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Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Most recent season or competition: 2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Formerly	Hockey African Cup for Nations
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1990; 34 years ago (1990)
First season	1990
No. of teams	8
Continent	AfHF (Africa)
Most recent champion(s)	South Africa (7th title) (2022)
Most titles	South Africa (7 titles)

The Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international women's field hockey tournament governed by African Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champions of Africa and qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup.

The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualify directly for the tournament while the other teams have to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualify for the tournament. The three regions are Northeast Africa, Northwest Africa, and Central south Africa.^[1]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1990 Details	Harare, Zimbabwe		Zimbabwe	Round-robin	Namibia		Kenya	Round-robin	Zambia		5
1994 Details	Pretoria, South Africa		South Africa	Round-robin	Zimbabwe		Namibia	Round-robin	Botswana		4
1998 Details	Harare, Zimbabwe		South Africa	5–0	Kenya		Zimbabwe	Round-robin	Egypt		4
2005 Details	Pretoria, South Africa		South Africa	6–1	Ghana		Namibia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria		4
2009 Details	Accra, Ghana		South Africa	5–1	Ghana		Nigeria	4–1	Egypt		4
2013 Details	Nairobi, Kenya		South Africa	3–2	Ghana		Kenya	11–0	Tanzania		4
2017 Details	Ismailia, Egypt		South Africa	4–0	Ghana		Nigeria	3–3 (2–1 s.o.)	Kenya		5
2022 Details	Accra, Ghana		South Africa	3–1	Ghana		Kenya	0–0 (3–1 s.o.)	Zimbabwe		8

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
South Africa	7 (1994*, 1998, 2005*, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
Zimbabwe	1 (1990*)	1 (1994)	1 (1998*)	1 (2022)
Ghana		5 (2005, 2009*, 2013, 2017, 2022*)
Kenya		1 (1998)	3 (1990, 2013*, 2022)	1 (2017)
Namibia		1 (1990)	2 (1994, 2005)
Nigeria			2 (2009, 2017)	1 (2005)
Egypt				2 (1998, 2009)
Tanzania				1 (2013)
Zambia				1 (1990)
Botswana				1 (1994)

* = hosts

Team	1990	1994	1998	2005	2009	2013	2017	2022	Total
Botswana	–	4th	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Egypt	–	–	4th	–	4th	–	5th	–	3
Ghana	–	–	–	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	5
Kenya	3rd	–	2nd	–	–	3rd	4th	3rd	5
Malawi	5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Namibia	2nd	3rd	–	3rd	–	–	–	6th	4
Nigeria	–	–	–	4th	3rd	–	3rd	5th	4
South Africa	–	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	7
Tanzania	–	–	–	–	–	4th	–	–	1
Uganda	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	1
Zambia	4th	–	–	–	–	–	WD	7th	2
Zimbabwe	1st	2nd	3rd	–	–	–	–	4th	4
Total	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	8

• Field hockey at the African Games
• Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
• Women's African Olympic Qualifier