1995 African Youth Championship
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| 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.
Contents
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 |
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
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.
