The 2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. In February 2021 it was announced that the tournament would be held alongside the men's tournament at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 23 January 2022.
South Africa were the six-time defending champions, having also won the 2017 edition. They successfully defended their title after beating Ghana in the final. The winner qualified for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.
Qualification The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.
DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifiersFIH World Rankings2CancelledNorth-West Africa Qualifier1CancelledNorth-East Africa Qualifier2CancelledCentral-South Africa Qualifier3Total8
Preliminary round The schedule was published on 14 December 2021.
All times are local (UTC±0).
Pool A
Pool B
Classification round Bracket
5–8th place semi-finals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place game
Final
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 Qualified for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
Goalscorers
See also 2022 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
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