1991 African Women's Championship

The 1991 Women's African Football Championship was the first staging of the CAF Women's Championship, the women's football championship in Africa (CAF). It determined the CAF's single qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1991. Nigeria won the tournament, defeating Cameroon in the final.

1991 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 16 – June 30
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored22 (3.67 per match)

Eight teams were scheduled originally to play in the tournament, but half of them withdrew, causing only four teams to compete actively for the right to represent Africa in the World Cup. Cameroon in fact reached the final by default.

In the tournament, 22 goals were scored in 6 games.

The majority of the details of this tournament are unknown.

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

Team 1 Agg. 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
Uche  ?'
Attendance: 55,000
Ghana 1–2 Nigeria
Nigeria win 7–2 on aggregate.

Guinea w/o Senegal
Senegal withdraw, Guinea advance.

Zimbabwe withdraw, Zambia advance.

Cameroon w/o Congo
Congo withdraw, Cameroon advance.

Second Round

Nigeria 3–0 Guinea
Nigeria win 7–0 on aggregate.

Zambia withdraw, Cameroon advance.

Final Round

Nigeria 2–0 Cameroon
Cameroon 0–4 Nigeria
Attendance: 30,000
Nigeria win 6–0 on aggregate.

Awards

 1991 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
First title
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