Knee problems
Injury shock: EM-out for German basketball players
Updated on 03.09.2025 – 7:24 pmReading time: 1 min.
For a long time, the German basketball players hoped for a return of Johannes Voigtmann. Now it is clear: he will miss the rest of the European Championship.
The German basketball players have to contest the further European Championship without key player Johannes Voigtmann. The 32 -year -old center has to be operated on due to knee problems and cannot return to the German team, as the German Basketball Bund (DBB) announced after the 120: 57 against Great Britain.
Voigtmann had left the delegation in Tampere in Finnish on Sunday to undergo further investigations in Munich. The return of the co-captain for this Tuesday was actually planned-but nothing will become of it. For the last preliminary round game against host Finland this Wednesday (7.30 p.m./Magentasport and RTL), the failure should be cope with in view of the qualification that has already been made.
But in the KO phase, voigtmann will be missing. The professional of Bayern Munich Was part of the Bronze team from 2022 and part of the 2023 world champion selection-in addition to captain Dennis Schröder, he also sits in the team council for several years.
Germany will contest its round of 16 in the Latvian Riga on Saturday. Opponents and the start of the game are still open. The quarterfinals follow on Tuesday and Wednesday, the semi -finals on Friday. On September 14th (Sunday) the final will take place in the Latvian capital. After four clear victories, Germany is in the preliminary round alongside Serbia the top favorite on gold.