Côte d'Ivoire national football team

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men's national association football team national sports team of Côte d'Ivoire

The Côte d'Ivoire national football team is the West African country's men's national soccer side, known for its "Elephants" nickname and for producing world-class players like Didier Drogba and Yaya Touré.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ivory Coast national football team	31
Côte d’Ivoire national football team	7
Côte d'Ivoire national football team canonical	3
Ivory Coast at Africa Cup of Nations	1
Ivory Coast at FIFA World Cup	1
Ivory Coast national football team (occasionally)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1983647 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Côte d'Ivoire national football team
Context triple: [Côte d'Ivoire, hasNationalFootballTeam, Côte d'Ivoire national football team]

A. Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team, nicknamed the Black Stars, is the West African country's senior men's side and one of Africa's most successful and storied teams, known for multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles and strong FIFA World Cup performances.
B. Black Stars
"Black Stars" is a critically acclaimed jazz album by pianist and composer Jason Moran that showcases his innovative, contemporary approach to the jazz trio format.
C. Cameroon national football team
The Cameroon national football team is a prominent African side known for its multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles, historic World Cup performances, and passionate rivalry with neighboring West African teams.
D. Nigeria national football team
The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the country’s senior men’s side and one of Africa’s most successful and popular teams, known for multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles and regular FIFA World Cup appearances.
E. Liberia national football team
The Liberia national football team is the West African country's representative men's soccer team in international competitions, overseen by the Liberia Football Association and known for having featured star striker George Weah.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Côte d'Ivoire national football team
Target entity description: The Côte d'Ivoire national football team is the West African country's men's national soccer side, known for its "Elephants" nickname and for producing world-class players like Didier Drogba and Yaya Touré.

A. Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team, nicknamed the Black Stars, is the West African country's senior men's side and one of Africa's most successful and storied teams, known for multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles and strong FIFA World Cup performances.
B. Black Stars
"Black Stars" is a critically acclaimed jazz album by pianist and composer Jason Moran that showcases his innovative, contemporary approach to the jazz trio format.
C. Cameroon national football team
The Cameroon national football team is a prominent African side known for its multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles, historic World Cup performances, and passionate rivalry with neighboring West African teams.
D. Nigeria national football team
The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the country’s senior men’s side and one of Africa’s most successful and popular teams, known for multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles and regular FIFA World Cup appearances.
E. Liberia national football team
The Liberia national football team is the West African country's representative men's soccer team in international competitions, overseen by the Liberia Football Association and known for having featured star striker George Weah.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	men's national association football team ⓘ national sports team of Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
AfricaCupOfNationsRunnersUp	2006 ⓘ 2012 ⓘ
AfricaCupOfNationsTitles	1992 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ 2023 ⓘ
association	Ivorian Football Federation ⓘ linked to: Ivory Coast football federation
CAFmembership	Confederation of African Football ⓘ
confederation	CAF ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
FIFA trigramme	CIV ⓘ
FIFAaffiliation	FIFA ⓘ
FIFAWorldCupAppearances	multiple ⓘ
firstInternationalOpponent	Upper Volta national football team ⓘ
firstInternationalYear	1960 ⓘ
firstWorldCupAppearance	2006 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
gender	men's team ⓘ
governingBody	Ivorian Football Federation ⓘ linked to: Ivory Coast football federation
governingBodyHeadquarters	Abidjan ⓘ
hasFamousGeneration	golden generation of the 2000s and early 2010s ⓘ
homeStadium	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny ⓘ Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara ⓘ linked to: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
kitColorAway	green ⓘ white ⓘ
kitColorHome	green ⓘ orange ⓘ white ⓘ
nickname	The Elephants ⓘ
notablePlayer	Didier Drogba ⓘ Didier Zokora ⓘ Gervinho ⓘ Kolo Touré ⓘ Salomon Kalou ⓘ Yaya Touré ⓘ
playsInCompetition	Africa Cup of Nations qualification ⓘ linked to: Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship qualification ⓘ linked to: African Nations Championship FIFA World Cup qualification ⓘ linked to: FIFA World Cup qualification matches
region	West Africa ⓘ
regionalTournament	Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
regionalTournamentAppearances	many ⓘ
represents	Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
rival	Ghana national football team ⓘ Mali national football team ⓘ Nigeria national football team ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
subConfederation	WAFU ⓘ

How these facts were elicited