Second edition; restricted to member countries of the Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine, which partially overlap with the members of the WAFU and the participants of the West African Nations Cup or "Zone 3" Championship, held from 1982 to 1987.
All matches in Bamako (Mali), Nov 2-9, 2008; teams are not full international sides (e.g. Mali enter their B team).
Poule A
Round 1 [Nov 2]
Mali 6–0 Guinea Bissau
[Lassana Fané 10, 52, Sékou Camara 20, 25, Souleymane Dembélé 36,
Bréhima Traoré 74]
Burkina Faso 0–0 Benin
Round 2 [Nov 4]
Guinea Bissau 1–2 Burkina Faso
[Emery Domingo Gomes 75; Kafando Martin 25, Yaméogo Simplice François 58]
Mali 2–1 Benin
[Yahaya Coulibaly 16, 71; Félix William 56]
Round 3 [Nov 6]
Benin 4–0 Guinea Bissau
[Owoussou Obed 25, Nouhoum Kobena 45, 53, 75]
Mali 3-2 Burkina Faso
[Karim Sogoba 28, Souleymane Dembélé 55, Sékou Camara 90pen;
Mamadou Thiombiano 42pen, Georges Bonou 87]
1. Mali 3 3 0 0 11- 3 9
2. Benin 3 1 1 1 5- 2 4
3. Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4
4. Guinea Bissau 3 0 0 3 1-12 0
Poule B
Round 1 [Nov 3]
Ivory Coast 2–1 Niger
[Kouakou Mansou 42pen, Kader Amadou Dodo 60og; Hamani Moussa Madougou 18]
Senegal 1-0 Togo
[Diedhou Amath André 20]
Round 2 [Nov 5]
Niger 0–1 Senegal
[Vito Badiane 37]
Ivory Coast 1-1 Togo
[Guehi Kouko Hilaire 31; Yéo Liofra 50]
Round 3 [Nov 7]
Togo 0–1 Niger
[Zoumana Tahirou 82]
Senegal 0–1 Ivory Coast
[Guedegbé J. Arnaud 21]
1. Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 4- 2 7
2. Senegal 3 2 0 1 2- 1 6
3. Niger 3 1 0 2 2- 3 3
4. Togo 3 0 1 2 1- 3 1
Final [Nov 9, stade Modibo Keita, Bamako; att: 50,000]
Mali 1-1 Ivory Coast [aet, 5-6 pen]
[Souleymane Dembélé 77; Corbin Guedegbé 37]
[penalties:
Mali: scored: Bréhima Traoré, Mohamed Traoré, Aboubacar Tambadou,
Lassana Fané, Kassim Doumbia;
missed: Yahaya Coulibaly, Mahamadou Mariko;
Ivory Coast: scored: Kouakou Mansou, Koffi Foba, Hilaire K. Guéhi,
Jacques Tanoh, Florent Sahouré, Comoé Nikatalin;
missed: Aboubacar Diomnandé]
[Mali: Ibrahim Bosso Mounkoro, Aboubacar Magassa, Kassim Doumbia,
Mahamadou Mariko, Zoumana Doumbia, Lassana Fané, Aboubacar Tambadou,
Souleymane Dembélé, Amadou Diamouténé (Yahaya Coulibaly,
Cheick Fanta Mady Diarra (Mohamed Traoré), Sékou Camara
(Bréhima Traoré); trainer: Stephen Keshi;
Ivory Coast: Badra Alou Sangaré, Nikatalin Comoé, Florent Sahouré,
Aboubacar Diomandé (Kouadio Kouamé), Hilaire Guéhi Kouko,
Corbin Guedegbé (Jacques Tanoh), Karamako Alassane, Charles Touah,
Kouakou Mansou, Zokoury Gogre (Koffi Foba), Blaise Adou Dago;
trainer: Georges Kouadio;
ref: Kossi Sedro (Togo); Abdou Salam Gambo (Nigeria),
Adama Adolphe Paré (Burkina Faso)]
Mali squad:
Soumbeyla Diakité, Cheick O. Bathily, Ibrahima B. Mounkoro;
Bréhima Traoré, Issa Traoré, Aboubacar Magassa, Lassana Fané,
Lamine Diawara, Karim Sogoba, Sékou Camara, Kassim Doumbia,
Zoumana Doumbia, Amara Konaté, Cheick F.M. Diarra, Souleymane Dembélé,
Mahamadou Mariko, Yahaya Coulibaly, Amadou Diamouténé,
Mohamed Traoré, Aboubacar Tambadou;
trainers: Stephen Keshi, Mamadou Coulibaly
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