2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Hockey Africa Cup
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The 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. In March 2025 it was announced that the tournament would be held alongside the women's tournament in Ismailia, Egypt from 11 to 18 October 2025.[1][2]
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Egypt | ||
| City | Ismailia | ||
| Dates | 11–18 October | ||
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | Suez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  South Africa (9th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Egypt | ||
| Third place |  Nigeria | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Goals scored | 99 (6.6 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | James Samaila (8 goals) | ||
| Best player | Ahmed El-Ganaini | ||
| Best goalkeeper |  Samuel Silong | ||
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South Africa, as the winner, qualified for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3][4]
Qualification
The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.[5][6]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| N/a | FIH World Rankings | N/a | 2 | South Africa Egypt |
| 15 – 23 June 2024 | North-West Africa Qualifier | Cancelled[7] | 2 |  Ghana Nigeria |
| 22 – 2 April 2024 | North-East Africa Qualifier | Cancelled[8] | 2 | Kenya Uganda |
| 17 – 21 August 2024 | Central-South Africa Qualifier | Harare, Zimbabwe | 2 |  Namibia Zambia |
| Total | 8 | |||
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 13 | Final |
| 2 | Egypt (H) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 13 | |
| 3 | Kenya |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | Third place match |
| 4 | Nigeria |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Ghana |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 6 | |
| 6 | Zambia |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 0 |
Matches
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First to fourth place classification
Third and fourth place
Final
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Statistics and awards
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Qualification |
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South Africa |
2026 FIH Hockey World Cup |
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Egypt (H) |
2026 World Cup Qualifiers |
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Nigeria |
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| 4 | Kenya | |
| 5 | Ghana | |
| 6 | Zambia |
Goalscorers
There were 99 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 6.6 goals per match.
8 goals
James Samaila
7 goals
4 goals
Ahmed El-Ganaini- Mahmoud Mamdouh
- Dennis Solomon
Mustapha Cassiem- Calvin Davis
- Keenan Horne
3 goals
- Ziad Adel
- Hossameldin Ragab
- Mostafa Ragab
Kofi Quagraine- Hans Neethling
2 goals
- Basel Abdelmonem
- Mohamed Adel
- Ahmed Karem
- Emmanuel Akaba
- Benjamin Kwofie
Bethuel Masambu- Mathias Omwaka
- Peter John
- Samkelo Mvimbi
- Nicholas Spooner
Abraham Tagwireyi
1 goal
- Zeiad Esmat
- Mohamed Nasr
- Mohamed Ragab
- Ashraf Said
- Sylvester Apronti
- Christopher Dogbe
- Francis Folivi
- Bernard Quaye
- Moses Loise
- Ivan Ludiali
- Alex Mosoiko
- Linton Nayombe
- Cliffe Omari
- Sutcliffe Usagi
- Sunday Godwin
- Elkana Ibrahim
- Kish Victor
- Andrew Hobson
- Zenani Kraai
- Ryan Mann
- Senzwesihle Ngubane
- Alfred Mpande
- Isaac Mutale
Source: FIH