Women's Junior Africa Cup

Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
SportField hockey
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
First season1988
No. of teams4
ConfederationAfHF (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 South Africa (7th title)
(2023)
Most titles South Africa (7 titles)

The Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup, formerly known as the Junior Africa Cup of Nations, is a women's international under-21 field hockey tournament organised by the African Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1988 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1] Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.

Results

Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1989
Details

Zimbabwe

Kenya
Only two teams 2
1993
Details
Harare, Zimbabwe
Kenya

Zimbabwe

South Africa
Only three teams 3
1997
Details[2]
Harare, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Round-robin
Zimbabwe

Kenya
Round-robin
Namibia
4
2001
Details
Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa

Egypt

Zimbabwe

Nigeria
4
2004
Details[3]
Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa

Zimbabwe

Namibia

Nigeria
4
2008
Details[4]
Cairo, Egypt
South Africa
6–0
Egypt

Ghana
2–1
Nigeria
5
2012
Details
Randburg, South Africa[5]
South Africa
4–0
Ghana

Namibia
1–0
Kenya
5[6]
2016
Details
Windhoek, Namibia
South Africa
10–0
Zimbabwe

Namibia
15–0
Tanzania
4
2021 Windhoek, Namibia Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Cancelled 4
2023
Details
Ismailia, Egypt
South Africa
1–0
Zimbabwe

Egypt
2–0
Kenya
4
2024
Details
Windhoek, Namibia[8] 4

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 South Africa 7 (1997, 2001*, 2004*, 2008, 2012*, 2016, 2023) 1 (1993)
 Zimbabwe 1 (1989) 5 (1993*, 1997*, 2004, 2016, 2023) 1 (2001)
 Kenya 1 (1993) 1 (1989) 1 (1997) 2 (2012, 2023)
 Egypt 2 (2001, 2008*) 1 (2023*)
 Namibia 3 (2004, 2012, 2016*) 1 (1997)
 Ghana 1 (2012) 1 (2008)
 Nigeria 3 (2001, 2004, 2008)
 Tanzania 1 (2016)
* = host nation

Team appearances

Team
1989
Zimbabwe
1993
Zimbabwe
1997
South Africa
2001
South Africa
2004
Egypt
2008
South Africa
2012
Namibia
2016
Egypt
2023
Namibia
2024
Total
 Egypt 2nd 2nd 3rd 3
 Ghana 3rd 2nd 2
 Kenya 2nd 1st 3rd 4th 4th Q 5
 Namibia 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd Q 4
 Nigeria 4th 4th 4th 3
 South Africa 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Q 8
 Tanzania 4th 1
 Zimbabwe 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 2nd 2nd Q 9
Total 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 [9]
^‡ – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 3rd Africa Nations Cup 1997 Harare (ZIM) 22-27.04 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
  3. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 5th Africa Nations Cup 2004 Pretoria (RSA) 13-17.09 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
  4. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 6th Africa Nations Cup 2008 Cairo (EGY) 11-19.07 - Winner South Africa". Field Hockey Africa Archive.
  5. ^ "News for 21 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 21 October 2012.
  6. ^ "News for 12 October 2012". The Fieldhockey.com Archives. 12 October 2012.
  7. ^ a b "AfHF Press Release – Cancellation announcement due to COVID-19: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2021". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ @africanhockeyfederation (28 August 2024). "Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2024 (Men/Women)" – via Instagram.
  9. ^ "Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup: Records".