Ivory Coast

Group ECAF“Les Éléphants”

African champions in 2024, a powerful CAF side stacked with Premier League and Ligue 1 talent.

Matches

Group EFull timePhiladelphia

Curaçao0–2Ivory Coast

The fairytale ran out of road. Curaçao — the smallest nation ever to reach a World Cup — needed a win to keep their improbable knockout dream alive, but Ivor…

Group EFull timeToronto

Germany2–1Ivory Coast

Germany made it two wins from two, seeing off African champions Ivory Coast 2–1 in Toronto to close on the Round of 32 — and to set up Curaçao's heroics in t…

Group EFull timePhiladelphia

Ivory Coast1–0Ecuador

African champions Ivory Coast edged Ecuador 1–0 in Philadelphia in the other Group E opener — the result that left Ecuador chasing, and set up their frustrat…