DR Congo men's 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) 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.

Not to be confused with Republic of the Congo national basketball team.
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see DR Congo women's national basketball team.

Democratic Republic of the Congo
FIBA ranking79 2 (1 March 2022)[1]
Joined FIBA1963
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFebaco
CoachMathias Eckhoff
Nickname(s)Leopards
AfroBasket
Appearances7

Performances

AfroBasket

  Fourth place  

Year Round Position GP W L
1964Did not qualify
1965
1968
1970
1972
1974Classification stage6th41
1975Main stage4th523
1978Did not qualify
1980Classification stage6th523
1981Did not qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989
1992
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007Classification round15th716
2009Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017Quarter-finals6th422
2021Group stage13th312
Total28919

FIBA AfroCan
Main article: FIBA AfroCan

  Champions  

Year Round Position GP W L
2019Champions1st550
550

Team

Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.[3]

DR Congo men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 5 Henry Pwono 30 – (1991-07-21)21 July 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Etzella
PF 6 Chadrack Lufile 30 – (1990-09-11)11 September 1990 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Free agent
PG 7 Maxi Munanga Shamba 27 – (1993-12-25)25 December 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Free agent
G 10 Haboubacar Sakho 27 – (1994-01-24)24 January 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) JS Menzah
C 13 Arsene Mutomb 34 – (1987-08-09)9 August 1987 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) SCTP
F 15 Rolly Fula Nganga 28 – (1993-02-02)2 February 1993 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) ASB Mazembe
C 18 Jordan Sakho 24 – (1997-04-04)4 April 1997 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Burgos
PF 22 Rodrigue Munsi-Kaniki 23 – (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Aix-les-Baines
F 23 Patrick Mwamba 21 – (1999-10-11)11 October 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) UT Arlington Mavericks
F 32 Eric Kibi 31 – (1990-08-04)4 August 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) The Hague Royals
C 34 Garmine Kande-Kieli 22 – (1999-08-24)24 August 1999 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Aix-les-Baines
SF 35 Joel Ntambwe 22 – (1998-10-17)17 October 1998 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Texas Tech Raiders
Head coach
  • Mathias Eckhoff
Assistant coach(es)
  • Charly Kashala
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 24 August 2021

Head coaches
Name Nationality Tenure
Papy Kipunka Kiembe DR Congo2017–2018
John Douaglin[4] France2018
Mathias Eckhoff[5] Norway2020–present

Notable players
Name Team Team nation
Bismack Biyombo Phoenix Suns  United States
Yannick Nzosa Unicaja Málaga  Spain
Jordan Sakho Río Breogán  Spain
Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Wildcats  United States
Jonathan Kuminga Golden State Warriors  United States
Emmanuel Mudiay free agent

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. FIBA National Federations – Democratic Republic of the Congo, fiba.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. "Team Roster DR Congo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. "DR Congo appoint Douaglin as head coach in bid to qualify for World Cup". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. "Kayembe excited about new DR Congo sophisticated style". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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