Field hockey at the African Games

Field hockey at the African Games

Most recent season or competition: Field hockey at the 2023 African Games
Formerly	Field hockey at the All-Africa Games
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1987
Continent	Africa (AfHF)
Most recent champion(s)	M:  Egypt (3nd title) W:  Ghana (1st title)
Most titles	M:  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]

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

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	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	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

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

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	1995	1999	2003	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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	5	1	0	6
2	Egypt (EGY)	3	2	0	5
3	Kenya (KEN)	1	1	6	8
4	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	1	3
5	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	3	1	4
6	Nigeria (NGR)	0	2	2	4
Totals (6 entries)		10	10	10	30

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	3	2	0	5
2	South Africa	2	1	0	3
3	Kenya	1	1	2	4
4	Ghana	0	1	1	2
	Zimbabwe	0	1	1	2
6	Nigeria	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	6	18

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	3	0	0	3
2	Ghana	1	0	0	1
3	Nigeria	0	2	0	2
	Zimbabwe	0	2	0	2
5	Kenya	0	0	4	4
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

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