Côte d'Ivoire national rugby union team
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| Côte d'Ivoire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Union | Fédération Ivoirienne de Rugby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | les éléphants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe 22 - 9 Côte d'Ivoire (1990-05-05) |
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| Largest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire 47 - 0 Tunisia (2001-05-12) |
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| Côte d'Ivoire 0 - 89 Scotland (1995-05-26) |
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Bottom of pool, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Côte d'Ivoire rugby union team is one of the minor international teams in rugby union. They are also known as les éléphants. Cote D'Ivoire plays in the annual Africa Cup.
The sport is popular among school children, but the rugby union playing population in Côte d'Ivoire is still relatively small with only 10 clubs and around 11,000 registered senior players.
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[edit] History
The Fédération Ivoirienne de Rugby was only formed in March 1990, the same month that it joined the International Rugby Board. They qualified for the World Cup the first time in 1995 and suffered heavy defeats by Scotland, France and Tonga.
With a small player base, and starved of strong competition, the team has deteriorated in recent years. Recent defeats to Morocco mean they are ranked below the North African side. Their record in the World Cups has been poor, and they haven't managed a win. Their record defeat, 89-0 against Scotland in the 1995 tournament, led to some questioning the presence of the minor teams at the tournament.
[edit] Results summary
Their Test match record against all nations (listed alphabetically), updated to 2006-04-24, is as follows:
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
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| Cameroon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tonga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Côte d'Ivoire on IRB.com
- Côte d'Ivoire on rugbydata.com
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