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Democratic Republic of the Congo

FIBA ranking	71 1 (26 August 2024)
Joined FIBA	1963
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Febaco
Coach	Bellarmin Tshibangu
Nickname(s)	Leopards
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
World Cup
Appearances	3
AfroBasket
Appearances	16
Medals	(1983, 1986, 1994) (1981, 1984, 1990, 1997) (2000)
Home Away

The DR Congo women's national basketball team (French: Équipe nationale féminine de basket-ball de la République démocratique du Congo) represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in international basketball competitions. It is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Democratic Republic of Congo. (French: République démocratique du Congo Fédération de basket-ball)

The team was formerly known as the Zaire women's national basketball team.

African Championship record

• 1981 – 2nd
• 1983 – 1st
• 1984 – 2nd
• 1986 – 1st
• 1990 – 2nd
• 1993 – 4th
• 1994 – 1st
• 1997 – 2nd
• 2000 – 3rd
• 2003 – 7th
• 2005 – 4th
• 2007 – 7th
• 2011 – 7th
• 2017 – 9th
• 2019 – 6th
• 2023 – 12th

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 Women's Afrobasket.

DR Congo women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Liliane Ikete 18 – (2005-03-22)22 March 2005 BC Flamurtari Vlorë 5 Gracia Nguz 31 – (1992-06-29)29 June 1992 ASB Makomeno PG 6 Tania Kokolo 22 – (2000-09-17)17 September 2000 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) C.N.S.S. PG 7 Ketia Mbelu 22 – (2001-04-18)18 April 2001 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) C.N.S.S. 8 Feza Ebengo 23 – (1999-11-16)16 November 1999 REG BBC PF 9 Deorah Kaba 23 – (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) C.N.S.S. 10 Debarah Washini 24 – (1999-05-17)17 May 1999 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) C.N.S.S. G 11 Cecile Nyoka 36 – (1986-09-18)18 September 1986 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) C.N.S.S. 12 Mariana Muadi 26 – (1996-12-04)4 December 1996 Almería 13 Malu Irebu 25 – (1998-01-05)5 January 1998 C.N.S.S. 14 Ruth mikemo 34 – (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 V-Club PF 15 Ginette Mfutila 35 – (1988-04-20)20 April 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Reims Basket Féminin	Head coach Bellarmin Tshibangu Assistant coach(es) Ravane Mwimba Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2023

See also

• DR Congo women's national under-19 basketball team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. FIBA National Federations – Democratic Republic of the Congo, fiba.com, accessed 10 January 2013.
3. "Team roster: DR Congo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

External links

• FIBA profile
• Africabasket – DR Congo Women National Team Archived 18 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• DR Congo Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

v t e National women's basketball teams of Africa (FIBA Africa)
AfroBasket Women
Zone 1 (4)	Algeria Libya Morocco Tunisia
Zone 2 (8)	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
Zone 3 (8)	Benin Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Ghana Liberia Niger Nigeria Togo
Zone 4 (8)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Zone 5 (11)	Burundi Egypt United Arab Republic Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia North Sudan South Sudan Tanzania Uganda
Zone 6 (10)	Angola Botswana Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe
Zone 7 (5)	Comoros Djibouti Madagascar Mauritius Seychelles

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