1995 African Under-17 Championship

1995 African Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Mali
City Bamako
Teams (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)
1997

The 1995 African Under-17 Championship, hosted by Mali, was the first under-17 football tournament, organized by the CAF. The top 3 teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, hosted by Ecuador.

Contents

Qualifying

The qualifying rounds consisted of two rounds of two legged matches.

First round

Twenty-eight teams entered the 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[1]  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  walkover  Benin w/o w/o
Côte d'Ivoire  walkover  Congo w/o w/o
Sierra Leone  walkover  Senegal w/o w/o
Tanzania  walkover  Cameroon w/o w/o
Sudan  walkover  Uganda w/o w/o
Mozambique  walkover  Zaire w/o w/o
Morocco  walkover  Cape Verde w/o w/o

Second round

Fourteen teams from the first round entered this second round. The seven winners joined Mali (qualified as hosts) in the final tournament.

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  2–2  Guinea 0–0 0–2
Côte d'Ivoire  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

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9
 Mali 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
 Mozambique 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
 Tunisia 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
Mali  0 - 1  Ghana
Tunisia  2 - 1  Mozambique
Ghana  2 - 0  Mozambique
Mali  2 - 0  Tunisia
Ghana  7 - 0  Tunisia
Mali  1 - 2  Mozambique

Group B

Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
 Guinea 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
 Sudan 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
 Botswana 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
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-finals Final
  Ghana  3  
  Guinea  0  
 
      Ghana (a.e.t.)  3
    Nigeria  1
Third place
  Mali  1   Guinea (a.e.t.)  2
  Nigeria  3     Mali  1
 1995 CAF Under-17 Championship 

Ghana
First title

Countries to participate in 1995 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Top 3 teams qualified for 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

References

  1. ^ Zambia was disqualified. Botswana advanced to the second round.

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