Women's Junior Africa Cup

The Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup, formerly known as the Junior Africa Cup of Nations, is a women's international under-21 field hockey tournament organised by the African Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1988 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.^[1] Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.

Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1988; 36 years ago (1988)
First season	1988
No. of teams	4
Confederation	AfHF (Africa)
Most recent champion(s)	South Africa (7th title) (2023)
Most titles	South Africa (7 titles)

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1989 Details			Zimbabwe		Kenya		Only two teams				2
1993 Details	Harare, Zimbabwe		Kenya		Zimbabwe		South Africa	Only three teams			3
1997 Details[2]	Harare, Zimbabwe		South Africa	Round-robin	Zimbabwe		Kenya	Round-robin	Namibia		4
2001 Details	Pretoria, South Africa		South Africa		Egypt		Zimbabwe		Nigeria		4
2004 Details[3]	Pretoria, South Africa		South Africa		Zimbabwe		Namibia		Nigeria		4
2008 Details[4]	Cairo, Egypt		South Africa	6–0	Egypt		Ghana	2–1	Nigeria		5
2012 Details	Randburg, South Africa[5]		South Africa	4–0	Ghana		Namibia	1–0	Kenya		5[6]
2016 Details	Windhoek, Namibia		South Africa	10–0	Zimbabwe		Namibia	15–0	Tanzania		4
2021	Windhoek, Namibia		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]				Cancelled				4
2023 Details	Ismailia, Egypt		South Africa	1–0	Zimbabwe		Egypt	2–0	Kenya		4
2024 Details	Windhoek, Namibia[8]										4

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
South Africa	7 (1997, 2001*, 2004*, 2008, 2012*, 2016, 2023)		1 (1993)
Zimbabwe	1 (1989)	5 (1993*, 1997*, 2004, 2016, 2023)	1 (2001)
Kenya	1 (1993)	1 (1989)	1 (1997)	2 (2012, 2023)
Egypt		2 (2001, 2008*)	1 (2023*)
Namibia			3 (2004, 2012, 2016*)	1 (1997)
Ghana		1 (2012)	1 (2008)
Nigeria				3 (2001, 2004, 2008)
Tanzania				1 (2016)

* = host nation

Team appearances

Team	1989	1993	1997	2001	2004	2008	2012	2016	2023	2024	Total
Egypt	–	–	–	2nd	–	2nd	–	–	3rd	–	3
Ghana	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	2nd	–	–	–	2
Kenya	2nd	1st	3rd	–	–	–	4th	–	4th	Q	5
Namibia	–	–	4th	–	3rd	–	3rd	3rd	–	Q	4
Nigeria	–	–	–	4th	4th	4th	–	–	–	–	3
South Africa	–	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	Q	8
Tanzania	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4th	–	–	1
Zimbabwe	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	5th	2nd	2nd	Q	9
Total	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	[9]

^‡ – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

See also

• Men's Junior Africa Cup
• Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

References

1. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
2. "Women Junior Field Hockey 3rd Africa Nations Cup 1997 Harare (ZIM) 22-27.04 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
3. "Women Junior Field Hockey 5th Africa Nations Cup 2004 Pretoria (RSA) 13-17.09 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
4. "Women Junior Field Hockey 6th Africa Nations Cup 2008 Cairo (EGY) 11-19.07 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
5. "News for 21 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 21 October 2012.
6. "News for 12 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 12 October 2012.
7. "AfHF Press Release – Cancellation announcement due to COVID-19: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2021". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
8. @africanhockeyfederation (28 August 2024). "Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2024 (Men/Women)" – via Instagram.
9. "Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup: Records".

External links

• Junior Africa Cup