2015 Afrobasket/AAG Qualifiers: Cote D'Ivoire pipe Benin

Cote D'Ivoire senior national men team at the weekend picked the sole ticket for the 29th Afrobasket and 11th All Africa Games with a 69-57 and 62-49 points victory over host Benin Republic in a two-leg qualifiers played in Cotonou.

The Ivorian proved pundit right as they were predicted to out gun their host in a Group-D Zone-3 qualifiers made it its twenty-two appearance in the continent biggest basketball show-piece slated for Tunisia from August 19 through 30.

Cote d'Ivoire first silverware came in 1978 when they lost the final game to host Senegal by 103-72 points followed by another final game loss to Senegal (96-90) in Morocco.

The Elephant glorious moment came when they picked the title in 1981 with an 81-65 points win over Egypt in Sudan and another title in her kitty on home court in 1985 with an 84-73 points' defeat of Africa hottest team of the moment Angola under the Dr. Alphonse Bile led coaching crew.