1995 African U-17 Championship

1995 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mali
City	Bamako
Dates	14 - 27 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Guinea
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	50 (3.13 per match)
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The 1995 African U-17 Championship, was the first U-17 football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Mali. It also served as CAF's qualifier for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Qualification[]

First round[]

The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Africa	4 – 2		3 – 1	1 – 1
Zambia	6 – 1 d		6 – 0	0 – 1
Mauritius	0 – 4	Malawi	0 – 1	0 – 3
Egypt	5 – 1	Algeria	2 – 0	3 – 1
	1 – 2	Guinea	1 – 1	0 – 1
Nigeria	5 – 1	Angola	2 – 1	3 – 0
Togo	1 – 3	Ghana	0 – 1	1 – 2
Tunisia	w/o	Benin	–	–
Ivory Coast	w/o	Congo	–	–
Sierra Leone	w/o	Senegal	–	–
Tanzania	w/o	Cameroon	–	–
Sudan	w/o	Uganda	–	–
	w/o	Zaire	–	–
Morocco	w/o		–	–

Second round[]

The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Africa	0 – 2		0 – 0	0 – 2
Egypt	0 – 1	Sudan	0 – 0	0 – 1
Morocco	1 – 2	Tunisia	1 – 0	0 – 2
Tanzania	0 – 2	Guinea	0 – 0	0 – 2
Ivory Coast	2 – 4	Nigeria	1 – 1	1 – 3
Sierra Leone	1 – 2	Ghana	1 – 0	0 – 2
	2 – 1	Malawi	2 – 0	0 – 1

Qualified teams[]

•  
•  Ghana
•  Guinea
•  Mali (host nation)
•  
•  Nigeria
•  Sudan
•  Tunisia

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Ghana 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advanced to the semi-finals  Mali 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3   3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Eliminated and missed out on the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3 14 May Ghana  1–0  Mali 14 May Tunisia  2–1   17 May Ghana  2–0   17 May Mali  2–0  Tunisia 20 May Ghana  7–0  Tunisia 20 May Mali  1–2   Group B[] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advanced to the semi-finals  Guinea 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4  Sudan 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship   3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0 15 May Nigeria  4–0   15 May Guinea  1–1  Sudan 18 May Nigeria  3–0  Sudan 18 May Guinea  3–0   21 May Nigeria  2–1  Guinea 21 May Sudan  2–1   Knock-out stage[]   Semi-finals Final                        Ghana 3        Guinea 0    Ghana (a.e.t.) 3        Nigeria 1    Mali 1      Nigeria 3   Third place            Guinea (a.e.t.) 2      Mali 1 Semi-finals[] 25 May Ghana  3–0  Guinea 25 May Mali  1–3  Nigeria For winning their semi-finals, Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Guinea and Mali meeting in the third place match for the third and final place in the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Third place match[] 26 May Guinea  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Mali For winning the third place match, Guinea qualified for 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Mali missing out. Final[] 27 May Ghana  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria Winners[] 1995 CAF Under-17 Championship Ghana First title References[] External links[] RSSSF.com Confederation of African Football