Most recent season or competition: 2023 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup | |
Sport | Field hockey |
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Founded | 1988 |
Inaugural season | 1988 |
No. of teams | 4 |
Confederation | AfHF (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | South Africa (7th title) (2023) |
Most titles | 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.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1989 Details | Zimbabwe | Kenya | Only two teams | 2 | |||||||
1993 Details | Harare, Zimbabwe | Kenya | Zimbabwe | South Africa | Only three teams | 3 | |||||
1997 Details [2] | Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | Kenya | Round-robin | Namibia | 4 | |||
2001 Details | Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa | Egypt | Zimbabwe | Nigeria | 4 | |||||
2004 Details [3] | Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Namibia | Nigeria | 4 | |||||
2008 Details [4] | Cairo, Egypt | South Africa | 6–0 | Egypt | Ghana | 2–1 | Nigeria | 5 | |||
2012 Details | Randburg, South Africa [5] | South Africa | 4–0 | Ghana | Namibia | 1–0 | Kenya | 5 [6] | |||
2016 Details | Windhoek, Namibia | South Africa | 10–0 | Zimbabwe | Namibia | 15–0 | Tanzania | 4 | |||
2021 | Windhoek, Namibia | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] | Cancelled | 4 | |||||||
2023 Details | Ismailia, Egypt | South Africa | 1–0 | Zimbabwe | Egypt | 2–0 | Kenya | 4 |
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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South Africa | 7 (1997, 2001*, 2004*, 2008, 2012*, 2016, 2023) | 1 (1993) | ||
Zimbabwe | 1 (1989) | 5 (1993*, 1997*, 2004, 2016, 2023) | 1 (2001) | |
Kenya | 1 (1993) | 1 (1989) | 1 (1997) | 2 (2012, 2023) |
Egypt | 2 (2001, 2008*) | 1 (2023*) | ||
Namibia | 3 (2004, 2012, 2016*) | 1 (1997) | ||
Ghana | 1 (2012) | 1 (2008) | ||
Nigeria | 3 (2001, 2004, 2008) | |||
Tanzania | 1 (2016) |
Team | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2023 | Total |
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Egypt | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | – | 3rd | 3 |
Ghana | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | 2 |
Kenya | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | – | – | – | 4th | – | 4th | 5 |
Namibia | – | – | 4th | – | 3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | – | 4 |
Nigeria | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | 3 |
South Africa | – | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 8 |
Tanzania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 9 |
Total | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | [8] |
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