Ivory Coast men's national basketball team
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The Ivory Coast men's national basketball team (
African Championship and is administered by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Basket-Ball.[2]
With two AfroBasket titles and six overall finals appearances, the country is traditionally home to one of the continent's finest basketball national teams. The Elephants have played at the FIBA Basketball World Cup four times and also played in the 2023 edition.
History
Ivory Coast reached the final of the
Puerto Rico 88–76, for their first ever FIBA World Cup win, but they came up just short in the tiebreaker to see which team would advance to the knockout stage.[3]
Ivory Coast qualified for the
Central African Republic
against Nigeria, Ivory Coast finished third in the group and qualified for the World Championship by virtue of a better total points difference than Cameroon.
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup
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1963 | did not qualify | AfroBasket served as qualification | |||||||
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1982 | Classification round | 13th | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
1986 | Preliminary round | 23rd | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
1990 | did not qualify | ||||||||
1994 | |||||||||
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2002 | |||||||||
2006 | |||||||||
2010 | Preliminary round | 21st | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
2014 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2019 | Classification round | 29th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
2023 | Classification round | 27th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
2027 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||
5/17 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 7 |
FIBA Africa Championship
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L |
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1962 | did not enter | ||||
1964 | |||||
1965 | |||||
1968 | Seventh place | 7th | 7 | 4 | 3 |
1970 | did not qualify | ||||
1972 | Tenth place | 10th | 6 | 1 | 5 |
1974 | did not qualify | ||||
1975 | |||||
1978 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 |
1980 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 |
1981 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 |
1983 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 |
1985 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 |
1987 | Classification stage | 7th | 5 | 2 | 3 |
1989 | Classification stage | 5th | 7 | 4 | 3 |
1992 | Preliminary round | 11th | 5 | 1 | 4 |
1993 | Classification stage | 6th | 5 | 2 | 3 |
1995 | Classification stage | 7th | 5 | 3 | 2 |
1997 | Classification stage | 8th | 5 | 1 | 4 |
1999 | Eight place | 8th | 6 | 2 | 4 |
2001 |
Classification stage | 8th | 6 | 2 | 4 |
2003 |
Eleventh place | 11th | 6 | 2 | 4 |
2005 |
Classification stage | 10th | 7 | 3 | 4 |
2007 | Quarterfinals | 8th | 6 | 2 | 4 |
2009 | Runners-up | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 4 |
2011 | Fourth place | 4th | 8 | 3 | 5 |
2013 | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
2015 | Round of 16 | 12th | 5 | 2 | 3 |
2017 |
Preliminary round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2021 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Total | 147 | 73 | 74 |
FIBA AfroCan
Runners-up
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L |
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2019 | Tenth place | 10th | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Total | 9 | 5 | 4 |
African Games
- 1978 –
- 1987 –
- 2003 – 4th
- 2007 – 6th
- 2011 – 8th
- 2015 – 7th
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[4][5]
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Notable players
Other current notable players from Ivory Coast:
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Past rosters
Team for the
2013 FIBA Africa Championship
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Head coaches
- Vladislav Lučić: (1981–1983)
- Jacques Monclar: (2007)
- Randoald Dessarzin: (2009, 2010)
- Christophe Denis: (2012)
- Natxo Lezkano: (2011, 2013,[6] 2015, 2024)
- Dejan Prokic (a.i.): (August 2022)[7]
Kit
Manufacturer
See also
- Ivory Coast national under-19 basketball team
- Ivory Coast national under-17 basketball team
- Ivory Coast women's national basketball team
- Ivory Coast national 3x3 team
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Cote d'Ivoire, fiba.com. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "PUR/CIV– Ivory Coast claim first win but just miss out on place in second round". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Mondial basket-ball 2023 : la liste des 12 éléphants sélectionnés dévoilée avec Zouzoua et Souleymane Diabaté". linfodrome.com. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Team roster: Ivory Coast" (PDF). FIBA. 25 August 2023.
- ^ Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Basketball-Ivory Coast: the birth of a golden generation?". African News Paper. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ 2015 FIBA Africa Championship – Cote d'Ivoire, FIBA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
External links
- Official website
- FIBA profile
- Cote d'Ivoire Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
Videos
- ANG – CIV | Basketball Highlights – #FIBAWC 2023 Qualifiers Youtube.com video