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 with South Africa taking 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. 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.
