The AmÃÂlcar 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 AmÃÂlcar 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 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.
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.
<div id="Note"></div> Note: There are contradictory reports of this match. According to the RSSSF page for the 1988 tournament, the match ended in 0âÂÂ0 and Guinea won 4âÂÂ2 on penalties. On a list of international matches of 1988, the match ended in 0âÂÂ0 and Guinea won 3âÂÂ2 on penalties. According to a head-to-head search between Guinea and Mali on FIFA website, Guinea won 3âÂÂ2 in regular time.
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 AmÃÂlcar Cabral Cup.