The Leopards of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have actually started their preparation camp in Istanbul, Turkey in anticipation of the 2nd window of the World Cup qualifiers. This internship will go until Tuesday, June 28th. This 2nd window will be played in Egypt from July 1 to 3, 2022. The World Cup will take place simultaneously in Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan from August 25 to September 10, 2023.
To do this, the technical staff led by the French Thomas Drouot, had made public a list of 19 players who will take part in this preparation. We have in particular the return of Maxi Shamba, Evariste Shonganya, Myck Kabongo and Christian Eyenga who were absent during the 1st window in Dakar, Senegal last February.
In Senegal, the Fauves Congolais had managed to pocket two precious successes against their Kenyan and Senegalese counterparts, losing to the Egyptians. For this window, they only have one victory to validate their ticket for the 3rd window.
The list of 19 players looks like this:
Malela Mutuale (Orléans relegated to D2 France)
Narcisse Ambanza (Espoir Fukash/DRC)
Shekinah Munanga (Evreux-D2 France)
Christian Lutete (Lapuan Korikobrat / D1 Finland)
Maxi Munanga Shamba (Calais / D4 France)
Rodrigue Ebondo (El Ansar Sports Union/D1 Tunisia)
Joël Ntambwe (Delaware Blue Coats/G-League-USA)
Rolly Fula (Youth Club of Abidjan/D1 Ivory Coast)
Patrick Mwamba (Texas-Arlington Mavericks / NCAA-USA)
Christian Eyenga (Urbas Fuenlabrada / D1 Spain)
Henry Pwono (Sparta Bartreng / D1 Luxembourg)
Jordan Sakho (Rio Breogan/D1 Espagne)
Evariste Shonganya (Etoile de Charleville-Mezières/D4 France)
Jonathan Kasibabu (Nantes Hermine/D2 France)
Hervé Kabasele (Oviedo Club Baloncesto/D2 Spain)
Myck Kabongo (Cape Town Tigers/D1 South Africa)
Sese Hassan Mobutu (Incarnate Word Cardinals/NCAA-USA)
Garmine Kande (UBU Tizona Burgos/D3 Spain)
Jack Kapongo (Hope Fukash/DRC)
Michel TOBO
