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2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier

The 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier was the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 29 October to 5 November 2023.[2][3][4][5]

2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
African Hockey Road To Paris 2024
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityPretoria
Dates29 October – 5 November
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueUniversity of Pretoria
Final positions
Champions South Africa (5th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored104 (5.2 per match)
Top scorerSouth Africa Matthew Guise-Brown[1] (11 goals)
Best goalkeeperGhana Benjamin Acquah[1]
Fair play award Uganda[1]
← 2019 (previous) (next) 2027 →

South Africa, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6][7][8]

Qualification

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QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified team
FIH World Rankings N/a N/a 2  South Africa
 Egypt
Northeast African Qualifying Tournament 6 June 2022 Cancelled[9] 2  Kenya
 Uganda
Northwest African Qualifying Tournament 25 August 2022 Cancelled[10] 2  Ghana
 Nigeria
FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament 31 August – 4 September 2022 Zimbabwe Harare 2  Zimbabwe
 Zambia
Total 8

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).[11]

Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa (H) 3 3 0 0 29 2 +27 9 Semi-finals
2  Uganda 3 1 0 2 6 13 −7 3
3  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 6 16 −10 3 Fifth to eighth place classification
4  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 5 15 −10 3
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.[12]
(H) Hosts

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Semi-finals
2  Ghana 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Kenya 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3 Fifth to eighth place classification
4  Zambia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 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.[12]

Fifth to eighth place classification

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Bracket

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5–8th place semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
2 November
 
 
 Nigeria5
 
4 November
 
 Zambia1
 
 Nigeria4
 
2 November
 
 Kenya3
 
 Kenya2
 
 
 Zimbabwe1
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 November
 
 
 Zambia2
 
 
 Zimbabwe0

5–8th place semi-finals

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Seventh place game

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Fifth place game

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First to fourth place classification

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 November
 
 
 South Africa7
 
5 November
 
 Ghana0
 
 South Africa2
 
3 November
 
 Egypt1
 
 Egypt9
 
 
 Uganda1
 
Third place
 
 
5 November
 
 
 Ghana7
 
 
 Uganda1

Semi-finals

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Third place game

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Final

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Final standings

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Pos Team Qualification
1  South Africa (H) 2024 Summer Olympics
2  Egypt 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
3  Ghana
4  Uganda
5  Nigeria
6  Kenya
7  Zambia
8  Zimbabwe
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

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There were 104 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match.

11 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ The start time was moved back due to a lightning.[13]
  2. ↑ Nigeria did not show up to the game and game was counted as a forfeit with a score of 5–0 in favour of Uganda.[14]
  3. ↑ The match was delayed due to lightning.[15]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 @africanhockeyfederation; (6 November 2024). "Congratulations 🎉 to the Award Winners of the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) in Pretoria, South Africa" – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ webadmin (10 October 2023). "Final Match Schedule - African Hockey Road to Paris 2024". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ↑ @africanhockeyfederation; (15 May 2023). "15 May 2023: Revised AfHF 2023 Events Roadmap New hosts & dates announced" – via Instagram.
  4. ↑ @africanhockeyfederation; (7 September 2023). "The African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W)..." – via Instagram.
  5. ↑ "African Hockey Road to Paris Qualifier Confirmed". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "South Africa seal Olympic Games Paris 2024 Qualification". fih.hockey. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Beer, Rienk De (6 November 2023). "SA Hockey Paris-bound after African success". TeamSA. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Revised AfHF Road Map 2022–2023". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  10. ↑ @afrhockey (25 August 2022). "Due to the late withdrawal of Sierra Leone Men's Team, this tournament was cancelled by the AfHF" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) – Final Match Schedule". africahockey.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  12. 1 2 FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
  13. ↑ @SA_Hockey (29 October 2023). "Please note amended start times for the South Africa vs. Zimbabwe times
    17:00 RSA vs Zimbabwe Ladies
    19:00 RSA vs Zimbabwe Men"     (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  14. ↑ "Hockey Cranes get maiden Olympic Qualifier victory". sportsoceanuganda.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  15. ↑ @SA_Hockey (29 October 2023). "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 Qualifier. Please note the start of the 14:00 game between Ghana and Zambia has been postponed due to lightning" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
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