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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 in

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, Egypt from 22 to 29 October 2017. Zambia withdrew before the tournament. The winner qualified for the

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. The six-time defending champions

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won their seventh title.

Venue

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Teams

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Squads

Results

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Preliminary round

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Classification round

Third and fourth place

Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

References

External links

Official website
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