Qualification in Montenegro: Dominant world champion: Basketball players can plan for EM

A strong basketball world champion Germany has removed the doubts about a successful qualification and can plan for the European Championship this summer. The dominant 95:76 (50:38) success in Podgorica against host Montenegro brought the team of national coach Alex Mumbru the important third victory and thus the lead. After tight defeats in Bulgaria (62:67) and Sweden (72:73), the basketball players still achieved an away win in the preliminary round.

Because Bulgaria won 81:77 after extra time against Sweden, the German team is still not 100 percent safe. On Sunday (5:30 p.m./Magenta Sport) Germany welcomes Bulgaria in Bamberg to qualify.

At the European Championships in the Favorite Circle

In the event of a simultaneous success of Sweden against Montenegro, Germany would have to lose at least 68 points difference so that a subsequent four -man comparison the German team can lead to fourth place. It is a utopian scenario.

Among other things, six Manila world champions for the strong Johannes Thiemann (16 points, six rebounds) ensured that the guests in the loudly Moraca Sports Center of Podgorica never seriously got into trouble. In addition to defending champion Spain and Serbia, the German team, which is then likely to count on captain Dennis Schröder and NBA-Jungstar Franz Wagner, will be one of the favorites at the European Championship (August 27 to September 14).

The tournament is played in Riga (Latvia), Katowitz (Poland), Tampere (Finland) and Limassol (Cyprus). All four locations organize a preliminary round group, the final round rises in Riga. At the draw on March 27th will show up which opponents the Spaniard Mumbru’s team could do in summer.

Unlike in the other qualification windows, Mumbru was able to build on a real top squad this time. The Bayern trio Justus Hollatz, Andreas Obst and Johannes Voigtmann was as well as Thiemann, who traveled from his club from Japan.

Strong German offensive

All four professionals were part of the gold team, which sensationally defeated the USA at the World Cup in the summer of 2023. On Sunday (5:30 p.m./Magenta Sport), Daniel Theis, who switched from NBA to AS Monaco these days, is also expected in Bamberg. Schröder and Wagner are not present in North America due to the current season. Moritz Wagner fails for months and will not be there at the European Championship.

The German offensive in particular ran smoothly. Hollatz and Ulm’s playmaker Nelson Weidann conducted the team, at halftime the team had a hit rate of 50 percent. The class of Voigtmann, Thiemann and returnee Tibor Pleiß was particularly noticeable on the board. Mumbru was able to take his key players off the field because the decision had been made so early. All twelve German professionals scored points.