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Field hockey at the African Games

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Field hockey at the African Games
Most recent season or competition:
Field hockey at the 2023 African Games
FormerlyField hockey at the All-Africa Games
SportField hockey
Founded1987
ContinentAfrica (AfHF)
Most recent
champion(s)
M:  Egypt (3nd title)
W:  Ghana (1st title)
Most titlesM:  Egypt (3 titles)
W:  South Africa (3 titles)

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.[1]

Men's tournament

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Results

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Year Host Gold medal match Bronze medal match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1987
Details
Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya
Round-robin
Zimbabwe

Nigeria
Round-robin
Egypt
7
1991
Details
Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
Round-robin
Kenya

Zimbabwe
Round-robin
Ghana
5
1995
Details
Harare, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Round-robin
Egypt

Kenya
Round-robin
Zimbabwe
6
1999
Details
Johannesburg, South Africa
South Africa
Round-robin
Egypt

Kenya
Round-robin
Zimbabwe
6
2003
Details
Abuja, Nigeria
Egypt
3–2 (a.e.t.)
South Africa

Ghana
2–1
Nigeria
5
2023
Details
Accra, Ghana
Egypt
2–2
(3–1 s.o.)

Ghana

Nigeria
2–1
Kenya
4

Summary

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Team Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Fourth place
 Egypt 3 (1991*, 2003, 2023) 2 (1995, 1999) 1 (1987)
 South Africa 2 (1995, 1999*) 1 (2003)
 Kenya 1 (1987*) 1 (1991) 2 (1995, 1999) 1 (2023)
 Zimbabwe 1 (1987) 1 (1991) 2 (1995*, 1999)
 Ghana 1 (2023*) 1 (2003) 1 (1991)
 Nigeria 2 (1987, 2023) 1 (2003*)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team Kenya
1987
Egypt
1991
Zimbabwe
1995
South Africa
1999
Nigeria
2003
Ghana
2023
Total
 Egypt 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 6
 Ghana 5th 4th 5th 3rd 2nd 5
 Kenya 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 5
 Malawi 6th 1
 Namibia 5th 1
 Nigeria 3rd 5th 6th 4th 3rd 5
 South Africa 1st 1st 2nd WD 4
 Tanzania 6th 1
 Zambia 7th 1
 Zimbabwe 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 5th 6
Total 7 5 6 6 5 4

Women's tournament

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Results

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Year Host Gold medal match Bronze medal match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1995
Details
Harare, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Round-robin
Zimbabwe

Kenya
Round-robin
Namibia
6
1999
Details
Johannesburg, South Africa
South Africa
8–0
Zimbabwe

Kenya
3–2
Namibia
4
2003
Details
Abuja, Nigeria
South Africa
10–0
Nigeria

Kenya
2–1
Ghana
6
2023
Details
Accra, Ghana
Ghana
0–0
(4–3 s.o.)

Nigeria

Kenya
Only three teams 3

Summary

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Team Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Fourth place
 South Africa 3 (1995, 1999*, 2003)
 Ghana 1 (2023*) 1 (2003)
 Zimbabwe 2 (1995*, 1999)
 Nigeria 2 (2003*, 2023)
 Kenya 4 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2023)
 Namibia 2 (1995, 1999)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team Zimbabwe
1995
South Africa
1999
Nigeria
2003
Ghana
2023
Total
 Ghana 6th 4th 1st 3
 Kenya 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4
 Namibia 4th 4th 6th 3
 Nigeria 5th 2nd 2nd 3
 South Africa 1st 1st 1st WD 4
 Zimbabwe 2nd 2nd 5th 3
Total 6 4 6 3

Medal table

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Total

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa (RSA)5106
2 Egypt (EGY)3205
3 Kenya (KEN)1168
4 Ghana (GHA)1113
5 Zimbabwe (ZIM)0314
6 Nigeria (NGR)0224
Totals (6 entries)10101030

Men

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt3205
2 South Africa2103
3 Kenya1124
4 Ghana0112
 Zimbabwe0112
6 Nigeria0022
Totals (6 entries)66618

Women

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa3003
2 Ghana1001
3 Nigeria0202
 Zimbabwe0202
5 Kenya0044
Totals (5 entries)44412

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cricket and arm wrestling included on 2023 African Games programme". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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