Ivorian national football team (U-20 men)

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Ivory Coast
Nickname (s) The Small Elephants
Association Fédération Ivoirienne de Football
confederacy CAF
Head coach François Zahoui
FIFA code CIV
(Status: unknown)

The Ivorian U-20 national soccer team is a selection of Ivorian soccer players. It is subject to the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football and represents it internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at the U-20 African Championships and U-20 World Cups .

The team has qualified so far for five U-20 world championships ( 1977 , 1983 , 1991 , 1997 and 2003 ), but in each of which they were eliminated in the preliminary round.

In addition, the team was runner-up in Africa three times ( 1983 , 1991 and 2003 )

Participation in U-20 world championships

TunisiaTunisia 1977 Preliminary round
JapanJapan 1979 not qualified
AustraliaAustralia 1981
MexicoMexico 1983 Preliminary round
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1985 not qualified
ChileChile 1987
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 1989
PortugalPortugal 1991 Preliminary round
AustraliaAustralia 1993 not qualified
QatarQatar 1995
MalaysiaMalaysia 1997 Preliminary round
NigeriaNigeria 1999 not qualified
ArgentinaArgentina 2001
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 2003 Preliminary round
NetherlandsNetherlands 2005 not qualified
CanadaCanada 2007
EgyptEgypt 2009
ColombiaColombia 2011
TurkeyTurkey 2013
New ZealandNew Zealand 2015
Korea SouthSouth Korea 2017

Participation in the U-20 African Championships

unknownunknown 1979 Round of 16
unknownunknown 1981 Round of 16
unknownunknown 1983 2nd place
unknownunknown 1985 Semifinals
unknownunknown 1987 Quarter finals
unknownunknown 1989 Semifinals
EgyptEgypt 1991 2nd place
MauritiusMauritius 1993 not participated
NigeriaNigeria 1995 not qualified
MoroccoMorocco 1997 3rd place
GhanaGhana 1999 not qualified
EthiopiaEthiopia 2001
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso 2003 2nd place
BeninBenin 2005 Preliminary round
Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo 2007 Preliminary round
RwandaRwanda 2009 Preliminary round
South AfricaSouth Africa 2011 not qualified
AlgeriaAlgeria 2013
SenegalSenegal 2015 Preliminary round
ZambiaZambia 2017 not qualified
NigerNiger 2019

See also