1991 African Women's Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 16 – June 30 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Cameroon |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 22 (3.67 per match) |
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.
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.
Contents
Participating teams
The eight participating teams were:
The teams who withdrew in italics.
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 win 7–2 on aggregate.
- Senegal withdraw, Guinea advance.
- Zimbabwe withdraw, Zambia advance.
- Congo withdraw, Cameroon advance.
Bracket
| Second Round | Final Round | |||||||||||
| Nigeria |
3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nigeria |
2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cameroon |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Zambia |
— | — | o | |||||||||
| Cameroon |
— | — | w | |||||||||
Second Round
- Nigeria win 7–0 on aggregate.
- Zambia withdraw, Cameroon advance.
Final Round
- Nigeria win 6–0 on aggregate.
Awards
| 1991 Women's African Football Championship Winners |
|---|
 Nigeria First title |
Goalscorers
- 1 goal
- Unknown scorers
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External links
- Results at RSSSF.com
