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 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 1 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 |
![]() | 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
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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.