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Espoir Fukash
Espoir Fukash
League	Liprobakin
Founded	2019
History	BC Espoir Fukash; 2019–present
Location	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
President	Suzy Kashiama Kafutshi
Head coach	Raven Mwimba
Championships	1 Kinshasa champion; 1 Congolese Cup
Home	Away

BC Espoir Fukash is a Congolese basketball team based in Kinshasa. The team plays in the Liprobakin, Kinshasa's premier basketball league. The team has won the Kinshasa title one time in 2021, and have won the Congolese Cup in 2021. Espoir Fukash played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) during the 2022 season

History

Created in 2019, Espoir reached the final of the Ligue Provinciale de Kinshasa for the first time in 2020. However, the team lost to BC Terreur.^[1] The following season, the team won their first regional championship. In October 2021, Espoir Fukash won the Congolese Cup, their first national trophy in club history.^[2] As such, they qualified for the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.^[3] They won their first international game, on 30 October 2021, over Tondema with 102–49.^[4] On December 15, Espoir qualified for the 2022 BAL season after eliminating Mali's AS Police in the semi-finals, winning after overtime.^[5] As such, the team becomes the first club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to play in the BAL.

In the 2022 BAL Nile Conference, Espoir was coached by DR Congo-native Emmanuel Mavomo. On April 20, 2022, the team captured its first BAL victory after beating Cape Town Tigers after overtime.^[6] Fukash finished in the sixth and last place with a 1–4 record.

Honours

Coupe du Congo

Winners (1): 2021

Liprobakin

Champions (1): 2021^[7]
- Runner-up (1): 2020

Players

Current roster

The following is the Espoir Fukash roster for the 2022 BAL season group phase.^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Espoir Fukash roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	00	Mwana Mwamba, Arsène	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	23 – (2001-04-08)8 April 2001
G/F	1	Ambanza, Narcisse (I)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	28 – (1996-12-03)3 December 1996
SG	2	Ben Ilunga, Mutanga	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	23 – (2001-05-17)17 May 2001
F	4	Okorafor, Emmanuel (E)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	20 – (2004-06-08)8 June 2004
F	5	Kapongo Kabuya, Djack	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	31 – (1993-02-15)15 February 1993
SG	6	Kasongo Kasasa, Bobo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	34 – (1990-05-20)20 May 1990
PG	10	Suke Tamba, Habraham	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	23 – (2001-09-17)17 September 2001
PF	12	Mandiangu Makwenda, Jeremie	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	20 – (2004-04-20)20 April 2004
F/C	13	Mpaka Laza, Chris	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	21 – (2003-10-27)27 October 2003
F	15	Fula Nganga, Rolly	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	31 – (1993-02-02)2 February 1993
PF	23	Bobo Mel, Glory	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	35 – (1989-10-02)2 October 1989
F	24	Tshimbau, Jonathan	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	36 – (1988-07-18)18 July 1988
PF	34	Isungu, Emmanuel	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	29 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995