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2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

The 2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the ninth 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. The tournament was held alongside the men's tournament in Ismailia, Egypt from 11 to 18 October 2025.[3]

2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityIsmailia
Dates11–18 October
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
VenueSuez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions South Africa (8th title)
Runner-up Ghana
Third place Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored54 (4.5 per match)
Top scorerGhana Mavis Berko (6 goals)
Best playerSouth Africa Quanita Bobbs[1]
Best goalkeeperGhana Dorothy Ngissah[2]
← 2022 (previous) (next) 2029 →

South Africa, as the winner, qualified for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.[4][5]

Qualification

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The highest-ranked team in the FIH Women's World Ranking qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each regional qualifier qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.[6][7]

Highlighted are the countries that are participating in the 2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations.
  Qualified
  Hosts
Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
N/aHostsN/a1 Egypt
N/a FIH Women's World Ranking N/a 1  South Africa
Cancelled[8] North-West Africa Qualifier N/a 2  Ghana
 Nigeria
Cancelled[9] North-East Africa Qualifier N/a 1  Uganda[10]
 Kenya[10]
17–24 August 2024 Central-South Africa Qualifier Harare, Zimbabwe 3  Namibia[11]
 Zambia[10]
 Zimbabwe[10]
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 4 3 1 0 18 2 +16 10 Final
2  Ghana 4 3 0 1 20 7 +13 9
3  Kenya 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Third place match
4  Nigeria 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 3
5  Egypt (H) 4 0 0 4 1 24 −23 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]
(H) Hosts

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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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ @sahockey_; (19 October 2025). "Player of the tournament at the African Hockey Cup of Nations 2025 was none other than our very own Quanita Bobbs" – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ @ghanahockey; (19 October 2025). "Meet the top scorer and best goalkeeper award winners of the Africa Cup of Nations 2025. #Dorothy Ngissah and #Mavis Boatemaa Berko" – via Instagram.
  3. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations [ACN] - 2025 (12th M & 9th W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  4. ↑ "South Africa Women and Men qualify for FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium and Netherlands 2026". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 28 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
  6. ↑ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "North West Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  9. ↑ "North-East Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  10. 1 2 3 4 @africanhockeyfederation; (29 August 2025). "ACN 2025 Participating Teams" – via Instagram.
  11. ↑ @africanhockeyfederation; (17 September 2025). "Final Participating Teams (after withdrawal of Namibia Men & Women)" – via Instagram.
  12. ↑ FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
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