# 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier

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.
South Africa, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
| FIH World Rankings | — | — | 2 | South Africa Egypt |
| Northeast African Qualifying Tournament | 6 June 2022 | Cancelled | 2 | Kenya Uganda |
| Northwest African Qualifying Tournament | 25 August 2022 | Cancelled | 2 | Ghana Nigeria |
| FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament | 31 August – 4 September 2022 | Harare | 2 | Zimbabwe Zambia |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Uganda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 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 | Fifth to eighth place classification |
* 29 October 2023 19:00
| South Africa | 10–0 | Zimbabwe |
| D. Cassiem 8' Guise-Brown 17', 20', 35' Ntuli 20', 36', 57' M. Cassiem 29' Van Tonder 49' Kraai 58' | Report | |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)
* 29 October 2023 20:00
| Nigeria | 0–5 | Uganda |
| | Report | |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria
* 30 October 2023 16:00
| Zimbabwe | 2–1 | Uganda |
| M. Kanyangarara 24' Kamusewu 47' | Report | Batusa 26' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Darren Hubach (RSA) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)
* 30 October 2023 20:00
| Nigeria | 2–8 | South Africa |
| Samaila 27', 38' | Report | Mvimbi 4' Guise-Brown 17', 57' Sherwood 30' Ntuli 35' Kok 46' D. Cassiem 51' M. Cassiem 54' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Aziz Adimah (GHA)
* 1 November 2023 14:00
| Zimbabwe | 3–4 | Nigeria |
| Mpofu 28' Chomunorwa 31' Kamusewu 43' | Report | P. John 12' Samaila 24', 48', 59' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)
* 1 November 2023 20:00
| South Africa | 11–0 | Uganda |
| De Sousa 13' Guise-Brown 14', 36', 53' Ntuli 19' Horne 24' Mvimbi 30' M. Cassiem 45', 49', 60' Sherwood 58' | Report | |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 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 | Fifth to eighth place classification |
* 29 October 2023 12:00
| Egypt | 2–0 | Kenya |
| Adel 40' H. Ragab 55' | Report | |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Darren Hubach (RSA)
* 29 October 2023 14:00
| Ghana | 3–1 | Zambia |
| Abdul 35' Botsio 39' Ankomah 41' | Report | Simpanzye 16' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Stanley Tamale (UGA)
* 30 October 2023 10:00
| Kenya | 1–0 | Zambia |
| Masibo 53' | Report | |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Simon Awasa (NGR)
* 30 October 2023 12:00
| Ghana | 0–1 | Egypt |
| | Report | M. Ragab 9' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Peter Kabaso (KEN)
* 1 November 2023 16:00
| Egypt | 4–1 | Zambia |
| H. Ragab 9', 28', 58' Mansour 34' | Report | Mpande 44' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Stanley Tamale (UGA)
* 1 November 2023 18:00
| Kenya | 1–3 | Ghana |
| Ludiali 4' | Report | Akaba 12', 20' Baiden 53' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Darren Hubach (RSA)

## Fifth to eighth place classification
### Bracket

| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 2 November | 2 November |
| Nigeria | 5 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 4 November | 4 November |
| Zambia | 1 | 4 November | 4 November |
| Zambia | 1 | Nigeria | 4 |
| 2 November | 2 November | | Nigeria | 4 |
| 2 November | 2 November | Kenya | 3 |
| Kenya | 2 | Kenya | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | | |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 4 November | 4 November |
| | | Zambia | 2 |
| | | Zimbabwe | 0 |

### 5–8th place semi-finals

* 2 November 2023 16:30
| Nigeria | 5–1 | Zambia |
| Godwin 5' Samaila 9', 55' P. John 16' Linus 35' | Report | Mpande 28' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Munashe Mashoko (ZIM) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)
* 2 November 2023 18:45
| Kenya | 2–1 | Zimbabwe |
| Masambu 22' Kariuki 31' | Report | Chomunorwa 37' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

### Seventh place game

* 4 November 2023 11:30
| Zambia | 2–0 | Zimbabwe |
| Simpanzye 21' Bwali 22' | Report | |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Stanley Tamale (UGA) Simon Awasa (NGR)

### Fifth place game

* 4 November 2023 13:45
| Nigeria | 4–3 | Kenya |
| P. John 6', 35' Samaila 52' Ajibua 56' | Report | Onyango 21' Omari 23' Wabwire 56' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 November | 3 November |
| South Africa | 7 |
| South Africa | 7 | 5 November | 5 November |
| Ghana | 0 | 5 November | 5 November |
| Ghana | 0 | South Africa | 2 |
| 3 November | 3 November | | South Africa | 2 |
| 3 November | 3 November | Egypt | 1 |
| Egypt | 9 | Egypt | 1 |
| Uganda | 1 | | |
| Uganda | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 5 November | 5 November |
| | | Ghana | 7 |
| | | Uganda | 1 |

### Semi-finals

* 3 November 2023 14:45
| Egypt | 9–1 | Uganda |
| El-Ganaini 15', 26' H. Ragab 21' Mansour 24' Gamal 37', 47' Sayed 45' Mamdouh 48' Ghobran 50' | Report | Mugisha 57' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Darren Hubach (RSA)
* 3 November 2023 19:15
| South Africa | 7–0 | Ghana |
| Julius 4' Guise-Brown 18', 46' Ntuli 19' Kok 20' M. Cassiem 50' Van Tonder 53' | Report | |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

### Third place game

* 5 November 2023 14:15
| Ghana | 7–1 | Uganda |
| Tettey 9', 14', 40' Kwofie 25' Botsio 34' Baiden 45' Opoku 59' | Report | Batusa 35' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Darren Hubach (RSA) Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

### Final

* 5 November 2023 18:45
| South Africa | 2–1 | Egypt |
| Guise-Brown 1' Julius 51' | Report | Ghobran 3' |
* University of Pretoria, Pretoria Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| 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 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match.
11 goals
* Matthew Guise-Brown
8 goals
* James Samaila
6 goals
* Mustapha Cassiem
* Nqobile Ntuli
5 goals
* Hossameldin Ragab
4 goals
* Peter John
3 goals
* Francis Tettey
2 goals
* Ahmed El-Ganaini
* Ahmed Gamal
* Hossam Ghobran
* Mostafa Mansour
* Elikem Akaba
* Michael Baiden
* Johnny Botsio
* Dayaan Cassiem
* Ryan Julius
* Tevin Kok
* Samkelo Mvimbi
* Bradley Sherwood
* Jacques van Tonder
* Colline Batusa
* Alfred Mpande
* Joseph Simpanzye
* Alec Chomunorwa
* Tadiwanashe Kamusewu
1 goal
* Ziad Adel
* Mahmoud Mamdouh
* Mostafa Ragab
* Amr Sayed
* Malik Abdul
* Emmanuel Ankomah
* Benjamin Kwofie
* Ernest Opoku
* Francis Kariuki
* Ivan Ludiali
* Bethuel Masambu
* Robert Masibo
* Cliffe Omari
* Festus Onyango
* Danstone Wabwire
* Olawale Ajibua
* Sunday Godwin
* Kelvin Linus
* Keenan Horne
* Zenani Kraai
* Matthew De Sousa
* Maxwell Mugisha
* Phillimon Bwali
* Mutsawashe Kanyangarara
* Arnold Mpofu
Source: FIH