1979 Amílcar Cabral Cup

1979 Amílcar Cabral Cup
Tournament details
Host country Guinea Bissau
Dates January 7–14
Teams 7
Venue(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up  Mali
Third place  Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 36 (2.77 per match)

The 1979 Amílcar Cabral Cup, the first edition of the tournament, was held in Bissau, Guinea Bissau.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Mali 6330062+4
 Guinea 3311153+2
 Gambia 3311143+1
 Mauritania 03003411–7

Jan 8, 1979
Mali  1 – 0  Guinea

Jan 8, 1979
Gambia  3 – 1  Mauritania

Jan 10, 1979
Mali  1 – 0  Gambia

Jan 10, 1979
Guinea  4 – 1  Mauritania

Jan 12, 1979
Guinea  1 – 1  Gambia

Jan 12, 1979
Mali  4 – 2  Mauritania

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Senegal 4220030+3
 Guinea-Bissau 2210132+1
 Cape Verde 0200204–4

Jan 7, 1979
Guinea-Bissau  3 – 0  Cape Verde

Jan 9, 1979
Senegal  1 – 0  Cape Verde

Jan 11, 1979
Senegal  2 – 0  Guinea-Bissau

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Jan 13, 1979
Mali  1 – 1
(4 – 2 pen.)
 Cape Verde

Jan 13, 1979
Senegal  3 – 1  Guinea

Third place match

Jan 14, 1979
Guinea  2 – 2
(5 – 4 pen.)
 Guinea-Bissau

Final

Jan 14, 1979
Senegal  1 – 0  Mali

References

RSSSF archives

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