2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

The 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations will be 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
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South Africa are the defending champions, winning the 2017 edition.[2] The winner will qualify for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3]

Qualification

The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualify directly for the tournament while the other teams have to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualify for the tournament. The three regions are North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.[4][5]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
N/A FIH World Rankings N/A 2  Egypt
 South Africa
Cancelled[6] 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

Squads
Main article: 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations squads

Preliminary round

The schedule was published on 14 December 2021.[7]

All times are local (UTC±0).

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 17 January 2022. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[8]
17 January 2022
20:00
South Africa  v  Namibia
18 January 2022
17:00
Namibia  v  Kenya
19 January 2022
16:00
Kenya  v  South Africa

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  Ghana (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 17 January 2022. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[8]
(H) Host
17 January 2022
16:00
Ghana  v  Uganda
17 January 2022
18:00
Egypt  v  Nigeria
18 January 2022
13:00
Nigeria  v  Uganda
18 January 2022
18:00
Ghana  v  Egypt
20 January 2022
13:00
Egypt  v  Uganda
20 January 2022
17:00
Nigeria  v  Ghana

Fifth to seventh place classification

Bracket
 
Seventh placeFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
22 January
 
 
3rd pool B
 
21 January
 
 
 
3rd pool A
 
 
4th pool B
 

Seventh place game
21 January 2022
09:00
3rd pool A M22 4th pool B

Fifth place game
22 January 2022
11:00
3rd pool B v Winner M22

First to fourth place classification

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 January
 
 
1st pool A
 
23 January
 
2nd pool B
 
 
 
22 January
 
 
 
1st pool B
 
 
2nd pool A
 
Third place
 
 
23 January
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals
22 January 2022
13:15
1st pool A M28 2nd pool B
22 January 2022
15:30
1st pool B M29 2nd pool A

Third place game
23 January 2022
14:15
Loser M28 v Loser M29

Final
23 January 2022
18:45
Winner M28 v Winner M29

Final ranking
Rank Team
4
5
6
7
Qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

See also

References
  1. @AfrHockey (February 16, 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.
  2. "South Africa complete double at Africa Cup of Nations". fih.ch. 29 October 2017.
  3. "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.
  4. Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. "AfHF Press Release 30 Dec. 2020 – Revised Event Dates and other important announcements". 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. "Africa Hockey – FIXTURES | Africa Cup of Nations". African Hockey Federation. 14 December 2021.
  8. FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021
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