BC Espoir Fukash
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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. 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. As such, they qualified for the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments. They won their first international game, on 30 October 2021, over Tondema with 102–49. On December 15, Espoir qualified for the 2022 BAL season after eliminating Mali's AS Police in the semi-finals, winning after overtime. 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. Fukash finished in the sixth and last place with a 1–4 record.
Die Heimspiele von BC Espoir Fukash finden in der Halle du Collège Saint Raphaël in Fukash statt. Das Team wird von Trainer Mutombo Dikembe trainiert. Die bekanntesten Spieler des Teams sind Mutombo Dikembe, Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo, Bismack Biyombo und Serge Ibaka.
BC Espoir Fukash ist ein sehr erfolgreiches Basketballteam und hat in den letzten Jahren viele Titel gewonnen. Das Team ist auch international bekannt und hat an mehreren internationalen Wettbewerben teilgenommen. BC Espoir Fukash ist ein Vorbild für viele junge Basketballspieler in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo und trägt dazu bei, den Basketballsport in dem Land zu fördern.