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 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 will also play in the 2023 edition.
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. On September 2, 2010, In their final group game, the Ivorians defeated 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 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.
^"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
Ivory Coast – 2010 FIBA World Championship Team Profile Youtube.com video
January 07, 2023
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This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Ivory Coast women s national basketball team 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 Federation Ivoirienne de Basket Ball 2 Cote d IvoireFIBA ranking43 1 18 November 2022 1 Joined FIBA1961FIBA zoneFIBA AfricaNational federationFederation Ivoirienne de Basket BallCoachDejan Prokic interim Nickname s Les Elephants The Elephants FIBA World CupAppearances4AfroBasketAppearances24MedalsGold 1981 1985 Silver 1978 1980 2009 2021 HomeAwayWith 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 will also play in the 2023 edition Contents 1 History 2 Competitive record 2 1 FIBA World Cup 2 2 FIBA Africa Championship 2 3 African Games 3 Team 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Depth chart 3 3 Notable players 3 4 Past rosters 4 Head coaches 5 Kit 5 1 Manufacturer 6 See also 7 References 8 External links 8 1 VideosHistory EditIvory 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 Cote d Ivoire finally break through and win their first title as they defeated Egypt for the championship Four years later Cote d Ivoire won their second championship as they hosted the tournament in 1985 and beat Angola to win the championship Cote 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 On September 2 2010 In their final group game the Ivorians defeated 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 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 EditFIBA World Cup Edit FIBA World Cup record Qualification recordYear Round Position GP W L GP W L 1963 Did not qualify AfroBasket served as qualification 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 Classification round 13th 5 0 5 1986 Preliminary round 23rd 5 0 5 1990 Did not qualify 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Preliminary round 21st 5 1 4 2014 Did not qualify 2019 Preliminary round 29th 5 0 5 12 7 5 2023 Qualified 9 9 05 16 20 1 19 21 16 5FIBA Africa Championship Edit Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place Year Round Position GP W L 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 8 2 6 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 1Total 149 73 76African Games Edit See also Basketball at the African Games 1973 1978 1987 2003 4th 2007 6th 2011 8th 2015 7thTeam EditCurrent roster Edit Roster for the AfroBasket 2021 4 Ivory Coast men s national basketball team rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr SG 5 Jean Francois Kebe 26 1994 10 14 14 October 1994 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Saint Quentin PG 6 Bryan Pamba 29 1992 01 07 7 January 1992 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in Rennes SG 8 Stephane Konate 41 1980 08 23 23 August 1980 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in ABC Fighters PG 10 Mouloukou Diabate 34 1987 07 21 21 July 1987 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in Zamalek F 12 Vafessa Fofana 29 1992 06 12 12 June 1992 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in Cholet PG 13 Nisre Zouzoua 25 1996 07 16 16 July 1996 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in Dax Gamarde SG 14 Guy Edi 32 1988 12 26 26 December 1988 1 99 m 6 ft 6 in Champagne Basket C 15 Willy Kouassi 29 1991 12 29 29 December 1991 2 09 m 6 ft 10 in DSG PF 16 Bali Coulibaly 26 1995 07 03 3 July 1995 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in TOAC G 19 Lionel Kouadio 19 2001 09 01 1 September 2001 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in Abidjan Azur C 23 Cedric Bah 27 1994 05 11 11 May 1994 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in ADA Blois PF 24 Matt Costello 28 1993 08 05 5 August 1993 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in CB Gran Canaria Head coach Natxo LezkanoAssistant coach es Miguel Hoyo Mickael TotiDepth chart Edit Pos Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2C Mohamed Kone Frejus ZerboPF Matt Costello Adjehi Baru Bali CoulibalySF Vafessa Fofana Tiegbe BambaSG Charles Abouo Guy Landry EdiPG Mouloukou Diabate Bryan Pamba Abraham SieNotable players Edit Other current notable players from Ivory Coast Ivory Coast rosterPlayers CoachesPos 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 G F Guy Landry Edi 28 1988 12 26 26 December 1988 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in Saint Chamond Basket F C Herve Lamizana 36 1981 01 22 22 January 1981 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in Yulon Luxgen PF Herve Toure 35 1982 02 25 25 February 1982 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in Estudiantes Concordia C Louri Frejus Zerbo 28 1989 04 02 2 April 1989 2 09 m 6 ft 10 in Limoges CSP Elite C Mohamed Bamba 19 1998 05 12 12 May 1998 2 13 m 7 ft 0 in Orlando Magic LegendClub describes current club Age describes age on 8 June 2017Past rosters Edit Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship Ivory Coast national basketball team rosterPlayers CoachesPos 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 Penas Huesca G 5 Mouloukou Diabate 26 1987 07 21 21 July 1987 1 82 m 6 ft 0 in SLUC Nancy Basket F 6 Issife Soumahoro 24 1988 10 31 31 October 1988 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Strasbourg IG G 7 Pape Philippe Amagou 28 1985 02 27 27 February 1985 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Chorale Roanne Basket G 8 Kinidinnin Konate 32 1980 08 23 23 August 1980 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Abidjan Basket Club C 9 Herve Lamizana 32 1981 01 22 22 January 1981 2 07 m 6 ft 9 in F 10 Ismael N Diaye 31 1982 04 20 20 April 1982 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in Basket club Boncourt G 11 Mickael Toti 26 1987 04 11 11 April 1987 1 81 m 5 ft 11 in Reims Champagne Basket C 12 Jonathan Kale 27 1985 10 18 18 October 1985 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in CB Coruna C 13 Louri Zerbo 24 1989 04 02 2 April 1989 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in BCM Gravelines F 14 Guy Edi 24 1988 12 26 26 December 1988 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Gonzaga F 15 Mohamed Kone 32 1981 03 24 24 March 1981 2 11 m 6 ft 11 in Chorale Roanne Basket Head coach Natxo LezkanoLegendClub describes lastclub before the tournament Age describes ageon 20 August 2013Head coaches Edit Vladislav Lucic 1981 1983 Jacques Monclar 2007 Randoald Dessarzin 2009 2010 Christophe Denis 2012 Natxo Lezkano 2011 2013 5 2015 Dejan Prokic a i August 2022 6 Kit EditManufacturer Edit Peak 7 See also EditIvory Coast national under 19 basketball team Ivory Coast national under 17 basketball team Ivory Coast women s national basketball team Ivory Coast national 3x3 teamReferences Edit FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike FIBA 18 November 2022 Retrieved 18 November 2022 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 Team Roster Ivory Coast fiba basketball Retrieved 12 September 2021 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 EditOfficial website FIBA profile Cote d Ivoire Basketball Records at FIBA ArchiveVideos Edit Ivory Coast 2010 FIBA World Championship Team Profile Youtube com video Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ivory Coast men 27s national basketball team amp oldid 1121491224, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
