South Africa qualifies for Bhubhaneshwar World Cup Hockey 2018
South Africa has qualified for the 2018 World Cup Hockey Tournament to be held in Bhubaneshwar (India) by winning the Africa Cup for nations in Egypt yesterday. One time hockey power of Africa, Kenya, finished fourth.
South Africa has already qualified for the 2018 World Cup Hockey Tournament for women through World Hockey League.
For records, South Africa men and women won the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, held at Ismailia in Egypt on Sunday, defeating Egypt and Ghana respectively in the finals.
South African teams remained undefeated throughout Africa Cup, with the women winning all their games and the men winning three and drawing against Egypt in the round-robin stages.
The women's final was a rematch of an earlier pool game against Ghana, which South Africa had won 3-0.
The result meant that South Africa women have won this event every time since 1994, winning seven titles in total.
Ghana (World Ranking 32) took silver, with Nigeria (WR: 62) taking the bronze medal after they defeated Kenya (WR:42) on shoot-out after the match finished 3-3.
In the bronze medal match, two close rivals Ghana (WR: 36) and Kenya (WR: 37) played out an entertaining and high scoring match as Ghana eventually ran out as 5-3 winners.
