Field hockey has been an African Games event since the fourth edition in 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. It last featured on the games programme in 2003. It is set to return at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.[1]
Most recent season or competition: Field hockey at the 2023 African Games | |
Formerly | Field hockey at the All-Africa Games |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Founded | 1987 |
Continent | Africa (AfHF) |
Most recent champion(s) | M: Egypt (3nd title) W: Ghana (1st title) |
Most titles | M: Egypt (3 titles) W: South Africa (3 titles) |
Men's tournament
editResults
editYear | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1987 Details |
Nairobi, Kenya | Kenya |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
Nigeria |
Round-robin | Egypt |
7 | |||
1991 Details |
Cairo, Egypt | Egypt |
Round-robin | Kenya |
Zimbabwe |
Round-robin | Ghana |
5 | |||
1995 Details |
Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
Round-robin | Egypt |
Kenya |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
6 | |||
1999 Details |
Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa |
Round-robin | Egypt |
Kenya |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
6 | |||
2003 Details |
Abuja, Nigeria | Egypt |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | South Africa |
Ghana |
2–1 | Nigeria |
5 | |||
2023 Details |
Accra, Ghana | Egypt |
2–2 (3–1 s.o.) |
Ghana |
Nigeria |
2–1 | Kenya |
4 |
Summary
editTeam | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place |
---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | 3 (1991*, 2003, 2023) | 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (1987) | |
South Africa | 2 (1995, 1999*) | 1 (2003) | ||
Kenya | 1 (1987*) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (2023) |
Zimbabwe | 1 (1987) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1995*, 1999) | |
Ghana | 1 (2023*) | 1 (2003) | 1 (1991) | |
Nigeria | 2 (1987, 2023) | 1 (2003*) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
editTeam | 1987 |
1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2023 |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6 |
Ghana | 5th | 4th | – | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 5 |
Kenya | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | – | 4th | 5 |
Malawi | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 1 |
Namibia | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 1 |
Nigeria | 3rd | 5th | 6th | – | 4th | 3rd | 5 |
South Africa | – | – | 1st | 1st | 2nd | WD | 4 |
Tanzania | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Zambia | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | – | 6 |
Total | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Women's tournament
editResults
editYear | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1995 Details |
Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
Kenya |
Round-robin | Namibia |
6 | |||
1999 Details |
Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa |
8–0 | Zimbabwe |
Kenya |
3–2 | Namibia |
4 | |||
2003 Details |
Abuja, Nigeria | South Africa |
10–0 | Nigeria |
Kenya |
2–1 | Ghana |
6 | |||
2023 Details |
Accra, Ghana | Ghana |
0–0 (4–3 s.o.) |
Nigeria |
Kenya |
Only three teams | 3 |
Summary
editTeam | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place |
---|---|---|---|---|
South Africa | 3 (1995, 1999*, 2003) | |||
Ghana | 1 (2023*) | 1 (2003) | ||
Zimbabwe | 2 (1995*, 1999) | |||
Nigeria | 2 (2003*, 2023) | |||
Kenya | 4 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2023) | |||
Namibia | 2 (1995, 1999) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
editTeam | 1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2023 |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ghana | 6th | – | 4th | 1st | 3 |
Kenya | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4 |
Namibia | 4th | 4th | 6th | – | 3 |
Nigeria | 5th | – | 2nd | 2nd | 3 |
South Africa | 1st | 1st | 1st | WD | 4 |
Zimbabwe | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | – | 3 |
Total | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Medal table
editTotal
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa (RSA) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Egypt (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
4 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Men
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Kenya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Ghana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Women
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Ghana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cricket and arm wrestling included on 2023 African Games programme". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 March 2022.