New Generation Basketball is a Congolese basketball team based in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

. The team was founded in 2012 and plays in the

Liprobakin The Ligue Provinciale de Basketball de Kinshasa (''in English: Kinshasa Provincial Basketball League''), better known as the Liprobakin, is an annual basketball competition for teams in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

of Kinshasa, where it has won the city championship five times. In 2016, New Generation won the Coupe du Congo for the first time.

History

New Generation was founded in 2012 by five young basketball enthousiast with the goal of mentoring African youths through sports education. It was born from the ashes of the Aurore Basketball Club, the phoenix in the logo of the team symbolises this. In its debut season in the

, the competition of Kinshasa, New Generation finished 8^th. In 2015, they won their first city championship. They also went on to win the league in the next four seasons. The following year, New Gen won their first-ever Coupe du Congo after beating Mazembe 62–48 in the final. The team played in the

2017 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup The 2017 FIBA Africa Champions Cup was the 32nd edition of the FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Africa. The tournament was held in Radès, Tunisia from 11 to 20 December 2017. The Ass ...

and finished in the 12th and last place..

Notable players

Yannick Nzosa Yannick Nzosa Manzila (born 15 November 2003) is a Congolese professional basketball player for Real Betis Baloncesto, Real Betis of the Liga ACB on loan from Baloncesto Málaga, Unicaja. Early life and youth career Nzosa was born and raised in ...

(was recruited by Stella Azurra)

Honours

Coupe du Congo * Champions (1): 2016

* Champions (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

References

Basketball teams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Basketball teams established in 2012 Sport in Kinshasa {{DEFAULTSORT:New_Generation