Sunday 18 August 2024

Central-South Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025
Harare

All times GMT +2

Men

17 Aug 2024 12:00     NAM v ESW (One Pool)     28 - 0
17 Aug 2024 16:00     ZIM v ZAM (One Pool)       3 - 4

18 Aug 2024 12:00     ZAM v ESW (One Pool)    
18 Aug 2024 16:00     NAM v ZIM (One Pool)

Pool standings

Women

17 Aug 2024 10:00     NAM v ESW (ONE POOL)     20 - 0
17 Aug 2024 14:00     ZIM v ZAM (ONE POOL)         4 - 2

18 Aug 2024 10:00     ZAM v ESW (ONE POOL)     
18 Aug 2024 14:00     NAM v ZIM (ONE POOL)     

Pool standings

FIH Match Centre

Namibia men's and women's teams recorded their highest scores

By Tariq Ali

Namibia men's hockey team scored 28-0 against Eswatini in the Central-South Africa Qualifiers for Africa Cup of Nations 2025 at St. John's College in  Harare, Zimbabwe. For the Namibian Team Liam Hermaus scored 6 goals and four more players scored one hat trick each.

The Namibian women's hockey team scored 20-0 against Eswatini in the women's event.

Four countries have been participating in the men's and women's competition for the Central-South Africa Qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN) 2025 to be held in Harare from 17 to 21 August, 2024.
1 Namibia 2 Eswatini 3 Zambia 4 Zimbabwe (Host)

The highest match scores in the international men's hockey
39-0 (HT 18-0) New Zealand v Papua New Guinea, Oceania Cup - Buderim 2007
37-0 (16-0) New Zealand v Samoa, Oceania Cup - Stratford 2015
36-0 (15-0) Australia v Samoa, Oceania Cup - Stratford 2015
35-0 (21-0) Australia v Papua New Guinea, Oceania Cup - Buderim 2007
32-0 (16-0) Australia v Samoa, Oceania Cup - Stratford 2013
30-0 (13-0) Argentina v Dominican Republic, Pan American Games - Santo Domingo 2003
30-0 (16-0) Australia v Papua New Guinea, Oceania Cup - Sydney 2017
30-0 (14-0) South Africa v Botswana, Africa Qualifiers for Olympic Games - Johannesburg 2015
29-0 (13-0) Argentina v Uruguay, Pan American Cup - Toronto 2013
28-0 (13-0) Chile v Ecuador, Pan American Games Qualifiers - Chiclayo 2013
28-0 (14-0) Namibia v Eswatini, Central-South Africa Qualifiers - Harare 2024

Raj Kumar Pal: From going hungry post father’s death, to chomping at rival deep defences with artistic dribbling

Raised by a widowed mother and guided by older brothers, India’s bronze medal winner Raj Kumar Pal, is reviving stick-skills sorcery of the Ghazipur-Varanasi belt.

Devendra Pandey & Vinayakk Mohanarangan



When the Indian men’s hockey team is in camp at the SAI center in Bengaluru or travelling abroad, Raj Kumar Pal tries to make sure he speaks at least twice every day with his mother Manraji Devi on the phone. They share a special bond. That is why after it was confirmed that he had made the cut for Paris Olympics, an emotional Raj Kumar called his mother immediately, both in tears. That is why after returning home from Paris, he took great pride in making his mother wear the bronze medal around her neck.