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Mali has a long and historical tradition of participating in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Even though Mali's participation in the AFCON prior to 21st century was sporadic, they managed a number of notable achievements, but are yet to win the tournament. In their debut at 1972 Africa Cup of Nations, Mali finished runners-up behind Congo, a great feat up to date.[1] Prior to 2008, each time Mali qualified, they reached the knockout stage, having only qualified four times before then. Mali hosted the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations; it is the only time Mali have hosted the tournament thus far.[2] In 2015, Mali was eliminated with controversy because of drawing of lots to Guinea.[3][4]
Africa Cup of Nations record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1957 | Part of France | Part of France | |||||||||||||
1959 | |||||||||||||||
1962 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
1963 | |||||||||||||||
1965 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
1968 | |||||||||||||||
1970 | |||||||||||||||
1972 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
1974 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
1976 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
1978 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
1980 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1982 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
1984 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
1986 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||
1988 | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
1990 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
1992 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
1994 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
1996 | Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||
1998 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
2000 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||
2002 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
2004 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
2006 | Did not qualify | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||
2008 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
2010 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |
2012 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |
2013 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
2015 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
2017 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
2019 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
2021 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |
2023 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
2025 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
2027 | |||||||||||||||
Total | Runners-up | 13/34 | 59 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 71 | 69 | 140 | 70 | 32 | 38 | 214 | 135 |
Year | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Mali scorers | Round |
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1972 | 24 February 1972 | Yaoundé | Togo | 3–3 | Bakary Traoré 10' Fantamady Keita 46' Bako Touré 49' |
Group stage |
26 February 1972 | Kenya | 1–1 | Fantamady Keita 45' | |||
28 February 1972 | Cameroon | 1–1 | Fantamady Keita 43' | |||
2 March 1972 | Douala | Zaire | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Adama Traoré 17' Fantamady Keita 48', 92' Bako Touré 68' |
Semi-finals | |
5 March 1972 | Yaoundé | Congo | 2–3 | Moussa Diakhité 42' Moussa Traoré 75' |
Final | |
1994 | 26 March 1994 | Tunis | Tunisia | 2–0 | Fernand Coulibaly 25' Modibo Sidibé 34' |
Group stage |
28 March 1994 | Zaire | 0–1 | ||||
2 April 1994 | Egypt | 1–0 | Soumaila Traoré 64' | Quarter-finals | ||
6 April 1994 | Zambia | 0–4 | Semi-finals | |||
10 April 1994 | Ivory Coast | 1–3 | Amadou Diallo 46' | Third place play-off | ||
2002 | 19 January 2002 | Bamako | Liberia | 1–1 | Seydou Keita 87' | Group stage |
24 January 2002 | Nigeria | 0–0 | ||||
28 January 2002 | Algeria | 2–0 | Mamadou Bagayoko 18' Bassala Touré 24' | |||
3 February 2002 | Kayes | South Africa | 2–0 | Bassala Touré 69' Dramane Coulibaly 90+2' |
Quarter-finals | |
7 February 2002 | Bamako | Cameroon | 0–3 | Semi-finals | ||
9 February 2002 | Mopti | Nigeria | 0–1 | Third place play-off | ||
2004 | 26 January 2004 | Bizerte | Kenya | 3–1 | Mohamed Sissoko 28' Frédéric Kanouté 63', 81' |
Group stage |
30 January 2004 | Tunis | Burkina Faso | 3–1 | Frédéric Kanouté 34' Mahamadou Diarra 37' Soumaila Coulibaly 78' | ||
2 February 2004 | Senegal | 1–1 | Dramane Traoré 34' | |||
7 February 2004 | Guinea | 2–1 | Frédéric Kanouté 45' Mahamadou Diarra 90' |
Quarter-finals | ||
11 February 2004 | Sousse | Morocco | 0–4 | Semi-finals | ||
13 February 2004 | Monastir | Nigeria | 1–2 | Sédonoudé Abouta 70' | Third place play-off | |
2008 | 21 January 2008 | Sekondi-Takoradi | Benin | 1–0 | Frédéric Kanouté 49' (pen.) | Group stage |
25 January 2008 | Nigeria | 0–0 | ||||
29 January 2008 | Accra | Ivory Coast | 0–3 | |||
2010 | 10 January 2010 | Luanda | Angola | 4–4 | Seydou Keita 79', 90+3' Frédéric Kanouté 88' Mustapha Yatabaré 90+4' |
Group stage |
14 January 2010 | Algeria | 0–1 | ||||
18 January 2010 | Cabinda | Malawi | 3–1 | Frédéric Kanouté 1' Seydou Keita 3' Mamadou Bagayoko 85' | ||
2012 | 24 January 2012 | Franceville | Guinea | 1–0 | Bakaye Traoré 30' | Group stage |
28 January 2012 | Ghana | 0–2 | ||||
1 February 2012 | Botswana | 2–1 | Garra Dembélé 56' Seydou Keita 75' | |||
5 February 2012 | Libreville | Gabon | 1–1 (5–4 p) |
Cheick Diabaté 85' | Quarter-finals | |
8 February 2012 | Ivory Coast | 0–1 | Semi-finals | |||
11 February 2012 | Malabo | Ghana | 2–0 | Cheick Diabaté 23', 80' | Third place play-off | |
2013 | 20 January 2013 | Port Elizabeth | Niger | 1–0 | Seydou Keita 84' | Group stage |
24 January 2013 | Ghana | 0–1 | ||||
28 January 2013 | Durban | DR Congo | 1–1 | Mamadou Samassa 15' | ||
2 February 2013 | South Africa | 1–1 (3–1 p) |
Seydou Keita 58' | Quarter-finals | ||
6 February 2013 | Nigeria | 1–4 | Cheick Fantamady Diarra 75' | Semi-finals | ||
9 February 2013 | Port Elizabeth | Ghana | 3–1 | Mamadou Samassa 21' Seydou Keita 48' Sigamary Diarra 90+4' |
Third place play-off | |
2015 | 20 January 2015 | Malabo | Cameroon | 1–1 | Sambou Yatabaré 71' | Group stage |
24 January 2015 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Bakary Sako 7' | |||
28 January 2015 | Mongomo | Guinea | 1–1 | Modibo Maïga 47' | ||
2017 | 17 January 2017 | Port-Gentil | Egypt | 0–0 | Group stage | |
21 January 2017 | Ghana | 0–1 | ||||
25 January 2017 | Oyem | Uganda | 1–1 | Yves Bissouma 73' | ||
2019 | 24 June 2019 | Suez | Mauritania | 4–1 | Abdoulay Diaby 37' Moussa Marega 45' (pen.) Adama Traoré II 55' Adama Traoré I 74' |
Group stage |
28 June 2019 | Tunisia | 1–1 | Diadie Samassékou 60' | |||
2 July 2019 | Ismaila | Angola | 1–0 | Amadou Haidara 37' | ||
8 July 2019 | Suez | Ivory Coast | 0–1 | Round of 16 | ||
2021 | 12 January 2022 | Limbe | Tunisia | 1–0 | Ibrahima Koné 48' (pen.) | Group stage |
16 January 2022 | Gambia | 1–1 | Ibrahima Koné 79' (pen.) | |||
20 January 2022 | Douala | Mauritania | 2–0 | Massadio Haïdara 2' Ibrahima Koné 49' (pen.) | ||
26 January 2022 | Limbe | Equatorial Guinea | 0–0 (5–6 p) |
Round of 16 | ||
2023 | 16 January 2024 | Korhogo | South Africa | 2–0 | Hamari Traoré 60' Lassine Sinayoko 66' |
Group stage |
20 January 2024 | Tunisia | 1–1 | Lassine Sinayoko 10' | |||
24 January 2024 | San-Pédro | Namibia | 0–0 | |||
30 January 2024 | Korhogo | Burkina Faso | 2–1 | Edmond Tapsoba 3' (o.g.) Lassine Sinayoko 47' |
Round of 16 | |
3 February 2024 | Bouaké | Ivory Coast | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Dorgeles Nene 71' | Quarter-finals |