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2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
| African Hockey Road To Paris 2024 |
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| Tournament details |
| Host country |
South Africa |
| City |
Pretoria |
| Dates |
29 October – 5 November |
| Teams |
8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) |
University of Pretoria |
| Final positions |
| Champions |
 South Africa (5th title) |
| Runner-up |
 Egypt |
| Third place |
 Ghana |
| Tournament statistics |
| Matches played |
20 |
| Goals scored |
104 (5.2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Matthew Guise-Brown (11 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper |
Benjamin Acquah |
| Fair play award |
 Uganda |
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The 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier was the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 29 October to 5 November 2023.
South Africa, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Qualification
| Qualification |
Date |
Host |
Berths |
Qualified team |
| FIH World Rankings |
N/A |
N/A |
2 |
South Africa
Egypt |
| Northeast African Qualifying Tournament |
6 June 2022 |
Cancelled |
2 |
 Kenya
Uganda |
| Northwest African Qualifying Tournament |
25 August 2022 |
Cancelled |
2 |
Ghana
 Nigeria |
| FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament |
31 August – 4 September 2022 |
 Harare |
2 |
Zimbabwe
 Zambia |
| Total |
8 |
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Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).
Pool A
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
| South Africa |
10–0 |
Zimbabwe |
D. Cassiem  8'
Guise-Brown 17', 20', 35'
Ntuli 20', 36', 57'
M. Cassiem 29'
Van Tonder 49'
Kraai 58' |
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| Nigeria |
0–5 |
Uganda |
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| Zimbabwe |
2–1 |
Uganda |
M. Kanyangarara 24'
Kamusewu 47' |
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Batusa 26' |
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| Nigeria |
2–8 |
South Africa |
| Samaila 27', 38' |
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Mvimbi 4'
Guise-Brown 17', 57'
Sherwood 30'
Ntuli 35'
Kok 46'
D. Cassiem 51'
M. Cassiem 54' |
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| Zimbabwe |
3–4 |
Nigeria |
Mpofu 28'
Chomunorwa 31'
Kamusewu 43' |
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P. John 12'
Samaila 24', 48', 59' |
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| South Africa |
11–0 |
Uganda |
De Sousa 13'
Guise-Brown 14', 36', 53'
Ntuli 19'
Horne 24'
Mvimbi 30'
M. Cassiem 45', 49', 60'
Sherwood 58' |
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Pool B
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
| Egypt |
2–0 |
Kenya |
Adel 40'
H. Ragab 55' |
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| Ghana |
3–1 |
Zambia |
Abdul 35'
Botsio 39'
Ankomah 41' |
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Simpanzye 16' |
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| Kenya |
1–0 |
Zambia |
| Masibo 53' |
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| Ghana |
0–1 |
Egypt |
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M. Ragab 9' |
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| Egypt |
4–1 |
Zambia |
H. Ragab 9', 28', 58'
Mansour 34' |
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Mpande 44' |
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| Kenya |
1–3 |
Ghana |
| Ludiali 4' |
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Akaba 12', 20'
Baiden 53' |
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Fifth to eighth place classification
Bracket
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5–8th place semi-finals |
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Fifth place |
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2 November |
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Nigeria |
5 |
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4 November |
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Zambia |
1 |
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Nigeria |
4 |
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2 November |
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Kenya |
3 |
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Kenya |
2 |
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Zimbabwe |
1 |
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Seventh place |
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4 November |
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Zambia |
2 |
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Zimbabwe |
0 |
5–8th place semi-finals
| Nigeria |
5–1 |
Zambia |
Godwin 5'
Samaila 9', 55'
P. John 16'
Linus 35' |
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Mpande 28' |
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| Kenya |
2–1 |
Zimbabwe |
Masambu 22'
Kariuki 31' |
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Chomunorwa 37' |
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Seventh place game
| Zambia |
2–0 |
Zimbabwe |
Simpanzye 21'
Bwali 22' |
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Fifth place game
| Nigeria |
4–3 |
Kenya |
P. John 6', 35'
Samaila 52'
Ajibua 56' |
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Onyango 21'
Omari 23'
Wabwire 56' |
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
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Semi-finals |
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Final |
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3 November |
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South Africa |
7 |
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5 November |
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Ghana |
0 |
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South Africa |
2 |
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3 November |
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Egypt |
1 |
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Egypt |
9 |
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Uganda |
1 |
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Third place |
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5 November |
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Ghana |
7 |
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Uganda |
1 |
Semi-finals
| Egypt |
9–1 |
Uganda |
El-Ganaini 15', 26'
H. Ragab 21'
Mansour 24'
Gamal 37', 47'
Sayed 45'
Mamdouh 48'
Ghobran 50' |
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Mugisha 57' |
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| South Africa |
7–0 |
Ghana |
Julius 4'
Guise-Brown 18', 46'
Ntuli 19'
Kok 20'
M. Cassiem 50'
Van Tonder 53' |
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Third place game
| Ghana |
7–1 |
Uganda |
Tettey 9', 14', 40'
Kwofie 25'
Botsio 34'
Baiden 45'
Opoku 59' |
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Batusa 35' |
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Final
| South Africa |
2–1 |
Egypt |
Guise-Brown 1'
Julius 51' |
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Ghobran 3' |
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Final standings
Source:
Goalscorers
There were 104 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match.
11 goals
- Matthew Guise-Brown
8 goals
- James Samaila
6 goals
- Mustapha Cassiem
- Nqobile Ntuli
5 goals
- Hossameldin Ragab
4 goals
- Peter John
3 goals
- Francis Tettey
2 goals
- Ahmed El-Ganaini
- Ahmed Gamal
- Hossam Ghobran
- Mostafa Mansour
- Elikem Akaba
- Michael Baiden
- Johnny Botsio
- Dayaan Cassiem
- Ryan Julius
- Tevin Kok
- Samkelo Mvimbi
- Bradley Sherwood
- Jacques van Tonder
- Colline Batusa
- Alfred Mpande
- Joseph Simpanzye
- Alec Chomunorwa
- Tadiwanashe Kamusewu
1 goal
- Ziad Adel
- Mahmoud Mamdouh
- Mostafa Ragab
- Amr Sayed
- Malik Abdul
- Emmanuel Ankomah
- Benjamin Kwofie
- Ernest Opoku
- Francis Kariuki
- Ivan Ludiali
- Bethuel Masambu
- Robert Masibo
- Cliffe Omari
- Festus Onyango
- Danstone Wabwire
- Olawale Ajibua
- Sunday Godwin
- Kelvin Linus
- Keenan Horne
- Zenani Kraai
- Matthew De Sousa
- Maxwell Mugisha
- Phillimon Bwali
- Mutsawashe Kanyangarara
- Arnold Mpofu
See also
