2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier

2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
African Hockey Road To Paris 2024
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Dates	29 October – 5 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	University of Pretoria
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (5th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	104 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matthew Guise-Brown (11 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Benjamin Acquah
Fair play award	Uganda
← 2019 (previous)

The 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier was the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 29 October to 5 November 2023.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

South Africa, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
FIH World Rankings	—	—	2	South Africa Egypt
Northeast African Qualifying Tournament	6 June 2022	Cancelled^[9]	2	Kenya Uganda
Northwest African Qualifying Tournament	25 August 2022	Cancelled^[10]	2	Ghana Nigeria
FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament	31 August – 4 September 2022	Harare	2	Zimbabwe Zambia
Total			8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[11]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	3	3	0	29	2	+27	9	Semi-finals
2	Uganda	3	1	2	6	13	−7	3	Semi-finals
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	6	16	−10	3	Fifth to eighth place classification
4	Zimbabwe	3	1	2	5	15	−10	3	Fifth to eighth place classification

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[12]
(H) Hosts

29 October 2023
19:00^{[note 1]}

South Africa	10–0	Zimbabwe
D. Cassiem 8' Guise-Brown 17', 20', 35' Ntuli 20', 36', 57' M. Cassiem 29' Van Tonder 49' Kraai 58'	Report

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

29 October 2023
20:00

Nigeria	0–5^{[note 2]}	Uganda
	Report

University of Pretoria, Pretoria

30 October 2023
16:00

Zimbabwe	2–1	Uganda
M. Kanyangarara 24' Kamusewu 47'	Report	Batusa 26'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Darren Hubach (RSA)
Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

30 October 2023
20:00

Nigeria	2–8	South Africa
Samaila 27', 38'	Report	Mvimbi 4' Guise-Brown 17', 57' Sherwood 30' Ntuli 35' Kok 46' D. Cassiem 51' M. Cassiem 54'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Salim Lucky (BAN)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

1 November 2023
14:00

Zimbabwe	3–4	Nigeria
Mpofu 28' Chomunorwa 31' Kamusewu 43'	Report	P. John 12' Samaila 24', 48', 59'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

1 November 2023
20:00

South Africa	11–0	Uganda
De Sousa 13' Guise-Brown 14', 36', 53' Ntuli 19' Horne 24' Mvimbi 30' M. Cassiem 45', 49', 60' Sherwood 58'	Report

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Ghana	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6	Semi-finals
3	Kenya	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3	Fifth to eighth place classification
4	Zambia	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0	Fifth to eighth place classification

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[12]

29 October 2023
12:00

Egypt	2–0	Kenya
Adel 40' H. Ragab 55'	Report

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Darren Hubach (RSA)

29 October 2023
14:00^{[note 3]}

Ghana	3–1	Zambia
Abdul 35' Botsio 39' Ankomah 41'	Report	Simpanzye 16'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)
Stanley Tamale (UGA)

30 October 2023
10:00

Kenya	1–0	Zambia
Masibo 53'	Report

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

30 October 2023
12:00

Ghana	0–1	Egypt
	Report	M. Ragab 9'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

1 November 2023
16:00

Egypt	4–1	Zambia
H. Ragab 9', 28', 58' Mansour 34'	Report	Mpande 44'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Stanley Tamale (UGA)

1 November 2023
18:00

Kenya	1–3	Ghana
Ludiali 4'	Report	Akaba 12', 20' Baiden 53'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Salim Lucky (BAN)
Darren Hubach (RSA)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

5–8th place semi-finals		Fifth place

2 November

Nigeria	5
		4 November
Zambia	1
		Nigeria	4
2 November
		Kenya	3
Kenya	2

Zimbabwe	1
		Seventh place

		4 November

		Zambia	2

		Zimbabwe	0

5–8th place semi-finals

2 November 2023
16:30

Nigeria	5–1	Zambia
Godwin 5' Samaila 9', 55' P. John 16' Linus 35'	Report	Mpande 28'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)
Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

2 November 2023
18:45

Kenya	2–1	Zimbabwe
Masambu 22' Kariuki 31'	Report	Chomunorwa 37'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

Seventh place game

4 November 2023
11:30

Zambia	2–0	Zimbabwe
Simpanzye 21' Bwali 22'	Report

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Stanley Tamale (UGA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

Fifth place game

4 November 2023
13:45

Nigeria	4–3	Kenya
P. John 6', 35' Samaila 52' Ajibua 56'	Report	Onyango 21' Omari 23' Wabwire 56'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

3 November

South Africa	7
		5 November
Ghana	0
		South Africa	2
3 November
		Egypt	1
Egypt	9

Uganda	1
		Third place

		5 November

		Ghana	7

		Uganda	1

Semi-finals

3 November 2023
14:45

Egypt	9–1	Uganda
El-Ganaini 15', 26' H. Ragab 21' Mansour 24' Gamal 37', 47' Sayed 45' Mamdouh 48' Ghobran 50'	Report	Mugisha 57'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Darren Hubach (RSA)

3 November 2023
19:15

South Africa	7–0	Ghana
Julius 4' Guise-Brown 18', 46' Ntuli 19' Kok 20' M. Cassiem 50' Van Tonder 53'	Report

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Salim Lucky (BAN)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Third place game

5 November 2023
14:15

Ghana	7–1	Uganda
Tettey 9', 14', 40' Kwofie 25' Botsio 34' Baiden 45' Opoku 59'	Report	Batusa 35'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Darren Hubach (RSA)
Bryn Lowe (ZIM)

Final

5 November 2023
18:45

South Africa	2–1	Egypt
Guise-Brown 1' Julius 51'	Report	Ghobran 3'

University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Umpires:
Salim Lucky (BAN)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Egypt	2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
3	Ghana
4	Uganda
5	Nigeria
6	Kenya
7	Zambia
8	Zimbabwe

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match.

11 goals

Matthew Guise-Brown

8 goals

James Samaila

6 goals

5 goals

Hossameldin Ragab

4 goals

Peter John

3 goals

Francis Tettey

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

Notes

^ The start time was moved back due to a lightning.^[13]
^ Nigeria did not show up to the game and game was counted as a forfeit with a score of 5–0 in favour of Uganda.^[14]
^ The match was delayed due to lightning.^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c @africanhockeyfederation (6 November 2024). "Congratulations 🎉 to the Award Winners of the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) in Pretoria, South Africa" – via Instagram.
^ webadmin (10 October 2023). "Final Match Schedule - African Hockey Road to Paris 2024". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ @africanhockeyfederation (15 May 2023). "15 May 2023: Revised AfHF 2023 Events Roadmap New hosts & dates announced" – via Instagram.
^ @africanhockeyfederation (7 September 2023). "The African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W)..." – via Instagram.
^ "African Hockey Road to Paris Qualifier Confirmed". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024" (PDF).
^ "South Africa seal Olympic Games Paris 2024 Qualification". fih.hockey. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ Beer, Rienk De (6 November 2023). "SA Hockey Paris-bound after African success". TeamSA. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "Revised AfHF Road Map 2022–2023". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ @afrhockey (25 August 2022). "Due to the late withdrawal of Sierra Leone Men's Team, this tournament was cancelled by the AfHF" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) – Final Match Schedule". africahockey.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
^ @SA_Hockey (29 October 2023). "Please note amended start times for the South Africa vs. Zimbabwe times
17:00 RSA vs Zimbabwe Ladies
19:00 RSA vs Zimbabwe Men" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Hockey Cranes get maiden Olympic Qualifier victory". sportsoceanuganda.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ @SA_Hockey (29 October 2023). "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 Qualifier. Please note the start of the 14:00 game between Ghana and Zambia has been postponed due to lightning" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[14] The start time was moved back due to a lightning.^[13]

[16] Nigeria did not show up to the game and game was counted as a forfeit with a score of 5–0 in favour of Uganda.^[14]

[18] The match was delayed due to lightning.^[15]

[AfricaHockey-1] @africanhockeyfederation (6 November 2024). "Congratulations 🎉 to the Award Winners of the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) in Pretoria, South Africa" – via Instagram.

[2] webadmin (10 October 2023). "Final Match Schedule - African Hockey Road to Paris 2024". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[3] @africanhockeyfederation (15 May 2023). "15 May 2023: Revised AfHF 2023 Events Roadmap New hosts & dates announced" – via Instagram.

[4] @africanhockeyfederation (7 September 2023). "The African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W)..." – via Instagram.

[5] "African Hockey Road to Paris Qualifier Confirmed". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 10 September 2023.

[QUAL-6] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024" (PDF).

[7] "South Africa seal Olympic Games Paris 2024 Qualification". fih.hockey. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

[8] Beer, Rienk De (6 November 2023). "SA Hockey Paris-bound after African success". TeamSA. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[9] "Revised AfHF Road Map 2022–2023". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[10] @afrhockey (25 August 2022). "Due to the late withdrawal of Sierra Leone Men's Team, this tournament was cancelled by the AfHF" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[11] "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) – Final Match Schedule". africahockey.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[Regulations-12] FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022

[13] @SA_Hockey (29 October 2023). "Please note amended start times for the South Africa vs. Zimbabwe times
17:00 RSA vs Zimbabwe Ladies
19:00 RSA vs Zimbabwe Men" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[15] "Hockey Cranes get maiden Olympic Qualifier victory". sportsoceanuganda.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[17] @SA_Hockey (29 October 2023). "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 Qualifier. Please note the start of the 14:00 game between Ghana and Zambia has been postponed due to lightning" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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Qualification

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

5–8th place semi-finals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

See also

Notes

References