Amílcar Cabral Cup
| Founded | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Abolished | 2007 |
| Region | West Africa (Zone 2) |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Last champions | Mali |
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 when it has been played on a biennial basis.
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.
In 1970 a predecessor tournament was started. The Tournoi de la zone 2 was held five times until 1977 with Mali winning three and Guinea winning two titles.
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.
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.
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