Final Group Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
*Gambia	3	2	1	0	5	2	7
*Senegal	3	1	2	0	2	0	5
Mauritania	3	0	2	1	3	4	2
Cape Verde Islands	3	0	1	2	3	7	1
Group B
*Guinea	3	2	1	0	5	0	7
*Mali	3	1	2	0	7	2	5
Sierra Leone	3	1	1	1	3	5	4
Guinea-Bissau	3	0	0	3	2	10	0

Finals

Home Team		Away Team
Semi-Finals
Gambia	1	Mali	2
Guinea	1	Senegal	2
3rd Place
Gambia	2 (p)	Guinea	2
Final
Mali	1	Senegal	0

Group Results

Home Team		Away Team
Group A
Gambia	3	Cape Verde Is	1
Senegal	0	Mauritania	0
Gambia	2	Mauritania	1
Senegal	2	Cape Verde Is	0
Gambia	0	Senegal	0
Cape Verde Is	2	Mauritania	2
Group B
Sierra Leone	2	Guinea-Bissau	1
Guinea	0	Mali	0
Guinea	3	Sierra Leone	0
Mali	6	Guinea-Bissau	1
Mali	1	Sierra Leone	1
Guinea	2	Guinea-Bissau	1

Report

Mali won the 1997 Cabral Cup – a Regional Cup in Western Africa held every two years – by defeating Senegal 1-0 in the Final. The eight-team tournament was held at the end of November and beginning of December 1997 in Banjul, Guinea-Bissau. Gambia and Guinea also qualified for the Semi-Finals.

The Tournament was played as two groups of four playing a single round-robin with the top two qualifying for the Semi-Finals. The other four countries were Mauritania, Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone and hosts Guinea-Bissau.

References

Magazines

[1] African Soccer (1998) “Cabral Cup: Mali scoop consolation prize” African Soccer. January 1998. pg. 34.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghaill

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