| Tourney Name: | Amílcar Cabral Cup |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Country: | Guinea-Bissau |
| Dates: | April 28–May 8 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Guinea |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second: | Mali |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 44 |
| Prevseason: | 1987 |
| Nextseason: | 1989 |
The 1988 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | ||
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | –8 |
Note: There are contradictory reports of this match. According to the RSSSF page for the 1988 tournament, the match ended in 0–0 and Guinea won 4–2 on penalties. On a list of international matches of 1988, the match ended in 0–0 and Guinea won 3–2 on penalties. According to a head-to-head search between Guinea and Mali on FIFA website, Guinea won 3–2 in regular time.