DR Congo national basketball team

Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
FIBA ranking T-82 Increase 1
Joined FIBA 1963
FIBA zone FIBA Africa
National federation Febaco
Coach Jacques Beya
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances 5
Medals None
Uniforms
Light
Dark

The Democratic Republic of the Congo national basketball team represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in international basketball competitions. It is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Democratic Republic of Congo.[1] (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.

Competitions

Performance at Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

Performance at World championships

yet to qualify

Performance at FIBA Africa Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1974 6 FIBA Africa Championship 1974 Bangui, Central African Republic
1975 4 FIBA Africa Championship 1975 Alexandria, Egypt
1980 6 FIBA Africa Championship 1980 Rabat, Morocco
1995 9 FIBA Africa Championship 1995 Algiers, Algeria
2007 15 FIBA Africa Championship 2007 Angola

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2015 qualification:[2]

Democratic Republic of Congo men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
Aluma Samuna 20 – (1994-04-11)11 April 1994 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Prince Asani Ngongo 32 – (1981-12-04)4 December 1981 Democratic Republic of the Congo
King Boyombo Dunugo 30 – (1983-12-12)12 December 1983 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Johnny Buzangu Mualaba 26 – (1988-07-09)9 July 1988 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kabangu-Tshimbanga 30 – (1983-09-18)18 September 1983 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kabengele Kabasu 28 – (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tatu Kalengayi Mbowa 34 – (1980-04-06)6 April 1980 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jonathan Kambala 20 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aubin Junior Kasongo 27 – (1986-10-10)10 October 1986 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bobo Kasongo Kasasa 24 – (1990-05-20)20 May 1990 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Guelor Kubala Nkatu 27 – (1987-04-28)28 April 1987 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mulamba-Mulamba 26 – (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Docta Mutombo Lukusa 33 – (1981-07-02)2 July 1981 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Christian Niamazomi Munuana 20 – (1994-06-19)19 June 1994 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sem Eliel Nsosembe 19 – (1995-06-18)18 June 1995
Evariste Shonganya Tolembo 23 – (1991-04-06)6 April 1991 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jonathan Tshimbau 25 – (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tshishimbi Sheba 24 – (1990-02-09)9 February 1990 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 July 2014

Past rosters

At the 2007 AfroBasket:

Democratic Republic of the Congo national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
SG 4 Eyenga, Christian 23 – (1989-06-22)22 June 1989 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Pallacanestro Varese
5 Malemba, Presta Nzuzi 28 – (1984-10-02)2 October 1984 Espoir BBC
F 6 Ndelo, Yannick Isasi 26 – (1986-11-18)18 November 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
F 7 Mali, Alimasi Freddy 28 – (1984-11-03)3 November 1984 Al Tilal Aden
G 8 Kalengayi, Tatu Kalengayi 32 – (1980-04-06)6 April 1980 Onatra Kinshasa
F/C 9 Yele, Djo Loo 30 – (1982-06-11)11 June 1982 Asker Aliens
C 10 Ntumba, Mohamed 27 – (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Albury Wodonga Bandits
F 11 Lukusa, Docta Mutombo 31 – (1981-07-02)2 July 1981 Onatra Kinshasa
12 Kizubanata, Gege 31 – (1981-05-12)12 May 1981 Stade Nabeulien
G/F 13 Samuna, Mabilama 34 – (1978-06-12)12 June 1978 Onatra Kinshasa
C 14 Kadima, Jim Tshimpaka 35 – (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 InterClub Brazaville
C 15 Selengue, Lifetu 36 – (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Interclube Basketball
Head coach
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Jacques Beya
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age
    on 29 July 2012

See also

References

  1. ↑ FIBA National Federations – Democratic Republic of the Congo, fiba.com, accessed 10 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Democratic Republic of Congo | 2015 Afrobasket Qualification, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.


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