1995 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 1995 was a soccer tournament held in Nigeria. It also served as qualification for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1995 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates28 January – 8 February
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up Burundi
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Mali
1993
1997

Qualification

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Preliminary round

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malawi   1–3   Burundi 1–2 0–1
Angola   6–1   Niger 3–0 3–1

First round

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Ethiopia   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

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mali 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Nigeria (H) 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
3   Zambia 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
4   Guinea 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
28 January Nigeria   3–3   Mali
Guinea   2–2   Zambia
30 January Mali   2–1   Zambia
Nigeria   1–0   Guinea
1 February Mali   3–0   Guinea
Nigeria   2–1   Zambia

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cameroon 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Burundi 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   Mauritius 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4   Senegal 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
31 January Cameroon   0–0   Senegal
Mauritius   1–2   Burundi
2 February Senegal   1–1   Burundi
Cameroon   3–1   Mauritius
4 February Senegal   1–2   Mauritius
Cameroon   1–0   Burundi

Semifinals

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Cameroon  2 – 1  Nigeria
Mali  0 – 3  Burundi

Third place match

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Nigeria  1 – 0  Mali

Final

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Cameroon  4 – 0  Burundi


 1995 African Youth Championship 
 
Cameroon

First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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The two best performing teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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