Cologne (SID) – Kenneth Ogbe from German basketball champion Alba Berlin tested positive for the corona virus before the national team met in Nuremberg and is absent from the World Cup qualifiers on Thursday in Nuremberg against Estonia (7 p.m.) and in Lublin against host Poland (Sunday / 8 p.m. / both MagentaSport).
At his premiere, the new national coach Gordon Herbert has to do without Alan Ibrahimagic, COVID-19 was also detected in the assistant coach. Philipp Herkenhoff from ratiopharm Ulm canceled at short notice for personal reasons, the Canadian Herbert nominated Fabian Bleck (Hakro Merlins Crailsheim) and Len Schoormann (Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt).
Bleck, Schoormann and Michael Kessens (Telekom Baskets Bonn) could make their debut in the international match window. “The focus, the attitude – I liked what the team showed in the first training session together. We had good first sessions,” said Herbert after the start.
