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.

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.


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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.


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Second round
Guinea also went through to the main tournament because Nigeria would qualify as host.
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Teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament:


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Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.