1995 African Youth Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nigeria |
Dates | 28 January – 8 February |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
The African Youth Championship 1995 was a soccer tournament held in Nigeria. It also served as qualification for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Qualification[edit]
Preliminary round[edit]
Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Congo, Liberia, Mauritania and Swaziland withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Lesotho, Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Madagascar advanced to the next round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Malawi ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Angola ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 |
First round[edit]
Kenya, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zaire and Zimbabwe withdrew. As a result, Cameroon, Mauritius, Morocco, Burundi, Zambia and Ethiopia advanced to the next round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Egypt ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–2 |
Togo ![]() |
1–1(a) | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 |
South Africa ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–2 | 1–1 |
Ghana ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
5–1 | 2–0 |
Tunisia ![]() |
1–1 (p: 4–5) | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–1 |
Ivory Coast ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Nigeria ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–1 |
Guinea ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–1 |
Second round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Egypt ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–1 |
Cameroon ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
4–1 | 1–3 |
Mauritius ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–1 |
Ethiopia ![]() |
0–0 (p: 3–4) | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–0 |
Ghana ![]() |
0–0 (p: 3–4) | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–0 |
Morocco ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–1 |
Nigeria ![]() |
both through | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Guinea also went through to the main tournament because Nigeria would qualify as host.
Teams[edit]
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
Group stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
28 January | Nigeria ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
Guinea ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() | |
30 January | Mali ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Nigeria ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() | |
1 February | Mali ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Nigeria ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Group B[edit]
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
31 January | Cameroon ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Mauritius ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() | |
2 February | Senegal ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() | |
4 February | Senegal ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Semifinals[edit]
Third place match[edit]
Final[edit]
1995 African Youth Championship |
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![]() Cameroon First title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship[edit]
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.