Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Most recent season or competition:; 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Formerly	Hockey African Cup for Nations
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1974; 50 years ago
First season	1974
No. of teams	8
Confederation	AfHF (Africa)
Most recent; champion(s)	South Africa (8th title) ; (2022)
Most titles	South Africa (8 titles)

The Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international men'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.

The first edition was held in 1974.^[1]

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.^[2]

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Number of teams
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
1974 Details	Cairo, Egypt	Ghana	Round-robin	Uganda	Kenya	Round-robin	Nigeria	5
1983 Details	Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	Round-robin	Kenya	Ghana	Round-robin	Nigeria	6
1989 Details	Blantyre, Malawi	Egypt	Round-robin	Kenya	Malawi	Round-robin	Zimbabwe	5
1993 Details	Nairobi, Kenya	South Africa	Round-robin	Egypt	Kenya	Round-robin	Zimbabwe	5
1996 Details	Pretoria, South Africa	South Africa	Round-robin	Kenya	Egypt	Round-robin	Zimbabwe	6
2000 Details	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	South Africa	3–2	Egypt	Zimbabwe	1–1	Ghana	7
2005 Details	Pretoria, South Africa	South Africa	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p.s.)	Egypt	Ghana	2–0	Nigeria	5
2009 Details	Accra, Ghana	South Africa	3–1	Egypt	Ghana	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria	4
2013 Details	Nairobi, Kenya	South Africa	2–0	Egypt	Kenya	4–1	Ghana	4
2017 Details	Ismailia, Egypt	South Africa	2–1	Egypt	Ghana	5–3	Kenya	5
2022 Details	Accra, Ghana	South Africa	1–1 (3–1 s.o.)	Egypt	Nigeria	4–2	Kenya	7
2025 Details	TBA							8

Performances by nation

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
South Africa	8 (1993, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
Egypt	2 (1983*, 1989)	7 (1993, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017*, 2022)	1 (1996)
Ghana	1 (1974)		4 (1983, 2005, 2009*, 2017)	3 (2000, 2013)
Kenya		3 (1983, 1989, 1996)	3 (1993, 2013, 1974)	2 (2017, 2022)
Uganda		1 (1974)
Nigeria			1 (2022)	4 (1974, 1983, 2005, 2009)
Zimbabwe			1 (2000*)	3 (1989, 1993, 1996)
Malawi			1 (1989*)

Team appearances

Nation	1974	1983	1989	1993	1996	2000	2005	2009	2013	2017	2022	2025	Total
Botswana	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Egypt	5th	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	Q	12
Ghana	1st	3rd	–	–	–	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	5th	Q	9
Kenya	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	–	–	–	3rd	4th	4th	Q	9
Malawi	–	–	3rd	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Namibia	–	–	–	–	5th	6th	5th	–	–	–	7th	Q	5
Nigeria	4th	4th	–	–	–	5th	4th	4th	–	5th	3rd	Q	8
Seychelles	–	–	–	5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
South Africa	–	–	–	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	Q	9
Tanzania	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Uganda	3rd	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	6th	Q	4
Zambia	–	–	5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	WD	–	Q	2
Zimbabwe	–	5th	4th	4th	4th	3rd	–	–	–	–	WD	–	5
Total	5	6	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	5	7	8