African Hockey Federation (AfHF) is the continental governing body of field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

. It is affiliated by International Hockey Federation

International Hockey Federation

The International Field Hockey Federation is the global governing body of field hockey...

 and has 17 member nations. It bi-annually organizes Hockey African Cup for Nations

Hockey African Cup for Nations

The AFHF African Cup for Nations is an international men's and women's field hockey tournament governed by African Hockey Federation . Ghana hosted the event in 2009.-Men:-Women:...

, a men's and women's hockey tournament for African nations. The main objective of the organization is to make the game of hockey popular in Africa and to increase number of participants.

Member associations

Botswana Egypt Ghana Kenya Libya Malawi Morocco Namibia Nigeria Seychelles South Africa Sudan

Sudan Hockey Federation

The Sudan Hockey Federation is the governing body of Field Hockey in Sudan. It is affiliated to IHF International Hockey Federation and AHF African Hockey Federation....

 Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe