1997 Amílcar Cabral Cup

1997 Amílcar Cabral Cup
Tournament details
Host country Gambia
Dates November 28–December 7
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions  Mali (2nd title)
Runners-up  Senegal
Third place  Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 43 (2.69 per match)

The 1997 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Banjul, Gambia.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Gambia 7321052+3
 Senegal 5312031+2
 Mauritania 2302145–1
 Cape Verde 1301237–4

November 28, 1997
Gambia  3 – 1  Cape Verde

November 28, 1997
Mauritania  1 – 1  Senegal

November 30, 1997
Gambia  2 – 1  Mauritania

November 30, 1997
Senegal  2 – 0  Cape Verde

December 2, 1997
Gambia  0 – 0  Senegal

December 2, 1997
Cape Verde  2 – 2  Mauritania

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Guinea 7321050+5
 Mali 5312072+5
 Sierra Leone 4311135–2
 Guinea-Bissau 03003210–8

November 29, 1997
Guinea  0 – 0  Mali

November 29, 1997
Sierra Leone  2 – 1  Guinea-Bissau

December 1, 1997
Guinea  3 – 0  Sierra Leone

December 1, 1997
Mali  6 – 1  Guinea-Bissau

December 3, 1997
Mali  1 – 1  Sierra Leone

December 3, 1997
Guinea  2 – 0  Guinea-Bissau

Knockout stage

Semi-finas

December 5, 1997
Gambia  1 – 2  Mali

December 5, 1997
Guinea  1 – 2  Senegal

Third place match

December 7, 1997
Guinea  2 – 2
(5 – 4 pen.)
 Gambia

Final

December 7, 1997
Mali  1 – 0  Senegal
Yaya Dissa  18'

References

Details in RSSSF archives