2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityIsmailia
Dates11–18 October
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
VenueSuez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions South Africa (8th title)
Runner-up Ghana
Third place Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored54 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer Mavis Berko (6 goals)
Best player Quanita Bobbs[1]
Best goalkeeper Dorothy Ngissah[2]
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The 2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. In March 2025 it was announced that the tournament would be held alongside the men's tournament in Ismailia, Egypt from 11 to 18 October 2025.[3]

South Africa, as the winner, qualified for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.[4][5]

Qualification

The highest-ranked team in the FIH Women's World Ranking qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each regional qualifier qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.[6][7]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
— Hosts — 1  Egypt
— FIH Women's World Ranking — 1  South Africa
Cancelled[8] North-West Africa Qualifier — 2  Ghana
 Nigeria
Cancelled[9] North-East Africa Qualifier — 1  Uganda[10]
 Kenya[10]
17–24 August 2024 Central-South Africa Qualifier Harare, Zimbabwe 3  Namibia[11]
 Zambia[10]
 Zimbabwe[10]
Total 8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 4 3 1 0 18 2 +16 10 Final
2  Ghana 4 3 0 1 20 7 +13 9
3  Kenya 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Third place match
4  Nigeria 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 3
5  Egypt (H) 4 0 0 4 1 24 −23 0
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
11 October 2025
12:00
Kenya  1–0  Nigeria
Owiti  50' Report
Umpires:
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)
11 October 2025
16:00
Ghana  8–1  Egypt
Sarfoa  14'
Narkuor  21', 31', 33'
Afriyie  41'
Amoah  43'
Owusuaa  54'
Agyei  58' 		Report El-Sayed  48'
Umpires:
Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
12 October 2025
11:00
Ghana  5–1  Nigeria
Berko  13', 15', 29', 41', 56' Report Obukowho  5'
Umpires:
Mari-Elize Swart (RSA)
Linah Barasa (KEN)
12 October 2025
17:00
South Africa  10–0  Egypt
Zulu  3', 59'
Mokoena  15'
Pearce  17'
Mali  26'
De Waal  28', 56'
Augousti  50', 54'
Fourie  57' 		Report
Umpires:
Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)
14 October 2025
13:00
Ghana  2–3  South Africa
Amoah  19'
Berko  24' 		Report Mali  12', 18'
Du Toit  17'
Umpires:
Linah Barasa (KEN)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
14 October 2025
17:00
Egypt  0–4  Kenya
Report Anjao  15'
Chebet  34'
Kemunto  48'
Owiti  58'
Umpires:
Mari-Elize Swart (RSA)
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
15 October 2025
11:00
Kenya  0–0  South Africa
Report
Umpires:
Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
15 October 2025
13:00
Nigeria  2–0  Egypt
Christopher  11'
Njoku  34' 		Report
Umpires:
Linah Barasa (KEN)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)
17 October 2025
11:00
South Africa  5–0  Nigeria
Du Toit  1'
Bobbs  34'
Pearce  41', 49'
Maree  56' 		Report
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)
17 October 2025
13:00
Kenya  2–5  Ghana
Bwire  8'
Chebet  23' 		Report Konadu  6', 34', 38'
Amoah  36'
Narkuor  48'
Umpires:
Mari-Elize Swart (RSA)
Ebitimi Sampou (NGR)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

18 October 2025
11:00
Kenya  1–0  Nigeria
Bwire  47' Report
Umpires:
Mari-Elize Swart (RSA)
Evelyn Fiador (GHA)

Final

18 October 2025
15:30
South Africa  4–0  Ghana
Du Toit  3', 30'
De Waal  5'
Pearce  14' 		Report
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
 South Africa 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup
 Ghana
 Kenya
4  Nigeria
5  Egypt (H)
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Mavis Berko

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Rania El-Sayed
  • Lydia Afriyie
  • Racheal Agyei
  • Margaret Owusuaa
  • Martha Sarfoa
  • Joan Anjao
  • Naom Kemunto
  • Joy Christopher
  • Queen Esther Njoku
  • Faith Obukowho
  • Quanita Bobbs
  • Tegan Fourie
  • Caylin Maree
  • Ntsopa Mokoena

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ^ @sahockey_; (19 October 2025). "Player of the tournament at the African Hockey Cup of Nations 2025 was none other than our very own Quanita Bobbs" – via Instagram.
  2. ^ @ghanahockey; (19 October 2025). "Meet the top scorer and best goalkeeper award winners of the Africa Cup of Nations 2025. #Dorothy Ngissah and #Mavis Boatemaa Berko" – via Instagram.
  3. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations [ACN] - 2025 (12th M & 9th W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  4. ^ "South Africa Women and Men qualify for FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium and Netherlands 2026". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 28 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
  6. ^ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  8. ^ "North West Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  9. ^ "North-East Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  10. ^ a b c d @africanhockeyfederation; (29 August 2025). "ACN 2025 Participating Teams" – via Instagram.
  11. ^ @africanhockeyfederation; (17 September 2025). "Final Participating Teams (after withdrawal of Namibia Men & Women)" – via Instagram.
  12. ^ FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
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