FIBA World Cup 2023 : GERMANY are the new World Champions! (takes on the world and beats it for once...)

AdagioPace · Post #1501 » by **AdagioPace** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:45 pm

best team won this tournament even though Schroeder and F.Wagner are impressive talents

-Luke- · Post #1502 » by **-Luke-** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:45 pm

Good to see Schröder and Theis arm in arm. They probably dreamed of this moment since they first played together at ten years old.

NoStatsGuy · Post #1503 » by **NoStatsGuy** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:47 pm

Sakkreth wrote:
-Luke- wrote:Is this really happening?

Yes, Germany won the lowest level World Cup ever. Still congrats

your salty tears of dissapointment fuel my enjoyment even more. keep it comming! 8-)

RookieStar · Post #1504 » by **RookieStar** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:49 pm

Wow... basketball is just top-10 in Germany right? Not evwn top 5?

Post #1505 » by **Mavrelous** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:49 pm

Congrats Germany, well deserved champions, what a great team!

Popovich · Post #1506 » by **Popovich** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:50 pm

Congratulations for the first World Champion title to Germany. Without loss to win this tournament, that is hard.

lambchop · Post #1507 » by **lambchop** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:50 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
Sakkreth wrote:
-Luke- wrote:Is this really happening?

Yes, Germany won the lowest level World Cup ever. Still congrats

Last world cup final were two teams dragged there by Ricky RUbio and Facundo Campazzo... Congrats Germany.

And the corpse of Scola too. Just 4 years later that same team minus the corpse of Scola can't even qualify despite Campazzo, Brussino and Deck still being in their prime.

Bodiroga13 · Post #1508 » by **Bodiroga13** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:51 pm

I was rooting for Serbia but, as a Euroleague fan, i am looking for the silver lining here: Maybe Germans show some love to basketball now and that would be great for European basketball overall. Greeks, Serbians, Lithuanians, Turkish and Spanish cannot carry the torch by themselves.

Congratulations, German team was the best in this tournament.

Post #1509 » by **Dirk** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:51 pm

Read on Twitter

-Luke- · Post #1510 » by **-Luke-** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:51 pm

Also huge respect to Serbia. Without three of their best players. Great team. Hard to root against Sveti.

p0peye · Post #1511 » by **p0peye** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:51 pm

Germany deserved to win. Overall, very good and competitive World Cup and final standings seem about right.

CodeBreaker · Post #1512 » by **CodeBreaker** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:52 pm

FIBA Finals > NBA championship

-Luke- · Post #1513 » by **-Luke-** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:53 pm

LOL at the thread title.

greekman · Post #1514 » by **greekman** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:53 pm

shroeder was robbed of the mvp

lambchop · Post #1515 » by **lambchop** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:53 pm

RookieStar wrote:Wow... basketball is just top-10 in Germany right? Not evwn top 5?

Top 15 actually. Somewhere around 14 or 15. The program and structures are professional, but it's really not popular.

greekman · Post #1516 » by **greekman** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:53 pm

CodeBreaker wrote:FIBA Finals > NBA championship

jokic and murray and butler didn't even play in the tournament.

Post #1517 » by **Nuntius** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:53 pm

Congrats to Germany. They are the only team that didn't drop a single game in the tournament while everyone else dropped at least 2 games. It should also be noted here that Germany was in one of the so-called "groups of death" in the first stage and thus didn't really face any easy opponents. They quite simply earned it. They were proven to be the best team in this World Cup.

Post #1518 » by **G R E Y** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:53 pm

Probably the worst 3rd Q in Serbia's tournament. Did them in.

Message Boar · Post #1519 » by **Message Boar** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:53 pm

Dirk wrote:

Read on Twitter

Would love to see or hear an actual interview with Dirk on this day.

Message Boar · Post #1520 » by **Message Boar** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:55 pm

lambchop wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Wow... basketball is just top-10 in Germany right? Not evwn top 5?

Top 15 actually. Somewhere around 14 or 15. The program and structures are professional, but it's really not popular.

Hopefully this will give it another boost, then. But there's a lot of popular sports to compete with, for sure.

new WORLD CHAMPION this Sunday will be?