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]
| African Hockey Road To Paris 2024 | |||
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| Tournament details | |||
| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Pretoria | ||
| Dates | 29 October – 5 November | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue(s) | University of Pretoria | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  South Africa (5th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Egypt | ||
| Third place |  Ghana | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 104 (5.2 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Matthew Guise-Brown[1] (11 goals) | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Benjamin Acquah[1] | ||
| Fair play award |  Uganda[1] | ||
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South Africa, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6][7][8]
Qualification edit
| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
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| FIH World Rankings | — | — | 2 | South Africa Egypt
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| Northeast African Qualifying Tournament | 6 June 2022 | Cancelled[9] | 2 |  Kenya Uganda
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| Northwest African Qualifying Tournament | 25 August 2022 | Cancelled[10] | 2 | Ghana Nigeria
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| FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament | 31 August – 4 September 2022 |  Harare
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2 | Zimbabwe Zambia
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| Total | 8 | |||
Preliminary round edit
All times are local (UTC+2).[11]
Pool A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Uganda
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | |
| 3 | Nigeria
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | Fifth to eighth place classification |
| 4 | Zimbabwe
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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
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
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Pool B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Egypt
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Ghana
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Kenya
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Fifth to eighth place classification |
| 4 | Zambia
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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]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[12]
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Fifth to eighth place classification edit
Bracket edit
| 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| 2 November | ||||||
| Nigeria | 5 | |||||
| 4 November | ||||||
| Zambia | 1 | |||||
| Nigeria | 4 | |||||
| 2 November | ||||||
| Kenya | 3 | |||||
| Kenya | 2 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 1 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 4 November | ||||||
| Zambia | 2 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||
5–8th place semi-finals edit
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Seventh place game edit
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Fifth place game edit
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First to fourth place classification edit
Bracket edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 3 November | ||||||
| South Africa | 7 | |||||
| 5 November | ||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||
| 3 November | ||||||
| Egypt | 1 | |||||
| Egypt | 9 | |||||
| Uganda | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 5 November | ||||||
| Ghana | 7 | |||||
| Uganda | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals edit
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Third place game edit
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Final edit
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Final standings edit
| Pos | Team | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa (H)
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| 2 | Egypt
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2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers |
| 3 | Ghana
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| 4 | Uganda
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| 5 | Nigeria
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| 6 | Kenya
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| 7 | Zambia
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| 8 | Zimbabwe
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Goalscorers edit
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
Ziad Adel- Mahmoud Mamdouh
- Mostafa Ragab
- Amr Sayed
Malik Abdul- Emmanuel Ankomah
- Benjamin Kwofie
- Ernest Opoku
Francis Kariuki- Ivan Ludiali
- Bethuel Masambu
- Robert Masibo
- Cliffe Omari
- Festus Onyango
- Danstone Wabwire
Olawale Ajibua- Sunday Godwin
- Kelvin Linus
Keenan Horne- Zenani Kraai
- Matthew De Sousa
Maxwell Mugisha
Phillimon Bwali
Mutsawashe Kanyangarara- Arnold Mpofu
Source: FIH
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ a b c @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.
- ^ webadmin (10 October 2023). "Final Match Schedule - African Hockey Road to Paris 2024". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ @africanhockeyfederation (15 May 2023). "15 May 2023: Revised AfHF 2023 Events Roadmap New hosts & dates announced" – via Instagram.
- ^ @africanhockeyfederation (7 September 2023). "The African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W)..." – via Instagram.
- ^ "African Hockey Road to Paris Qualifier Confirmed". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024" (PDF).
- ^ "South Africa seal Olympic Games Paris 2024 Qualification". fih.hockey. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Beer, Rienk De (6 November 2023). "SA Hockey Paris-bound after African success". TeamSA. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Revised AfHF Road Map 2022–2023". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ @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.
- ^ "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) – Final Match Schedule". africahockey.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ a b FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
- ^ @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 Twitter. - ^ "Hockey Cranes get maiden Olympic Qualifier victory". sportsoceanuganda.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ @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 Twitter.