2023-09-10 16:45:58
The German team, led by Dennis Schröder, is proclaimed world champion for the first time in its history after beating Serbia in the final
MADRID, 10 (EUROPA PRESS) The German team has been proclaimed basketball world champion for the first time in its history after beating Serbia this Sunday (83-77) in the World Cup final, played at the Mall of Asia Arena of Manila, closing an impeccable tournament that allows it to succeed Spain in the list of winners.
Led by Toronto Raptors guard Dennis Schröder (28) – later chosen ‘MVP’ of the tournament – and Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (19), the team led by Gordie Herbert took off in a superb third quarter – which closed with 12 points of income – and withstood the pressure in the final stretch of the Balkans, who came within just two points.
In this way, Germany confirms the greatest success in its history and its first World Cup gold, which adds to its record the continental title achieved in the 1993 Eurobasket and the bronze medal at the 2002 World Cup, so far its peak in a global event. . In addition, it becomes the fourth European team to be crowned champion, after the USSR, Yugoslavia and Spain.
After defeating the United States in the semifinals, the German team entered the grand final ready to finish the job in the capital of the Philippines, where Svetislav Pesic’s men were waiting for them, also grown after eliminating the other big favorite, Canada.
Atlanta Hawks point guard Bogdan Bogdanovic and Miami Heat center Nikola Jovic commanded the Serbian initiative in the first quarter of the match (23-26), but Schröder and Wagner held Germany to maintain maximum equality at halftime (47-47) .
It was then, at the restart, when Gordie Herbert’s men displayed their best basketball; A 12-0 run allowed them to close the third quarter with a 12-point difference, an advantage that seemed sufficient if it weren’t for the determination shown by the Balkan team.
Pesic’s team, with an excellent Aleksa Avramovic (21), reduced the gap to just two points and at times knocked out a Germany in which only Schröder escaped falling into panic; His was the basket that, with 20 seconds left, calmed the nerves.
Point guard Marko Guduric could have changed his team’s destiny in the final moments, but he chose to pass the ball and lose it instead of taking the shot. Germany thus celebrated its first world title.
DATASHEET.
–RESULT: GERMANY, 83 – SERBIA, 77 (47-47 at halftime).
–EQUIPMENT.
ALEMANIA: Schröder (28), Obst (7), F.Wagner (19), Theis (2) and Voigtmann (12) –quinteto inicial–; Bonga (7), Giffey (-), Lô (-), Thiemann (-) and M. Wagner (8).
SERBIA: Bogdanovic (17), Dobric (-), N.Jovic (9), S.Jovic (2) y Milutinov (2) –quinteto inicial–; Avramovic (21), Davidovac (2), Guduric (4), Marinkovic (9) y Petrusev (10).
–PARTIALS: 23-26, 24-21, 22-10 and 14-20.
–REFEREES: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Omar Bermúdez (MEX) and Gatis Salins (LET).
–PAVILLION: Mall of Asia Arena.
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