Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
The Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international women's field hockey tournament governed by African Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champions of Africa and qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup.
| Most recent season or competition: 2017 Hockey Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Formerly | Hockey African Cup for Nations |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Inaugural season | 1990 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Continent | AfHF (Africa) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  (2017) |
| Most titles | |
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 Northeast Africa, Northwest Africa, and Central south Africa.[1]
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1990 Details |
Harare, Zimbabwe |  Zimbabwe |
Round-robin |  Namibia |
 Kenya |
Round-robin |  Malawi |
5 | |||
| 1994 Details |
Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
Namibia |
Round-robin |  Botswana |
4 | |||
| 1998 Details |
Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
5–0 | Kenya |
Zimbabwe |
Round-robin |  Egypt |
4 | |||
| 2005 Details |
Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa |
6–1 |  Ghana |
Namibia |
2–1 (a.e.t.) |  Nigeria |
4 | |||
| 2009 Details |
Accra, Ghana | South Africa |
5–1 | Ghana |
Nigeria |
4–1 | Egypt |
4 | |||
| 2013 Details |
Nairobi, Kenya | South Africa |
3–2 | Ghana |
Kenya |
11–0 |  Tanzania |
4 | |||
| 2017 Details |
Ismaila, Egypt | South Africa |
4–0 | Ghana |
Nigeria |
3–3 (2–1 s.o.) |
Kenya |
5 | |||
| 2021 Details |
8 | ||||||||||
Summary
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 (1994*, 1998, 2005*, 2009, 2013, 2017) | |||
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1 (1990*) | 1 (1994) | 1 (1998*) | |
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4 (2005, 2009*, 2013, 2017) | |||
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1 (1998) | 2 (1990, 2013*) | 1 (2017) | |
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1 (1990) | 2 (1994, 2005) | ||
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2 (2009, 2017) | 1 (2005) | ||
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2 (1998, 2009) | |||
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1 (2013) | |||
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1 (1990) | |||
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1 (1994) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
| Team | 1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2005 |
2009 |
2013 |
2017 |
2021 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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– | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
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– | – | 4th | – | 4th | – | 5th | 3 | |
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– | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 5 |
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3rd | – | 2nd | – | – | 3rd | 4th | 4 | |
|
4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
|
2nd | 3rd | – | 3rd | – | – | – | 3 | |
|
– | – | – | 4th | 3rd | – | 3rd | 3 | |
|
– | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | 7 |
|
– | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | 1 | |
 |
5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
|
1st | 2nd | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
See also
References
- Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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