Amílcar Cabral Cup

Amílcar Cabral Cup

Founded	1979
Region	West Africa (Zone 2)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Mali
2012

The Amílcar Cabral Cup is an international football tournament for Western African nations. The competition originally was scheduled on an annual basis, it has since been scheduled on a biennal basis.

Participant Nations

The competition is open to teams pertaining from CAF's Zone 2.

• Cape Verde
• Gambia
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone

Results

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1979 Details	Guinea Bissau		Senegal	1 - 0	Mali		Guinea	2 - 2 (5 - 4) pk	Guinea-Bissau
1980 Details	Gambia		Senegal	1 - 0	Gambia		Guinea	2 - 0	Mauritania
1981 Details	Mali		Guinea	0 - 0 (6 - 5) pk	Mali		Senegal	5 - 1	Cape Verde
1982 Details	Cape Verde Islands		Guinea	3 - 0	Senegal		Mali	2 - 1	Cape Verde
1983 Details	Mauritania		Senegal	3 - 0	Guinea-Bissau		Mali	2 - 0	Mauritania
1984 Details	Sierra Leone		Senegal	0 - 0 (5 - 3) pk	Sierra Leone		Mali	2 - 0	Gambia
1985 Details	Gambia		Senegal	1 - 0	Gambia		Mali	1 - 0	Cape Verde
1986 Details	Senegal		Senegal	3 - 1	Sierra Leone		Gambia		Guinea
1987 Details	Guinea		Guinea	1 - 0	Mali		Senegal	0 - 0 (3 - 0) pk	Sierra Leone
1988 Details	Guinea Bissau		Guinea	3 - 2	Mali		Senegal	2 - 1	Sierra Leone
1989 Details	Mali		Mali	3 - 0	Guinea		Cape Verde	1 - 0	Sierra Leone
1991 Details	Senegal		Senegal	1 - 0	Cape Verde		Sierra Leone		Gambia
1993 Details	Sierra Leone		Sierra Leone	2 - 0	Senegal		Gambia	2 - 0	Mali
1995 Details	Mauritania		Sierra Leone	0 - 0 (4 - 2) pk	Mauritania		Cape Verde	1 - 0	Guinea-Bissau
1997 Details	Gambia		Mali	1 - 0	Senegal		Guinea	2 - 2 (5 - 4) pk	Gambia
2000 Details	Cape Verde Islands		Cape Verde	1 - 0	Senegal		Guinea	2 - 0	Mali
2001 Details	Mali		Senegal U23	3 - 1	Gambia		Mali	2 - 1	Guinea-Bissau
2005 Details	Guinea		Guinea	1 - 0	Senegal U23		Mali B	1 - 0	Guinea-Bissau
2007 Details	Guinea Bissau		Mali B	2 - 1	Cape Verde		Senegal U23	2 - 1	Guinea-Bissau
2012 Details	TBA

Note: The 2009 competition was canceled.

Most Amílcar Cabral Cup wins

Wins	Nation	Year(s)
8 times	Senegal	1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2001
5 times	Guinea	1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2005
3 times	Mali	1989, 1997, 2007
2 times	Sierra Leone	1993, 1995
1 time	Cape Verde	2000

External links

• Details on RSSSF website