2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | TBA | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
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The 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations will be the 12th 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.
The winner will qualify for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[1]
Qualification
[edit]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.[2][3]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | FIH World Rankings | — | 2 |  South Africa Egypt
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| 15 – 23 June 2024 | North-West Africa Qualifier | Cancelled[4] | 2 |  Ghana Nigeria
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| 22 – 2 April 2024 | North-East Africa Qualifier | Cancelled[5] | 2 |  Kenya Uganda
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| 17 – 21 August 2024 | Central-South Africa Qualifier | Harare, Zimbabwe | 2 |  Namibia Zambia
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| Total | 8 | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
- ^ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "North West Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "North-East Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.