Roller Hockey African Championship

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The Roller Hockey African Championship is the main roller hockey in Africa, organised by World Skate Africa and contested by the best African national teams.

The first edition was contested in 2019 and served as qualifier for the World Cup.^[1]

Results

Edition	Champion	Runner-up	Third
Luanda, Angola 2019	Angola	Mozambique	Egypt
Cairo, Egypt 2023	Angola	Egypt	South Africa

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References

↑ "Selecção Nacional sonha com o Mundial de 2019" [National team dreams with the 2019 World Cup] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Angola. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

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[1] "Selecção Nacional sonha com o Mundial de 2019" [National team dreams with the 2019 World Cup] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Angola. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

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