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Ivory Coast at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Ivory Coast at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CIV
NOC	Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	31 in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou; Cheick Sallah Cissé
Flag bearer (closing)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Medals; Ranked 86th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Ruth Gbagbi	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg	26 July

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	2	3
Football	21	0	21
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1
Swimming	0	1	1
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Total	25	6	31

Athletics edit

Ivorian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2]^[3]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arthur Cissé	Men's 100 m	Bye		10.15	2 Q	10.18	7	Did not advance
Murielle Ahouré	Women's 100 m	Bye		11.16 SB	3 Q	11.28	7	Did not advance
Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Women's 100 m	Bye		10.78 AR	1 Q	10.79	1 Q	10.91	4
Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Women's 200 m	22.30	1 Q	—		22.11 SB	1 Q	22.27	5

Football edit

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ivory Coast men's	Men's tournament	Saudi Arabia W 2–1	Brazil D 0–0	Germany D 1–1	2 Q	Spain L 2–5	Did not advance

Men's tournament edit

Ivory Coast men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, signifying the country's recurrence to the Olympic tournament after a twelve-year absence.^[4]

Team roster

Ivory Coast's final squad was announced on 3 July 2021.^[5]

Head coach: Soualiho Haïdara

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Maxime Nagoli	(2000-12-20)20 December 2000 (aged 20)	Sol
2	2DF	Silas Gnaka	(1998-12-18)18 December 1998 (aged 22)	Eupen
3	2DF	Eric Bailly*	(1994-04-12)12 April 1994 (aged 27)	Manchester United
4	2DF	Kouadio-Yves Dabila	(1997-01-01)1 January 1997 (aged 24)	Mouscron
5	2DF	Ismaël Diallo	(1997-01-29)29 January 1997 (aged 24)	Ajaccio
6	2DF	Wilfried Singo	(2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 20)	Torino
7	3MF	Idrissa Doumbia	(1998-04-14)14 April 1998 (aged 23)	Huesca
8	3MF	Franck Kessié*	(1996-12-19)19 December 1996 (aged 24)	Milan
9	4FW	Youssouf Dao	(1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 23)	Sparta Praha
10	4FW	Amad	(2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 19)	Manchester United
11	4FW	Christian Kouamé	(1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 23)	Fiorentina
12	3MF	Eboue Kouassi	(1997-12-13)13 December 1997 (aged 23)	Genk
13	4FW	Kader Keïta	(2000-11-06)6 November 2000 (aged 20)	Westerlo
14	4FW	Parfait Guiagon	(2001-02-22)22 February 2001 (aged 20)	Beitar Tel Aviv
15	4FW	Max Gradel* (captain)	(1987-11-30)30 November 1987 (aged 33)	Sivasspor
16	1GK	Ira Eliezer Tapé	(1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 23)	San Pedro
17	2DF	Zié Ouattara	(2000-01-09)9 January 2000 (aged 21)	Vitória Guimarães
18	3MF	Cheick Timité	(1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 23)	Amiens
19	2DF	Koffi Kouao	(1998-05-20)20 May 1998 (aged 23)	Vizela
20	4FW	Aboubacar Doumbia	(1999-11-12)12 November 1999 (aged 21)	Maccabi Netanya
22	1GK	Nicolas Tié	(2001-02-13)13 February 2001 (aged 20)	Vitória Guimarães

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 July 2021

17:30

Ivory Coast	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Al-Amri 39' (o.g.) Kessié 66'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Al-Dawsari 44'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

25 July 2021

17:30

Brazil	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

28 July 2021

17:00

Germany	1–1	Ivory Coast
Löwen 73'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Henrichs 67' (o.g.)

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Attendance: 4,294^[6]

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)^[7]

Quarter final

31 July 2021

17:00

Spain	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
Olmo 30' Mir 90+3', 117', 120+1' Oyarzabal 98' (pen.)	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Bailly 10' Gradel 90+1'

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Attendance: 5,526^[6]

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Judo edit

Ivory Coast qualified one judoka for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Zouleiha Abzetta Dabonne accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zouleiha Abzetta Dabonne	Women's −57 kg	Monteiro (POR) L 00–10	Did not advance

Rowing edit

Ivory Coast qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing sixth in the A-final and securing the fourth of five berths available at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia, marking the country's debut in the sport.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Franck N'Dri	Men's single sculls	7:49.19	5 R	8:03.25	5 SE/F	Bye		7:55.12	2 FE	7:42.55	28

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming edit

Ivory Coast received a universality invitation from FINA to send a top-ranked female swimmer in her respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Talita Te Flan	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:38.92	25	Did not advance

Taekwondo edit

Ivory Coast entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Defending Olympic champion Cheick Sallah Cissé (men's 80 kg) and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Ruth Gbagbi (women's 67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings. Meanwhile, reigning African Games champion Seydou Gbané and twenty-year-old rookie Aminata Traoré secured the remaining spots on the Ivorian taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in the men's (+80 kg) and women's heavyweight category (+67 kg), respectively at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco.^[11]^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cheick Sallah Cissé	Men's −80 kg	Mahboubi (MAR) L 11–21	Did not advance
Seydou Gbané	Men's +80 kg	Issoufou (NIG) W 15–9	Georgievski (MKD) L 4–9	Did not advance	Alba (CUB) L 2–8	Did not advance
Ruth Gbagbi	Women's −67 kg	Katoka (COD) W DSQ	Zhang My (CHN) W 21–9	Williams (GBR) L 18–24	—	Titoneli (BRA) W 12–8
Aminata Traoré	Women's +67 kg	Lee D-b (KOR) L 13–17	Did not advance		Rodríguez (DOM) W 11–9	Laurin (FRA) L 8–17	5

References edit

^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^ "Côte d'Ivoire and Egypt earn Tokyo 2020 berths". FIFA. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
^ "Ivory Coast confirm Olympic squad". Kickoff. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Attendance Summary" (PDF). Olympics.com. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210811182649/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FBL/OG2020-_FBL_C73_FBLMTEAM11------------GPD-000600--.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ "Africa goes for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic qualification". International Rowing Federation. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Taekwondo: Seydou Fofana premier Malien qualifié aux JO 2020" [Taekwondo: Seydou Fofana becomes the first Malian to qualify for 2020 Olympics] (in French). Radio France Internationale. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Six countries earned Olympic taekwondo berth on the second day of the African Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020". World Taekwondo. 23 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

External links edit

Côte d'Ivoire at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Olympedia

[1] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[2] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[3] "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[4] "Côte d'Ivoire and Egypt earn Tokyo 2020 berths". FIFA. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.

[5] "Ivory Coast confirm Olympic squad". Kickoff. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[attendance-6] "Attendance Summary" (PDF). Olympics.com. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210811182649/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FBL/OG2020-_FBL_C73_FBLMTEAM11------------GPD-000600--.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[8] Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[9] "Africa goes for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic qualification". International Rowing Federation. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[10] "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[11] "Taekwondo: Seydou Fofana premier Malien qualifié aux JO 2020" [Taekwondo: Seydou Fofana becomes the first Malian to qualify for 2020 Olympics] (in French). Radio France Internationale. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[12] "Six countries earned Olympic taekwondo berth on the second day of the African Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020". World Taekwondo. 23 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

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Ivory Coast at the 2020 Summer Olympics

IOC code	CIV
NOC	Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	31 in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou Cheick Sallah Cissé
Flag bearer (closing)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Medals Ranked 86th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Summary