2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier
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| African Hockey Road To Paris 2024 | |||
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| Tournament details | |||
| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Pretoria | ||
| Dates | 29 October – 5 November | ||
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | Tuks Astro | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  South Africa (5th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Nigeria | ||
| Third place |  Kenya | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Goals scored | 71 (4.73 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Tarryn Lombard[1] (7 goals) | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Martha Uko[1] | ||
| Fair play award |  Zimbabwe[1] | ||
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The 2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier was the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the women's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It was held alongside the men's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 29 October to 5 November 2023.[2][3][4][5]
South Africa, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6][7][8][9]
| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
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| FIH World Rankings | N/a | N/a | 2 | South Africa Ghana |
| Northeast African Qualifying Tournament | 6 June 2022 | Cancelled[10] | 2 | Kenya Uganda |
| Northwest African Qualifying Tournament | 25 August 2022 | Cancelled[11] | 2 | Nigeria Zambia* |
| FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament | 31 August – 4 September 2022 | Harare |
2 | Zimbabwe Namibia |
| Total | 8 | |||
- ^* – Zambia selected by African Hockey Federation Executive Board to complete 8 teams for the Women Olympic Qualification Tournament
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).[12]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa (H) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Nigeria |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | Fifth to seventh place classification |
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.[13]
(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.[13]
(H) Hosts
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Kenya |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Ghana |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Zambia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | Fifth to seventh place classification |
| 4 | Namibia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 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.[13]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[13]
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Fifth to seventh place classification
Bracket
| 5–7th place semi-final | Fifth place | |||||
| 4 November | ||||||
| Zambia | 0 | |||||
| 2 November | ||||||
| Namibia | 3 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 2 (0) | |||||
| Namibia (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||
5–7th place semi-final
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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 | 9 | |||||
| 3 November | ||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||
| Kenya | 0 | |||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 5 November | ||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||
| Kenya | 3 | |||||
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 | Nigeria |
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| 3 | Kenya | |
| 4 | Ghana | |
| 5 | Namibia | |
| 6 | Zambia | |
| 7 | Zimbabwe |
Goalscorers
There were 71 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.73 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH