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Inaugural edition of WAFCON From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 16 February – 30 June |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nigeria (1st title) |
Runners-up | Cameroon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 22 (3.67 per match) |
Eight teams were originally scheduled to play in the tournament, but four of them withdrew, with Cameroon reaching the final on two walkovers.
The eight participating teams were:
The teams who withdrew in italics.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Ghana | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Guinea (w/o) | ||||||||||||||||
Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Zambia (w/o) | ||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||
Zambia | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon (w/o) | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon (w/o) | ||||||||||||||||
Congo | ||||||||||||||||
1991 Women's African Football Championship winners |
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Nigeria First title |
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