Ivory Coast men's national handball team

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NicknameThe Elephants
Association Ivorian Handball Federation
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1st
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Results
African Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1976 )
Best resultSilver medal africa.svg 2nd (1981)
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The Ivory Coast national handball team is the national handball team of the Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire). The team has made 16 appearances in the African Championship, but has yet to qualify for the World Handball Championship or Summer Olympics.

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In 1981, the Ivory Coast finished second at the African Championship, its best result to date. In 1992, the Ivory Coast hosted the African Championship, with the team finishing 5th.

African Championship record

YearPositionYearPositionYearPosition
Tunisia 1974 did not compete Benin 1996 8th Gabon 2018 did not compete
Algeria 1976 6th South Africa 1998 7th Tunisia 2020 14th place
Republic of the Congo 1979 7th Algeria 2000 did not compete
Tunisia 1981 2nd Morocco 2002 10th
Egypt 1983 6th Egypt 2004 did not compete
Tunisia 1985 6th Tunisia 2006 7th
Morocco 1987 6th Angola 2008 did not compete
Algeria 1989 6th Egypt 2010 12th
Egypt 1991 5th Morocco 2012 10th
Côte d'Ivoire 1992 5th Algeria 2014 did not compete
Tunisia 1994 6th Egypt 2016 did not compete

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