Ivory Coast national rugby union team
Nickname(s) | Les Éléphants (The Elephants) | |
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Emblem | Elephant | |
Union | Ivorian Rugby Federation | |
Head coach | Edgar Babou | |
Captain | TBD | |
Home stadium | Various | |
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World Rugby ranking | ||
Current | 49 (as of 16 January 2023) | |
Highest | 38 (2003, 2005, 2006, 2021) | |
Lowest | 55 (2017) | |
First international | ||
Zimbabwe 22–9 Ivory Coast (Harare, Zimbabwe; 5 May 1990) | ||
Biggest win | ||
Ivory Coast 83–3 Mauritius (Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast; 26 June 2013) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Scotland 89–0 Ivory Coast (Rustenburg, South Africa; 26 May 1995) | ||
World Cup | ||
Appearances | 1 (First in 1995) | |
Best result | Pool stage (1995) |
The Ivory Coast national rugby union team, nicknamed Les Éléphants, participates in the annual
Formed in 1990, the team's most significant achievement to date was their success in qualifying for the Rugby World Cup for their first and so far only time in 1995. They have not qualified since, though they did reach the semi-finals of the African qualifying competition for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, achieving a home draw against eventual qualifiers Namibia before being defeated in their away match.
The national side is ranked 43rd in the world (as of 29 July 2019).[2]
History
The
With a small player base, and starved of strong competition, the team has deteriorated in recent years. Recent defeats to
After the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Ivory Coast took a three years break from international competition, only returning for the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, in September 1998. Ivory Coast was very unfortunate, losing all the three matches, to Namibia (10–22), Zimbabwe (0–32), and Morocco (3–6), in a tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco.[citation needed]
After another hiatus of two years and a half, the Elephants returned for the Africa Championship, in 2001, losing both matches with Morocco, 11–18 at home and 18–20 away, and achieving an 11–11 draw with Tunisia, abroad, and a 46–0 win at home.[citation needed]
Ivory Coast missed the
The Ivorians advanced of the semi-final stage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, after a 21–9 win over Morocco, in Casablanca. They faced Namibia afterwards, reaching a 13–13 draw at Abidjan, but losing by 14–54 in Windhoek, being unable to qualify once again.[citation needed]
In the 2015 World Cup qualifying campaign the Ivory Coast were eliminated at the group stage after coming second in a five team group. Each team only played two matches so despite winning both their matches they finished behind Botswana who also won both their matches.[citation needed]
Results summary
As of 12 July 2021 their record against all nations is as follows:[4]
Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | Win% | For | Aga | Diff |
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Algeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | 48 | -17 |
Botswana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 58 | 25 | +33 |
Cameroon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 17 | 10 | +7 |
France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | 54 | -36 |
Ghana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | 34 | +11 |
Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 20 | -3 |
Madagascar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 54 | 86 | -32 |
Morocco | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 19.23 | 143 | 228 | -85 |
Namibia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40.00 | 98 | 127 | -29 |
Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 44 | 31 | +13 |
Rwanda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 60 | 3 | +7 |
Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 89 | -89 |
Senegal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | 103 | 67 | +36 |
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 27 | 20 | -3 |
Tonga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 29 | -18 |
Tunisia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 68.75 | 137 | 75 | +62 |
Uganda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 25 | 39 | -14 |
Zambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 56 | 27 | +29 |
Zimbabwe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | 59 | 67 | -8 |
Total | 63 | 29 | 31 | 3 | 46.03% | 918 | 1010 | -92 |
World Cup record
World Cup record | World Cup Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Round | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | |
1987 | Not invited | Not invited | ||||||||||||
1991 | did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 45 | |||||||
1995 | Pool stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 172 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 58 | |
1999 | did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 33 | |||||||
2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 54 | ||||||||
2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 618 | ||||||||
2011 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 150 | 203 | ||||||||
2015 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 267 | 228 | ||||||||
2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 215 | ||||||||
2023 | In Progress | |||||||||||||
Total | 1/9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 172 | 49 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 948 | 1426 |
Current squad
Squad for the 2011 World Cup qualifiers against Namibia.[5][6] Ivory Coast squad for the Africa Cup match Morocco (3-60) is available here.[7]
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See also
- Fédération Ivoirienne de Rugby
- Rugby union in Ivory Coast
- Ivory Coast at the Rugby World Cup
References
- ^ "Ivory Coast". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "World Rugby". Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "The good and bad of Tonga". 26 September 2003.
- ^ "International Rugby Union Statistics: Ivory Coast". Rugbydata.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "Wet Abidjan tough for Namibians". Rugby365.com. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "Namibia win home qualifier". Rugby365.com. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ "LA SELECTION EN TUNISIE POUR LA CAN" (in French). rugbivoire.midiblogs.com/. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
External links
- Ivory Coast on IRB.com
- Ivory Coast on rugbydata.com Archived 6 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine