DBB team without Benzing against Estonia and Poland

Like the injured Jonas Mattisseck (Alba Berlin) and Michael Kessens (Telekom Baskets Bonn), the 33-year-old will miss the games on June 30 in Estonia and three days later against Poland (both 6 p.m. / MagentaSport) in Bremen.

“I’ve been on the road with the DBB team every summer for 13 years, so I just need a break. I don’t have the regeneration my body needs now so I can go full throttle in the EuroBasket preparation,” said Benzing , who plays for Fortitudo Bologna in Italy. Bastian Doreth (medi Bayreuth) is ill, but may still be part of the squad.

National coach Gordon Herbert nominated Gavin Schilling (FC Bayern Munich), Len Adam Schoormann (Frankfurt Skyliners), Bennet Hundt (EWE Baskets Oldenburg) and Luc van Slooten (Basketball Löwen Braunschweig). The 16-man squad, which also includes NBA star Dennis Schröder, will start preparing on Friday in Frankfurt am Main. The DBB team has only lost one of four games so far and therefore has the best chance of a place in the next qualifying phase for the 2023 World Cup in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.