Hockey team disqualified from Africa Cup

DISQUALIFIED: Botswana Women's Hockey team
DISQUALIFIED: Botswana Women's Hockey team

The Botswana Hockey team was disqualified from the Indoor Africa Cup for failing to show up for the competition, which was held in Swakopmund, Namibia, over the weekend.

The tournament proceeded with three countries; Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Both the SPAR South Africa indoor women’s team and the South Africa hockey men’s team powered by Tops SPAR, were awarded 5-0 forfeit victories on the opening day of the tournament on Friday.

The decision came after Botswana was unable to honour the fixture due to the travel difficulties.

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