1995 African U-17 Championship

1995 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mali
City	Bamako
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Guinea
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	50 (3.13 per match)

The 1995 African U-17 Championship, was the first U-17 football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Mali. The top three teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Qualification

First round

The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Africa	4 – 2	Zimbabwe	3 – 1	1 – 1
Zambia	6 – 1 d	Botswana	6 – 0	0 – 1
Mauritius	0 – 4	Malawi	0 – 1	0 – 3
Egypt	5 – 1	Algeria	2 – 0	3 – 1
Guinea-Bissau	1 – 2	Guinea	1 – 1	0 – 1
Nigeria	5 – 1	Angola	2 – 1	3 – 0
Togo	1 – 3	Ghana	0 – 1	1 – 2
Tunisia	w/o	Benin	–	–
Ivory Coast	w/o	Congo	–	–
Sierra Leone	w/o	Senegal	–	–
Tanzania	w/o	Cameroon	–	–
Sudan	w/o	Uganda	–	–
Mozambique	w/o	Zaire	–	–
Morocco	w/o	Cape Verde	–	–

Second round

The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Africa	0 – 2	Mozambique	0 – 0	0 – 2
Egypt	0 – 1	Sudan	0 – 0	0 – 1
Morocco	1 – 2	Tunisia	1 – 0	0 – 2
Tanzania	0 – 2	Guinea	0 – 0	0 – 2
Ivory Coast	2 – 4	Nigeria	1 – 1	1 – 3
Sierra Leone	1 – 2	Ghana	1 – 0	0 – 2
Botswana	2 – 1	Malawi	2 – 0	0 – 1

Qualified teams

•  Botswana
•  Ghana
•  Guinea
•  Mali (host nation)
•  Mozambique
•  Nigeria
•  Sudan
•  Tunisia

Group stage

Legend
Advanced to semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ghana 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9  Mali 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3  Mozambique 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3 Ghana  v  Mali Ghana  1–0  Mali Tunisia  v  Mozambique Tunisia  2–1  Mozambique Ghana  v  Mozambique Ghana  2–0  Mozambique Mali  v  Tunisia Mali  2–0  Tunisia Ghana  v  Tunisia Ghana  7–0  Tunisia Mali  v  Mozambique Mali  1–2  Mozambique Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9  Guinea 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4  Sudan 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4  Botswana 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0 Nigeria  v  Botswana Nigeria  4–0  Botswana Guinea  v  Sudan Guinea  1–1  Sudan Nigeria  v  Sudan Nigeria  3–0  Sudan Guinea  v  Botswana Guinea  3–0  Botswana Nigeria  v  Guinea Nigeria  2–1  Guinea Sudan  v  Botswana Sudan  2–1  Botswana Knock-out stage Semi-finals Final   Ghana  3     Guinea  0           Ghana (a.e.t.)  3     Nigeria  1 Third place   Mali  1   Guinea (a.e.t.)  2   Nigeria  3     Mali  1 Semi-finals Ghana  v  Guinea Ghana  3–0  Guinea Mali  v  Nigeria Mali  1–3  Nigeria Third place match Guinea  v  Mali Guinea  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Mali Final Ghana  v  Nigeria Ghana  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria Winners 1995 CAF Under-17 Championship Ghana First title Countries to participate in 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 3 teams which qualified for 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.  Ghana  Nigeria  Guinea References External links RSSSF.com Confederation of African Football