2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier

The 2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier will be the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the women's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It will be held alongside the men's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 29 October to 5 November 2023.[1][2][3][4]

2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier
African Hockey Road To Paris 2024
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityPretoria
Dates29 October – 5 November
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Tuks Astro
← 2019 (previous)

The winner of the tournament qualifies for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5]

Qualification

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified team
FIH World Rankings — — 2  South Africa
 Ghana
Northeast African Qualifying Tournament 6 June 2022 Cancelled[6] 2  Kenya
 Uganda
Northwest African Qualifying Tournament 25 August 2022 Cancelled[7] 2  Nigeria
 Zambia*
FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament 31 August – 4 September 2022 Zimbabwe Harare 2  Zimbabwe
 Namibia
Total 8
^* – Zambia Women selected by AfHF EB to complete 8 teams for the Women OQ

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).[8]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5–7th place semifinal
First match(es) will be played: 29 October 2023. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
(H) Hosts
29 October 2023
16:00
South Africa  v  Zimbabwe
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
30 October 2023
18:00
Nigeria  v  South Africa
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
1 November 2023
08:00
Zimbabwe  v  Nigeria
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5–7th place semifinal
4  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 October 2023. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
29 October 2023
08:00
Ghana  v  Namibia
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
29 October 2023
10:00
Kenya  v  Zambia
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
30 October 2023
08:00
Namibia  v  Zambia
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
30 October 2023
14:00
Kenya  v  Ghana
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
1 November 2023
10:00
Ghana  v  Zambia
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
1 November 2023
12:00
Namibia  v  Kenya
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 November
 
 
1st A
 
5 November
 
2nd B
 
 
 
2 November
 
 
 
1st B
 
 
2nd A
 
Third place
 
 
5 November
 
 
 
 
 
 

5–7th place semifinal

 
5–7th place semifinalFifth place game
 
      
 
2 November
 
 
3rd A
 
4 November
 
4th B
 
3rd B
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

5–7th place semifinal
2 November 2023
08:00
3rd A M22 4th B
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Semifinals
2 November 2023
10:15
1st A M23 2nd B
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
2 November 2023
12:30
1st B M24 2nd A
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Fifth place game
4 November 2023
12:00
3rd B v Winner 22
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Third place game
5 November 2023
12:30
Loser 23 v Loser 24
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Final
5 November 2023
17:00
Winner 23 v Winner 24
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

See also

References
  1. webadmin (10 October 2023). "Final Match Schedule - African Hockey Road to Paris 2024". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. @africanhockeyfederation (15 May 2023). "15 May 2023: Revised AfHF 2023 Events Roadmap New hosts & dates announced" – via Instagram.
  3. @africanhockeyfederation (7 September 2023). "The African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W)..." – via Instagram.
  4. "African Hockey Road to Paris Qualifier Confirmed". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024".
  6. "Revised AfHF Road Map 2022–2023". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  7. "Northwest Africa Qualifier for AAG 2023 (Women) – Cancelled". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  8. "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) – Final Match Schedule". africahockey.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  9. FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
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