Remains “behind the claims”
German basketball players want to change hotel at EM
07.09.2025 – 9:19 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The German basketball team around Dennis Schröder inspires the fans at the European Championship. The team itself should be bothered by one point: the current accommodation.
The German basketball players continued at the European Championship. On Saturday, the team of coach Álex Mumbrú won 85:58 in the round of 16 against Portugal despite the initial difficulties. The team around captain Dennis Schröder inspires the fans. The team itself is also in a good mood – but one thing clouds the mood of the team something: the hotel.
The German basketball stars around Daniel Theis and Franz Wagner are housed in Riga in Latvia in the Radisson Park Inn Valdemara. But the enthusiasm for the accommodation is limited. As “Bild” reports, the team would like to change the hotel. Accordingly, the DBB team wants to move to the pull man, where the Serbian and the Turkish team is also housed.
A request from those responsible for the German Basketball Federation had already been deposited with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
Bayern professional Oscar da Silva already explained to the newspaper on Friday that the German basketball players complained about the accommodation: “We all found that it was a bit behind the requirements for an A-European Championship. But in the end we are here to play basketball and not to test hotels.” Johannes Thiemann said that they were “a little small”, but “everything was ok”.
According to “Bild”, there are other points outside the size of the room that would be negative. This includes the location of the hotel paired with the volume from outside. The Radisson Park Inn Valdemara is not centrally located, and according to the “Bild” window in the rooms, the food would not be open and the food is therefore not what the basketball players need to deliver maximum performance.