DR Congo men's national basketball team
Introduction 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. ()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'''.
History 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.In August 2022, Jonathan Kuminga joined the Congolese team to become the first National Basketball Association (NBA) player to play for the national team. Kuminga had just won his first NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors.
Performances === 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 recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition– 1963''Did not qualify''''AfroBasket served as qualification'' 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 20196242019 202312572023 2027''To be determined''''To be determined''2027Total0/1600018711Total===AfroBasket=== Fourth place  AfroBasket recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition–  1964 ''Did not qualify''  1965  1968  1970  1972  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  1985  1987  1989  1992  1993  1995  1997  1999  2001  2003  2005  2007 Classification round  15th  6  2  4   2009 ''Did not qualify''4132009  2011''Did not enter''  20136152013  2015''Withdrew''   2017  Quarter-finals   6th  4  2  2 2112017  2021    Group stage  13th   3  1  26332021 Total   6/29  27  10  1718612–===FIBA AfroCan=== Champions   Fourth place   Year Round Position      2019    Champions   1st    5  50  2023  4th place  4th  6  32   Total2/2 11  8  2
Team ===Current roster===''Roster in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers of August 27, 2022. ''No.Pos.PlayerCurrent club00SGJonathan Kuminga Golden State Warriors3FNarcisse Ambanza Espoir Fukash4GMyck Kabongo Cape Town Tigers5GHenry Pwono Etzella10PFJoel Ntambwe Delaware Blue Coats11CPitchou Kambuy Manga REG15FRolly Fula Nganga Espoir Fukash16PFShekinah Munanga Évreux 18CJordan Sakho CB Breogán 23FRodrigue Ebondo Tambwe SOA 24GRon Mvouika Plymouth Raiders ===Head coaches=== Name Nationality Tenure     2017–2018     2018      2020–2022Thomas DrouotFebruary 2022 – July 2022Emmanuel MavomoAugust 2022 – May 2023===Notable eligible players==='''Name''''''Team''''''Team nation''' Bismack Biyombo  Memphis Grizzlies  Yannick Nzosa Unicaja Málaga Jordan Sakho UCAM Murcia Oscar Tshiebwe Indiana Pacers Emmanuel Mudiay Cangrejeros de Santurce
Top scorers The following players were the DR Congo's top scorers in their AfroBasket tournaments:+DR Congo top scorers at AfroBasketTournamentPlayerPointsPPG2017Herve Kabasele Kasonga5914.82021Henry Pwono4816.0
See also *Basketball Federation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo*Dikembe Mutombo*Christian Eyenga*Bismack Biyombo*DR Congo women's national basketball team*DR Congo national under-19 basketball team*DR Congo national under-17 basketball team*DR Congo national 3x3 team
References
External links * FIBA profile* Africabasket – DR Congo Men National Team* DR Congo Basketball Records at FIBA Archive