1995 African Youth Championship

African Youth Championship 1995 250px Nigeria 28 January – 8 February 8 20 CMR 1 20 BDI 20 NGA 20 MLI 1993 1997 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. 20 MWI 1–3 20 BDI 1–2 0–1 20 ANG 6–1 20 NIG 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. 20 EGY 3–2 20 SDN 2–0 1–2 20 TGO 1–1(a) 20 ANG 1–1 0–0 20 ZAF 4–3 20 LSO 3–2 1–1 20 GHA 7–1 20 BFA 5–1 2–0 20 TUN 1–1 (p: 4–5) 20 MLI 1–0 0–1 20 CIV 0–1 20 SEN 0–1 0–0 20 NGA 5–1 20 GNB 3–0 2–1 20 GIN 3–1 20 ALG 2–0 1–1 |} Second round 20 EGY 0–3 20 BDI 0–2 0–1 20 CMR 5–4 20 ANG 4–1 1–3 20 MRI 3–2 20 RSA 2–1 1–1 20 ETH 1991 0–0 (p: 3–4) 20 ZAM 1964 0–0 0–0 20 GHA 0–0 (p: 3–4) 20 MLI 0–0 0–0 20 MAR 0–3 20 SEN 0–2 0–1 20 NGA both through 20 GIN 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: 20 BDI 20 CMR 20 GIN 20 MLI 20 MRI 20 NGA (host) 20 SEN 20 ZAM 1964 Group stage Group A main WDL 20 MLI 20 NGA 20 ZAM 1964 20 GUI complete 2 1 0 8 4 2 1 0 6 4 H 0 1 2 4 6 0 1 2 2 6 MLI, NGA, ZAM, GUI Group tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 28 January20 NGA3–320 MLI20 GIN2–220 ZAM 196430 January20 MLI2–120 ZAM 196420 NGA1–020 GIN1 February20 MLI3–020 GIN20 NGA2–120 ZAM 1964 Group B main WDL 20 CMR 20 BDI 20 MRI 20 SEN complete 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 0 2 1 2 3 CMR, BDI, MRI, SEN Group tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 31 January20 CMR0–020 SEN20 MRI1–220 BDI2 February20 SEN1–120 BDI20 CMR3–120 MRI4 February20 SEN1–220 MRI20 CMR1–020 BDI Semifinals 6 February 20 CMR 2 – 1 20 NGA Kaduna 6 February 20 MLI 0 – 3 20 BDI Lagos Third place match 7 February 20 NGA 1 – 0 20 MLI Lagos Final 8 February 20 CMR 4 – 0 20 BDI Lagos fb 1995 African Youth Championship Cameroon First Qualification to World Youth Championship The two best performing teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. 20 BDI 20 CMR External links Results by RSSSF 1995 Youth Championship Youth Championship Championship Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Nigeria Category:Youth international association football competitions hosted by Nigeria Category:1995 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification Category:1990s in Lagos Category:Football competitions in Lagos Category:Sport in Kaduna Category:January 1995 sports events in Africa Category:February 1995 sports events in Africa