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2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

The 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament in Ismailia, Egypt from 11 to 18 October 2025.[1][2]

2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityIsmailia
Dates11–18 October
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
VenueSuez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions South Africa (9th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored99 (6.6 per match)
Top scorerNigeria James Samaila (8 goals)
Best playerEgypt Ahmed El-Ganaini
Best goalkeeperKenya Samuel Silong
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South Africa, as the winner, qualified for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3][4]

Qualification

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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]

Highlighted are the countries that are participating in the 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations.
  Qualified
   Hosts
Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
N/a FIH World Rankings N/a 2  South Africa
 Egypt
15 – 23 June 2024 North-West Africa Qualifier Cancelled[7] 2  Ghana
 Nigeria
22 – 2 April 2024 North-East Africa Qualifier Cancelled[8] 2  Kenya
 Uganda[9]
17 – 21 August 2024 Central-South Africa Qualifier Harare, Zimbabwe 2  Namibia[10]
 Zambia
Total 8

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 5 4 1 0 30 10 +20 13 Final
2  Egypt (H) 5 4 1 0 26 11 +15 13
3  Kenya 5 2 0 3 9 12 −3 6 Third place match
4  Nigeria 5 2 0 3 14 18 −4 6
5  Ghana 5 2 0 3 16 22 −6 6
6  Zambia 5 0 0 5 4 26 −22 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.[11]
(H) Hosts

Matches

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First to fourth place classification

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Third and fourth place

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Final

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Statistics and awards

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Final standings

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Pos Team Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Egypt (H) 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Nigeria
4  Kenya
5  Ghana
6  Zambia
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

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There were 99 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 6.6 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 The match resulted in a walkover, after the Zambian team arrived late and did not made it in time for the game.[12]

References

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  1. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations [ACN] - 2025 (12th M & 9th W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  2. ↑ @sa_hockey_men; (22 June 2025). "SA Hockey Men –Calendar 2025" – via Instagram.
  3. ↑ "South Africa Women and Men qualify for FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium and Netherlands 2026". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 28 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
  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. ↑ "North West Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  8. ↑ "North-East Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  9. ↑ @africanhockeyfederation; (29 August 2025). "ACN 2025 Participating Teams" – via Instagram.
  10. ↑ @africanhockeyfederation; (17 September 2025). "Final Participating Teams (after withdrawal of Namibia Men & Women)" – via Instagram.
  11. ↑ FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
  12. ↑ @egyhockey13; (11 October 2025). "Due to the late arrival of the Zambia" – via Instagram.
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