1995 African Women's Championship

1995 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
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 African Women's 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:

• 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

in 1994:

November 6, 1994

Nigeria	9–0	Sierra Leone

Lagos

November 20, 1994

Sierra Leone	0–2	Nigeria

Freetown

Nigeria win 11–0 on aggregate.

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November 5, 1994

South Africa	5–3	Zambia

South Africa

November 20, 1994

Zambia	2–6	South Africa

Zambia

South Africa win 11–5 on aggregate.

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Angola	w/o	Cameroon

Cameroon withdraw. Angola advance.

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Ghana	w/o	Guinea

Guinea withdraw. Ghana advance.

Second round

in January 1995:

January 9, 1995

Ghana	0–3	Nigeria

Ghana

January 23, 1995

Nigeria	2–0	Ghana

Lagos

Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.

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January 7, 1995

South Africa	3–1	Angola

South Africa

January 21, 1995

Angola	3–3	South Africa

Luanda

South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.

Final round

in March 1995:

March 4, 1995

Nigeria	4–1	South Africa

Ibadan

March 18, 1995

South Africa	1–7	Nigeria

Johannesburg

Nigeria won 11–2 on aggregate, won the tournament and qualified for 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Awards

1995 Women's African Football Championship Winners
Nigeria Second title

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)

External links

• Results at RSSSF.com