2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

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]

2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
CityAccra
Dates17–23 January
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions South Africa (8th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored82 (5.47 per match)
Top scorer(s) Matthew Guise-Brown (7 goals)
Best player Nqobile Ntuli
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South Africa were the defending champions, winning the 2017 edition.[2] They successfully defended their title after being 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
N/A FIH World Rankings N/A 2  Egypt
 South Africa
Cancelled[7] North-West Africa Qualifier N/A 2  Ghana
 Nigeria
Cancelled North-East Africa Qualifier N/A 2  Kenya
 Uganda
Cancelled[1] Central-South Africa Qualifier N/A 1  Namibia
 Zimbabwe
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
1  South Africa 2 2 0 0 15 1 +14 6 Semi-finals
2  Kenya 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
3  Namibia 2 0 0 2 1 17 −16 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[9]
17 January 2022
20:00
South Africa  13–0  Namibia
Malgraff  5'
Drummond  10'
Pautz  23', 54'
Spooner  24', 54'
Guise-Brown  35', 47', 49'
Paton  45'
Sherwood  56', 60'
Jackson  58'		 Report
Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Stanley Tamale (UGA)
18 January 2022
17:00
Namibia  1–4  Kenya
Tjikuniva  18' Report Wakhura  14'
Iningu  51'
Awino  53'
Onyango  57'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
19 January 2022
16:00
Kenya  1–2  South Africa
Wakhura  40' Report Ntuli  33', 37'
Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9 Semi-finals
2  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 13 8 +5 4
3  Ghana (H) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Uganda 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2022. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[9]
(H) Host
17 January 2022
16:00
Ghana  1–1  Uganda
Tettey  28' Report Ntumba  40'
Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)
17 January 2022
18:00
Egypt  4–2  Nigeria
Sayed  32'
Ibrahim  35', 45'
Mos. Ragab  42'		 Report P. John  28'
Samaila  36'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)
18 January 2022
13:00
Nigeria  10–3  Uganda
P. John  9', 59'
Samaila  10'
Victor  11'
Sunday  20'
Ibrahim  22', 53'
M. John  35'
Solomon  40'
Godwin  42'		 Report Mugisha  3'
Opio  25'
Okodi  50'
Umpires:
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
18 January 2022
19:00
Ghana  0–1  Egypt
Report El-Ganaini  55'
Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
20 January 2022
13:00
Egypt  3–1  Uganda
Mos. Ragab  21'
Z. Adel  23'
Nasr  47'		 Report Ntumba  21'
Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)
20 January 2022
19:00
Nigeria  1–1  Ghana
P. John  43' Report Tettey  56'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

Fifth to seventh place classification

Bracket
 
Sixth placeFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
22 January
 
 
 Ghana6
 
21 January
 
 Uganda1
 
 Namibia2
 
 
 Uganda3
 

Sixth place game
21 January 2022
09:00
Namibia  2–3  Uganda
La Cock  29', 39' Report Opio  9', 13'
Batusa  34'
Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)

Fifth place game
22 January 2022
11:00
Ghana  6–1  Uganda
Adjei  12', 37'
Tettey  23', 44'
Kwofie  34'
Akaba  58'		 Report Batusa  52'
Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 January
 
 
 South Africa7
 
23 January
 
 Nigeria0
 
 South Africa (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
22 January
 
 Egypt1 (1)
 
 Egypt5
 
 
 Kenya1
 
Third place
 
 
23 January
 
 
 Nigeria4
 
 
 Kenya2

Semi-finals
22 January 2022
13:15
South Africa  7–0  Nigeria
Guise-Brown  17', 23', 57'
Ntuli  18'
Pautz  20'
Malgraff  27'
Bell  43'		 Report
Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
22 January 2022
15:30
Egypt  5–1  Kenya
Nasr  11'
Ragab  12', 27'
M. Adel  37'
El-Naggar  43'		 Report Wakhura  51'
Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

Third place game
23 January 2022
14:15
Nigeria  4–2  Kenya
Godwin  7'
Sunday  18'
Ibrahim  31'
Samaila  44'		 Report Kipyego  18'
Iningu  52'
Umpires:
Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
Stanley Tamale (UGA)

Final
23 January 2022
18:15
South Africa  1–1  Egypt
Guise-Brown  12' Report Z. Adel  23'
Penalties
Spooner
Mvimbi
Ntuli
Ngubane
Sherwood 		3–1 M. Adel
Edris
Sayed
Nasr
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)]

Final ranking
Rank Team
 South Africa
 Egypt
 Nigeria
4 Kenya
5 Ghana
6 Uganda
7 Namibia
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
  • Leneal Jackson
  • Taine Paton
  • Maxwell Mugisha
  • Brian Okodi

Source: FIH

See also

References
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  2. "South Africa complete double at Africa Cup of Nations". fih.ch. 29 October 2017.
  3. "Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa's Hockey World Cup adventures gets underway". fih.ch. 23 January 2022.
  4. "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.
  5. Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. "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.
  8. "Africa Hockey – FIXTURES | Africa Cup of Nations". African Hockey Federation. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
  9. FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021
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