Ivory Coast | ||||
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Nickname | The Elephants | |||
Association | Ivorian Handball Federation | |||
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African Championship | ||||
Appearances | 17 (First in 1976 ) | |||
Best result | 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.
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.
Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position | ||
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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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