Coupe du Congo (basketball)

The Coupe du Congo (fully the Coupe de république démocratique du Congo de basket-ball; in English: Cup of Congo) is the national cup basketball championship in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The competitions is played by the top two teams from the regional league in the country. It is the only annual competition organised by the Democratic Republic of Congo Basketball Federation (FEBACO).^[1] The cup is organised since 1985.^[2]

Coupe du Congo

Organising body	FEBACO
Founded	1982
First season	1982
Countries	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Confederation	FIBA Africa
Number of teams	Men: 17 Women: 8
Current champions	Men: Chaux Sport (1st title) Women: Makomeno City (3rd title) (2024)
Most championships	Men: SCTP (18 titles) Women: Vita Club (10 titles)

In 2022, 17 men's team and 8 women's team competed. The teams are divided in two groups for the first stage, the top four teams advance to the semifinals.^[3]

In the men's category SCTP holds the record for most wins with 18 cups, while in the women's category Vita Club has won a record 10 titles.

Men's champions

Edition	Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Host city	Ref.
1	1982	Matonge			Kinshasa, Lubumbashi
–	1983	Not held
	1984
2	1985	SCTP			Kinshasa
3	1986	SCTP (2)			Lubumbashi
4	1987	SCTP (3)			Kinshasa
5	1988	Mwanga			Lubumbashi
6	1989	Matonge (2)			Kisangani
7	1990	Cité de Jeunes			Kinshasa
8	1991	Cité de Jeunes (2)			Lubumbashi
9	1992	Terreur			Kinshasa
10	1993	Mazembe			Lubumbashi
11	1994	SCTP (4)			Kinshasa
12	1995	SCTP (5)			Kinshasa
13	1996	Molokaï			Lubumbashi
14	1997	SCTP (6)			Lubumbashi
–	1998	Not held
15	1999-I	SCTP (7)			Kinshasa
16	1999-II	SCTP (8)			Kinshasa
17	2000	SCTP (9)			Matadi
18	2001	SCTP (10)			Mbuji Mayi
19	2002	SCTP (11)			Lubumbashi
20	2003	SCTP (12)			Kinshasa
21	2004	SCTP (13)			Kananga
22	2005	SCTP (14)			Kananga
23	2006	Kauka			Kinshasa
24	2007	SCTP (15)			Kinshasa
25	2008	Mazembe (2)			Lubumbashi
26	2009	Mazembe (3)			Lubumbashi
27	2010	Mazembe (4)			Kinshasa
28	2011	Mazembe (5)	67–60	Molokai	Kinshasa	[4]
29	2012	SCTP (16)			Kinshasa
30	2013	Mazembe (6)			Kinshasa
31	2014	Mazembe (7)			Kinshasa
32	2015	SCTP (17)			Kinshasa
33	2016	New Generation			Kinshasa
34	2017	Mazembe	56–49	Terreur	Kinshasa	[5]
35	2018	SCTP (18)	64–56	Terreur	Kinshasa	[6]
36	2019	Mazembe	84–59	SCTP	Kinshasa	[7]
37	2020	Mazembe	76–46	DCMP	Kinshasa	[8]
38	2021	Espoir Fukash	59–48	SCTP	Kinshasa	[9]
39	2022	V.Club	70–62	Terreur	Lubumbashi, LIkasi	[10]
40	2023	Virunga	73–70	Ami BK	Goma	[11]
41	2024	Chaux Sport	73–65	Terreur	Kinshasa	[12]

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
SCTP	18	2	1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999–2005, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2018	2019, 2021
Mazembe	9	0	1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020	–
Terreur	1	4	1992	2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
Matonge	2	0	1982, 1989	–
Cité des Jeunes	2	0	1990, 1991	–
Chaux Sport	1	0	2024	–
Virunga	1	0	2023	–
V.Club	1	0	2022	–
Espoir Fukash	1	0	2021	–
New Generation	1	0	2017	–
Kauka	1	0	2006	–
Molokaï	1	0	1996	–
Mwanga	1	0	1988	–
DCMP	0	1	–	2020
Ami BK	0	1	–	2023

Women's champions

Edition	Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Ref.
1	1982	Tourbillon
–	1983	Not held
	1984
2	1985	Tourbillon (2)
3	1986	Tourbillon (3)
4	1987	Tourbillon (4)
5	1988	Anongo
6	1989	Tourbillon (5)
7	1990	Hatari
8	1991	Hatari (2)
9	1992	Tourbillon (6)
10	1993	Vita Club
11	1994	Vita Club (2)
12	1995	Vita Club (3)
13	1996	Vita Club (4)
14	1997	Vita Club (5)
–	1998	Not held
15	1999-I	Vita Club (6)
16	1999-II	Hatari (3)
17	2000	Arc-en-ciel
18	2001	Vita Club (7)
19	2002	Arc-en-ciel (2)
20	2003	Arc-en-ciel (3)
21	2004	Arc-en-ciel (4)
22	2005	Hatari (4)
23	2006	Arc-en-ciel (5)
24	2007	Radi de Lubumbashi
25	2008	Radi de Lubumbashi (2)
26	2009	Arc-en-ciel (6)
27	2010	Arc-en-ciel (7)
28	2011	Arc-en-ciel (8)	69–60	Radi de Lubumbashi	[4]
29	2012	Arc-en-ciel (9)
30	2013	CNSS
31	2014	Radi de Lubumbashi (3)
32	2015	Vita Club (8)
33	2016	Vita Club (9)
34	2017	Vita Club (10)	48–39	DCMP	[5]
35	2018	Vita Club (11)
36	2019	Makomeno	60–39	CNSS	[7]
37	2020	Makomeno (2)	64–29	Tourbillon	[8]
38	2021	CNSS (2)	64–61	V.Club	[9]
39	2022	CNSS (3)	72–29	Makomeno	[13]
40	2023	CNSS (4)	73-55	Chaux Sport	[11]
41	2024	Makomeno City (3)	70–49	CNSS	[14]