 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Mali yakasvika mufainari yeAfrican Nations Cup muna 1972, asi yakarasikirwa neCongo 32. Vakatadza kupinda mumakwikwi ekupedzisira zvakare kusvika muna 1994 pavakasvika kuma semi-fainari, chiitiko chakadzokororwa muna 2002, 2004 uye 2012. 