It provided a welcome boost for the Elephants who had been far from convincing in their two previous warm-up matches, drawing 1-1 with both Switzerland and Chili.

Talisman Didier Drogba, the Chelsea striker, was at the centre of the Ivory Coast's attacking forays and scored two goals before Kanga Akale wrapped up a morale-boosting victory with 20 minutes to go.

The Elephants have been drawn in the toughest World Cup group, C, alongside heavyweights Argentina and Netherlands and the defensively solid Serbia and Montenegro.

One advantage they may have is their sheer athleticism which overwhelmed the Slovenians and allowed them to surpass anything England's Peter Crouch can do as they performed their own team dance after each of Drogba's two first half strikes, within a minute of each other.

Ivory Coast begin their World Cup challenge on June 10 against Argentina.