989)1 (1997)2 (2012, 2023)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2 (2001, 2008*)1 (2023*)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 3 (2004, 2012, 2016*)1 (1997)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1 (2012)1 (2008)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3 (2001, 2004, 2008)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1 (2016)
* = host nation

Team appearances

Team
1989
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
1993
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
1997
Flag of South Africa.svg
2001
Flag of South Africa.svg
2004
Flag of Egypt.svg
2008
Flag of South Africa.svg
2012
Flag of Namibia.svg
2016
Flag of Egypt.svg
2023
Flag of Namibia.svg
2024
Total
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2nd2nd3rd3
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3rd2nd2
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2nd1st3rd4th4thQ5
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 4th3rd3rd3rdQ4
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 4th4th4th3
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st1stQ8
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 4th1
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1st2nd2nd3rd2nd5th5th2nd2ndQ9
Total2344455444 [9]
^‡ – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]

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