1988 Amílcar Cabral Cup

1988 Amílcar Cabral Cup
Tournament details
Host country Guinea-Bissau
Dates April 28–May 8
Teams 8
Venue(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Guinea (4th title)
Runners-up  Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 44 (2.75 per match)

The 1988 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Guinea 4312032+1
 Mali 3311154+1
 Cape Verde 3311156–1
 Mauritania 2302156–1

April 29, 1988
Mali  3 – 1  Cape Verde

April 29, 1988
Guinea  1 – 1  Mauritania

May 1, 1988
Cape Verde  3 – 2  Mauritania

May 1, 1988
Guinea  1 – 0  Mali

May 3, 1988
Mali  2 – 2  Mauritania

May 3, 1989
Guinea  1 – 1  Cape Verde

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Senegal 4312073+4
 Sierra Leone 4312053+2
 Guinea-Bissau 4312042+2
 Gambia 03003210–8

April 28, 1988
Guinea-Bissau  0 – 0  Sierra Leone

April 28, 1988
Senegal  4 – 0  Gambia

April 30, 1988
Sierra Leone  3 – 1  Gambia

April 30, 1988
Senegal  1 – 1  Guinea-Bissau

May 2, 1988
Guinea-Bissau  3 – 1  Gambia

May 2, 1988
Senegal  2 – 2  Sierra Leone

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

May 5, 1988
Guinea  3 – 0  Sierra Leone

May 5, 1988
Mali  1 – 1
(6 – 5 pen.)
 Senegal

Third place match

May 7, 1988
Senegal  2 – 1  Sierra Leone

Final

May 8, 1988
Guinea  0 – 0
(3 – 2 pen.)
 Mali

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.

References

RSSSF archives

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