2005 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

2005 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Dates	1–8 October
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (4th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	58 (4.83 per match)
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The 2005 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 1 to 8 October 2005.^[1]

The hosts and three-time defending champions South Africa won their fourth title and qualified for the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup by defeating Egypt 3–2 in penalty strokes in the final. Ghana won the bronze medal by defeating Nigeria 2–0.^[2]

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	4	3	1	0	22	1	+21	10	Final
2	Egypt	4	3	1	0	14	6	+8	10
3	Ghana	4	1	1	2	9	10	−1	4	Third place game
4	Nigeria	4	1	1	2	7	11	−4	4
5	Namibia	4	0	0	4	4	28	−24	0

1 October 2005 Egypt  4–2  Ghana

1 October 2005 South Africa  5–0  Nigeria

3 October 2005 Egypt  7–2  Namibia

3 October 2005 South Africa  4–0  Ghana

4 October 2005 Nigeria  4–2  Namibia

4 October 2005 Egypt  1–1  South Africa

5 October 2005 Egypt  2–1  Nigeria

5 October 2005 Ghana  5–0  Namibia

7 October 2005 Ghana  2–2  Nigeria

7 October 2005 South Africa  12–0  Namibia

Third place game

8 October 2005 Ghana  2–0  Nigeria

Final

8 October 2005 South Africa  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Egypt Penalties 3–2

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	2006 World Cup
2	Egypt
3	Ghana
4	Nigeria
5	Namibia

References