The tournament was played between 26 March and 10 April 1994 in Tunisia, taking place in the country for the second time following the 1965 editions.

Ivory Coast as title holder and Tunisia as host country automatically qualified for the final phase of the tournament.

Nigeria won the title for the second time in their history, after beating Zambia in the final match with a score of 2–1.

As champions, Nigeria qualified for the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia, as a representative of African continent.

Note for these qualifiers the debut in official international competition of the selection of Cape Verde, eliminated in the preliminary round, and the first participation of South Africa, banned from world football since the establishment of apartheid.