The Amílcar Cabral Cup was an international association football tournament for Western African nations. The competition originally was played on an annual basis until 1989, since then it was played on a biennial basis Tournament that was only for under-20 youth teams.

The tournament is named after Amílcar Cabral. There has been no edition since 2007. Mauritania was to host in 2009, then rescheduled the tournament to 2010 and later cancelled it altogether.

History In 1970 a predecessor tournament was started. The Tournoi de la Zone II organized by the Conseil Supérieur du Sport en Afrique (CSSA) was held five times until 1977 with Mali winning three and Guinea winning two titles.

Participant Nations The following eight teams have regularly participated in the tournament. The teams are all in Confederation of African Football's (CAF) Zone 2, i.e. Western Africa. In some years, when a team withdrew a guest team was invited, like Benin in 2001.

Results YearHostFinalThird Place MatchChampionScoreSecond PlaceThird PlaceScoreFourth Place1979Details Guinea-Bissau1–0 2–2 (5–4) pk1980Details The Gambia1–0w/o1981Details Mali0–0 (6–5) pk5–11982Details Cape Verde Islands3–02–11983Details Mauritania3–02–01984Details Sierra Leone0–0 (5–4) pk2–01985Details The Gambia1–01–01986Details Senegal3–1Third place match not played 1987Details Guinea1–00–0 (3–0) pk1988Details Guinea-Bissau0–0 [Note] (3–2) pk2–11989Details Mali3–01–01991Details Senegal1–0Third place match not played 1993Details Sierra Leone2–02–01995Details Mauritania0–0(4–3) pk1–01997Details The Gambia1–02–2(5–4) pk2000Details Cape Verde Islands1–0 2–02001Details Mali3–12–12005Details Guinea1–01–02007Details Guinea-Bissau2–12–1

Note: There are contradictory reports of this match. According to the RSSSF page for the 1988 tournament, the match ended in 0–0 and Guinea won 4–2 on penalties. On a list of international matches of 1988, the match ended in 0–0 and Guinea won 3–2 on penalties. According to a head-to-head search between Guinea and Mali on FIFA website, Guinea won 3–2 in regular time.

Winners

NationWinsYear(s) 8 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2001 51981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2005 31989, 1997, 2007 21993, 1995 12000

Tournoi de la Zone II Held from 1970 to 1977 under the hospicies of the Conseil Supérieur du Sport en Afrique (CSSA), the Tournoi de la Zone II was a predecessor tournament of the Amílcar Cabral Cup.

YearHostFinalThird place matchWinnerScoreRunner-upThirdScoreFourth1970Bamako, Mali1972Dakar, Senegal1975Bissau, Guinea-Bissau2–11976Banjul, Gambia1–01977Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings. Senegal represented by ASFA Dakar.

References

External links Tournament history – RSSSF (archived 3 December 2007)