Africa Cup of Nations
- participations
- 14
- times runner-up
- 1
- wins, draws, losses
- 21-25-18
Lost finals: 1972
2025Quarter-finals4 draws, 1 loss
2023Quarter-finals2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss
First round
winMali 2-0 South Africa
drawTunisia 1-1 Mali
drawNamibia 0-0 Mali
Round of 16
winMali 2-1 Burkina Faso
Quarter-finals
lossMali 1-2 Ivory Coast (a.e.t.)
2021Round of 162 wins, 2 draws
First round
winTunisia 0-1 Mali
drawGambie 1-1 Mali
winMali 2-0 Mauritania
Round of 16
drawMali 0-0 Equatorial Guinea (a.e.t., 5-6 p)
2019Round of 162 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss
First round
winMali 4-1 Mauritania
drawTunisia 1-1 Mali
winAngola 0-1 Mali
Round of 16
lossMali 0-1 Ivory Coast
2015First round3 draws
2013Third place2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses
First round
winMali 1-0 Niger
lossGhana 1-0 Mali
drawMali 1-1 Democratic Republic of Congo
Quarter-finals
drawSouth Africa 1-1 Mali (a.e.t., 1-3 p)
Semi-finals
lossMali 1-4 Nigeria
Third place match
winMali 3-1 Ghana
2012Third place3 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses
2010First round1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss
2008First round1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss
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2004Fourth place3 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses
2002Fourth place2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses
1994Fourth place2 wins, 3 losses
First round
winTunisia 0-2 Mali
lossMali 0-1 Zaire
Quarter-finals
winEgypt 0-1 Mali
Semi-finals
lossZambia 4-0 Mali
Third place match
lossIvory Coast 3-1 Mali
1972Runners-up1 win, 3 draws, 1 loss
First round
drawMali 3-3 Togo
drawMali 1-1 Kenya
drawCameroon 1-1 Mali
Semi-finals
winZaire 3-4 Mali
Final
lossRepublic of the Congo 3-2 Mali