Ivory Coast men'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 Fédération Ivoirienne de Basket-Ball.[2]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Ivory Coast women's national basketball team.

Côte d'Ivoire
FIBA ranking48 (3 March 2020)[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)

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
1982131982 FIBA World ChampionshipColombia
1986231986 FIBA World ChampionshipSpain
2010212010 FIBA World ChampionshipTurkey
2019Qualified2019 FIBA Basketball World CupChina
2023To Be Determined2023 FIBA Basketball World CupPhilippines, Japan and Indonesia

FIBA Africa Championship
Year Position Tournament Host
19685FIBA Africa Championship 1968Casablanca, Morocco
197210FIBA Africa Championship 1972Dakar, Senegal
1978FIBA Africa Championship 1978Dakar, Senegal
1980FIBA Africa Championship 1980Rabat, Morocco
1981FIBA Africa Championship 1981Mogadishu, Somalia
19834FIBA Africa Championship 1983Alexandria, Egypt
1985FIBA Africa Championship 1985Abidjan, Ivory Coast
19877FIBA Africa Championship 1987Tunis, Tunisia
19895FIBA Africa Championship 1989Luanda, Angola
199211FIBA Africa Championship 1992Cairo, Egypt
19936FIBA Africa Championship 1993Nairobi, Kenya
19957FIBA Africa Championship 1995Algiers, Algeria
19978FIBA Africa Championship 1997Dakar, Senegal
19998FIBA Africa Championship 1999Angola
20018FIBA Africa Championship 2001Morocco
200311FIBA Africa Championship 2003Alexandria, Egypt
200510FIBA Africa Championship 2005Algiers, Algeria
20078FIBA Africa Championship 2007Angola
2009FIBA Africa Championship 2009Libya
20114FIBA Africa Championship 2011Antananarivo, Madagascar
20134FIBA Africa Championship 2013Abidjan, Ivory Coast
201512FIBA Africa Championship 2015Radès, Tunisia
201714AfroBasket 2017Senegal/Tunisia

African Games
See also: Basketball at the African Games
  • 1973 – ?
  • 1978 –
  • 1987 –
  • 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 1 Abouo, Charles 30 – (1989-04-11)11 April 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) ADA Blois Basket 41
PG 6 Pamba, Bryan 27 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Caen Basket Calvados
PF 7 Baru, Adjehi 27 – (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Leyma Básquet Coruña
C 8 Zerbo, Frejus 30 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) JL Bourg en Bresse
PG 10 Diabate, Souleyman 32 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) SLUC Nancy Basket
F 11 Fofana, Vafessa 27 – (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Cholet Basket
PF 12 Coulibaly, Bali 24 – (1995-07-03)3 July 1995 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) TOAC Basket
F 13 Bamba, Tiegbe 28 – (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C'Chartres Basket
SG 14 Edi, Guy Landry 30 – (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket
C 15 Koné, Mohamed 38 – (1981-03-24)24 March 1981 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) JA Vichy Clermont
PF 21 Thompson, Deon 30 – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Unicaja Baloncesto
PG 30 Sie, Abraham 20 – (1999-08-31)31 August 1999 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Abidjan Basket Club
Head coach
  • Paolo Povia
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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
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
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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F 4 Abouo, Charles 23 – (1989-11-04)4 November 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CB Peñas Huesca
G 5 Diabate, Mouloukou 26 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) SLUC Nancy Basket
F 6 Soumahoro, Issife 24 – (1988-10-31)31 October 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Strasbourg IG
G 7 Amagou, Pape-Philippe 28 – (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Chorale Roanne Basket
G 8 Konate, Kinidinnin 32 – (1980-08-23)23 August 1980 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Abidjan Basket Club
C 9 Lamizana, Hervé 32 – (1981-01-22)22 January 1981 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
F 10 N'Diaye, Ismaël 31 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Basket-club Boncourt
G 11 Toti, Mickaël 26 – (1987-04-11)11 April 1987 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Reims Champagne Basket
C 12 Kale, Jonathan 27 – (1985-10-18)18 October 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Coruña
C 13 Zerbo, Louri 24 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) BCM Gravelines
F 14 Edi, Guy 24 – (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Gonzaga
F 15 Koné, Mohamed 32 – (1981-03-24)24 March 1981 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Chorale Roanne Basket
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. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  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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