The German basketball players defended their lead in the World Cup qualifiers.
The reorganized team of national coach Gordon Herbert defeated outsiders Sweden in Frankfurt am Main thanks to a solid team performance with 73:66 (40:31) and celebrated their ninth victory in eleven games in group J.
The best DBB throwers in the absence of many stars like Dennis Schröder were David Kramer (13 points), Karim Jallow (11) and Leon Kramer (10).
Since the European Championship third has already qualified early for the World Cup in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines (25 August to 10 September), the current course is all about talent development.
With Jason George, Jonas Richter and Nelson Weidemann from Chemnitz, three players celebrated their debut in front of 5000 spectators. On Monday (5:30 p.m. / MagentaSport) the duel with the Finns, who have the same number of points, awaits at the end.