Shooting nights for Diabate Souleyman in the preliminary rounds of the World Cup. Diabate started on August 31st where he poured in 8 points against china. In the following round against Venezuela, he collected 6 points and 4 assists for Ivory Coast. Then he had a great performance during the match against Poland, scoring 9 points, dishing out 6 assists and grabbing 1 rebound, in 24 minutes on the floor.
Today, in the final game of Group A of the stage against Nigeria, Diabate helped Ivory Coast with 10 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists collected.