The Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup, formerly known as the Junior Africa Cup of Nations, is a women's international under-21 field hockey tournament organised by the African Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1988 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1] Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1988 |
| First season | 1988 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Confederation | AfHF (Africa) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  South Africa (7th title) (2023) |
| Most titles | South Africa (7 titles) |
Results
edit| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1989 Details |
 Zimbabwe |
 Kenya |
Only two teams | 2 | |||||||
| 1993 Details |
Harare, Zimbabwe | Kenya |
Zimbabwe |
 South Africa |
Only three teams | 3 | |||||
| 1997 Details[2] |
Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
Round-robin | Zimbabwe |
Kenya |
Round-robin |  Namibia |
4 | |||
| 2001 Details |
Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa |
 Egypt |
Zimbabwe |
 Nigeria |
4 | |||||
| 2004 Details[3] |
Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa |
Zimbabwe |
Namibia |
Nigeria |
4 | |||||
| 2008 Details[4] |
Cairo, Egypt | South Africa |
6–0 | Egypt |
 Ghana |
2–1 | Nigeria |
5 | |||
| 2012 Details |
Randburg, South Africa[5] | South Africa |
4–0 | Ghana |
Namibia |
1–0 | Kenya |
5[6] | |||
| 2016 Details |
Windhoek, Namibia | South Africa |
10–0 | Zimbabwe |
Namibia |
15–0 |  Tanzania |
4 | |||
| 2021 | Windhoek, Namibia | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] | Cancelled | 4 | |||||||
| 2023 Details |
Ismailia, Egypt | South Africa |
1–0 | Zimbabwe |
Egypt |
2–0 | Kenya |
4 | |||
| 2024 Details |
Windhoek, Namibia[8] | 4 | |||||||||
Summary
edit| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa
|
7 (1997, 2001*, 2004*, 2008, 2012*, 2016, 2023) | 1 (1993) | ||
 Zimbabwe
|
1 (1989) | 5 (1993*, 1997*, 2004, 2016, 2023) | 1 (2001) | |
 Kenya
|
1 (1993) | 1 (1989) | 1 (1997) | 2 (2012, 2023) |
 Egypt
|
2 (2001, 2008*) | 1 (2023*) | ||
 Namibia
|
3 (2004, 2012, 2016*) | 1 (1997) | ||
 Ghana
|
1 (2012) | 1 (2008) | ||
 Nigeria
|
3 (2001, 2004, 2008) | |||
 Tanzania
|
1 (2016) |
- * = host nation
Team appearances
edit| Team | 1989 |
1993 |
1997 |
2001 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt
|
– | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | – | 3rd | – | 3 |
| Ghana
|
– | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | 2 |
| Kenya
|
2nd | 1st | 3rd | – | – | – | 4th | – | 4th | Q | 5 |
| Namibia
|
– | – | 4th | – | 3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | – | Q | 4 |
| Nigeria
|
– | – | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| South Africa
|
– | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | 8 |
| Tanzania
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | 1 |
| Zimbabwe
|
1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 9 |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | [9] |
- ^‡ – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 3rd Africa Nations Cup 1997 Harare (ZIM) 22-27.04 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
- ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 5th Africa Nations Cup 2004 Pretoria (RSA) 13-17.09 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
- ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 6th Africa Nations Cup 2008 Cairo (EGY) 11-19.07 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
- ^ "News for 21 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 21 October 2012.
- ^ "News for 12 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 12 October 2012.
- ^ a b "AfHF Press Release – Cancellation announcement due to COVID-19: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2021". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ @africanhockeyfederation (28 August 2024). "Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2024 (Men/Women)" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup: Records".