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1995 African Women's Championship

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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.

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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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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