Men's African Olympic Qualifier
International field hockey tournament
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The Men's African Olympic Qualifier is the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It is held every four years and was introduced after field hockey was removed from the All-Africa Games program.[1] The first edition was held in Nairobi, Kenya simultaneously with the 2007 All-Africa Games.[2]
| Most recent season or competition: 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier | |
| Formerly | All-Africa Games |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 2007 |
| First season | 2007 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Confederation | AfHF (Africa) |
Most recent champion |  South Africa (5th title) (2023) |
| Most titles | South Africa (5 titles) |
Results
Summaries
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2007 Details |
Nairobi, Kenya | South Africa |
2–1 |  Egypt |
 Kenya |
3–2 |  Ghana |
6 | |||
| 2011 Details |
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
1–0 | Egypt |
Ghana |
5–1 | Kenya |
6 | |||
| 2015 Details |
Randburg, South Africa | South Africa |
4–2 | Egypt |
Kenya |
4–3 | Ghana |
9 | |||
| 2019 Details |
Stellenbosch, South Africa | South Africa |
Round-robin | Egypt |
Ghana |
Round-robin |  Zimbabwe |
6 | |||
| 2023 Details |
Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa |
2–1 | Egypt |
Ghana |
7–1 |  Uganda |
8 | |||
Top four statistics
- * = host nation
Team appearances
| Nation | 2007 |
2011 |
2015 |
2019 |
2023 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Botswana |
– | – | 9th | – | – | 1 |
| Egypt |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 5 |
| Ghana |
4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
| Kenya |
3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5 |
 Morocco |
– | 6th | – | – | – | 1 |
 Namibia |
– | – | 7th | 6th | – | 2 |
 Nigeria |
5th | – | 5th | WD | 5th | 3 |
| South Africa |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5 |
 Tanzania |
– | – | 8th | – | – | 1 |
| Uganda |
6th | – | – | WD | 4th | 2 |
 Zambia |
– | – | – | – | 7th | 1 |
| Zimbabwe |
– | 5th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 |