1991 African Women's Championship

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1991 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 30 June
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored22 (3.67 per match)
1995

The 1991 African Women's Championship was the inaugural edition of the currently-named Women's Africa Cup of Nations, invoked to determine CAF's single qualifier for the inaugural edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup that year. Nigeria defeated Cameroon in the final to win its first title and earn qualification.

Contents

Eight teams were originally scheduled to play in the tournament, but four of them withdrew, with Cameroon reaching the final on two walkovers.

Participating teams

The eight participating teams were:

The teams who withdrew in italics.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 527
 
 
 
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 11 2
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 347
 
 
 
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 00 0
 
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea (w/o) 
 
 
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 246
 
 
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 00 0
 
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia (w/o) 
 
 
 
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
 
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
 
 
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (w/o)  
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (w/o) 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
 

Final Tournament

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg7–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 5–1 2–1
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg w/o Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Zambia  Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg w/o Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg w/o Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg5–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 55,000
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Nigeria won 7–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg3–0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg0–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.

Final

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg0–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Attendance: 30,000
Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate and also qualified for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Awards

 1991 Women's African Football Championship winners 
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
First title

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