DR_Congo_national_basketball_team
The DR Congo national basketball team (French: Équipe nationale de basketball de Congo DR) represents DR Congo in men's international basketball competitions, it is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] (French: République démocratique du Congo Fédération de basket-ball)
| FIBA ranking | 73  1 (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1963 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Febaco | ||
| Coach | Emmanuel Mavomo | ||
| Nickname(s) | Leopards | ||
| AfroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 7 (last in 2021) | ||
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The team has appeared in the FIBA Africa Championship, but has yet to appear in the FIBA World Championship. Its biggest success to date was the Final Four placement at the 1975 FIBA Africa Championship when it competed as Zaire.
DR Congo joined the FIBA in 1963 and made their first tournament debut twelve years later, during the 1974 AfroBasket. In the following year, they played in the 1975 AfroBasket championship. Congo ended in the fourth place after a 2–3 record. After a 6th place in 1980, the team missed the tournament for the next 27 years.
During AfroBasket 2007, DR Congo returned and finished 15th.
After another 10-year absence, the country played in the AfroBasket 2017 where they reached the quarter-finals after upsetting Nigeria in the group phase.[3]
In August 2022, Jonathan Kuminga joined the Congolese team to become the first National Basketball Association (NBA) player to play for the national team.[4] Kuminga had just won his first NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors.
FIBA Basketball World Cup
DR Congo has never appeared in the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but has played in the qualifying rounds.
| FIBA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GP | W | L | – | |
 1963 |
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 1974 | ||||||||||
 1978 | ||||||||||
 1982 | ||||||||||
 1986 | ||||||||||
 1990 | ||||||||||
 1994 | ||||||||||
 1998 | ||||||||||
 2002 | ||||||||||
 2006 | ||||||||||
 2010 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||
 2019 |
6 | 2 | 4 | 2019 | ||||||
  2023 |
12 | 5 | 7 | 2023 | ||||||
 2027 |
To be determined | To be determined | 2027 | |||||||
| Total | 0/16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | Total | ||
AfroBasket
Fourth place
| AfroBasket record | Qualification record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GP | W | L | – | |
 1964 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
 1965 |
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| 1968 |
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 1970 |
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 1972 |
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 1974 | Classification stage | 6th | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 1975 | Main stage | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1978 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1980 | Classification stage | 6th | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||
 1981 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1983 |
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 1985 |
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| 1987 |
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 1989 |
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| 1992 |
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 1993 |
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 1995 |
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| 1997 |
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| 1999 |
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| 2001 |
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| 2003 |
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| 2005 |
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| 2007 | Classification round | 15th | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||
 2009 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2009 | |||||
 2011 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2013 |
6 | 1 | 5 | 2013 | ||||||
| 2015 |
Withdrew | |||||||||
| 2017 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | |
 2021 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2021 | |
| 2025 |
To be determined | To be determined | 2025 | |||||||
| Total | 6/29 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 12 | – | ||
FIBA AfroCan
Champions Fourth place
Current roster
Roster in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers of August 27, 2022.[5]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Current club |
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| 00 | SG | Jonathan Kuminga | Golden State Warriors |
| 3 | F | Narcisse Ambanza |  Espoir Fukash |
| 4 | G | Myck Kabongo |  Cape Town Tigers |
| 5 | G | Henry Pwono |  Etzella |
| 10 | PF | Joel Ntambwe | Delaware Blue Coats |
| 11 | C | Pitchou Kambuy Manga | REG |
| 15 | F | Rolly Fula Nganga | Espoir Fukash |
| 16 | PF | Shekinah Munanga |  Évreux |
| 18 | C | Jordan likanda | CB Breogán |
| 23 | F | Rodrigue Ebondo Tambwe | SOA |
| 24 | G | Ron Mvouika |  Plymouth Raiders |
Head coaches
Notable eligible players
The following players were the DR Congo's top scorers in their AfroBasket tournaments:
- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- FIBA National Federations – Democratic Republic of the Congo, fiba.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- "DR Congo mourns passing of former national teams head coach Papy Kiembe". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- "Emmanuel Mavomo: "We want to be the first to qualify the DRC for the World Cup"". African News Paper. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- "Congo DR at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- "DR Congo appoint Douaglin as head coach in bid to qualify for World Cup". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Kayembe excited about new DR Congo sophisticated style". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "AfroBasket 2021 - Team Profile: Democratic Republic of Congo". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- Demba, Varore (17 February 2022). "Basketball : la RD Congo engage un nouvel entraîneur pour les qualifications au Mondial 2023". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- "Dem.Rep. of Congo at the FIBA Afrobasket 2017". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- "Congo DR at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 September 2022.