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Tournament details | |||
Host country | South Africa | ||
City | Pretoria | ||
Dates | 29 October – 5 November | ||
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
Venue(s) | University of Pretoria | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | South Africa (5th title) | ||
Runner-up | Egypt | ||
Third place | Ghana | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 20 | ||
Goals scored | 104 (5.2 per match) | ||
Top scorer(s) | Matthew Guise-Brown[1] (11 goals) | ||
Best goalkeeper | Benjamin Acquah[1] | ||
Fair play award | Uganda[1] | ||
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The 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier was the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 29 October to 5 November 2023.[2][3][4][5]
South Africa, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6][7][8]
Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
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FIH World Rankings | — | — | 2 | South Africa Egypt |
Northeast African Qualifying Tournament | 6 June 2022 | Cancelled[9] | 2 | Kenya Uganda |
Northwest African Qualifying Tournament | 25 August 2022 | Cancelled[10] | 2 | Ghana Nigeria |
FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament | 31 August – 4 September 2022 | Harare | 2 | Zimbabwe Zambia |
Total | 8 |
All times are local (UTC+2).[11]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 9 | Semi-finals |
2 | Uganda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | Fifth to eighth place classification |
4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 3 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
2 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Fifth to eighth place classification |
4 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
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5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
2 November | ||||||
Nigeria | 5 | |||||
4 November | ||||||
Zambia | 1 | |||||
Nigeria | 4 | |||||
2 November | ||||||
Kenya | 3 | |||||
Kenya | 2 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 1 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
4 November | ||||||
Zambia | 2 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 0 |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
3 November | ||||||
South Africa | 7 | |||||
5 November | ||||||
Ghana | 0 | |||||
South Africa | 2 | |||||
3 November | ||||||
Egypt | 1 | |||||
Egypt | 9 | |||||
Uganda | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
5 November | ||||||
Ghana | 7 | |||||
Uganda | 1 |
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Pos | Team | Qualification |
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1 | South Africa (H) | 2024 Summer Olympics |
2 | Egypt | 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers |
3 | Ghana | |
4 | Uganda | |
5 | Nigeria | |
6 | Kenya | |
7 | Zambia | |
8 | Zimbabwe |
There were 104 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match.
11 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH
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