| Tourney Name: | Amílcar Cabral Cup |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Country: | Mali |
| Dates: | February 2–13 |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Guinea |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Mali |
| Third: | Senegal |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Goals: | 36 |
| Prevseason: | 1980 |
| Nextseason: | 1982 |
The 1981 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Bamako, Mali.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 |
--------Walkover. Awarded 1-0 to Mauritania------------
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | –4 |