# Women's Junior Africa Cup

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 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup. Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.

## Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Number of teams |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1989 Details | | Zimbabwe | | Kenya | Only two teams | Only two teams | Only two teams | 2 |
| 1993 Details | Harare, Zimbabwe | Kenya | | Zimbabwe | South Africa | Only three teams | Only three teams | 3 |
| 1997 Details | 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 | Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa | | Zimbabwe | Namibia | | Nigeria | 4 |
| 2008 Details | Cairo, Egypt | South Africa | 6–0 | Egypt | Ghana | 2–1 | Nigeria | 5 |
| 2012 Details | Randburg, South Africa | South Africa | 4–0 | Ghana | Namibia | 1–0 | Kenya | 5 |
| 2016 Details | Windhoek, Namibia | South Africa | 10–0 | Zimbabwe | Namibia | 15–0 | Tanzania | 4 |
| 2021 | Windhoek, Namibia | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | 4 |
| 2023 Details | Ismailia, Egypt | South Africa | 1–0 | Zimbabwe | Egypt | 2–0 | Kenya | 4 |
| 2024 Details | Windhoek, Namibia | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | 7 |

### Summary

| 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

| Team | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
| Egypt | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | – | 3rd | – | 3 |
| Ghana | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | Q | 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 |
| Uganda | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
| Zambia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 9 |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
    ^‡ – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.