1995 African U-17 Championship

The 1995 African U-17 Championship, was the first U-17 football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Mali. It also served as CAF's qualifier for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

1995 African U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMali
CityBamako
Dates14 - 27 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Guinea
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)

Qualification

First round

The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Africa  4 – 2  Zimbabwe 3 – 1 1 – 1
Zambia  6 – 1 d  Botswana 6 – 0 0 – 1
Mauritius  0 – 4  Malawi 0 – 1 0 – 3
Egypt  5 – 1  Algeria 2 – 0 3 – 1
Guinea-Bissau  1 – 2  Guinea 1 – 1 0 – 1
Nigeria  5 – 1  Angola 2 – 1 3 – 0
Togo  1 – 3  Ghana 0 – 1 1 – 2
Tunisia  w/o  Benin – –
Ivory Coast  w/o  Congo – –
Sierra Leone  w/o  Senegal – –
Tanzania  w/o  Cameroon – –
Sudan  w/o  Uganda – –
Mozambique  w/o  Zaire – –
Morocco  w/o  Cape Verde – –

Second round

The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Africa  0 – 2  Mozambique 0 – 0 0 – 2
Egypt  0 – 1  Sudan 0 – 0 0 – 1
Morocco  1 – 2  Tunisia 1 – 0 0 – 2
Tanzania  0 – 2  Guinea 0 – 0 0 – 2
Ivory Coast  2 – 4  Nigeria 1 – 1 1 – 3
Sierra Leone  1 – 2  Ghana 1 – 0 0 – 2
Botswana  2 – 1  Malawi 2 – 0 0 – 1

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Ghana 3300100+109Advanced to the semi-finals
 Mali 31023303
 Mozambique 310235−23Eliminated and missed out on the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 Tunisia 3102210−83
Ghana 1–0 Mali
Tunisia 2–1 Mozambique
Ghana 2–0 Mozambique
Mali 2–0 Tunisia
Ghana 7–0 Tunisia
Mali 1–2 Mozambique

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Nigeria 330091+89Advanced to the semi-finals
 Guinea 311153+24
 Sudan 311135−24Eliminated and missed out on the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 Botswana 300319−80
Nigeria 4–0 Botswana
Guinea 1–1 Sudan
Nigeria 3–0 Sudan
Guinea 3–0 Botswana
Nigeria 2–1 Guinea
Sudan 2–1 Botswana

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ghana3
 
 
 
 Guinea0
 
 Ghana (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 
 Nigeria1
 
 Mali1
 
 
 Nigeria3
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Guinea (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 Mali1

Semi-finals

Ghana 3–0 Guinea
Mali 1–3 Nigeria

For winning their semi-finals, Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Guinea and Mali meeting in the third place match for the third and final place in the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Third place match

Guinea 2–1 (a.e.t.) Mali

For winning the third place match, Guinea qualified for 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Mali missing out.

Final

Ghana 3–1 (a.e.t.) Nigeria

Winners

1995 CAF Under-17 Championship

Ghana
First title

References

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