2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
CityAccra
Dates17–23 January
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions South Africa (8th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored82 (5.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Matthew Guise-Brown (7 goals)
Best playerSouth Africa Nqobile Ntuli
2017 (previous) (next) 2025

The 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the 11th 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 February 2021 it was announced that the tournament would be held alongside the women's tournament at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 23 January 2022.[1]

South Africa were the defending champions, winning the 2017 edition.[2] They successfully defended their title after beating Egypt in the final.[3] The winner qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[4]

  1. ^ @AfrHockey (16 February 2021). "As per the 2nd AfHF Executive Board meeting of 12 Feb. 2021 and given the ongoing Corona virus outbreak impact on our 2021 events Road Map, presenting the 2nd EB Meeting Resolutions & Revised Events Dates" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "South Africa complete double at Africa Cup of Nations". fih.ch. 29 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa's Hockey World Cup adventures gets underway". fih.ch. 23 January 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands, 2023 FIH Hockey Men's World Cup in India". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.