Generally for U-16 or U-17 national teams, although Brazil and Portugal often send regional selections.
The first two editions predate the formal establishment of the CPLP in 1996. They were originally referred to as the Jogos Desportivos de Língua Portuguesa, or (in 1995 only) as the Jogos Desportivos do PALOP (Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa).
No. Year Winner Runner-up Third Venue 1. 1992 Guinea-Bissau Portugal Angola Lisboa (Portugal) 2. 1995 Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) 3. 1997 Mozambique Angola Guinea-Bissau Maputo (Mozambique) 4. 2002 Praia (Cape Verde) 5. 2005 Angola Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Luanda (Angola) 6. 2008 Portugal Guinea-Bissau Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 7. 2010 Portugal Mozambique Guinea-Bissau Maputo (Mozambique) 8. 2012 Portugal East Timor Angola Mafra (Portugal) 9. 2014 Portugal Angola Cape Verde Luanda (Angola) 10. 2016 Portugal Angola Brazil Sal (Cape Verde) 11. 2018 Angola Cape Verde Brazil São Tomé (Sao Tome and Principe) 12. 2020 Díli (East Timor) Additionally, a precursor games for capital cities was held in Lisboa in 1987, and a Copa CPLP was held in Brasília in 2005.
Held at Lisboa. Brasília and Luanda withdrew. Macau and São Tomé participated in athletics but not in football. 24-Jun-1987 Lisboa 4-1 Bissau 24-Jun-1987 Maputo 0-0 Praia [9-8 pen] 26-Jun-1987 Lisboa 1-1 Praia 26-Jun-1987 Maputo 2-1 Bissau 28-Jun-1987 Bissau 3-2 Praia 28-Jun-1987 Lisboa 5-0 Maputo 1.Lisboa 3 2 1 0 10- 2 5 2.Maputo 3 1 1 1 2- 6 3 3.Bissau 3 1 0 2 5- 8 2 * 4.Praia 3 0 2 1 3- 4 2 * * presumably head-to-head result used as tiebreaker.
Held at Lisboa. Portugal and Mozambique fielded their national U17 teams. Group A 20-Sep-1992 Angola 6-2 Cape Verde 21-Sep-1992 Portugal 4-1 Cape Verde [or 4-0] 22-Sep-1992 Portugal 2-1 Angola 1.PORTUGAL 2 2 0 0 6- 2 4 2.Angola 2 1 0 1 7- 4 2 3.Cape Verde 2 0 0 2 3-10 0 Group B 20-Sep-1992 Guinea-Bissau 4-0 Mozambique -Sep-1992 Guinea-Bissau - Sao Tome and Principe -Sep-1992 Mozambique - Sao Tome and Principe 1.GUINEA-BISSAU 2.Mozambique 3.Sao Tome and P. Fifth place match 23-Sep-1992 Cape Verde 5-2 Sao Tome and Principe Third place match 23-Sep-1992 Angola bt Mozambique Final 23-Sep-1992 Portugal 0-1 Guinea-Bissau
Held at Bissau. Also referred to as the Jogos do PALOP. Mozambique fielded its national U17 team. 25-Apr-1995 Mozambique 0-1 Sao Tome and Principe 25-Apr-1995 Guinea-Bissau 1-0 Angola 27-Apr-1995 Angola 1-1 Sao Tome and Principe 27-Apr-1995 Guinea-Bissau 3-1 Mozambique 29-Apr-1995 Angola - Mozambique 29-Apr-1995 Guinea-Bissau - Sao Tome and Principe .Guinea-Bissau 2 2 0 0 4- 1 6 .Sao Tome and P. 2 1 1 0 2- 1 4 .Angola 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 .Mozambique 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0
Played at Campo do Maxaquene and Campo do Costa do Sol in Maputo. Portugal and Mozambique fielded their national U16 teams. Group A 13-Sep-1997 Mozambique A 1-0 Brazil 13-Sep-1997 Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Sao Tome and Principe 14-Sep-1997 Mozambique A 0-1 Guinea-Bissau 14-Sep-1997 Brazil 1-0 Sao Tome and Principe 16-Sep-1997 Guinea-Bissau 3-2 Brazil 16-Sep-1997 Mozambique A 4-1 Sao Tome and Principe 1.MOZAMBIQUE A 3 2 0 1 5- 2 6 2.Guinea-Bissau 3 2 0 1 4- 3 6 3.Brazil 3 1 0 2 3- 4 3 4.Sao Tome and P. 3 1 0 2 2- 5 3 Group B 13-Sep-1997 Mozambique B 3-0 Cape Verde 13-Sep-1997 Portugal 1-1 Angola 14-Sep-1997 Mozambique B 0-1 Portugal 14-Sep-1997 Angola 9-0 Cape Verde 16-Sep-1997 Mozambique B 0-1 Angola 16-Sep-1997 Portugal 9-0 Cape Verde 1.ANGOLA 3 2 1 0 11- 1 7 * 2.Portugal 3 2 1 0 11- 1 7 * 3.Mozambique B 3 1 0 2 3- 2 3 4.Cape Verde 3 0 0 3 0-21 0 * tiebreaker unclear Seventh place match 18-Sep-1997 Cape Verde 0-3 Sao Tome and Principe Fifth place match 18-Sep-1997 Mozambique B lt Brazil Third place match 18-Sep-1997 Guinea-Bissau 0-0 Portugal [4-2 pen] Final 18-Sep-1997 Mozambique A 1-1 Angola [AET 4-2 pen]
Held at Praia Portugal fielded its national U16 team. Format unclear. Known results: 21-Jul-2002 Cape Verde 1-1 Guinea-Bissau 22-Jul-2002 Portugal 1-1 Sao Tome and Principe 23-Jul-2002 Guinea-Bissau 2-0 Portugal 24-Jul-2002 Cape Verde 1-1 Portugal -Jul-2002 Cape Verde 1-2 Mozambique 26-Jul-2002 Mozambique 1-0 Portugal
Held at Luanda Portugal fielded its national U17 team. Group A 11-Aug-2005 Angola 5-0 Cape Verde 11-Aug-2005 Guinea-Bissau 3-2 Brazil 13-Aug-2005 Guinea-Bissau 4-1 Cape Verde 13-Aug-2005 Angola 2-0 Brazil 14-Aug-2005 Brazil 2-1 Cape Verde 14-Aug-2005 Angola 1-2 Guinea-Bissau 1.GUINEA-BISSAU 3 3 0 0 9- 4 9 2.ANGOLA 3 2 0 1 8- 2 6 3.Brazil 3 1 0 2 4- 6 3 4.Cape Verde 3 0 0 3 2-11 0 Group B 13-Aug-2005 Portugal 2-0 Mozambique 14-Aug-2005 Portugal 2-0 Sao Tome and Principe -Aug-2005 Mozambique - Sao Tome and Principe 1.PORTUGAL 2 2 0 0 4- 0 6 2.MOZAMBIQUE 1 0 0 1 0- 2 0 3.Sao Tome and P. 1 0 0 1 0- 2 0 Semi-finals 16-Aug-2005 Guinea-Bissau 2-1 Mozambique 16-Aug-2005 Angola 2-1 Portugal Fifth place match 17-Aug-2005 Brazil - Sao Tome and Principe Third place match 17-Aug-2005 Mozambique 1-0 Portugal Final 18-Aug-2005 Angola 1-0 Guinea-Bissau
Held at Rio de Janeiro Portugal fielded its national U17 team. Group A 27-Jul-2008 Guinea-Bissau - Cape Verde 29-Jul-2008 Guinea-Bissau 1-0 Angola 31-Jul-2008 Angola - Cape Verde 1.GUINEA-BISSAU 1 1 0 0 1- 0 3 2.Angola 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0 3.Cape Verde Group B 27-Jul-2008 Brazil 2-2 Portugal 27-Jul-2008 Mozambique 1-0 East Timor 29-Jul-2008 Portugal 1-0 Mozambique 29-Jul-2008 Brazil 3-1 East Timor 31-Jul-2008 Portugal 7-0 East Timor 31-Jul-2008 Brazil 0-1 Mozambique 1.PORTUGAL 3 2 1 0 10- 2 7 2.Mozambique 3 2 0 1 2- 1 6 3.Brazil 3 1 1 1 5- 4 4 4.East Timor 3 0 0 3 1-11 0 Fifth place match 2-Aug-2008 Brazil - Cape Verde Third place match 2-Aug-2008 Angola - Mozambique Final 2-Aug-2008 Portugal 1-0 Guinea-Bissau
Held at Maputo Portugal fielded its national U17 team. 30-Jul-2010 Mozambique 1-4 Portugal 30-Jul-2010 Guinea-Bissau 1-1 Angola 1-Aug-2010 Portugal 2-0 Angola 1-Aug-2010 Mozambique 3-0 Cape Verde 3-Aug-2010 Portugal 3-1 Guinea-Bissau 3-Aug-2010 Angola 1-0 Cape Verde 5-Aug-2010 Guinea-Bissau 7-0 Cape Verde 5-Aug-2010 Mozambique 1-0 Angola 7-Aug-2010 Portugal 6-2 Cape Verde 7-Aug-2010 Mozambique 0-0 Guinea-Bissau 1.Portugal 4 4 0 0 15- 4 12 2.Mozambique 4 2 1 1 5- 4 7 3.Guinea-Bissau 4 1 2 1 9- 4 5 4.Angola 4 1 1 2 2- 4 4 5.Cape Verde 4 0 0 4 2-17 0
Held at Mafra Portugal fielded its national U17 team. Group 1 7-Jul-2012 Portugal 5-1 Cape Verde 9-Jul-2012 Portugal 9-0 Brazil 10-Jul-2012 Cape Verde 5-0 Brazil 1.PORTUGAL 2 2 0 0 14- 1 6 2.CAPE VERDE 2 1 0 1 6- 5 3 3.Brazil 2 0 0 2 0-14 0 Group 2 7-Jul-2012 East Timor 3-0 Mozambique 9-Jul-2012 Angola 3-2 Mozambique 10-Jul-2012 Angola 1-1 East Timor 1.EAST TIMOR 2 1 1 0 4- 1 4 2.ANGOLA 2 1 1 0 4- 3 4 3.Mozambique 2 0 0 2 2- 6 0 Semi-finals 12-Jul-2012 East Timor 3-2 Cape Verde 12-Jul-2012 Portugal 5-2 Angola Fifth place match 13-Jul-2012 Brazil 1-0 Mozambique Third place match 14-Jul-2012 Angola 3-2 Cape Verde Final 15-Jul-2012 Portugal 2-0 East Timor
Held at Luanda Portugal was represented by a Porto selection. Group A 25-Jul-2014 Mozambique 4-1 East Timor 26-Jul-2014 Angola 0-0 Mozambique [3-4 pen] 27-Jul-2014 Angola 0-1 East Timor 29-Jul-2014 Mozambique 1-0 East Timor 30-Jul-2014 Angola 1-0 Mozambique 31-Jul-2014 Angola 2-1 East Timor 1.ANGOLA 4 2 1 1 3- 2 7 [0-0 1-0] 2.MOZAMBIQUE 4 2 1 1 5- 2 7 [0-0 0-1] 3.East Timor 4 1 0 3 3- 7 3 Group B 25-Jul-2014 Portugal 6-0 Sao Tome and Principe 26-Jul-2014 Cape Verde 8-0 Sao Tome and Principe 27-Jul-2014 Cape Verde 2-2 Portugal [3-5 pen] 29-Jul-2014 Cape Verde 12-1 Sao Tome and Principe 30-Jul-2014 Portugal 5-1 Sao Tome and Principe 31-Jul-2014 Portugal 2-1 Cape Verde 1.PORTUGAL 4 3 1 0 15- 4 10 2.CAPE VERDE 4 2 1 1 23- 5 7 3.Sao Tome and P. 4 0 0 4 2-31 0 Fifth place match 2-Aug-2014 East Timor - Sao Tome and Principe Note: one source (dated 31st July) reported that East Timor finished in fifth place. Third place match 2-Aug-2014 Cape Verde 2-0 Mozambique Final 2-Aug-2014 Portugal 2-1 Angola
Held at Sal Portugal was represented by a Lisboa selection. Group A 17-Jul-2016 Cape Verde 2-0 Mozambique 17-Jul-2016 Brazil 4-0 Sao Tome and Principe 19-Jul-2016 Cape Verde 4-0 Sao Tome and Principe 19-Jul-2016 Brazil 4-0 Mozambique 21-Jul-2016 Cape Verde 0-2 Brazil 21-Jul-2016 Mozambique 4-2 Sao Tome and Principe 1.BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 10- 0 9 2.CAPE VERDE 3 2 0 1 6- 2 6 3.Mozambique 3 1 0 2 4- 8 3 4.Sao Tome and P. 3 0 0 3 2-12 0 Group B 18-Jul-2016 Angola 2-0 East Timor 20-Jul-2016 Portugal 2-0 East Timor 22-Jul-2016 Angola 3-0 Portugal 1.ANGOLA 2 2 0 0 5- 0 6 2.PORTUGAL 2 1 0 1 2- 3 3 3.East Timor 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0 Semi-finals 23-Jul-2016 Cape Verde 0-3 Angola 23-Jul-2016 Portugal 1-0 Brazil Fifth place match 23-Jul-2016 East Timor 3-2 Mozambique Third place match 24-Jul-2016 Cape Verde 2-3 Brazil Final 24-Jul-2016 Portugal 1-1 Angola [5-3 pen]
Held at São Tomé Portugal was represented by a Lisboa selection. Group A 21-Jul-2018 Sao Tome & P. 0-7 Angola 23-Jul-2018 Sao Tome & P. 1-1 Portugal 25-Jul-2018 Portugal 1-1 Angola 1.ANGOLA 2 1 1 0 8- 1 4 2.Portugal 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2 3.Sao Tome and P. 2 0 1 1 1- 8 1 Group B 22-Jul-2018 Cape Verde 4-1 East Timor 23-Jul-2018 East Timor 4-3 Mozambique 24-Jul-2018 Cape Verde 6-0 Brazil 25-Jul-2018 Brazil 1-1 Mozambique 26-Jul-2018 Cape Verde 3-0 Mozambique 26-Jul-2018 Brazil 2-1 East Timor 1.CAPE VERDE 3 3 0 0 13- 1 9 2.Brazil 3 1 1 1 3- 8 4 3.East Timor 3 1 0 2 6- 9 3 4.Mozambique 3 0 1 2 4- 8 1 Fifth place match 27-Jul-2018 Sao Tome & P. 3-2 East Timor Third place match 28-Jul-2018 Brazil 1-1 Portugal [4-2 pen] Final 28-Jul-2018 Angola 2-2 Cape Verde [4-2 pen]
Held at Díli
Sources included: "Notícias" (Maputo), FPF, sportsmidia.cv, various online newspapers.
Thanks to Mark Cruickshank.
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