1995 African Women's Championship
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 5 November 1994 – 18 March 1995 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nigeria (2nd title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 55 (5.5 per match) |
The 1995 Women's African Football Championship was the second staging of the CAF Women's Championship, the women's football championship of Africa (CAF). It determined the CAF's single qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 — the winner Nigeria. Eight teams were scheduled originally to play in the tournament, but two of them withdrew, causing only six teams to compete actively for the right to represent Africa in the World Cup.
In the tournament, 55 goals were scored in 10 matches.
Participating teams[]
The eight participating teams were:
Bracket[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
Ghana (w/o) | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 9 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
South Africa | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Zambia | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
South Africa | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Angola | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Angola (w/o) | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
First round[]
in 1994:
Nigeria | 9–0 | Sierra Leone |
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- Nigeria win 11–0 on aggregate.
Zambia | 2–6 | South Africa |
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- South Africa win 11–5 on aggregate.
- Cameroon withdraw. Angola advance.
- Guinea withdraw. Ghana advance.
Second round[]
in January 1995:
- Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.
Angola | 3–3 | South Africa |
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- South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.
Final round[]
in March 1995:
- Nigeria win 11–2 on aggregate.
Awards[]
1995 Women's African Football Championship Winners |
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Nigeria Second title |
Team statistics[]
Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Nigeria | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | 2 | +25 |
2 | South Africa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 20 | −1 |
Eliminated in the second round | |||||||||
3 | Angola | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
4 | Ghana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
Eliminated in the first round | |||||||||
5 | Zambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | −6 |
6 | Sierra Leone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | −11 |
— | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 10(1) | 9 | 1(2) | 9 | 29 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
External links[]
- Results at RSSSF.com
- 1995 in women's association football
- Africa Women Cup of Nations tournaments
- 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
- 1995 in African football