{"id":4776,"date":"2025-08-12T16:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:11:10","slug":"sa-womens-hockey-team-for-african-cup-of-nations-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/sa-womens-hockey-team-for-african-cup-of-nations-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Women\u2019s Hockey Team for African Cup of Nations in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s3\">The South African Women\u2019s Hockey team has been named for the 9th African Cup of Nations, taking place from 11\u201318 October 2025 in Ismailia, Egypt. The winner of the tournament will secure Africa\u2019s sole qualification spot for the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">South Africa will arrive in Egypt as defending champions, having lifted the trophy in the last seven consecutive editions of the tournament. The team will be aiming to extend their dominance on the continental stage and claim an historic eighth straight title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">There are three players earning their debut caps for South Africa after impressing at the recently concluded IPT in Cape Town. <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Ane<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u2019 <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Janse<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> van Vuuren, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Caylin<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> Maree and <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Jeanri<\/span><span class=\"s3\">Thomas will all start their international journey. While nine members of the squad that did battle at the Olympic Games in Paris are retained. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">Head coach Inky Zondi has selected a balanced and experienced squad, blending seasoned internationals with exciting emerging talent:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">South Africa Women\u2019s Hockey Team \u2013 African Cup of Nations 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Name<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Caps<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Name<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">Caps<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Nem<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">Caps<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Ane<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u2019 <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Janse<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> van Vuuren<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Jeanri<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> Thomas<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Ongeziwe<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> Mali<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">43<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Cailynn<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> Den Bakker<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Kayla De Waal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">33<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Onthatile<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> Zulu<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">69<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Caylin<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> Maree<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Lerato <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Mahole<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">15<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Quanita Bobbs<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">185<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Edith Molikoe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">47<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Marlise Van Tonder<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">41<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Stephanie Botha<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">43<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Hannah Pearce<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">54<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Morgan De Jager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Taheera<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> Augousti<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">34<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Jean-Leigh Du Toit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">39<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Ntsopa Mokoena<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">39<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Tegan Fourie<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s3\">23<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">Speaking on the announcement, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Zondi<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> expressed confidence in the team\u2019s preparations and hunger for success:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cThis group has the talent, the experience, and the drive to compete at the highest level. We know the stakes<\/span><span class=\"s3\">,<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> the African title and a place at the World Cup<\/span><span class=\"s3\">,<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> and we\u2019re ready to embrace the challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">The South African Women\u2019s Hockey team will open their campaign on <\/span><span class=\"s7\">11 October<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">with the final scheduled for <\/span><span class=\"s7\">18 October<\/span><span class=\"s4\">.<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">Further details will be shared once released by African Hockey. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Women\u2019s Hockey team has been named for the 9th African Cup of Nations, taking place from 11\u201318 October 2025 in Ismailia, Egypt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/sa-womens-hockey-team-for-african-cup-of-nations-in-egypt\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hockey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4777,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions\/4777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}