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 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.

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

Participating teams

The eight participating teams were:

First round

in 1994:

November 6, 1994
Nigeria  9–0  Sierra Leone

November 20, 1994
Sierra Leone  0–2  Nigeria
Nigeria win 11–0 on aggregate.

November 5, 1994
South Africa  5–3  Zambia

November 20, 1994
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:

January 9, 1995
Ghana  0–3  Nigeria

January 23, 1995
Nigeria  2–0  Ghana
Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.

January 7, 1995
South Africa  3–1  Angola

January 21, 1995
Angola  3–3  South Africa
South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.

Final round

in March 1995:

March 4, 1995
Nigeria  4–1  South Africa

March 18, 1995
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).
(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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