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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  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".
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