The German national basketball team defeated the US national team 113-111 with a score of 113-111 in the World Cup semi-finals in Manila, Philippines.
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The top scorers of the match were the German Andreas Obst and the American Anthony Edwards, with 23 points each.
In the final, the German team will face the Serbs. Earlier, the Serbian national team defeated the Canadians in the semi-final (95-86). The final and third place match will take place on September 10.
The German national team reached the World Cup final for the first time. Previously, the best achievement of German basketball players was third place in 2002.
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup was previously called the world championships. The most successful teams are the United States and Serbia, winning the tournament five times each. The reigning winner of the World Cup is the Spanish team, which in the final of the 2019 tournament beat the Argentine national team 95-75. The Russian national team was twice the silver medalist of the tournament (1994, 1998).
On March 1, 2022, FIBA temporarily suspended Russian and Belarusian teams and clubs from participation in competitions under the auspices of the organization due to the situation in Ukraine. National teams were excluded from participation in the World Cup qualifying tournament.
GFF with TASS
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