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.
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.
Second round
Guinea also went through to the main tournament because Nigeria would qualify as host.
Teams The following teams qualified for the tournament:
(host)
Group stage Group A
28 January3–32–230 January2–11–01 February3–02–1
Group B
31 January0–01–22 February1–13–14 February1–21–0
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Qualification to World Youth Championship The two best performing teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.
External links Results by RSSSF