2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
Field hockey tournament in Pretoria
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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]
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| Tournament details | |||
| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Pretoria | ||
| Dates | 29 October – 5 November | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | 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 | 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
| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
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| FIH World Rankings | N/a | N/a | 2 | South Africa Egypt |
| Northeast African Qualifying Tournament | 6 June 2022 | Cancelled[9] | 2 |  Kenya Uganda |
| Northwest African Qualifying Tournament | 25 August 2022 | Cancelled[10] | 2 | Ghana Nigeria |
| FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament | 31 August – 4 September 2022 |  Harare |
2 | Zimbabwe Zambia |
| Total | 8 | |||
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).[11]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Uganda |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | |
| 3 | Nigeria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | Fifth to eighth place classification |
| 4 | Zimbabwe |
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Egypt |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Ghana |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Kenya |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Fifth to eighth place classification |
| 4 | Zambia |
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
Bracket
| 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
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Seventh place game
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Fifth place game
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
| 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
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Third place game
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Final
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Final standings
| Pos | Team | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa (H) |
2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Egypt |
2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers |
| 3 | Ghana |
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| 4 | Uganda | |
| 5 | Nigeria | |
| 6 | Kenya | |
| 7 | Zambia | |
| 8 | Zimbabwe |
Goalscorers
There were 104 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match.
11 goals
8 goals
James Samaila
6 goals
5 goals
Hossameldin Ragab
4 goals
- Peter John
3 goals
Francis Tettey
2 goals
- Ahmed El-Ganaini
- Ahmed Gamal
- Hossam Ghobran
- Mostafa Mansour
- Elikem Akaba
- Michael Baiden
- Johnny Botsio
Dayaan Cassiem- Ryan Julius
- Tevin Kok
- Samkelo Mvimbi
- Bradley Sherwood
- Jacques van Tonder
Colline Batusa
Alfred Mpande- Joseph Simpanzye
Alec Chomunorwa- Tadiwanashe Kamusewu
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