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Democratic Republic of Congo Basketball Federation

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ3635985 ↗
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo Basketball Federation (French: Fédération de basket-ball de la République démocratique du Congo; Febaco) is the governing body for men's and women's basketball in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Febaco is an affiliate of FIBA Africa and its offices are located in Kinshasa. As of 2007 its president is Boni Mwawatadi.

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This entry incorporates text from “Democratic Republic of Congo Basketball Federation” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.