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Côte d'Ivoire
FIBA ranking31 Increase 1 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1961
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFédération Ivoirienne de Basket-Ball
CoachPaolo Povia
Nickname(s)Les Éléphants
(The Elephants)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances4
AfroBasket
Appearances23
Medals Gold: (1981, 1985)
Silver: (1978, 1980, 2009)

The Ivorian Coast national basketball team is the men's basketball side that represents Ivory Coast in international competition. The team competes regularly in the African Championship and is administered by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Basket-Ball.[2]

With two AfroBasket titles and five overall finals appearances, the country is traditionally home to one of the continent's finest basketball national teams.

History

Ivory Coast reached the final of the FIBA Africa Championship for the first time in 1978, but they were defeated by Senegal in the final. They reached the final again in the following tournament, in 1980, but again had to settle for silver, as Senegal took the gold. Another run the following year, in 1981, saw Côte d'Ivoire finally break through and win their first title, as they defeated Egypt for the championship. Four years later, Côte d'Ivoire won their second championship, as they hosted the tournament in 1985, and beat Angola, to win the championship. Côte d'Ivoire finished second at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, for their first podium finish since their victory in 1985. They participated in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, which was their first FIBA World Cup appearance since 1986. The team went 1–4 at the tournament, finishing last in Group C. In their final group game, the Ivorians defeated Puerto Rico, 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.

Ivory Coast qualified for the 2019 FIBA World Championship in dramatic and extraordinary circumstances. After only narrowly avoiding elimination in the first qualifying round (they finished 3rd in their group and only qualified because they held the tiebreaker to Mozambique), they needed to win their last three games in the final group by a combined margin of 66 points in order to qualify as the best-ranked third-placed team. They remarkably did so (actually, they won by a combined 73 points), dispatching even African powerhouses and already-qualified Nigeria by a score of 72–46 in the process. Combined with a loss 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

Year Position Tournament Host
1982 13 1982 FIBA World Championship Colombia
1986 23 1986 FIBA World Championship Spain
2010 21 2010 FIBA World Championship Turkey
2019 Qualified 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup China
2023 To Be Determined 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Philippines, Japan and Indonesia

FIBA Africa Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1968 5 FIBA Africa Championship 1968 Casablanca, Morocco
1972 10 FIBA Africa Championship 1972 Dakar, Senegal
1978 2nd place, silver medalist(s) FIBA Africa Championship 1978 Dakar, Senegal
1980 2nd place, silver medalist(s) FIBA Africa Championship 1980 Rabat, Morocco
1981 1st place, gold medalist(s) FIBA Africa Championship 1981 Mogadishu, Somalia
1983 4 FIBA Africa Championship 1983 Alexandria, Egypt
1985 1st place, gold medalist(s) FIBA Africa Championship 1985 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1987 7 FIBA Africa Championship 1987 Tunis, Tunisia
1989 5 FIBA Africa Championship 1989 Luanda, Angola
1992 11 FIBA Africa Championship 1992 Cairo, Egypt
1993 6 FIBA Africa Championship 1993 Nairobi, Kenya
1995 7 FIBA Africa Championship 1995 Algiers, Algeria
1997 8 FIBA Africa Championship 1997 Dakar, Senegal
1999 8 FIBA Africa Championship 1999 Angola
2001 8 FIBA Africa Championship 2001 Morocco
2003 11 FIBA Africa Championship 2003 Alexandria, Egypt
2005 10 FIBA Africa Championship 2005 Algiers, Algeria
2007 8 FIBA Africa Championship 2007 Angola
2009 2nd place, silver medalist(s) FIBA Africa Championship 2009 Libya
2011 4 FIBA Africa Championship 2011 Antananarivo, Madagascar
2013 4 FIBA Africa Championship 2013 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
2015 12 FIBA Africa Championship 2015 Radès, Tunisia
2017 14 AfroBasket 2017 Senegal/Tunisia

African Games

See also: Basketball at the African Games
  • 1973 – ?
  • 1978 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 1987 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2003 – 4th
  • 2007 – 6th
  • 2011 – 8th
  • 2015 – 7th
  • 2019 – To be determined

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup:[3]

Ivory Coast national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 1 Charles Abouo 30 – (1989-04-11)11 April 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) ADA Blois Basket 41 France
PG 6 Bryan Pamba 27 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Caen Basket Calvados France
PF 7 Adjehi Baru 27 – (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Leyma Básquet Coruña Spain
C 8 Frejus Zerbo 30 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) JL Bourg en Bresse France
PG 10 Souleyman Diabate 32 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) SLUC Nancy Basket France
F 11 Vafessa Fofana 27 – (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Cholet Basket France
PF 12 Bali Coulibaly 24 – (1995-07-03)3 July 1995 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) TOAC Basket France
F 13 Tiegbe Bamba 28 – (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C'Chartres Basket France
SG 14 Guy Landry Edi 30 – (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket France
C 15 Mohamed Koné 38 – (1981-03-24)24 March 1981 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) JA Vichy Clermont France
PF 21 Deon Thompson 30 – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Unicaja Baloncesto Spain
PG 30 Abraham Sie 20 – (1999-08-31)31 August 1999 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Abidjan Basket Club Ivory Coast
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2019

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Mohamed Koné Frejus Zerbo
PF Deon Thompson Adjehi Baru Bali Coulibaly
SF Vafessa Fofana Tiegbe Bamba
SG Charles Abouo Guy Landry Edi
PG Mouloukou Diabate Bryan Pamba Abraham Sie

Notable players

Other current notable players from Ivory Coast:

Ivory Coast roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G Pape-Philippe Amagou 32 – (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Le Mans Sarthe Basket France
G/F Guy Landry Edi 28 – (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Saint-Chamond Basket France
F/C Herve Lamizana 36 – (1981-01-22)22 January 1981 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Yulon Luxgen Taiwan
PF Herve Toure 35 – (1982-02-25)25 February 1982 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Estudiantes Concordia Argentina
C Louri Frejus Zerbo 28 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Limoges CSP Elite France
C Mohamed Bamba 19 – (1998-05-12)12 May 1998 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Orlando Magic United States
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age on 8 June 2017

Head coach position

Past rosters

Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.

Ivory Coast national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F 4 Charles Abouo 23 – (1989-11-04)4 November 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CB Peñas Huesca Spain
G 5 Mouloukou Diabate 26 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) SLUC Nancy Basket France
F 6 Issife Soumahoro 24 – (1988-10-31)31 October 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Strasbourg IG France
G 7 Pape-Philippe Amagou 28 – (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Chorale Roanne Basket France
G 8 Kinidinnin Konate 32 – (1980-08-23)23 August 1980 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Abidjan Basket Club Ivory Coast
C 9 Hervé Lamizana 32 – (1981-01-22)22 January 1981 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
F 10 Ismaël N'Diaye 31 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Basket-club Boncourt Switzerland
G 11 Mickaël Toti 26 – (1987-04-11)11 April 1987 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Reims Champagne Basket France
C 12 Jonathan Kale 27 – (1985-10-18)18 October 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Coruña Spain
C 13 Louri Zerbo 24 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) BCM Gravelines France
F 14 Guy Edi 24 – (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Gonzaga United States
F 15 Mohamed Koné 32 – (1981-03-24)24 March 1981 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Chorale Roanne Basket France
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 20 August 2013

Kit

Manufacturer

Peak[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ FIBA National Federations – Cote d'Ivoire, fiba.com. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. ^ 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
  4. ^ Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. ^ 2015 FIBA Africa Championship – Cote d'Ivoire, FIBA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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