title: 1995 African Youth Championship
text: # 1995 African Youth Championship
  
  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.
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Malawi | 1–3 | Burundi | 1–2 | 0–1 |
  | Angola | 6–1 | Niger | 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.
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Egypt | 3–2 | Sudan | 2–0 | 1–2 |
  | Togo | 1–1(a) | Angola | 1–1 | 0–0 |
  | South Africa | 4–3 | Lesotho | 3–2 | 1–1 |
  | Ghana | 7–1 | Burkina Faso | 5–1 | 2–0 |
  | Tunisia | 1–1 (p: 4–5) | Mali | 1–0 | 0–1 |
  | Ivory Coast | 0–1 | Senegal | 0–1 | 0–0 |
  | Nigeria | 5–1 | Guinea-Bissau | 3–0 | 2–1 |
  | Guinea | 3–1 | Algeria | 2–0 | 1–1 |
  
  ### Second round
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Egypt | 0–3 | Burundi | 0–2 | 0–1 |
  | Cameroon | 5–4 | Angola | 4–1 | 1–3 |
  | Mauritius | 3–2 | South Africa | 2–1 | 1–1 |
  | Ethiopia | 0–0 (p: 3–4) | Zambia | 0–0 | 0–0 |
  | Ghana | 0–0 (p: 3–4) | Mali | 0–0 | 0–0 |
  | Morocco | 0–3 | Senegal | 0–2 | 0–1 |
  | Nigeria | both through | Guinea | 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:
  
  * Burundi
  * Cameroon
  * Guinea
  * Mali
  * Mauritius
  * Nigeria (host)
  * Senegal
  * Zambia
  
  ## Group stage
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
  | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
  | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 1 |
  | Guinea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
  | 28 January | Nigeria | 3–3 | Mali |
  | | Guinea | 2–2 | Zambia |
  | 30 January | Mali | 2–1 | Zambia |
  | | Nigeria | 1–0 | Guinea |
  | 1 February | Mali | 3–0 | Guinea |
  | | Nigeria | 2–1 | Zambia |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
  | Burundi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
  | Mauritius | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 |
  | Senegal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
  | 31 January | Cameroon | 0–0 | Senegal |
  | | Mauritius | 1–2 | Burundi |
  | 2 February | Senegal | 1–1 | Burundi |
  | | Cameroon | 3–1 | Mauritius |
  | 4 February | Senegal | 1–2 | Mauritius |
  | | Cameroon | 1–0 | Burundi |
  
  ## Final
  
  * 1995 African Youth Championship
  * Cameroon First title
  
  ## Qualification to World Youth Championship
  
  The two best performing teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.
  
  * Burundi
  * Cameroon
  