Field hockey at the 2018 African Youth Games – Boys' tournament

This article is about the men's event. For the women's event, see Field hockey at the 2018 African Youth Games – Girls' tournament.

The boys' hockey5s event at the 2018 African Youth Games in Algiers was held at the Stade Ferhani from 19 to 26 July 2018.^[1] The tournament served as a direct qualifier for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, with the winner and runner-up qualifying.

2018 African Youth Games – Boys' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	19–26 July
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Stade Ferhani
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Runner-up	Zambia
Third place	Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	83 (4.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Peter Jarvis (12 goals)

Qualified teams

•  Algeria
•  Kenya
•  Namibia
•  Nigeria
•  South Africa
•  Uganda
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Uganda was supposed to play in Pool B, but withdrew due to a lack of funds.^[2]

Format

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. All teams move on to the quarterfinals, and depending on their positions within the pool, they will be playing against a team from the other pool. In the quarterfinals, the four losing teams will be playing for the 5th to 8th place classification, whilst the four winning teams will move on to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knock-out system.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	9
2	Namibia	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
3	Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	11	11	0	3
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

19 July 2018 12:00 South Africa  5–0  Namibia Postumus  13' Lewis  14', 19' Maphumulo  17' Jarvis  18' Report Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

19 July 2018 13:00 Zimbabwe  9–0  Algeria Davis  3', 12' Kamusewu  5', 11', 18' Phiri  6', 7' Mungore  8' O'Riordan  19' Report Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Kofi Quagraine (GHA)

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20 July 2018 10:00 Zimbabwe  0–6  South Africa Report Jarvis  1', 3', 13' Wynford  7' Cassiem  19' Lewis  20' Umpires: Kofi Quagraine (GHA) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

20 July 2018 11:00 Namibia  4–1  Algeria van der Merwe  9' de Villiers  13' Hansen  17' McNally  20' Report Aichaoudi  5' Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

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21 July 2018 12:00 Namibia  5–2  Zimbabwe Neethling  10+', 12' Rieckert  13' van der Merwe  19' de Villiers  20' Report Kamusweu  9' O'Riordan  16' Umpires: Simon Awasa (NGR) Hisham Moaaz (EGY)

21 July 2018 13:00 South Africa  9–0  Algeria Campbell  2' Maphumulo  4', 12' Jarvis  6', 7', 16', 19', 20' Lewis  15' Report Umpires: Haitham Selim (EGY) Kofi Quagraine (GHA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zambia	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
2	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Kenya	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

19 July 2018 16:00 Kenya  1–2  Zambia Omutekete  14' Report Bwali  5' Mulenga  19' Umpires: Gershwin Reid (RSA) Shigeki Kodoma (JPN)

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20 July 2018 12:00 Nigeria  2–1  Kenya John  2' Usman  10' Report Ludiali  10' Umpires: Haitham Selim (EGY) Gershwin Reid (RSA)

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21 July 2018 11:00 Zambia  2–0  Nigeria Mulenga  3' Mubanga  4' Report Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Fifth place

5–7th place semifinal

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

South Africa

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–

South Africa

5

Zimbabwe

Nigeria

2

Nigeria

1

Zimbabwe

0

Zimbabwe (PSO)

1 (2)

South Africa (PSO)

1 (2)

Namibia

1 (0)

Zambia

1 (0)

Namibia

1

Kenya

3

Namibia

1

Kenya

1

Third place

Algeria

0

Zambia

4

Zambia

7

Nigeria

2

Algeria

0

Kenya

3

Quarterfinals

23 July 2018 14:00 Namibia  1–3  Kenya McNally  15' Report Ndwati  9' Ndombi  10' Ogenche  18' Umpires: Hisham Moaaz (EGY) Kofi Quagraine (GHA)

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23 July 2018 15:00 Nigeria  1–0  Zambia Usman  4' Report Umpires: Gershwin Reid (RSA) Haitham Selim (EGY)

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23 July 2018 16:00 Zambia  7–0  Algeria Mulenga  4' Bwali  6', 15', 20' Moyo  7' Kapeso  13' Mubanga  17' Report Umpires: Munashe Mashoko (ZIM) Simon Awasa (NGA)

5–7th place semifinal

24 July 2018 11:00 Namibia  1–0  Algeria McNally  18' Report Umpires: Kofi Quagraine (GHA) Haitham Selim (EGY)

Fifth place game

25 July 2018 13:00 Zimbabwe  1–1  Namibia Mungore  17' Report de Villiers  19' Penalties Davis Tugwete 2–0 Britz Hatton Umpires: Hisham Moaaz(EGY) Simon Awasa(NGR)

Semifinals

24 July 2018 15:00 South Africa  5–2  Nigeria Jarvis  2', 7', 12' Wynford  19' Lewis  19' Report John  10', 18' Umpires: Peter Kabaso(KEN) Munashe Mashoko(ZIM)

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24 July 2018 16:00 Kenya  1–4  Zambia Ouma  15' Report Mubanga  6', 9' Bwali  16', 19' Umpires: Shigeki Kodama(JPN) Gershwin Reid(RSA)

Third place game

26 July 2018 13:00 Nigeria  2–3  Kenya John  11', 19' Report Wanganga  9', 19' Ogenche  17' Umpires: Gershwin Reid(RSA) Kofi Quagraine(GHA)

Final

26 July 2018 16:00 South Africa  1–1  Zambia M. Cassiem  3' Report Moyo  7' Penalties Jarvis Wynford Cassiem 2–0 Bwali Moyo Umpires: Peter Kabaso(KEN) Hisham Moaaz(EGY)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Zambia
	Kenya
4	Nigeria
5	Zimbabwe
6	Namibia
7	Algeria

Team qualified to the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Goalscorers

There have been 83 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.61 goals per match.

12 goals

• Peter Jarvis

6 goals

• Phillimon Bwali

5 goals

• Peter John
• Matthew Lewis

4 goals

• Joseph Mubanga
• Tadiwanashe Kamusewu

3 goals

• Craig McNally
• Jan de Villiers
• Mpumelelo Maphumulo
• Dominic Mulenga

2 goals

• Brian Ogenche
• Richard Wanganga
• Nico Neethling
• Cody van der Merwe
• Nathaniel Usman
• Mustaphaa Cassiem
• Luke Wynford
• Andrew Moyo
• Sean Davis
• Tatenda Mungore
• Tony O'riordan
• Joseph Phiri

1 goal

• Djamel Aichaoui
• Ivan Ludiali
• Edson Ndombi
• Bryton Ndwati
• Robinson Omutekete
• Olando Ouma
• Fagan Hansen
• Henco Rieckert
• Jared Campbell
• Cody Postumus
• David Kapeso

Source: FIH