Victory over Serbia: Germany is the world basketball champion

The feeling is perfect: Germany’s basketball players won the World Cup title. In an exciting final, national coach Gordon Herbert’s team defeated Serbia with a score of 83:77 (47:47).

Dennis Schröder, who scored 28 points, stood out as a playmaker, and the entire defense of the German national team. Schroder was also named the tournament’s best player at the awards ceremony.

The match started better with the Serbs, with former Bundesliga and Bundesliga coach Svetislav Pesic present but without their key player Nikola Jokic. They won the first quarter in 26:23, and Germany was ahead only twice, in 10:9 and 14:13.

In the second quarter, Germany initially trailed by 23:28, but then managed to turn things around. And also because Dennis Schroeder started the business. And so I entered the end of the first half with a score of 47:47.

The third quarter obviously belongs to the DBB team. The Serbs bit their teeth in the face of the outstanding defense of the Germans and were forced to make unsafe throws over and over again. Dennis Schroeder excelled in the German attack – and Germany pulled back to 69:57.

In the final quarter, Germany initially lost control, and the Serbs made it 69:73. However, Serbia also became frantic and seemed haphazard. On the other hand, DBB’s defense remained strong, and Germany pulled back to 78:69 – only to let the Serbs go back to 75:78 with 1:21 minutes left.

Then Bogdan Bojanović missed an open three-pointer. Germany increased the counterattack to 79:75. The Serbs remained stubborn and scored two free throws, bringing the score to 79:77.

The match reached its climax: with 21.4 seconds left, Schroeder scored the goal at 81:77 after a stunning dribble. In the next attack, Serbia wasted the ball 13.4 seconds before the end of the match.

With 12.6 seconds left, Dennis Schroeder finally capped off his impressive performance, scoring two free throws and making Germany world champions.

Canada won the match for third place over the United States with a score of 118:127 (111:111, 56:58) after overtime. After finishing seventh in the World Cup in China 2019, the United States, which competed without the big stars, returns to its country without any precious metal for the second time in a row.

NBA professional Dillon Brooks was the best shooter for the Canadians’ first World Cup medal-winning scorer, with 39 points. Star player Shay Gilgios Alexander scored 31 points. America’s leading scorer was Anthony Edwards with 24 points. The five-time world champion’s last title so far was in 2014.