National badminton team representing the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DR Congo |
Nickname(s) | The Leopards |
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Association | Federation de Badminton du Congo (FEBADCO) |
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Confederation | BCA (Africa) |
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President | Medard Loboto Bongoy |
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Current ranking | Unranked (2 January 2024) |
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Highest ranking | 97 (6 April 2017) |
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Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) |
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Best result | Group stage |
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The DR Congo national badminton team (French: Equipe nationale de badminton de la RD Congo; Lingala: Timu ya badminton ya Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki) represents DR Congo in international team competitions.[1] The national team is controlled by the Federation de Badminton du Congo (Lingala: Badminton Shirikisho la Jamhuriyya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo; FECOBAD). The national team trains in Kinshasa. The Democratic Republic of Congo debuted in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event in 2019. The team were eliminated in the group stage.
The Democratic Republic of Congo team competed in an international team tournament for the first time in the 2019 African Badminton Championships. The team were placed in Group A with Algeria and Uganda. The team lost to both opposing teams in the group tie with a 5-0 score.