For the aspiring German basketball players, the games in the European Championship qualification are primarily an important location determination with regard to the home European championships in Hamburg. With Luisa Geiselsöder, another national player is on the go to the US Profiliga WNBA.
The German basketball players continue to rely on their good team spirit-also with the upcoming, sporty actually meaningless games in the qualification for EM, in which the DBB women as co-hosts have their ticket. “The family is back together“, said Luisa Geiselsöder at the Magenta Sport Podcast.
At the games in Italy on Thursday evening (8.30 p.m.) and on Sunday (3:45 p.m.) in Greece, the team will compete with almost a complete line -up. Only Satou Sabally, who is currently during the WNBA break in the new 3×3 league “Unrivaled“It is not there. 3×3 Olympic champion Marie Reichert, who plays in the large field in the Italian league near Faenza, suffered a serious knee injury shortly before the international break.
Otherwise, national coach Lisa Thomaidis are available to all top performers, led by the two WNBA champions Leonie Fiebich and Nyara Sabally.
Luisa Geiselsöder on the go to the WNBA
Luisa Geiselsöder is the next German basketball player, who is on the go to the US Profiliga. The 24-year-old received an invitation from the Dallas Wings for the Traing Camps before the new season, and has the chance to get a permanent place in the squad. The franchise from Dallas had already secured the rights for an obligation at the Draft in 2020, Geiselsöder is currently playing at the French Euroleague club Basket Land And there is one of the top performers. The extremely diverse center player is also indispensable for the DBB team.
In the European Championship qualification group with the other European Championship or judges Greece, the Czech Republic and Italy, Germany is currently in second place with three wins and one defeat. In November, at the last international play window so far, the DBB women had hit Greece and the Czech Republic, at that time without Sabally and Fiebich, who had recently won the WNBA title with New York Liberty. The only bankruptcy was against the Italians in Hamburg in late 2023.
National coach Thomaidis: “Very good Location provisions “
“We are able to reach first place in our group on our own. To do this, we have to perform well against these teams“, said national coach Lisa Thomaidis. The games are also”very good location provisions“, said the Canadian.
Apart from the possible group victory, victories in the qualification also count for the world rankings and thus for the seed lists at the upcoming major events. The international play window is “excellent preparation for the Eurobasket in summer,” said the national coach. In the focus is on “the development of the players and the entire team with regard to the summer”.
EM preliminary round in June in Hamburg, World Cup 2026 in Berlin
The German team will play the preliminary round games at the European Championship (June 18 to 29) in Hamburg. It is the chance to continue to attract more attention, after the first appearance at the Olympic Games and some respect for respect, including the victory against European champion Belgium and the move into the quarter -finals. However, the view continues into the coming year, then the World Championship will take place in Berlin.