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{{short description|2nd edition of WAFCON}}
{{Infobox International Football Competition
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = African Women's Championship
| tourney_name = African Women's Championship
| year = 1995
| year = 1995
| dates = 5 November 1994 – 18 March 1995
| dates = 5 November 1994 – 18 March 1995
| num_teams = 8
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| champion_other = {{fbw|NGA}}
| champion_other = {{fbw|NGA}}
| count = 2
| count = 2
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| goals = 55
| goals = 55
| prevseason = [[1991 African Women's Championship|1991]]
| prevseason = [[1991 African Women's Championship|1991]]
| nextseason = [[1998 African Women's Championship|1998]]
| nextseason = [[1998 African Women's Championship|1998]]
| updated =
}}
}}


The '''1995 Women's African Football Championship''' was the second staging of the [[CAF Women's Championship]], the [[women's association football|women's football]] championship of Africa ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]). It determined the [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]'s single qualifier for the [[FIFA Women's World Cup 1995]] — the winner [[Nigeria women's national football team|Nigeria]].
The '''1995 [[Women's Africa Cup of Nations|African Women's Championship]]''' was the second edition of the African [[women's association football|women's football]] tournament organized by the [[Confederation of African Football]] to determine its single qualifier for the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]], which eventually went to [[Nigeria women's national football team|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.


Eight teams were initially scheduled to play in this edition of the tournament, but two withdrew. This was the second and final edition of the tournament to be played on a home-and-away knockout basis, as CAF upgraded and rechristen the tournament to full-scale with the introduction of a group stage from [[1998 African Women's Championship|the following edition]] onwards.
In the tournament, 55 goals were scored in 10 matches.


==Participating teams==
==Participating teams==
The eight participating teams were:
The participating teams were:
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* {{fbw|ANG}}
* {{fbw|ANG}}
* {{fbw|CMR}}
* {{fbw|CMR}}
* {{fbw|GHA}}
* {{fbw|GHA}}
* {{fbw|GUI}}
* {{fbw|GUI}}
{{col-3}}
* {{fbw|NGA}}
* {{fbw|NGA}}
* {{fbw|SLE}}
* {{fbw|SLE}}
* {{fbw|RSA}}
* {{fbw|RSA}}
* {{fbw|ZAM}}
* {{fbw|ZAM}}
{{col-3}}
{{div col end}}
{{col-end}}


==Bracket==
==Bracket==
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==First round==
==First round==
{{football box
in 1994:
|date = 6 November 1994
{{footballbox
|date = November 6, 1994
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|score = 9–0
|score = 9–0
|team2 = {{fbw|SLE}}
|team2 = {{fbw|SLE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Lagos]]
|stadium = [[Lagos]]
}}
|attendance =
|referee =}}


{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = November 20, 1994
|date = 20 November 1994
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|SLE}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|SLE}}
|score = 0–2
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fbw|NGA}}
|team2 = {{fbw|NGA}}
|stadium = [[Freetown]]}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Freetown]]
|attendance =
|referee =}}
:'''''Nigeria''' win 11–0 on aggregate.''
:'''''Nigeria''' win 11–0 on aggregate.''
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{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = November 5, 1994
|date = 5 November 1994
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|score = 5–3
|score = 5–3
|team2 = {{fbw|ZAM}}
|team2 = {{fbw|ZAM}}
|stadium = [[South Africa]]}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[South Africa]]
|attendance =
|referee =}}


{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = November 20, 1994
|date = 20 November 1994
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ZAM}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ZAM}}
|score = 2–6
|score = 2–6
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|stadium = [[Zambia]]}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Zambia]]
|attendance =
|referee =}}
:'''''South Africa''' win 11–5 on aggregate.''
:'''''South Africa''' win 11–5 on aggregate.''
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date =
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ANG}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ANG}}
|score = w/o
|score = w/o
|team2 = {{fbw|CMR}}
|team2 = {{fbw|CMR}}
}}
|goals1 =
:''Cameroon withdrew, thus '''Angola''' advance.''
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =}}
:''Cameroon withdraw. '''Angola''' advance.''
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date =
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GHA}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GHA}}
|score = w/o
|score = w/o
|team2 = {{fbw|GUI}}
|team2 = {{fbw|GUI}}
}}
|goals1 =
:''Guinea withdrew, thus '''Ghana''' advance.''
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =}}
:''Guinea withdraw. '''Ghana''' advance.''



==Second round==
==Second round==
{{football box
in January 1995:
|date = 9 January 1995
{{footballbox
|date = January 9, 1995
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GHA}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GHA}}
|score = 0–3
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{fbw|NGA}}
|team2 = {{fbw|NGA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Ghana]]
|stadium = [[Ghana]]
}}
|attendance =
|referee =}}


{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = January 23, 1995
|date = 23 January 1995
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|score = 2–0
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fbw|GHA}}
|team2 = {{fbw|GHA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Lagos]]
|stadium = [[Lagos]]
}}
|attendance =
|referee =}}
:'''''Nigeria''' win 5–0 on aggregate.''
:'''''Nigeria''' win 5–0 on aggregate.''
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{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = January 7, 1995
|date = 7 January 1995
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|score = 3–1
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fbw|ANG}}
|team2 = {{fbw|ANG}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[South Africa]]
|stadium = [[South Africa]]
}}
|attendance =
|referee =}}


{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = January 21, 1995
|date = 21 January 1995
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ANG}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|ANG}}
|score = 3–3
|score = 3–3
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|stadium = [[Luanda]]}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Luanda]]
|attendance =
|referee =}}
:'''''South Africa''' win 6–4 on aggregate.''
:'''''South Africa''' win 6–4 on aggregate.''


==Final round==
==Final round==
{{football box
in March 1995:
|date = 4 March 1995
{{footballbox
|date = March 4, 1995
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NGA}}
|score = 4–1
|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|team2 = {{fbw|RSA}}
|stadium = [[Ibadan]]}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Ibadan]]
|attendance =
|referee =}}


{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = March 18, 1995
|date = 18 March 1995
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|RSA}}
|score = 1–7
|score = 1–7
|team2 = {{fbw|NGA}}
|team2 = {{fbw|NGA}}
|stadium = [[Johannesburg]]}}
|goals1 =
:'''''Nigeria''' won 11–2 on aggregate, thus won this edition of the tournament and qualified for the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[Sweden]]''.
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Johannesburg]]
|attendance =
|referee =}}
:'''''Nigeria''' win 11–2 on aggregate.''


==Awards==
==Awards==
{{winners|fbw|1995 Women's African Football Championship Winners|Nigeria|Second}}
{{winners|fbw|1995 African Women's Championship winners|Nigeria|2nd}}


===Team statistics===
===Team statistics===
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060715200959/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afr-women95.html Results] at RSSSF.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060715200959/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afr-women95.html Tournament edition records] at [[RSSSF]].


{{CAF Women's Championship}}
{{Women's Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification}}
{{1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification}}


[[Category:1995 in women's association football|CAF]]
[[Category:1995 in women's association football]]
[[Category:Africa Women Cup of Nations]]
[[Category:Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournaments]]
[[Category:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]]
[[Category:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]]
[[Category:1995 in African football|Women]]
[[Category:1995 in African football|Women]]

Latest revision as of 18:59, 21 January 2024

1995 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Dates5 November 1994 – 18 March 1995
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored55 (5.5 per match)
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The 1995 African Women's Championship was the second edition of the African women's football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football to determine its single qualifier for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, which eventually went to Nigeria.

Eight teams were initially scheduled to play in this edition of the tournament, but two withdrew. This was the second and final edition of the tournament to be played on a home-and-away knockout basis, as CAF upgraded and rechristen the tournament to full-scale with the introduction of a group stage from the following edition onwards.

Participating teams

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The participating teams were:

Bracket

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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

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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 withdrew, thus Angola advance.
Ghana w/o Guinea
Guinea withdrew, thus Ghana advance.

Second round

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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

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Nigeria 4–1 South Africa
South Africa 1–7 Nigeria
Nigeria won 11–2 on aggregate, thus won this edition of the tournament and qualified for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden.

Awards

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 1995 African Women's Championship winners 

Nigeria
2nd title

Team statistics

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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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