2007 Amílcar Cabral Cup

The 2007 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Bissau, Guinea Bissau at the Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro and Estádio Lino Correia from 30 November until 10 December 2007. The winner was Mali, which beat Cape Verde 2-1 to win the tournament.

2007 Amílcar Cabral Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGuinea-Bissau
Dates30 November – 10 December
Teams7
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mali (3rd title)
Runners-up Cape Verde
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Meïssa Binta Ndiaye
Best player(s)Souleymane Dembélé
2005

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Guinea-Bissau 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
  Senegal (U-23 Team) 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
  Sierra Leone 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0
  Mauritania withdrew
(U-23 Team) Senegal  1 – 0  Sierra Leone
Meïssa Binta Ndiaye 22'
Guinea-Bissau  2 – 0  Sierra Leone
Emiliano Té 8'
Suleimane Baio 49'
Guinea-Bissau  1 – 1  Senegal (U-23 Team)
Bacari Djaló 39' (pen.) Meïssa Binta Ndiaye 69'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mali (B Team) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
  Cape Verde 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
  Gambia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
  Guinea (B Team) 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1
(B Team) Guinea  0 – 0  Cape Verde
(B Team) Mali  2 – 0  Gambia
Bakary Coulibaly 48'
Souleymane Dembélé 88'
(B Team) Guinea  1 – 2  Mali (B Team)
Abdoul Karim Sylla 30' Bakary Coulibaly 47'
Souleymane Dembélé 81'
Cape Verde  0 – 0  Gambia
(B Team) Guinea  0 – 3  Gambia
Abdou Darboe 9', 47'
Ousmane Kunta 56'
Cape Verde  1 – 0  Mali (B Team)
Cadmiel Alves Kadu 10'

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Guinea-Bissau  1 – 1
(2 – 3 pen.)
  Cape Verde
Adilson 7' Babanco 10'

After the draw in 90', they immediately went into penalty shootout. No extra time was played.


(B Team) Mali  2 – 1  Senegal (U-23 Team)

Third place match

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Guinea-Bissau  1 – 2  Senegal (U-23 Team)
Mamadi Danfa Baba 77' Meïssa Binta Ndiaye 61', 67'

Final

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(B Team) Mali   (abandoned)   Cape Verde

Match was abandoned at 0–0 in 30' due to power failure.


(B Team) Mali  2 – 1
(replay)
  Cape Verde
Bakary Coulibaly 4'
Souleymane Dembélé 24'
João Tigana Robalo 7'

Awards

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Sources

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