1991 African Women's Championship

1991 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Dates	16 February – 30 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria
Runners-up	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	22 (3.67 per match)
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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.

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:

•   Cameroon
•   Congo
•   Ghana
•   Guinea
•   Nigeria
•   Senegal
•   Zambia
•   Zimbabwe

The teams who withdrew in italics.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Nigeria	5	2	7
	Ghana	1	1	2
							Nigeria	3	4	7
							Guinea	0	0	0
	Guinea (w/o)
	Senegal
													Nigeria	2	4	6
													Cameroon	0	0	0
	Zambia (w/o)
	Zimbabwe
							Zambia
							Cameroon (w/o)
	Cameroon (w/o)
	Congo

Final Tournament

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	7–2	Ghana	5–1	2–1
Guinea	w/o	Senegal	—	—
Zambia	w/o	Zimbabwe	—	—
Cameroon	w/o	Congo	—	—

February 16, 1991

Nigeria	5–1	Ghana

National Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 55,000

March 3, 1991

Ghana	1–2	Nigeria

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Nigeria won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Guinea	w/o	Senegal

Senegal withdrew, Guinea advanced.

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Zambia	w/o	Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe withdrew, Zambia advanced.

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Cameroon	w/o	Congo

Congo withdrew, Cameroon advanced.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	7–0	Guinea	3–0	4–0
Cameroon	w/o	Zambia	—	—

May 4, 1991

Nigeria	3–0	Guinea

National Stadium, Lagos

May 19, 1991

Guinea	0–4	Nigeria

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Cameroon	w/o	Zambia

Zambia withdrew, Cameroon advanced.

Final

June 15, 1991

Nigeria	2–0	Cameroon

National Stadium, Lagos

June 30, 1991

Cameroon	0–4	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 African Women's Championship winners
Nigeria First title

Qualified team for FIFA Women's World Cup

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup 1
Nigeria	30 June 1991	0 (Debut)

External links

• Tournament profile at RSSSF

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