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Contents

   



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1 Participating teams  




2 Bracket  




3 Final Tournament  


3.1  First round  




3.2  Semifinals  




3.3  Final  






4 Awards  




5 External links  













1991 African Women's Championship






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1991 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 30 June
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored22 (3.67 per match)

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The 1991 African Women's Championship was the inaugural edition of the currently-named Women's Africa Cup of Nations, invoked to determine CAF's single qualifier for the inaugural edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup that year. Nigeria defeated Cameroon in the final to win its first title and earn qualification.

Eight teams were originally scheduled to play in the tournament, but four of them withdrew, with Cameroon reaching the final on two walkovers.

Participating teams[edit]

The eight participating teams were:

  •  Congo
  •  Ghana
  •  Guinea
  •  Nigeria
  •  Senegal
  •  Zambia
  •  Zimbabwe

    • The teams who withdrew in italics.

    Bracket[edit]

     

    		Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal

     

    		                

     

    		 

     

     

    		  Nigeria527

     

    		 

     

    		 Ghana 112

     

    		  Nigeria347

     

    		 

     

    		 Guinea 00 0

     

    		  Guinea (w/o) 

     

    		 

     

    		 Senegal

     

    		  Nigeria246

     

    		 

     

    		 Cameroon 00 0

     

    		  Zambia (w/o) 

     

    		 

     

    		 Zimbabwe

     

    		  Zambia

     

    		 

     

    		 Cameroon (w/o)  

     

    		  Cameroon (w/o) 

     

     

    		 Congo

     

    Final Tournament[edit]

    First round[edit]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Nigeria  7–2  Ghana 5–1 2–1
    Guinea  w/o  Senegal — —
    Zambia  w/o  Zimbabwe — —
    Cameroon  w/o  Congo — —
    Nigeria 5–1 Ghana
    National Stadium, Lagos

    Attendance: 55,000

    Ghana 1–2 Nigeria
    Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
    Nigeria won 7–2 on aggregate.
    Guinea w/o Senegal
    Senegal withdrew, Guinea advanced.
    Zambia w/o Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe withdrew, Zambia advanced.
    Cameroon w/o Congo
    Congo withdrew, Cameroon advanced.

    Semifinals[edit]

    Nigeria 3–0 Guinea
    National Stadium, Lagos
    Guinea 0–4 Nigeria
    Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
    Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.
     Cameroonw/oZambia 
    Zambia withdrew, Cameroon advanced.

    Final[edit]

    Nigeria 2–0 Cameroon
    National Stadium, Lagos
    Cameroon 0–4 Nigeria
    Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

    Attendance: 30,000

    Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate and also qualified for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.

    Awards[edit]

     1991 Women's African Football Championship winners 

    Nigeria
    First title

    External links[edit]


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