1995 African Youth Championship
# 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.

## 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 | Burundi | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Angola | 6–1 | Niger | 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 | 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:

* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Guinea
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Nigeria (host)
* Senegal
* Zambia

## 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 |
| 28 January | Nigeria | 3–3 | Mali |
| | Guinea | 2–2 | Zambia |
| 30 January | Mali | 2–1 | Zambia |
| | Nigeria | 1–0 | Guinea |
| 1 February | 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 |
| 31 January | Cameroon | 0–0 | Senegal |
| | Mauritius | 1–2 | Burundi |
| 2 February | Senegal | 1–1 | Burundi |
| | Cameroon | 3–1 | Mauritius |
| 4 February | Senegal | 1–2 | Mauritius |
| | Cameroon | 1–0 | Burundi |

## 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.

* Burundi
* Cameroon
