1995 African Women's Championship

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.

1995 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Dates5 November 1994 – 18 March 1995
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored55 (5.5 per match)

In the tournament, 55 goals were scored in 10 matches.

Participating teams

The eight participating teams were:

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Ghana (w/o) 
 
 
 
 Guinea
 
  Ghana000
 
 
 
 Nigeria 32 5
 
  Nigeria9211
 
 
 
 Sierra Leone 00 0
 
  Nigeria4711
 
 
 
 South Africa 11 2
 
  South Africa5611
 
 
 
 Zambia 32 5
 
  South Africa336
 
 
 
 Angola 13 4
 
  Angola (w/o) 
 
 
 Cameroon
 

First round

in 1994:

Nigeria 9–0 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone 0–2 Nigeria
Nigeria win 11–0 on aggregate.
South Africa 5–3 Zambia
Zambia 2–6 South Africa
South Africa win 11–5 on aggregate.
Angola w/o Cameroon
Cameroon withdraw. Angola advance.
Ghana w/o Guinea
Guinea withdraw. Ghana advance.


Second round

in January 1995:

Ghana 0–3 Nigeria
Nigeria 2–0 Ghana
Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.
South Africa 3–1 Angola
Angola 3–3 South Africa
South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.

Final round

in March 1995:

Nigeria 4–1 South Africa
South Africa 1–7 Nigeria
Nigeria win 11–2 on aggregate.

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)

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