Basketball Club Virunga, also known as simply Virunga, is a Congolese basketball team based in

Goma Goma is the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the Albertine Rift, the weste ...

, North Kivu. The team is named after the Virunga National Park, and its logo features a

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as this species can be found in the national park. Virunga won their first Congolese Cup in 2023, after overcoming Ami BK in the final which was hosted at Goma. The home arena of the team is the Bismack Biyombo Indoor Hall. Virunga will represent the DR Congo in the

Road to BAL The Road to BAL, also known as the BAL Qualifying Tournaments, are the qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The organization of the qualifiers is in hands of FIBA Africa. The first qualifying rounds were held on 16 October ...

in the 2024 qualifying tournament.

Honours

Congolese Cup * Champions (1): 2023

Players

Current roster

The following is BC Virunga's roster in the

2024 BAL qualification The qualification for the 2024 BAL season, also known as Road to BAL 2024, was the 4th edition of the qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The tournaments were organised by FIBA Africa and are held from 3 October to 26 N ...

tournament.

References

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