1979 Amílcar Cabral Cup

The 1979 Amílcar Cabral Cup, the first edition of the tournament, was held in Bissau, Guinea Bissau.

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)

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

RSSSF archives