# 2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

The 2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international women'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 men's tournament at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 23 January 2022.
South Africa were the six-time defending champions, having also won the 2017 edition. They successfully defended their title after beating Ghana in the final. The winner qualified for the 2022 Women'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 had to play 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 | Ghana South Africa |
| Cancelled | North-West Africa Qualifier | — | 1 | Nigeria |
| Cancelled | North-East Africa Qualifier | — | 2 | Kenya Uganda |
| Cancelled | Central-South Africa Qualifier | — | 3 | Namibia Zambia Zimbabwe |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | |
* 17 January 2022 07:00
| Namibia | 3–0 | Uganda |
| Coetzee 40' Brinkmann 42' Myburgh 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jonelke Swanepoel (RSA) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
* 17 January 2022 11:00
| South Africa | 3–0 | Zimbabwe |
| Du Plessis 9' Coston 12' Glasby 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Cynthia Clement (GHA) Liana du Plessis (NAM)
* 18 January 2022 07:00
| Zimbabwe | 5–0 | Uganda |
| Elijah 28' N. Terblanche 30', 52' Grant 47' Pope 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Liana du Plassis (NAM) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
* 18 January 2022 15:00
| Namibia | 0–6 | South Africa |
| | Report | Du Plessis 9' Botha 24' Glasby 27', 44' Fourie 38' Veto 55' |
* Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Binish Hayat (PAK)
* 20 January 2022 11:00
| Zimbabwe | 1–1 | Namibia |
| Elijah 43' | Report | Myburgh 51' |
* Umpires: Kenneth Tamale (UGA) Cynthia Clement (GHA)
* 20 January 2022 17:00
| South Africa | 10–0 | Uganda |
| Glasby 6', 46', 47', 56' Fourie 9' Du Plessis 12', 44' Simmons 15' Bobbs 35' Coston 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ebitimi Sampou (NGR) Sandra Adell (ESP)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
* 17 January 2022 13:00
| Ghana | 2–2 | Nigeria |
| Opoku 12' Sarfoa 60' | Report | Njoku 13' Johnson 55' |
* Umpires: Binish Hayat (PAK) Sandra Adell (ESP)
* 18 January 2022 09:00
| Nigeria | 2–1 | Zambia |
| Uddoh 8' Billo 56' | Report | Nakombe 28' |
* Umpires: Kenneth Tamale (UGA) Cynthia Clement (GHA)
* 18 January 2022 11:00
| Kenya | 0–5 | Ghana |
| | Report | |
* 19 January 2022 09:00
| Kenya | 3–0 | Zambia |
| Opondo 11' Mutiva 45' Bwire 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Jonelke Swanepoel (RSA)
* 20 January 2022 09:00
| Nigeria | 1–2 | Kenya |
| Johnson 11' | Report | Opondo 15' Kemunto 54' |
* Umpires: Bryn Lowe (ZIM) Liana du Plassis (NAM)
* 20 January 2022 15:00
| Ghana | 4–0 | Zambia |
| Opoku 4' Narkuor 10', 39' Berko 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Charity Majimbo (KEN) Jonelke Swanepoel (RSA)

## Classification round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 21 January | 21 January |
| Namibia (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) |
| Namibia (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | 23 January | 23 January |
| Zambia | 2 (2) | 23 January | 23 January |
| Zambia | 2 (2) | Namibia | 0 |
| 21 January | 21 January | | Namibia | 0 |
| 21 January | 21 January | Nigeria | 1 |
| Nigeria | 4 | Nigeria | 1 |
| Uganda | 0 | | |
| Uganda | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 23 January | 23 January |
| | | Zambia | 2 |
| | | Uganda | 1 |

### 5–8th place semi-finals

* 21 January 2022 11:15
| Namibia | 2–2 | Zambia |
| Semedo 19' Louis 35' | Report | Nakombe 49' Kalomo 58' |
| Penalties |||
| Myburgh Van Rooyen Semedo Brinkmann Kruger | 3–2 | Mambwe Nakombe Mudenda Mutangama Kalomo |
* Umpires: Charity Majimbo (KEN) Bryn Lowe (ZIM)
* 21 January 2022 13:30
| Nigeria | 4–0 | Uganda |
| Njoku 8' John 23' Billo 27' Johnson 36' | Report | |
* Umpires: Cynthia Clement (GHA) Liana du Plessis (NAM)

### Seventh place game

* 23 January 2022 07:30
| Zambia | 2–1 | Uganda |
| Kalomo 3', 13' | Report | Thuwaibah 49' |
* Umpires: Ebitimi Sampou (NGR) Liana du Plassis (NAM)

### Fifth place game

* 23 January 2022 09:45
| Namibia | 0–1 | Nigeria |
| | Report | John 27' |
* Umpires: Charity Majimbo (KEN) Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 21 January | 21 January |
| South Africa | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 | 23 January | 23 January |
| Kenya | 0 | 23 January | 23 January |
| Kenya | 0 | South Africa | 3 |
| 21 January | 21 January | | South Africa | 3 |
| 21 January | 21 January | Ghana | 1 |
| Ghana | 2 | Ghana | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | | |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 23 January | 23 January |
| | | Kenya (p.s.o.) | 0 (3) |
| | | Zimbabwe | 0 (1) |

### Semi-finals

* 21 January 2022 15:45
| South Africa | 4–0 | Kenya |
| Bobbs 21' Glasby 39', 60' Maddocks 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Binish Hayat (PAK) Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
* 21 January 2022 18:00
| Ghana | 2–1 | Zimbabwe |
| Umaru 25' Opoku 0' | Report | A. Terblanche 15' |
* Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Kenneth Tamale (UGA)

### Third place game

* 23 January 2022 12:00
| Kenya | 0–0 | Zimbabwe |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Kuira Makokha Owiti Chebet | 3–1 | Williams Grant Elijah Levey |
* Umpires: Cynthia Clement (GHA) Kenneth Tamale (UGA)

### Final

* 23 January 2022 16:30
| South Africa | 3–1 | Ghana |
| Maddocks 15' Paton 23' Du Plessis 55' | Report | Opoku 6' |
* Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Binish Hayat (PAK)

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | South Africa |
| | Ghana |
| | Kenya |
| 4 | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | Nigeria |
| 6 | Namibia |
| 7 | Zambia |
| 8 | Uganda |
* Qualified for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

## Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 3.63 goals per match.
9 goals
* Tarryn Glasby
5 goals
* Lilian du Plessis
4 goals
* Elizabeth Opoku
3 goals
* Benedicta Johnson
* Catherine Kalomo
2 goals
* Vivian Narkuor
* Aurelia Opondo
* Taramarie Myburgh
* Esther Billo
* Alfa John
* QueenEsther Njoku
* Quanita Bobbs
* Bernadette Coston
* Tegan Fourie
* Charné Maddocks
* Carol Nakombe
* Tinodiwanashe Elijah
* Natalie Terblanche
1 goal
* Mavis Berko
* Martha Sarfoa
* Nafisatu Umaru
* Grace Bwire
* Naomi Kemunto
* Flavia Mutiva
* Sascha Brinkmann
* Anthea Coetzee
* Ina Louis
* Tisha Semedo
* Precious Uddoh
* Stephanie Botha
* Shirndré-Lee Simmons
* Kristen Paton
* Nomnikelo Veto
* Kiggundu Thuwaibah
* Nicolle Grant
* Lilian Pope
* Alexi Terblanche
Source: FIH