1995 African U-17 Championship

1995 African U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Mali
City	Bamako
Dates	14 - 27 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Guinea
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	50 (3.13 per match)

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.

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

Botswana
Ghana
Guinea
Mali (host nation)
Mozambique
Nigeria
Sudan
Tunisia

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Ghana	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9	Advanced to the semi-finals
Mali	3	1	2	3	3	0	3	Advanced to the semi-finals
Mozambique	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3	Eliminated and missed out on the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Tunisia	3	1	2	2	10	−8	3

14 May

Ghana	1–0	Mali

14 May

Tunisia	2–1	Mozambique

17 May

Ghana	2–0	Mozambique

17 May

Mali	2–0	Tunisia

20 May

Ghana	7–0	Tunisia

20 May

Mali	1–2	Mozambique

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advanced to the semi-finals
Guinea	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4	Advanced to the semi-finals
Sudan	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4	Eliminated and missed out on the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Botswana	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

15 May

Nigeria	4–0	Botswana

15 May

Guinea	1–1	Sudan

18 May

Nigeria	3–0	Sudan

18 May

Guinea	3–0	Botswana

21 May

Nigeria	2–1	Guinea

21 May

Sudan	2–1	Botswana

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals		Final



Ghana	3

Guinea	0
		Ghana (a.e.t.)	3

		Nigeria	1
Mali	1

Nigeria	3
		Third place



		Guinea (a.e.t.)	2

		Mali	1

Semi-finals

25 May

Ghana	3–0	Guinea

25 May

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

26 May

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

27 May

Ghana	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria

Winners

1995 CAF Under-17 Championship
Ghana First title

References

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