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1985 Amílcar Cabral Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Gambia
Dates	February 11–21
Teams	8
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Senegal (5th title)
Runners-up	Gambia
Third place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	32 (2 per match)
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The 1985 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Banjul, Gambia.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cape Verde	5	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Sierra Leone	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Gambia	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Guinea-Bissau	1	3	0	1	2	0	3	–3

Sierra Leone won the 2nd place by a toss of coin.

Guinea-Bissau	0 – 0	Sierra Leone

Cape Verde	2 – 1	Gambia

Sierra Leone	2 – 2	Cape Verde

Gambia	1 – 0	Guinea-Bissau

Cape Verde	2 – 0	Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone	1 – 1	Gambia

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Mali	5	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5
Senegal	5	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Guinea	2	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3
Mauritania	0	3	0	0	3	0	6	–6

Senegal	2 – 0	Guinea

Mali	3 – 0	Mauritania

Mali	3 – 1	Guinea

Senegal	2 – 0	Mauritania

Guinea	1 – 0	Mauritania

Senegal	2 – 2	Mali

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Senegal	1 – 0	Cape Verde

Gambia	1 – 0	Mali

Third place match

Mali	1 – 0	Cape Verde

Final

Senegal	1 – 0	Gambia

References

• RSSSF archives

• Amílcar Cabral Cup
• Sport in the Gambia