AFCON 2012 Qualifiers : Cape Verde defeats Mali 1-0
PRAIA, Sep. 4, 2010 (AMP) — Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 (Qualifiers) : Cape Verde defeated Mali by a score of 1-0 (halftime: 1-0), in a qualifying game for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday afternoon.
The result put the Cape Verdeans top of Group A with 3 points. In their next game, Cape Verde will meet Zimbabwe on October 10, while Mali will face Liberia.
Fixtures and Results : Group A
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Overview
Cape Verde at the AFCON
- Never qualified
- 7 participations in the qualifications (first in 1994)
Mali at the AFCON
- 6 appearances (first in 1972)
- 22 participations in the qualifications (first in 1965)
- Statistics: Runners-up (1972) Fourth Place (1994, 2002, 2004)

Cape Verde

1:0

Mali
1:0 (1:0)
- 4 September 2010
- 16:00
- Praia
Group A
Team | Pts |
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