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Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) at the World Cup

The Ivory Coast has qualified for the World Cup final three times, 2006, 2010 and 2014.

Trivia

The national football team of the Ivory Coast call themselves the 'Elephants'
Côte d'Ivoire have achieved 6-0 victories no less than three times in their history, a record in world football statistics, in matches against Mali (1985), Botswana (1992) and Niger (2000).
The team's worst defeat dates from 1971 when they went down 6-2 to Ghana.

Related Pages

About the women's team from Ivory Coast at the FIFA Women's World Cup
List of all countries who have participated in the World Cup
FIFA World Cup Home
About Sport in Ivory Coast

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