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

Guinea  v  Gambia

Feb 2, 1981

Guinea	1 – 1	Gambia

Mali  v  Mauritania

Feb 2, 1981

Mali	2 – 0	Mauritania

Mauritania  v  Gambia

Feb 4, 1981

Mauritania	(walkover)	Gambia

Walkover. Awarded 1-0 to Mauritania

Mali  v  Guinea

Feb 4, 1981

Mali	1 – 1	Guinea

Mali  v  Gambia

Feb 6, 1981

Mali	4 – 1	Gambia

Guinea  v  Mauritania

Feb 6, 1981

Guinea	2 – 1	Mauritania

Group B

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

Senegal  v  Cape Verde

Feb 3, 1981

Senegal	1 – 0	Cape Verde

Senegal  v  Guinea-Bissau

Feb 5, 1981

Senegal	1 – 0	Guinea-Bissau

Cape Verde  v  Guinea-Bissau

Feb 7, 1981

Cape Verde	3 – 0	Guinea-Bissau

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Mali  v  Cape Verde

Feb 9, 1981

Mali	2 – 0	Cape Verde

Guinea  v  Senegal

Feb 10, 1981

Guinea	1 – 0	Senegal

Fifth place match

Mauritania  v  Guinea-Bissau

Feb 10, 1981

Mauritania	3 – 4	Guinea-Bissau

Third place match

Senegal  v  Cape Verde

Feb 12, 1981

Senegal	5 – 1	Cape Verde

Final

Guinea  v  Mali

Feb 13, 1981

Guinea	0 – 0 (6 – 5 pen.)	Mali

References

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