The furious success of German basketball players was a minor for Dennis Schröder. Germany’s captain reported after the sovereign 107: 88 on Saturday against Lithuania at the European Championship in the Finnish tampere of racist hostility in the form of monkey noises.
“You can insult me, you can do everything”said Schröder after the game in the Sportschau interview. “But to make monkeys – that’s one thing that I don’t accept. Racism just doesn’t belong to this sport.” Schröder had perceived the sounds from the audience to the cabin.
Schröder seemed personally offended and acidic – the actually famous afternoon with spectacular basketball of the world champion was massively clouded by the abuse. Schröder was the best DBB scorer with 26 points.
People identified and thrown out of the hall
According to the German Basketball Bund (DBB), two people who were then thrown out of the arena in tampere were identified using the German coaching team. As the Fiba later announced in the afternoon, a suspect was excluded from further EM game visits.
“After an immediate review, the arena security service identified the person based on video recordings. The person was prohibited from visiting all other games of the Eurobasket 2025“, it was said from the World Basketball Association in a message. According to the authorities, Fiba said that”Relevant film material and the information provided“. The association also announced that you contact the Lithuanian team delegation,”to inform you about the situation and to support the efforts to prevent similar incidents in future games“, it said.
DBB President Weiss: “In no way acceptable”
“This is in no way acceptable for us”, Commented DBB President Ingo Weiss the incidents: “There is something like that anywhere and certainly not in colorful, diverse and open basketball. We are full of behind Dennis, can understand his great dismay and will intervene sustainably with the organizer that such events no longer happen here.”
At the press conference after the game, Germany’s coach Alan Ibrahimagic also commented on the topic. “I noticed that Dennis was very excited“, says Ibrahimagic, who represents the sick national coach Alex Mumbrú on the sidelines. “Such things have no place here. We hope that this can be laid and solved, such people have to be thrown out. “
“I didn’t notice it, but we support Dennis“, said teammate Isaac Bonga:”This is a thing in basketball that we don’t want.“