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1991 African Women's Championship

Inaugural edition of WAFCON

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Women's Championship
year	1991
dates	16 February – 30 June
num_teams	8
champion_other
count	1
second_other
matches	6
goals	22
nextseason	[1995](1995-african-women-s-championship)

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

The eight participating teams were:

The teams who withdrew in italics.

Bracket

|| |5|2| |1|1 || (w/o)| || || || (w/o)| || || || (w/o)| || || || |3|4| |0|0 || ||| (w/o) | | || |2|4| |0|0

Final Tournament

First round

:Nigeria won 7–2 on aggregate.

:Senegal withdrew, Guinea advanced.

:Zimbabwe withdrew, Zambia advanced.

:Congo withdrew, Cameroon advanced.

Semifinals

:Nigeria won 7–0 on aggregate.

:Zambia withdrew, Cameroon advanced.

Final

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

Awards

Qualified team for FIFA Women's World Cup

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup[1](1)
		0 (Debut)

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