1991_African_Women's_Championship

1991 African Women's Championship

1991 African Women's Championship

Inaugural edition of WAFCON

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.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...

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

The eight participating teams were:

The teams who withdrew in italics.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Nigeria527
 
 
 
 Ghana 11 2
 
  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

First round

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
More information Nigeria, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 55,000
More information Ghana, 1–2 ...
Nigeria won 7–2 on aggregate.
More information Guinea, w/o ...
Senegal withdrew, Guinea advanced.
More information Zambia, w/o ...
Zimbabwe withdrew, Zambia advanced.
More information Cameroon, w/o ...
Congo withdrew, Cameroon advanced.

Semifinals

More information Nigeria, 3–0 ...
More information Guinea, 0–4 ...
Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.
More information Cameroon, w/o ...
Zambia withdrew, Cameroon advanced.

Final

More information Nigeria, 2–0 ...
More information Cameroon, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Nigeria won 6–0 on aggregate and also qualified for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Awards

 1991 Women's African Football Championship winners 

Nigeria
First title
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