The 2005 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the

Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations The Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international men's field hockey tournament governed by African Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champions of Africa and qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup. The first edition was he ...

, the quadrennial international men's

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championship of

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organised by the

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. It was held alongside the

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, South Africa from 1 to 8 October 2005. The hosts and three-time defending champions

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won their fourth title and qualified for the

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by defeating

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3–2 in penalty strokes in the final.

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won the bronze medal by defeating

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2–0.

Results

Preliminary round

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Third place game

Final

Final standings

References

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Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...