The 1995 African Women's Championship was the second staging of the

CAF Women's Championship The Women's Africa Cup of Nations, also called the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons and abbreviated to WAFCON, is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Conf ...

, the women's football championship of Africa ( CAF). It determined the CAF's single qualifier for the

FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament featured 12 women's national teams from si ...

: the winner was

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. Eight teams were scheduled to play in the tournament, but two of them withdrew, leaving six teams to compete for the right to represent Africa in the World Cup. In the tournament, 55 goals were scored in 10 matches.

Participating teams

The eight participating teams were: * * * * * * * *

Bracket

First round

in 1994: :''Nigeria win 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''South Africa win 11–5 on aggregate.'' ---- :''Cameroon withdraw. Angola advance.'' ---- :''Guinea withdraw. Ghana advance.''

Second round

in January 1995: :''Nigeria win 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- :''South Africa win 6–4 on aggregate.''

Final round

in March 1995: :''Nigeria won 11–2 on aggregate, won the tournament and qualified for

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway women's national football team, Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament fea ...

Awards

Team statistics

, - , colspan="10", Eliminated in the second round , - , - , colspan="10", Eliminated in the first round , -

External links

Results
at RSSSF.com {{1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournaments 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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