Alba’s national player Johannes Thiemann can now prepare for Georgia Photo: picture alliance/ Veso Moilanen
From BZ/dpa
Georgia is the German opponent in the intermediate round of the Basketball World Cup in Asia.
With a clear 70:59 (42:23) against Venezuela on Wednesday, the team conquered their second victory in the preliminary round and can no longer be pushed out of one of the first two places.
Whether it is for the team of national coaches Gordon Herbert on Friday or Sunday against the Georgians will only be decided with the game of former European champions Slovenia against Cape Verde (1.30 p.m.).
At the home European Championship 2022, Germany also met Slovenia in the group phase. At that time, Slovenia won thanks to superstar Luca Doncic. He made 36 points and ten rebounds. Berlin’s Franz Wagner only got eight points Photo: picture alliance/ Eibner Presse
Slovenia would have to lose to the underdogs by 24 points or more to be eliminated. With an expected victory of the team of star players Luka Doncic the Slovenians, like Germany, would go into the second round with three wins.
In this case, Germany would play Georgia on Friday and Slovenia on Sunday to conclude the main round. Only the top two teams make it to the finals in Manila.