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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nigeria |
| Dates | 28 January – 8 February |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Third place |  |
| Fourth place |  |
Qualification
Preliminary round
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malawi  |
1–3 | |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Angola  |
6–1 |  |
3–0 | 3–1 |
First round
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt |
0–3 | |
0–2 | 0–1 |
| Cameroon |
5–4 | |
4–1 | 1–3 |
Mauritius  |
3–2 | |
2–1 | 1–1 |
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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
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
Group stage
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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