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)
1980 →

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

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	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

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.)	Guinea-Bissau

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[]

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