2018 African Youth Games – Boys' tournament Host country Algeria City Algiers Dates 19–26 July Teams 7 Venue(s) Stade Ferhani Champions South Africa (1st title) Runner-up Zambia Third place Kenya Matches played 18 Goals scored 83 (4.61 per match) Top scorer(s) Peter Jarvis (12 goals)
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] 2018 Summer Youth Olympics , with the winner and runner-up qualifying.
Qualified teams
Uganda was supposed to play in Pool B, but withdrew due to a lack of funds.[ 2]
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
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Pool A
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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
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Fifth place game
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Semifinals
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Third place game
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Final
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Final standings
Goalscorers
There have been 83 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.61 goals per match.
12 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH
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