Women's Junior Africa Cup Explained

Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
Last Season:	2023 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
Upcoming Season:	2025 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup
Sport:	Field hockey
Inaugural:	1988
Teams:	4
Confed:	AfHF (Africa)
Champion:	(7th title)
Champ Season:	2023
Most Champs:	(7 titles)

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 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.^[1] Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.

Results

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=13		Final			width=1% rowspan=13		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=13		width=4% 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
1989 Details					Only two teams			2
1993 Details	Harare, Zimbabwe					Only three teams		3
1997 Details^[2]	Harare, Zimbabwe		Round-robin			Round-robin		4
2001 Details	Pretoria, South Africa							4
2004 Details^[3]	Pretoria, South Africa							4
2008 Details^[4]	Cairo, Egypt		6–0			2–1		5
2012 Details	Randburg, South Africa^[5]		4–0			1–0		5^[6]
2016 Details	Windhoek, Namibia		10–0			15–0		4
2021	Windhoek, Namibia	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]			Cancelled			4
2023 Details	Ismailia, Egypt		1–0			2–0		4
2024 Details	Accra, Ghana^[8]

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	7 (1997, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2023)		1 (1993)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (1989)	5 (1993, 1997, 2004, 2016, 2023)	1 (2001)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (1993)	1 (1989)	1 (1997)	2 (2012, 2023)
		2 (2001, 2008)	1 (2023)
			3 (2004, 2012, 2016)	1 (1997)
		1 (2012)	1 (2008)
				3 (2001, 2004, 2008)
				1 (2016)

* = host nation

Team appearances

Team	1989	1993	1997	2001	2004	2008	2012	2016	2023	Total
	–	–	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	3rd	3
	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	2
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	–	–	–	4th	–	4th	5
	–	–	4th	–	3rd	–	3rd	3rd	–	4
	–	–	–	4th	4th	4th	–	–	–	3
	–	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	8
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4th	–	1
	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	9
Total	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	^[9]

– Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

See also

• Men's Junior Africa Cup
• Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

External links

• Junior Africa Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021 . fih.ch . . 14 October 2019.
2. Web site: Women Junior Field Hockey 3rd Africa Nations Cup 1997 Harare (ZIM) 22-27.04 - Winner South Africa. Field Hockey Africa Archive.
3. Web site: Women Junior Field Hockey 5th Africa Nations Cup 2004 Pretoria (RSA) 13-17.09 - Winner South Africa. Field Hockey Africa Archive.
4. Web site: Women Junior Field Hockey 6th Africa Nations Cup 2008 Cairo (EGY) 11-19.07 - Winner South Africa. Field Hockey Africa Archive.
5. Web site: 21 October 2012. News for 21 October 2012. The Fieldhockey.com Archives.
6. Web site: 12 October 2012. News for 12 October 2012. The Fieldhockey.com Archives.
7. Web site: AfHF Press Release – Cancellation announcement due to COVID-19: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2021 ]. africahockey.org . 6 July 2021 . . 8 July 2021.
8. Web site: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2024 (M&W) ]. 2024-06-03 . African Hockey Federation . en-US.
9. Web site: Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup: Records .