1995 African U-17 Championship

1995 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mali
City	Bamako
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. The top three teams qualified 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 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 Ghana  v  Mali Ghana  1–0  Mali Tunisia  v  Mozambique Tunisia  2–1  Mozambique Ghana  v  Mozambique Ghana  2–0  Mozambique Mali  v  Tunisia Mali  2–0  Tunisia Ghana  v  Tunisia Ghana  7–0  Tunisia Mali  v  Mozambique Mali  1–2  Mozambique Group B Team 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  v  Mozambique Nigeria  4–0  Mozambique Guinea  v  Sudan Guinea  1–1  Sudan Nigeria  v  Sudan Nigeria  3–0  Sudan Guinea  v  Botswana Guinea  3–0  Botswana Nigeria  v  Guinea Nigeria  2–1  Guinea Sudan  v  Botswana 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 Semi-finals Ghana  v  Guinea Ghana  3–0  Guinea Mali  v  Nigeria Mali  1–3  Nigeria Third place match Guinea  v  Mali Guinea  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Mali Final Ghana  v  Nigeria Ghana  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria Winners 1995 CAF Under-17 Championship Ghana First title Countries to participate in 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 3 teams which qualified for 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.  Ghana  Nigeria  Guinea References External links RSSSF.com Confederation of African Football Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Qualifying for U-17 World Cup 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 Tournaments Mali 1995 Botswana 1997 Guinea 1999 Seychelles 2001 Swaziland 2003 Gambia 2005 Togo 2007 Algeria 2009 Rwanda 2011 Morocco 2013 Niger 2015 Madagascar 2017 Tanzania 2019 Squads 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 Qualification 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019