| Field hockey at the African Games | |
| Last Season: | Field hockey at the 2023 African Games |
| Upcoming Season: | Field hockey at the 2027 African Games |
| Formerly: | Field hockey at the All-Africa Games |
| Sport: | Field hockey |
| Founded: | 1987 |
| Continent: | Africa (AfHF) |
| Champion: | M: (3nd title) W: (1st title) |
| Most Champs: | M: (3 titles) W: (3 titles) |
Field hockey has been an African Games event since the fourth edition in 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. It last featured on the games programme in 2003. It is set to return at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.[1]
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=8 | Gold medal match | width=1% rowspan=8 | Bronze medal match | width=1% rowspan=8 | width=6% rowspan=2 | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=14% | Winner | width=10% | Score | width=14% | Runner-up | width=14% | Third place | width=10% | Score | width=14% | Fourth place | ||||
| 1987 Details | Nairobi, Kenya | Round-robin | Round-robin | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1991 Details | Cairo, Egypt | Round-robin | Round-robin | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1995 Details | Harare, Zimbabwe | Round-robin | Round-robin | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1999 Details | Johannesburg, South Africa | Round-robin | Round-robin | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2003 Details | Abuja, Nigeria | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | 2–1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2023 Details | Accra, Ghana | 2–2 (3–1 s.o.) | 2–1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (1991, 2003, 2023) | 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (1987) | |||
| 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (2003) | ||||
| 1 (1987) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1995, 1999) | 1 (2023) | ||
| 1 (1987) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1995, 1999) | |||
| 1 (2023) | 1 (2003) | 1 (1991) | |||
| 2 (1987, 2023) | 1 (2003) |
* = hosts
| Team | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 |  2023 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 6 | |
| 5th | 4th | – | 5th | 3rd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5 | |||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | – | 4th | 5 | ||||
| – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| 3rd | 5th | 6th | – | 4th | 3rd | 5 | ||||||
| – | – | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | WD | 4 | |||
| 6th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | – | 6 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=6 | Gold medal match | width=1% rowspan=6 | Bronze medal match | width=1% rowspan=6 | width=6% rowspan=2 | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=14% | Winner | width=10% | Score | width=14% | Runner-up | width=14% | Third place | width=10% | Score | width=14% | Fourth place | ||||
| 1995 Details | Harare, Zimbabwe | Round-robin | Round-robin | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1999 Details | Johannesburg, South Africa | 8–0 | 3–2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2003 Details | Abuja, Nigeria | 10–0 | 2–1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2023 Details | Accra, Ghana | 0–0 (4–3 s.o.) | Only three teams | 3 | |||||||||||
| Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (1995, 1999, 2003) | |||||
| 1 (2023) | 1 (2003) | ||||
| 2 (1995, 1999) | |||||
| 2 (2003, 2023) | |||||
| 4 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2023) | |||||
| 2 (1995, 1999) |
* = hosts
| Team | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2023 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | – | 4th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3 | |||
| 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4 | ||||
| 4th | 4th | 6th | – | 3 | ||||
| 5th | – | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 3 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | WD | 4 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5th | – | 3 | ||
| Total | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 |