DR Congo women's national basketball team explained

Country:	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coach:	Bellarmin Tshibangu
Joined Fiba:	1963
Nickname:	Leopards
Fiba Zone:	FIBA Africa
National Fed:	Febaco
Oly Appearances:	1
Wc Appearances:	3
Zone Championship:	AfroBasket
Zone Appearances:	16
Zone Medals:	(1983, 1986, 1994) (1981, 1984, 1990, 1997) (2000)
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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.^[1] (French: link=no|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.^[2]

See also

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

External links

• FIBA profile
• Africabasket – DR Congo Women National Team
• DR Congo Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Notes and References

1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=391 FIBA National Federations – Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. Web site: Team roster: DR Congo. fiba.basketball. 28 July 2023.