1995 African Youth Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nigeria |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Cameroon (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Burundi |
| Third place |
 Nigeria |
| Fourth place |
 Mali |
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
Preliminary Round
Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Congo, Liberia, Mauritania and Swaziland withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Senegal, Lesotho, Guinea Bissau, Togo, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Madagascar.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malawi  |
1–3 | Burundi |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Angola  |
6–1 |  Niger |
3–0 | 3–1 |
First Round
Kenya, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zaire and Zimbabwe withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Cameroon, Mauritius, Morocco, Burundi, Zambia and Ethiopia.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt  |
3–2 |  Sudan |
2–0 | 1–2 |
Togo  |
1–1(a) | Angola |
1–1 | 0–0 |
South Africa  |
4–3 |  Lesotho |
3–2 | 1–1 |
Ghana  |
7–1 |  Burkina Faso |
5–1 | 2–0 |
Tunisia  |
1–1 (p: 4–5) | Mali |
1–0 | 0–1 |
Ivory Coast  |
0–1 |  Senegal |
0–1 | 0–0 |
| Nigeria |
5–1 |  Guinea-Bissau |
3–0 | 2–1 |
Guinea  |
3–1 |  Algeria |
2–0 | 1–1 |
Second Round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt |
0–3 | Burundi |
0–2 | 0–1 |
| Cameroon |
5–4 | Angola |
4–1 | 1–3 |
Mauritius  |
3–2 | South Africa |
2–1 | 1–1 |
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0–0 (p: 3–4) |  Zambia |
0–0 | 0–0 |
| Ghana |
0–0 (p: 3–4) | Mali |
0–0 | 0–0 |
Morocco  |
0–3 | Senegal |
0–2 | 0–1 |
| Nigeria |
both through | Guinea |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Guinea also went through to the main tournament because Nigeria would qualify as host.
Teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
Group Stage
Group A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
| Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| Zambia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 1 |
| Guinea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
| Nigeria |
3–3 | Mali | |
| Guinea |
2–2 | Zambia | |
| Mali |
2–1 | Zambia | |
| Nigeria |
1–0 | Guinea | |
| Mali |
3–0 | Guinea | |
| Nigeria |
2–1 | Zambia |
Group B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| Burundi |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Mauritius |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 |
| Senegal |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
| Cameroon |
0–0 | Senegal | |
| Mauritius |
1–2 | Burundi | |
| Senegal |
1–1 | Burundi | |
| Cameroon |
3–1 | Mauritius | |
| Senegal |
1–2 | Mauritius | |
| Cameroon |
1–0 | Burundi |
Semifinals
Third Place Match
Final
| 1995 African Youth Championship |
|---|
Cameroon First title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.
External links
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