Double delight for South Africa on opening day of Junior African Cup 2023

    The South African U21 Men and Women began their journey to qualify for the FIH Hockey Junior World Cups in December in Ismailia in Egypt on Sunday. Both teams opened their campaigns against Southern African neighbors Zimbabwe. The SA Under 21 Women were looking to continue on the brilliance of the team that finished 7th the 2022 Junior World Cup, facing off against fellow World cup participants Zimbabwe. An exciting opening for both teams but it was largely one way traffic. South Africa won 11 penalty corners to zero for the Zimbabweans, but the South Africans failed to convert any of the 11. Their dominance would count though with field goals by Tamlyn Kock, Mikkela le Roux and internationally capped Ntsopa Mokoena. A 3-0 victory would settle the nerves but with room for improvement there is great excitement for the team in the remainder of the tournament. #JAC2023 pic.twitter.com/wFhZU531aH — African Hockey Federation (AfHF) (@AfrHockey) March 12, 2023 The SA U21 Men saw debutant James Flint bag a hat-trick of penalty corners, reminiscent of what he did to Namibia U18 little under a year ago. There were also goals from Viwe Mbata (A thumping finish into the bottom left), Calvin Davis and Tebogo Maseko as they galloped to a 6-0 victory. #JAC2023 pic.twitter.com/OyQ6WAAKIU — African Hockey Federation (AfHF) (@AfrHockey) March 12, 2023 On Monday, the South African women will take on the Kenyan Women, while the SA Men play the much-anticipated derby battle with Egypt. All games can be seen live on the Egypt Hockey Facebook page here https://web.facebook.com/watch/egyhockey2013/

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    Junior Africa Cup 2023: Preview

      10 March 2023 Lausanne, Switzerland: From 12-16 March 2023, the best young hockey teams, in both men’s and women’s category, from Africa will compete in the Junior Africa Cup at Ismailia, Egypt with two spots, in each gender, up for grabs in the upcoming FIH Junior World Cups 2023. Hosts Egypt will be joined by South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe in both men’s and women’s competition. The women’s competition will get underway in the morning of 12 March as South Africa take on Zimbabwe in the first match, with men’s action starting on the same afternoon with hosts Egypt taking on Kenya in the first encounter. Each team in the cup will face all the other 3 teams in the group stage. Teams that finish in the bottom two positions will play in the third place match, while the top two teams at the end of the group stage will qualify for the finals which will be played on 16 March. The two finalists in each gender will also qualify for the corresponding FIH Junior Hockey World Cup 2023. For further information about the Junior Africa Cup 2023, click here. The FIH Junior Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 will be played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 5-16 December 2023. Malaysia have qualified as the hosts of the competition. Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and Spain have qualified from Europe as the teams that were classified in the top-5 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship 2022. Australia and New Zealand have also qualified through the Oceania Junior World Cup Qualifiers 2022. Apart from the two qualifiers from Africa, there will be three teams that will qualify from the Junior Pan American Championship 2023 and three more from the Junior Asia Cup 2023, both of which are scheduled to be played later in the year. The FIH Junior Hockey Women’s World Cup 2023 will be played in Santiago, Chile from 6-17 December 2023. Chile have qualified as the hosts of the competition. Belgium, England, Germany, Netherlands and Spain have qualified from Europe as the teams that were classified in the top-5 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship 2022. Australia and New Zealand have also qualified through the Oceania Junior World Cup Qualifiers 2022. Apart from the two qualifiers from Africa, there will be three teams that will qualify from the Junior Pan American Championship 2023 and three more from the Junior Asia Cup 2023, both of which are scheduled to be played later in the year. For more information about FIH and hockey in general, please download the Watch.Hockey app or follow the FIH social media channels – Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and website. #HockeyEquals #HockeyInvites

      Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2023 (Men/Women) – Participating Teams U21 – Updated

        Participating Teams U21 – Updated Participating Teams: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2023 (M/W) | 12-16 March 2023 Ismailia, Egypt 🇪🇬 (due to late withdrawal of GHANA 🇬🇭 & NIGERIA 🇳🇬 teams) Men South Africa Egypt Zimbabwe Kenya     Women South Africa Kenya Egypt Zimbabwe   #AfricaHockeyNews #HockeyInvites #JAC2023 #Egypt

        ACCC: Egypt’s Sharkia win men’s title after handing Ghana Exchequers hockey lessons

          Sharkia captain Hossam Ghobran scored twice in the final Egypt’s Sharkia have claimed the Africa Cup for Club Champions men’s title after thrashing Ghana’s Exchequers 4-2 in the final held at Sikh Union on Sunday. Sharkia, who have won the top honour without tasting defeat advanced to the final after topping group B of the tournament while Exchequers, were the best team in pool A. This was the second time Exchequers lost a final at Sikh Union as the club, fell 2-1 to Kenya Police in the Gold Cup held in May last year. The hotly-contested encounter saw the Ghanaians take an early lead in the 12th minute through Botsio Johny whose conversion from a short corner sailed past the line. Sharkia regrouped quickly and would draw level three minutes as skipper Ghobran Hossam finished off a good team move. Just before the Sharkia bench could sit down after celebrating the equalizer, Abdelmoneim Hamada gave them the second goal from a short corner. Sharkia made it clear that they were in for business as the team plundered home the third goal in the 24th minute through Hossam who was on top of his game. Exchequers pulled one back through Johny but their hopes of completing a comeback were extinguished in the 47th minute as Khaul Ayman drove home the fourth goal for Sharkia. Hossam said the two-year long hiatus from the continental championships helped them prepare adequately for this year’ edition. The club has now won the continental gong for a record 26 times. “We took a break from the continentals so as to prepare. I am glad that we have won it. It was quite some task considering that we came up against the top team in Ghana. We also played six matches in seven matches,” he said. Sharkia goalkeeper Hemid Mohammed was named the best in the tournament in the men’s category with Uko Martha of Delta Queens taking home the gong in the women’s side. GRA’s Vivian Narkour bagged the golden stick curtesy of the six goals she managed. The duo of Johny and Sunday Orinya of Nigeria’s Police Machine were declared the best scorers in the men’s catgeory. The two finished with eight goals apiece.   Source: mozzartsport.co.ke | February 18, 2023