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1979 Amílcar Cabral Cup

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1979 Amílcar Cabral Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGuinea Bissau
DatesJanuary 7–14
Teams7
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up Mali
Third place Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored36 (2.77 per match)
1980 →
International football competition

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 6 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4
 Guinea 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2
 Gambia 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
 Mauritania 0 3 0 0 3 4 11 –7
Mali 1 – 0 Guinea
Gambia 3 – 1 Mauritania
Mali 1 – 0 Gambia
Guinea 4 – 1 Mauritania
Guinea 1 – 1 Gambia
Mali 4 – 2 Mauritania

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Senegal 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
 Guinea-Bissau 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
 Cape Verde 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 –4
Guinea-Bissau 3 – 0 Cape Verde
Senegal 1 – 0 Cape Verde
Senegal 2 – 0 Guinea-Bissau

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Mali 1 – 1
(4 – 2 pen.)		 Guinea-Bissau
Senegal 3 – 1 Guinea

Third place match

Guinea 2 – 2
(5 – 4 pen.)		 Guinea-Bissau

Final

Senegal 1 – 0 Mali

References

RSSSF archives

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