1995 African Women's Championship

1995 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Dates	5 November 1994 – 18 March 1995
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	55 (5.5 per match)
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The 1995 African Women's Championship was the second edition of the African women's football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football to determine its single qualifier for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, which eventually went to Nigeria.

Eight teams were initially scheduled to play in this edition of the tournament, but two withdrew. This was the second and final edition of the tournament to be played on a home-and-away knockout basis, as CAF upgraded and rechristen the tournament to full-scale with the introduction of a group stage from the following edition onwards.

Participating teams

The participating teams were:

•   Angola
•   Cameroon
•   Ghana
•   Guinea
•   Nigeria
•   Sierra Leone
•   South Africa
•   Zambia

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

6 November 1994

Nigeria	9–0	Sierra Leone

Lagos

20 November 1994

Sierra Leone	0–2	Nigeria

Freetown

Nigeria win 11–0 on aggregate.

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5 November 1994

South Africa	5–3	Zambia

South Africa

20 November 1994

Zambia	2–6	South Africa

Zambia

South Africa win 11–5 on aggregate.

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Angola	w/o	Cameroon

Cameroon withdrew, thus Angola advance.

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Ghana	w/o	Guinea

Guinea withdrew, thus Ghana advance.

Second round

9 January 1995

Ghana	0–3	Nigeria

Ghana

23 January 1995

Nigeria	2–0	Ghana

Lagos

Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.

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7 January 1995

South Africa	3–1	Angola

South Africa

21 January 1995

Angola	3–3	South Africa

Luanda

South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.

Final round

4 March 1995

Nigeria	4–1	South Africa

Ibadan

18 March 1995

South Africa	1–7	Nigeria

Johannesburg

Nigeria won 11–2 on aggregate, thus won this edition of the tournament and qualified for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden .

Awards

1995 African Women's Championship winners
Nigeria

Team statistics

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
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)

Qualified team for FIFA Women's World Cup

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup 1
Nigeria	18 April 1995	1 (1991)

External links

• Tournament edition records at RSSSF.