Ishirahamwe ry'igikombe ca Basketball mu Kongo (Fébaco) ryatangaje ko ryakiriye abakinnyi bashasha batatu mu ikipe y'igihugu y'Abaleopardi. Lionel Colson, Simeon Kalemba na Ben Shungu bemeye kwambara ikoti rya RDC mu kwitegura amarushanwa y'isi ya 2027.

Ubu butumwa buje mu gihe ikipe yitegura cane ku mikino yayo ya mbere yo guhatanira itike, izobera mu kwezi kwa cumi na rimwe imbere y'igihugu ca Madagascar na Senegal. Abaleopardi bahagaze ku mwanya wa 43 ku rwego rw'isi nk'uko vyavuzwe mu rutonde rwa FIBA rwashizwe ahabona mu kwezi kwa karuhuko 2023, umubare ugaragaza ubushobozi bwo gukoreshwa ku rwego mpuzamakungu.

Guhurira kw'abakinnyi kwatanguye ku wa mbere i Auxerre, mu Bufaransa, aho ikipe yibanda ku myiteguro ikomeye. Selon amakuru aturuka hafi y'ikipe, umutima w'ikipe urakomeye, ufise ubushake bwo kugera ku ntego zashyizweho na Fébaco.

Kwiyongera kwa Colson, Kalemba na Shungu bigamije ingamba z'uburemere mu guteza imbere imikorere y'Abaleopardi ku rwego mpuzamakungu. Nk'uko vyemejwe n'itangazo rya Fébaco, aba bakinnyi bazoshobora kuzana umuyagankuba mushasha mu ikipe, ikenewe mu guhangana n'abakandida b'ibikomeye mu kwitegura amarushanwa.

Ibikorwa vy'Abaleopardi mu marushanwa mpuzamakungu vyakunze kugaragaramo umuvangire w'intsinzi n'ibibazo. Mu kwezi kwa gatanu 2019, Abaleopardi bari bafite “ubwiza bwiza” mu gikombe ca Afurika, bamaze gutsinda igikombe incuro zibiri. Ubu bushake bwo kwinjira mu marushanwa y'isi ya 2027 bushobora kuba amahirwe yo gusubira mu muco w'intsinzi.

Abakunzi b'igikombe ca Basketball mu Kongo barindiriye n'igishika kureba ukuntu aba bakinnyi bashasha bazotuma urugendo rw'ikipe ruhinduka. Urukundo rw'igikombe ca Basketball muri RDC rurakomeye, kandi buri mukino ni akanya ku bafana kugaragaza ishema ryabo ry'igihugu.