The youth national teams have also done well in world championships, and the clubs from Ivory Coast have won several continental titles[citation needed].
To support the National team and because of the popularity of this sport in the country, the government decided to close the schools for the duration of the competition.
It should be added that Ivory Coast has also won several small subregional tournaments (West Africa) in the club or with its national team.
In particular the tournaments of the Council of the Agreement those of ECOWAS or those organised by the UFOA, the Union of the West African Football federations.
[8] Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular English Premier League club in Ivory Coast was Chelsea, with 35% of Ivorian Premier League fans following the club, followed by Arsenal (23%) and Manchester United (15%).