Tournament details | |||
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Host country | Ghana | ||
City | Accra | ||
Dates | 17–23 January | ||
Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) | ||
Venue(s) | Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | ![]() | ||
Runner-up | ![]() | ||
Third place | ![]() | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 15 | ||
Goals scored | 82 (5.47 per match) | ||
Top scorer(s) | ![]() | ||
Best player | ![]() | ||
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The 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the 11th edition of the Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. In February 2021 it was announced that the tournament would be held alongside the women's tournament at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 23 January 2022.[1]
South Africa were the defending champions, winning the 2017 edition.[2] They successfully defended their title after beating Egypt in the final.[3] The winner qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[4]
Qualification
The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams played in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.[5][6]
Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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— | FIH World Rankings | — | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Cancelled[7] | North-West Africa Qualifier | — | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Cancelled | North-East Africa Qualifier | — | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Cancelled[1] | Central-South Africa Qualifier | — | 1 | ![]() ![]() |
Total | 7 |
Preliminary round
The schedule was published on 14 December 2021.[8]
All times are local (UTC±0).
Pool A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[9]
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Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[9]
(H) Hosts
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Fifth to seventh place classification
Bracket
Sixth place | Fifth place | |||||
22 January | ||||||
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21 January | ||||||
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Sixth place game
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Fifth place game
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
22 January | ||||||
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23 January | ||||||
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22 January | ||||||
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![]() | 5 | |||||
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Third place | ||||||
23 January | ||||||
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Semi-finals
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Third place game
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Final
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Final ranking
Rank | Team |
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4 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
Qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup |
Goalscorers
There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.
7 goals
4 goals
Mostafa Ragab
Francis Tettey
Peter John
3 goals
Constant Wakhura
Benjamin Ibrahim
James Samaila
Nqobile Ntuli
Richard Pautz
Thomas Opio
2 goals
Ziad Adel
Amr Ibrahim
Mohamed Nasr
Richard Adjei
Allan Iningu
Dian La Cock
Sunday Godwin
Emmanuel Sunday
Ignatius Malgraff
Bradley Sherwood
Nicholas Spooner
Colline Batusa
Timothy Ntumba
1 goal
Mohamed Adel
Ahmed El-Ganaini
Ahmed El-Naggar
Amr Sayed
Emmanuel Akaba
Benjamin Kwofie
Emmanuel Awino
Titus Kipyego
Festus Onyango
Isascar Tjikuniva
Michael John
Dennis Solomon
Kish Victor
Daniel Bell
Timothy Drummond
Le-Neal Jackson
Taine Paton
Maxwell Mugisha
Brian Okodi
Source: FIH
See also
References
- 1 2 @AfrHockey (16 February 2021). "As per the 2nd AfHF Executive Board meeting of 12 Feb. 2021 and given the ongoing Corona virus outbreak impact on our 2021 events Road Map, presenting the 2nd EB Meeting Resolutions & Revised Events Dates" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "South Africa complete double at Africa Cup of Nations". fih.ch. 29 October 2017.
- ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa's Hockey World Cup adventures gets underway". fih.ch. 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands, 2023 FIH Hockey Men's World Cup in India". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ↑ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ↑ "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ↑ "AfHF Press Release 30 Dec. 2020 – Revised Event Dates and other important announcements". 30 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ↑ "Africa Hockey – FIXTURES | Africa Cup of Nations". African Hockey Federation. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
- 1 2 FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021