2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

The 2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international women'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 men's tournament at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 23 January 2022.^[1]

2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Ghana
City	Accra
Dates	17–23 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (7th title)
Runner-up	Ghana
Third place	Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	69 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tarryn Glasby (9 goals)
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South Africa were the six-time defending champions, having also won the 2017 edition.^[2] They successfully defended their title after beating Ghana in the final.^[3] The winner qualified for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.^[4]

Qualification

The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.^[5][6]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
—	FIH World Rankings	—	2	Ghana  South Africa
Cancelled[7]	North-West Africa Qualifier	—	1	Nigeria
Cancelled	North-East Africa Qualifier	—	2	Kenya  Uganda
Cancelled[1]	Central-South Africa Qualifier	—	3	Namibia  Zambia  Zimbabwe
Total			8

Preliminary round

The schedule was published on 14 December 2021.^[8]

All times are local (UTC±0).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Semi-finals
2	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Namibia	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
4	Uganda	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[9]

17 January 2022 07:00 Namibia  3–0  Uganda Coetzee  40' Brinkmann  42' Myburgh  56' Report Umpires: Jonelke Swanepoel (RSA) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)

17 January 2022 11:00 South Africa  3–0  Zimbabwe Du Plessis  9' Coston  12' Glasby  57' Report Umpires: Cynthia Clement (GHA) Liana du Plessis (NAM)

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18 January 2022 07:00 Zimbabwe  5–0  Uganda Elijah  28' N. Terblanche  30', 52' Grant  47' Pope  60' Report Umpires: Liana du Plassis (NAM) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)

18 January 2022 15:00 Namibia  0–6  South Africa Report Du Plessis  9' Botha  24' Glasby  27', 44' Fourie  38' Veto  55' Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Binish Hayat (PAK)

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20 January 2022 11:00 Zimbabwe  1–1  Namibia Elijah  43' Report Myburgh  51' Umpires: Kenneth Tamale (UGA) Cynthia Clement (GHA)

20 January 2022 17:00 South Africa  10–0  Uganda Glasby  6', 46', 47', 56' Fourie  9' Du Plessis  12', 44' Simmons  15' Bobbs  35' Coston  56' Report Umpires: Ebitimi Sampou (NGR) Sandra Adell (ESP)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana (H)	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Semi-finals
2	Kenya	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
3	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Zambia	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[9]
(H) Hosts

17 January 2022 13:00 Ghana  2–2  Nigeria Opoku  12' Sarfoa  60' Report Njoku  13' Johnson  55' Umpires: Binish Hayat (PAK) Sandra Adell (ESP)

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18 January 2022 09:00 Nigeria  2–1  Zambia Uddoh  8' Billo  56' Report Nakombe  28' Umpires: Kenneth Tamale (UGA) Cynthia Clement (GHA)

18 January 2022[note 1] 11:00 Kenya  0–5[note 1]  Ghana Report

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19 January 2022[note 2] 09:00 Kenya  3–0  Zambia Opondo  11' Mutiva  45' Bwire  57' Report Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Jonelke Swanepoel (RSA)

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20 January 2022 09:00 Nigeria  1–2  Kenya Johnson  11' Report Opondo  15' Kemunto  54' Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Liana du Plassis (NAM)

20 January 2022 15:00 Ghana  4–0  Zambia Opoku  4' Narkuor  10', 39' Berko  42' Report Umpires: Charity Majimbo (KEN) Jonelke Swanepoel (RSA)

Classification round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	21 January
	Namibia (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
					23 January
	Zambia	2 (2)
					Namibia	0
	21 January
					Nigeria	1
	Nigeria	4
	Uganda	0
					Seventh place
					23 January
					Zambia	2
					Uganda	1

5–8th place semi-finals

21 January 2022 11:15 Namibia  2–2  Zambia Semedo  19' Louis  35' Report Nakombe  49' Kalomo  58' Penalties Myburgh Van Rooyen Semedo Brinkmann Kruger 3–2 Mambwe Nakombe Mudenda Mutangama Kalomo Umpires: Charity Majimbo (KEN) Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

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21 January 2022 13:30 Nigeria  4–0  Uganda Njoku  8' John  23' Billo  27' Johnson  36' Report Umpires: Cynthia Clement (GHA) Liana du Plessis (NAM)

Seventh place game

23 January 2022 07:30 Zambia  2–1  Uganda Kalomo  3', 13' Report Thuwaibah  49' Umpires: Ebitimi Sampou (NGR) Liana du Plassis (NAM)

Fifth place game

23 January 2022 09:45 Namibia  0–1  Nigeria Report John  27' Umpires: Charity Majimbo (KEN) Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 January
	South Africa	4
					23 January
	Kenya	0
					South Africa	3
	21 January
					Ghana	1
	Ghana	2
	Zimbabwe	1
					Third place
					23 January
					Kenya (p.s.o.)	0 (3)
					Zimbabwe	0 (1)

Semi-finals

21 January 2022 15:45 South Africa  4–0  Kenya Bobbs  21' Glasby  39', 60' Maddocks  55' Report Umpires: Binish Hayat (PAK) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)

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21 January 2022 18:00 Ghana  2–1  Zimbabwe Umaru  25' Opoku  0' Report A. Terblanche  15' Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Kenneth Tamale (UGA)

Third place game

23 January 2022 12:00 Kenya  0–0  Zimbabwe Report Penalties Kuira Makokha Owiti Chebet 3–1 Williams Grant Elijah Levey Umpires: Cynthia Clement (GHA) Kenneth Tamale (UGA)

Final

23 January 2022 16:30 South Africa  3–1  Ghana Maddocks  15' Paton  23' Du Plessis  55' Report Opoku  6' Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Binish Hayat (PAK)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Ghana
	Kenya
4	Zimbabwe
5	Nigeria
6	Namibia
7	Zambia
8	Uganda

Qualified for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 3.63 goals per match.

9 goals

• Tarryn Glasby

5 goals

• Lilian du Plessis

4 goals

• Elizabeth Opoku

3 goals

• Benedicta Johnson
• Catherine Kalomo

2 goals

• Vivian Narkuor
• Aurelia Opondo
• Taramarie Myburgh
• Esther Billo
• Alfa John
• QueenEsther Njoku
• Quanita Bobbs
• Bernadette Coston
• Tegan Fourie
• Charné Maddocks
• Carol Nakombe
• Tinodiwanashe Elijah
• Natalie Terblanche

1 goal

• Mavis Berko
• Martha Sarfoa
• Nafisatu Umaru
• Grace Bwire
• Naomi Kemunto
• Flavia Mutiva
• Sascha Brinkmann
• Anthea Coetzee
• Ina Louis
• Tisha Semedo
• Precious Uddoh
• Stephanie Botha
• Shirndré-Lee Simmons
• Kristen Paton
• Nomnikelo Veto
• Kiggundu Thuwaibah
• Nicolle Grant
• Lilian Pope
• Alexi Terblanche

Source: FIH

See also

• 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Notes

1. The match resulted in a walkover, after the Kenyan team arrived late and did not made it in time for the game.^[10]
2. The match, originally scheduled on 17 January, was postponed to 19 January.^[11]

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. "Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa's Hockey World Cup adventures gets underway". fih.ch. 23 January 2022.
4. "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.
5. Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
6. "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
7. "AfHF Press Release 30 Dec. 2020 – Revised Event Dates and other important announcements". 30 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
8. "Africa Hockey – FIXTURES | Africa Cup of Nations". African Hockey Federation. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
9. FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021
10. @hockeyKE (January 18, 2022). "BREAKING: Ghana have been handed a walk-over after Kenya (W) Flagge von Kenia failed to honour the fixture. Their scheduled flight just landed in Accra a few minutes ago" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. @AfrHockey (January 17, 2022). "Match 2 KEN VS ZAM (W) which was scheduled for Monday 17th January 2022 at 0900hrs has been rescheduled to be played on Wednesday 19th January 2022 at 0900hrs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.