DR Congo men's national basketball team

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo
FIBA ranking78 Decrease 5 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1963
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFebaco
CoachEmmanuel Mavomo
Nickname(s)Leopards
AfroBasket
Appearances7 (last in 2021)

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.

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ FIBA National Federations – Democratic Republic of the Congo, fiba.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.