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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 November 1994 – 18 March 1995 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  South Africa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 55 (5.5 per match) |
← 1991 1998 → | |
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
editThe participating teams were:
Bracket
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
 Ghana (w/o) | ||||||||||||||||
 Guinea | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 9 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||
 Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| South Africa | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||
 Zambia | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Angola | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Angola (w/o) | ||||||||||||||||
 Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
First round
edit| Nigeria | 9–0 | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|---|
- Nigeria win 11–0 on aggregate.
| Zambia | 2–6 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
- South Africa win 11–5 on aggregate.
- Cameroon withdrew, thus Angola advance.
- Guinea withdrew, thus Ghana advance.
Second round
edit- Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.
| Angola | 3–3 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
- South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.
Final round
edit- 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
edit| 1995 African Women's Championship winners |
|---|
 Nigeria 2nd title |
Team statistics
edit| 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)