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The Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international men's
field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
tournament governed by African Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champions of
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and qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup. The first edition was held in 1974.


Qualification

The top two highest-ranked teams in the
FIH World Rankings The FIH Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in field hockey. The teams of the member nations of International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results. The r ...
qualify directly for the tournament while the other teams have to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualify for the tournament. The three regions are Northeast Africa, Northwest Africa, and Central south Africa.


Results


Performances by nation


Team appearances


See also

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Field hockey at the African Games Field hockey has been an African Games event since the fourth edition in 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. It last featured on the games programme in 2003. It is set to return at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana. Men's tournament Results Summar ...
* Men's African Olympic Qualifier *
Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations The Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations is an international women'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. Qualification The top ...


References


External links


Men Field Hockey Africa Cup Archive
- ''todor66.com'' {{African Championships African championships Recurring sporting events established in 1974