Field hockey at the African Games
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| Most recent season or competition: Field hockey at the 2023 African Games | |
| Formerly | Field hockey at the All-Africa Games |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Continent | Africa (AfHF) |
| Most recent champion(s) | M:  Egypt (3nd title)W:  Ghana (1st title) |
| Most titles | M: Egypt (3 titles) W:  South Africa (3 titles) |
Field hockey has been an African Games event since the fourth edition in 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. It last featured on the games programme in 2003. It is set to return at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.[1]
Men's tournament
[edit]Results
[edit]| Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1987 Details | Nairobi, Kenya |  Kenya | Round-robin |  Zimbabwe |  Nigeria | Round-robin |  Egypt | 7 | |||
| 1991 Details | Cairo, Egypt | Egypt | Round-robin | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Round-robin |  Ghana | 5 | |||
| 1995 Details | Harare, Zimbabwe |  South Africa | Round-robin | Egypt | Kenya | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | 6 | |||
| 1999 Details | Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa | Round-robin | Egypt | Kenya | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | 6 | |||
| 2003 Details | Abuja, Nigeria | Egypt | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | South Africa | Ghana | 2–1 | Nigeria | 5 | |||
| 2023 Details | Accra, Ghana | Egypt | 2–2 (3–1 s.o.) | Ghana | Nigeria | 2–1 | Kenya | 4 | |||
Summary
[edit]| Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3 (1991*, 2003, 2023) | 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (1987) | |
| South Africa | 2 (1995, 1999*) | 1 (2003) | ||
 Kenya | 1 (1987*) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (2023) |
 Zimbabwe | 1 (1987) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1995*, 1999) | |
| Ghana | 1 (2023*) | 1 (2003) | 1 (1991) | |
 Nigeria | 2 (1987, 2023) | 1 (2003*) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
[edit]| Team | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2023 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6 |
| Ghana | 5th | 4th | – | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 5 |
| Kenya | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | – | 4th | 5 |
 Malawi | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 1 |
 Namibia | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 1 |
| Nigeria | 3rd | 5th | 6th | – | 4th | 3rd | 5 |
| South Africa | – | – | 1st | 1st | 2nd | WD | 4 |
 Tanzania | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Zambia | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | – | 6 |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Women's tournament
[edit]Results
[edit]| Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1995 Details | Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa | Round-robin | Zimbabwe | Kenya | Round-robin |  Namibia | 6 | |||
| 1999 Details | Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa | 8–0 | Zimbabwe | Kenya | 3–2 | Namibia | 4 | |||
| 2003 Details | Abuja, Nigeria | South Africa | 10–0 | Nigeria | Kenya | 2–1 | Ghana | 6 | |||
| 2023 Details | Accra, Ghana | Ghana | 0–0 (4–3 s.o.) | Nigeria | Kenya | Only three teams | 3 | ||||
Summary
[edit]| Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 (1995, 1999*, 2003) | |||
| Ghana | 1 (2023*) | 1 (2003) | ||
| Zimbabwe | 2 (1995*, 1999) | |||
| Nigeria | 2 (2003*, 2023) | |||
| Kenya | 4 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2023) | |||
| Namibia | 2 (1995, 1999) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
[edit]| Team | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2023 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 6th | – | 4th | 1st | 3 |
| Kenya | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4 |
| Namibia | 4th | 4th | 6th | – | 3 |
| Nigeria | 5th | – | 2nd | 2nd | 3 |
| South Africa | 1st | 1st | 1st | WD | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | – | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Medal table
[edit]Total
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa (RSA) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Egypt (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 |  Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Men
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Kenya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Ghana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Women
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Ghana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
See also
[edit]- Men's African Olympic Qualifier
- Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
- Women's African Olympic Qualifier
- Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
References
[edit]- ^ "Cricket and arm wrestling included on 2023 African Games programme". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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