2017 Men's African Hockey Indoor Cup of Nations

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2017 Men's African Hockey Indoor Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Namibia
City Swakopmund
Dates 23 ?25 June 2017
Teams 3
Venue(s) The Dome
Final positions
Champions   South Africa (1st title)
Runner-up   Namibia
Third place   Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) South Africa Keagan Robinson (7 goals)
Best player Namibia Brynn Cleak
2014 (previous) (next) 2020

The 2017 Men's African Hockey Indoor Cup of Nations was held in Swakopmund , Namibia from 23?25 June 2017. [1] The competition featured three teams, an increase from 2013 as Zimbabwe featured for the first time ever. South Africa defeated Namibia in the final and secured a place in the 2018 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup . [2]

Participating nations [ edit ]

Three countries participated in this years tournament: [3]

Umpires [ edit ]

  • Lee Barron (England)
  • Peter Caulder (South Africa)
  • Sedric Makati (Namibia)
  • Munashe Mashoko (Zimbabwe)
  • Gary Simmonds - Umpire Manager (South Africa)

Squads [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

All times are in West Africa Time ( UTC+02:00 ) .

Round robin [ edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Africa 4 3 1 0 34 6 +28 10 Advance to Final
2   Namibia (H) 4 2 1 1 20 19 +1 7
3   Zimbabwe 4 0 0 4 9 38 −29 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
23 June 2017
10:00
South Africa   10?2   Zimbabwe
Paton field hockey ball  16' 19' 19'
Robinson field hockey ball  30' 32' 34'
Domleo field hockey ball  33'
Rosenberg field hockey ball  34'
Fairweather field hockey ball  38'
Eustice field hockey ball  40'
Report Maredza field hockey ball  14'
Tembo field hockey ball  14'
Umpires:
Lee Barron (ENG)
Sedric Makati (NAM)
23 June 2017
15:00
Namibia   3?3   South Africa
Cleak field hockey ball  15'
Jacobs field hockey ball  25'
Martins field hockey ball  27'
Report Paton field hockey ball  3'
Julius field hockey ball  29'
Abrahams field hockey ball  40'
Umpires:
Lee Barron (ENG)
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)
23 June 2017
20:00
Namibia   8?3   Zimbabwe
Bartlett field hockey ball  2' 13' 21'
Tjikuniva field hockey ball  6'
Martins field hockey ball  12'
Hansen field hockey ball  17'
Jacobs field hockey ball  33' 38'
Report Maredza field hockey ball  14'
Tembo field hockey ball  22'
Tholanah field hockey ball  38'
Umpires:
Sedrik Makati (NAM)
Peter Caulder (RSA)
24 June 2017
10:00
South Africa   12?0   Zimbabwe
Julius field hockey ball  6' 7' 16' 26' 31'
Robinson field hockey ball  23' 24'
Fairweather field hockey ball  26'
Paton field hockey ball  29' 31'
Eustice field hockey ball  30'
Abrahams field hockey ball  39'
Report
Umpires:
Sedrik Makati (NAM)
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)
24 June 2017
15:00
South Africa   9?1   Namibia
Eustice field hockey ball  3' 16'
Robinson field hockey ball  5' 38'
Abrahams field hockey ball  8' 22' 37'
Domleo field hockey ball  16'
Mea field hockey ball  33'
Report Cleak field hockey ball  10'
Umpires:
Peter Caulder (RSA)
Lee Barron (ENG)
24 June 2017
20:00
Namibia   8?4   Zimbabwe
Tjikuniva field hockey ball  17' 19' 31' 35'
Hermanus field hockey ball  27' 32'
Martins field hockey ball  28'
Cleak field hockey ball  37'
Report Sikisa field hockey ball  18'
Tafuma field hockey ball  29'
Maredza field hockey ball  35'
Tholanah field hockey ball  35'
Umpires:
Lee Barron (ENG)
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

Final [ edit ]

25 June 2017
10:00
Namibia   1?2   South Africa
Cleak field hockey ball  24' Report Rosenberg field hockey ball  1'
Domleo field hockey ball  16'
Umpires:
Lee Barron (ENG)
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

Final standings [ edit ]

Qualified for 2018 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup
Rank Team
1   South Africa
2   Namibia
3   Zimbabwe

Awards [ edit ]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [2]

Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Top goalscorer
Namibia Brynn Cleak Namibia DJ Strauss South Africa Keagan Robinson

Statistics [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "The Stories of African Hockey Indoor Cup of Nations" . 24 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b TyronBarnard. "Indoor AFCON 2017 - Golden day for Namibian Women and SA Men - South African Hockey Association" . www.sahockey.co.za .
  3. ^ "Match Centre - FIH" . www.fih.ch . 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04 . Retrieved 2017-08-11 .