# 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

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

## Qualification

The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams played in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| — | FIH World Rankings | — | 2 | Egypt South Africa |
| Cancelled | North-West Africa Qualifier | — | 2 | Ghana Nigeria |
| Cancelled | North-East Africa Qualifier | — | 2 | Kenya Uganda |
| Cancelled | Central-South Africa Qualifier | — | 1 | Namibia Zimbabwe |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | |

## Preliminary round

The schedule was published on 14 December 2021.
All times are local (UTC±0).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Namibia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | |
* 17 January 2022 20:00
| South Africa | 13–0 | Namibia |
| Malgraff 5' Drummond 10' Pautz 23', 54' Spooner 24', 54' Guise-Brown 35', 47', 49' Paton 45' Sherwood 56', 60' Jackson 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Stanley Tamale (UGA)
* 18 January 2022 17:00
| Namibia | 1–4 | Kenya |
| Tjikuniva 18' | Report | Wakhura 14' Iningu 51' Awino 53' Onyango 57' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Aziz Adimah (GHA)
* 19 January 2022 16:00
| Kenya | 1–2 | South Africa |
| Wakhura 40' | Report | Ntuli 33', 37' |
* Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ghana (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | |
* 17 January 2022 16:00
| Ghana | 1–1 | Uganda |
| Tettey 28' | Report | Ntumba 40' |
* Umpires: Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY) Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)
* 17 January 2022 18:00
| Egypt | 4–2 | Nigeria |
| Sayed 32' Ibrahim 35', 45' Mos. Ragab 42' | Report | P. John 28' Samaila 36' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Siyabonga Martins (NAM)
* 18 January 2022 13:00
| Nigeria | 10–3 | Uganda |
| P. John 9', 59' Samaila 10' Victor 11' Sunday 20' Ibrahim 22', 53' M. John 35' Solomon 40' Godwin 42' | Report | Mugisha 3' Opio 25' Okodi 50' |
* Umpires: Elvis Bwalya (ZAM) Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
* 18 January 2022 19:00
| Ghana | 0–1 | Egypt |
| | Report | El-Ganaini 55' |
* Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
* 20 January 2022 13:00
| Egypt | 3–1 | Uganda |
| Mos. Ragab 21' Z. Adel 23' Nasr 47' | Report | Ntumba 21' |
* Umpires: Erik Etsebeth (RSA) Simon Awasa (NGR)
* 20 January 2022 19:00
| Nigeria | 1–1 | Ghana |
| P. John 43' | Report | Tettey 56' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

## Fifth to seventh place classification
### Bracket

| Sixth place | Sixth place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| | | 22 January | 22 January |
| | | Ghana | 6 |
| 21 January | 21 January | | Ghana | 6 |
| 21 January | 21 January | Uganda | 1 |
| Namibia | 2 | Uganda | 1 |
| Uganda | 3 | | |

### Sixth place game

* 21 January 2022 09:00
| Namibia | 2–3 | Uganda |
| La Cock 29', 39' | Report | Opio 9', 13' Batusa 34' |
* Umpires: Erik Etsebeth (RSA) Elvis Bwalya (ZAM)

### Fifth place game

* 22 January 2022 11:00
| Ghana | 6–1 | Uganda |
| Adjei 12', 37' Tettey 23', 44' Kwofie 34' Akaba 58' | Report | Batusa 52' |
* Umpires: Erik Etsebeth (RSA) Simon Awasa (NGR)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 January | 22 January |
| South Africa | 7 |
| South Africa | 7 | 23 January | 23 January |
| Nigeria | 0 | 23 January | 23 January |
| Nigeria | 0 | South Africa (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| 22 January | 22 January | | South Africa (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| 22 January | 22 January | Egypt | 1 (1) |
| Egypt | 5 | Egypt | 1 (1) |
| Kenya | 1 | | |
| Kenya | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 23 January | 23 January |
| | | Nigeria | 4 |
| | | Kenya | 2 |

### Semi-finals

* 22 January 2022 13:15
| South Africa | 7–0 | Nigeria |
| Guise-Brown 17', 23', 57' Ntuli 18' Pautz 20' Malgraff 27' Bell 43' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY) Peter Kabaso (KEN)
* 22 January 2022 15:30
| Egypt | 5–1 | Kenya |
| Nasr 11' Ragab 12', 27' M. Adel 37' El-Naggar 43' | Report | Wakhura 51' |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

### Third place game

* 23 January 2022 14:15
| Nigeria | 4–2 | Kenya |
| Godwin 7' Sunday 18' Ibrahim 31' Samaila 44' | Report | Kipyego 18' Iningu 52' |
* Umpires: Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY) Stanley Tamale (UGA)

### Final

* 23 January 2022 18:15
| South Africa | 1–1 | Egypt |
| Guise-Brown 12' | Report | Z. Adel 23' |
| Penalties |||
| Spooner Mvimbi Ntuli Ngubane Sherwood | 3–1 | M. Adel Edris Sayed Nasr |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Peter Kabaso (KEN)]

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | South Africa |
| | Egypt |
| | Nigeria |
| 4 | Kenya |
| 5 | Ghana |
| 6 | Uganda |
| 7 | Namibia |
* Qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

## Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.
7 goals
* Matthew Guise-Brown
4 goals
* Mostafa Ragab
* Francis Tettey
* Peter John
3 goals
* Constant Wakhura
* Benjamin Ibrahim
* James Samaila
* Nqobile Ntuli
* Richard Pautz
* Thomas Opio
2 goals
* Ziad Adel
* Amr Ibrahim
* Mohamed Nasr
* Richard Adjei
* Allan Iningu
* Dian La Cock
* Sunday Godwin
* Emmanuel Sunday
* Ignatius Malgraff
* Bradley Sherwood
* Nicholas Spooner
* Colline Batusa
* Timothy Ntumba
1 goal
* Mohamed Adel
* Ahmed El-Ganaini
* Ahmed El-Naggar
* Amr Sayed
* Emmanuel Akaba
* Benjamin Kwofie
* Emmanuel Awino
* Titus Kipyego
* Festus Onyango
* Isascar Tjikuniva
* Michael John
* Dennis Solomon
* Kish Victor
* Daniel Bell
* Timothy Drummond
* Le-Neal Jackson
* Taine Paton
* Maxwell Mugisha
* Brian Okodi
Source: FIH