Women's Junior Africa Cup
{{Short description|Hockey tournament organised by AHF}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title = Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
| current_season =
| last_season = 2024 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
| upcoming_season = 2026 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
| logo =
| logo_size =
| caption =
| sport = Field hockey
| founded = {{Start date and age|1988}}
| inaugural = 1988
| teams = 6
| champion = {{fhwu|21|RSA}} (8th title)
| champ_season = 2024
| most_champs = {{fhwu|21|RSA}} (8 titles)
| qualification =
}}
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 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.{{cite web |title=Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021 |url=http://fih.ch/media/8997774/190403-qualification-system-for-2021-junior-world-cup.pdf |website=fih.ch |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=14 October 2019}} Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.
Results
=Summary=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team !Winners !Runners-up !Third place !Fourth place |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhwu|21|RSA}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|8 (1997, 2001*, 2004*, 2008, 2012*, 2016, 2023, 2024) | |1 (1993) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhwu|21|ZIM}}
|style=background:#FFF68F| 1 (1989) |5 (1993*, 1997*, 2004, 2016, 2023) |2 (2001, 2024) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhwu|21|KEN}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (1993) |1 (1989) |1 (1997) |2 (2012, 2023) |
| {{fhwu|21|EGY}}
| | 2 (2001, 2008*) | 1 (2023*) | |
| {{fhwu|21|NAM}}
| |1 (2024*) |3 (2004, 2012, 2016*) |1 (1997) |
| {{fhwu|21|GHA}}
| |1 (2012) |1 (2008) | |
| {{fhwu|21|Nigeria}}
| | | | 3 (2001, 2004, 2008) |
| {{fhwu|21|TAN}}
| | | |1 (2016) |
| {{fhwu|21|UGA}}
| | | |1 (2024) |
:
=Team appearances=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Team ! !{{flagicon|ZIM}} !{{flagicon|ZIM}} !{{flagicon|RSA}} !{{flagicon|RSA}} !{{flagicon|EGY}} !{{flagicon|RSA}} !{{flagicon|NAM}} !{{flagicon|EGY}} !{{flagicon|NAM}} !Total | ||||||||||
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|EGY}}
|– | – | – | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | – | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|– | 3 | |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|GHA}}
|– | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | – | WD | 2 |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|KEN}}
|bgcolor=silver|2nd | bgcolor=gold|1st | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | – | – | – | 4th | – | 4th
| 5th | 5 | |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|NAM}}
|– | – | 4th | – | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | – | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | –
|bgcolor=silver|2nd | 4 | |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|Nigeria}}
|– | – | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | – | – | –
| – | 3 | |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|RSA}}
|– | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=gold|1st | bgcolor=gold|1st | bgcolor=gold|1st | bgcolor=gold|1st | bgcolor=gold|1st | bgcolor=gold|1st | bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st | 8 | |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|TAN}}
|– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | –
| – | 1 | |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|UGA}}
|– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 1 |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|ZAM}}
|– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 1 |
| align=left|{{fhwu|21|ZIM}}
|bgcolor=gold|1st | bgcolor=silver|2nd | bgcolor=silver|2nd | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=silver|2nd | 5th | 5th | bgcolor=silver|2nd | bgcolor=silver|2nd | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | 9 |
| Total || 2||3||4||4||4||5||5||4||4||6||{{cite web |title=Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup: Records |url=https://www.fieldhockey.com/archives/index.php/2023/128-march/3363-news-for-12-march-2023}} |
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See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.africahockey.org/junior-africa-cup/ Junior Africa Cup]
{{Women's Junior Africa Cup}}
{{Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup}}
{{International field hockey}}