1981 Amílcar Cabral Cup

1981 Amílcar Cabral Cup
Tournament details
Host country Mali
Dates February 2–13
Teams 7
Venue(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Guinea (1st title)
Runners-up  Mali
Third place  Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 36 (2.57 per match)

The 1981 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Bamako, Mali.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Mali 5321072+5
 Guinea 4312043+1
 Mauritania 2310224–2
 Gambia 1301226–4

Feb 2, 1981
Guinea  1 – 1  Gambia

Feb 2, 1981
Mali  2 – 0  Mauritania

Feb 4, 1981
Mauritania  (walkover)  Gambia

Walkover. Awarded 1-0 to Mauritania


Feb 4, 1981
Mali  1 – 1  Guinea

Feb 6, 1981
Mali  4 – 1  Gambia

Feb 6, 1981
Guinea  2 – 1  Mauritania

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Senegal 4220020+2
 Cape Verde 2210131+2
 Guinea-Bissau 0200204–4

Feb 3, 1981
Senegal  1 – 0  Cape Verde

Feb 5, 1981
Senegal  1 – 0  Guinea-Bissau

Feb 7, 1981
Cape Verde  3 – 0  Guinea-Bissau

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Feb 9, 1981
Mali  2 – 0  Cape Verde

Feb 10, 1981
Guinea  1 – 0  Senegal

Fifth place match

Feb 10, 1981
Mauritania  3 – 4  Guinea-Bissau

Third place match

Feb 12, 1981
Senegal  5 – 1  Cape Verde

Final

Feb 13, 1981
Guinea  0 – 0
(6 – 5 pen.)
 Mali

References

RSSSF archives