Field hockey has been an African Games event since the fourth edition in 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. It last featured on the games programme in 2003. It is set to return at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.[1]
Current season, competition or edition: Field hockey at the 2023 African Games | |
Formerly | Field hockey at the All-Africa Games |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Founded | 1987 |
Continent | Africa (AfHF) |
Most recent champion(s) | M: Egypt (3nd title) W: Ghana (1st title) |
Most titles | M: Egypt (3 titles) W: South Africa (3 titles) |
Men's tournament edit
Results edit
Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1987 Details |
Nairobi, Kenya | Kenya |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
Nigeria |
Round-robin | Egypt |
7 | |||
1991 Details |
Cairo, Egypt | Egypt |
Round-robin | Kenya |
Zimbabwe |
Round-robin | Ghana |
5 | |||
1995 Details |
Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
Round-robin | Egypt |
Kenya |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
6 | |||
1999 Details |
Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa |
Round-robin | Egypt |
Kenya |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
6 | |||
2003 Details |
Abuja, Nigeria | Egypt |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | South Africa |
Ghana |
2–1 | Nigeria |
5 | |||
2023 Details |
Accra, Ghana | Egypt |
2–2 (3–1 s.o.) |
Ghana |
Nigeria |
2–1 | Kenya |
4 |
Summary edit
Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place |
---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | 3 (1991*, 2003, 2023) | 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (1987) | |
South Africa | 2 (1995, 1999*) | 1 (2003) | ||
Kenya | 1 (1987*) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (2023) |
Zimbabwe | 1 (1987) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1995*, 1999) | |
Ghana | 1 (2023*) | 1 (2003) | 1 (1991) | |
Nigeria | 2 (1987, 2023) | 1 (2003*) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances edit
Team | 1987 |
1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2023 |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Ghana | 5th | 4th | – | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 5 |
Kenya | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | – | 4th | 5 |
Malawi | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 1 |
Namibia | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 1 |
Nigeria | 3rd | 5th | 6th | – | 4th | 3rd | 5 |
South Africa | – | – | 1st | 1st | 2nd | WD | 4 |
Tanzania | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Zambia | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | – | 6 |
Total | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Women's tournament edit
Results edit
Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1995 Details |
Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
Kenya |
Round-robin | Namibia |
6 | |||
1999 Details |
Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa |
8–0 | Zimbabwe |
Kenya |
3–2 | Namibia |
4 | |||
2003 Details |
Abuja, Nigeria | South Africa |
10–0 | Nigeria |
Kenya |
2–1 | Ghana |
6 | |||
2023 Details |
Accra, Ghana | Ghana |
0–0 (4–3 s.o.) |
Nigeria |
Kenya |
Only three teams | 3 |
Summary edit
Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place |
---|---|---|---|---|
South Africa | 3 (1995, 1999*, 2003) | |||
Ghana | 1 (2023*) | 1 (2003) | ||
Zimbabwe | 2 (1995*, 1999) | |||
Nigeria | 2 (2003*, 2023) | |||
Kenya | 4 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2023) | |||
Namibia | 2 (1995, 1999) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances edit
Team | 1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2023 |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ghana | 6th | – | 4th | 1st | 3 |
Kenya | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4 |
Namibia | 4th | 4th | 6th | – | 3 |
Nigeria | 5th | – | 2nd | 2nd | 3 |
South Africa | 1st | 1st | 1st | WD | 4 |
Zimbabwe | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | – | 3 |
Total | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Medal table edit
Total edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa (RSA) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Egypt (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
4 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
Men edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Kenya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Ghana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Women edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Ghana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Cricket and arm wrestling included on 2023 African Games programme". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 March 2022.