Nobody Could’ve Predicted This World Cup

The 2023 FIBA World Cup was an absolute wild ride! It was all about the unexpected - favorites crashing out early, underdogs stealing the spotlight with hidden gems, and nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat moments right until the epic grand final. Relive all of it in this video!
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[@domimimi42]

As a German my answers for both questions is GERMANY! 😀

[@loading4603]

Im Latvian, what do you think!!!

[@thomasmuller546]

Surprise : Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia. Remember : Germany winning, Canada beeing the cooler us team, crazy small countries playing in fiba and Luka needs to grow up. And this amazing channel of course 😉

[@Treadondeez]

Agreed 🤝

[@Tarquin2718]

Yes! 🙂

[@SheppiTSRodriguez]

greatest thing of the FWC was finding this channel. great coverage lads

[@The_Royal_Lobster]

true

[@BasketNews_com]

We appreciate it 🎉

[@markusgoekeler6394]

Absolutely

[@michelribbens8014]

Cosign this. Also big up for the podcast

[@nav7682]

Facts. Top tier content

[@maximayr9297]

As a german I cant't believe we won the world cup. I mean it's 4 years after we crashed out in the group stage. We only ever made a semifinal once and that was over 20 years ago. It feels so incredibly surreal that germany won

[@harderway8568]

Why not lol, you have a really formidable team, a serious coach, and the guys've been playing together for years now. I expected you to win the last Euro tho. Greetings from Serbia, you surely deserved this one.

[@user-xk9dl8xw8l]

In Italy someone thought you were winners, and personally I thought you were in the final, where anything can happen. Congratulations, nice basketball team

[@foxskyful]

"we" I didn't know that Germans are mostly black so incredibly surreal that germany won

[@peter_meyer]

@@foxskyful "you" would be surprised how diverse germany is. come visit.

[@ro7erdrache]

@@foxskyful where do u think all black people from the us originally come from? what a dumb comment.

[@user-hf8zv7qw4l]

Congratulations to Germany, Serbia and Canada! 🏀💖

[@k4yser]

Im genuinely surprised about the sportsmanship within the basketball community. So many Serbians are congratulating Germany. I guess I'm a little bit too accustomed to the nasty banter in football. This here is a breath of fresh air. It was a great final, both teams deserved it.

[@oOKomuiOo]

That's what I love about non mainstream sports. The love and respect by the fans!

[@WyldStallion-bs9oo]

In Basketball I think there is an appreciation for anybody who wins that is not the USA NBA team.

[@cCiIcCo]

As a Serbian living in Germany it was my dream final becoming true. I watched Germany last year against France in Cologne at the EuroBasket and I was positively surprised how well the Germans played against the French. Their energy as a team. I knew that the game against Germany would be very difficult for Serbia to win. The luck was on Germany's side and they absolutely deserved the win and the title. Congratulations to Germany and enjoy every moment.

[@zoomyhaxor]

germans had judges on their side

[@synchronic6000]

@@zoomyhaxorstop crying

[@soriba391]

@@zoomyhaxor their are no judges in Basketball lol

[@max.power89]

​@@zoomyhaxorHave all the propaganda media from your country already brought you so far that you believe every crap they write?

[@tomcoolman9422]

​@@zoomyhaxorits refs lol ! I ask you why in the finals was a ref from Latvia ???

[@1997Aki]

Congrats to Germany. Proud of my 🇷🇸

[@clar.wav1]

You can be proud! Congrats to Serbia!

[@jonasf1275]

This is huge for basketball in Germany.

[@brunocinins2740]

As a Latvian i'm disappointed you didn't bring up the 5th-6th place game! :) The Baltic derby if you will!

[@jobansbobans]

Thanks for saving time 😁 I wanted to see about Latvia here.

[@chris-2496]

And left out how Latvia beat 🇪🇸 (and together with 🇧🇷 w over 🇨🇦) gifted fans an exciting elimination match in 🇨🇦 v 🇪🇸

[@xabialonso5785]

Congrats to Germany on the win, thank you to this Serbia squad for their effort and performance throughout the tournament, and congrats to this channel for providing the best coverage of this world cup.

[@AirBender2]

False title, This guy predicted it accurately, too unreal 👇🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZuYZqlmqslkl5osi=8-OPv5iEMLiqq71o

[@evaroze]

Team Latvia made me so very proud and was also the greatest surprise.

[@zird_]

I’m just happy we got our Latvia v Lithuania match , too bad it wasn’t the full tournament finals

[@Seroxm13]

Also glad we had the USA vs Canada match! Best 1 of the tournament.

[@kuhieyei3855]

@@Seroxm13it should have been if a 14ppg scorer in the nba didnt just drop a 40 piece on these so called “future” of the nba. Wannabe superstars just got clamped by Dillon lol

[@louisdittfeld260]

Germany had me standing every second half bro these games where crazy……

[@catyhell724]

We germans are incredibly proud of our team and to make a lot people understand this all the players have gone to the german youth development systems in there clubs. That was changed 15- 10 years ago Franz Mo wanger, obst , schröder theis, Bonga , voigtmann, Giffey and the others they showed as the first team of the new system rhat the way to go for us we so happy they worked so hart ❤ Thanks serbia for this incredible game it was absult delightful to watch ❤ Hopefully we see more fiar games between us 🥰 lets ball together

[@JJSideshowBob]

That Bridges 3 to take it to OT is the craziest thing I have seen in the whole tournament. Say what you want about the US team but they were not boring

[@DatBoiGloomy]

As a Canadian we aren’t as exposed to Fiba, Euroleague or EuroBasket. Im glad to have found this channel cus im more in tune with basketball on an global level, not just North America.

[@andreasgreek312]

Brother do yourself a favor a go watch highlights from the official FIBA channel. Search for Basketball Champions league games. The commentator(s) will make you laugh for hours!! They have this crazy guy who shouts completely irrelevant things, based on the country of the competing teams. Whenever my Greek team scored, he would shout things like, "Oh yes baby! It 's tzatziki and gyros time baby!!"

[@BasketNews_com]

That's the goal of this channel. Welcome!

[@grammills]

As a Canadian basketball fan this World Cup was such a fun time. Best basketball I have seen in a while and seeing just how much the game and talent has grown around the world was a treat. Looking at following the EuroLeague in the upcoming season and was wondering if you have any plans to do a team breakdown for the upcoming season? Love the channel and the work you do!

[@emmanuelmondesir]

WE GOT A MEDAL

[@TheDendra7]

Basketball has been great in Europe for decades. The Americans just have their heads stuck up their asses. They barely gave Petrovic a chance and he's one of the greatest shooters ever. The same for Sarbonis who only came to the NBA when he was old and injured and still played well. It's not like the EU basketball scene was in Stone Age. This is where fundamental basketball is played, not the circus show like across the pond.

[@SingeNS]

This channel follows everything Euroleague-related to the extreme detail. I'm not exactly sure about the team breakdown for the upcoming season, but you can expect the deep and professional coverage from these guys. I've been following them for a while now, and they never disappoint.

[@BasketNews_com]

We will have a video previewing the upcoming Euroleague season. We may also do some breakdowns on certain teams, but as @SingeNS said, we'll be following the EuroLeague closely again 👌

[@andrewsandoval1383]

I'll tip my hats to the hosts who did a great job organzing 🇯🇵🇲🇨🇵🇭. Watching the games at the Mall of Asia Arena live was pretty fun. Definitely the highlight for me is watching lithuania beat team usa live. Looking forward to the Euroleague coverage. I just need to find someplace to watch it here in the Philippines 😅

[@csrealtube]

I just wanted to leave a big thank you from Germany to you guys from Lithuania! I was following your Euroleague content for a while and I love it that you really dig deep into European basketball! Your coverage of the World Cup was even on the next level! Great to have such an amazing European Basketball Family! You´ve become my favorite Basketball channel!

[@yoshimeier3060]

So awesome, that Porzingis was in town even though he couldnt play.

[@emilsa488]

Thank God you did not embarrass yourself mentioning the game between Latvia and Lithuania :D

[@willclaassen882]

thanks for showing that last clip of Brooks, he plays the villain on the court but he's really a great guy outside of basketball. Respect from Canada

[@cema9451]

This channel is truly a gem. I like the narrative and deep but easily understandable analysis. Surely it's going to gather lovely basketball comunity. Great work, guys! Massive congratulations from Serbia to Germany, well deserved title, but I'd like to congratulate every team for being a part of this tournament. We all share the same love for this beautiful game.

[@BasketNews_com]

Thank you!

[@ggwpnabteam]

Why are you not even mentioning the Latvia vs Spain game ? Latvia upsetting the reigning Champs seems more important than some of the other games you talked about

[@LukasSRR]

Spain is washed. Without american Lorenzo Brown they’re not contenders for medals

[@BasketNews_com]

Actually just realised how I literally had it noted down as the game to include and must've somehow missed it while editing! That's a shame 🤦‍♂

[@MrHitessh]

This is such a great Roundup of the World Cup. The video that this tournament deserved. Also, discovering your channel has been one of the best parts of following this FIBA WC. Love from India✨

[@ayidonno]

An Indian who watches basketball? No way😂

[@BasketNews_com]

@@ayidonno Haha. Amazing, welcome!

[@karstenbursak8083]

Boy, I bet Austin Reaves bites his ass that he rejected the invitation to play for Germany 😂😂😂

[@ZA-MunZeStyle]

And ☝️MORE THING !!! SERBIA - LITHUANIA It may not be a European classic. IT IS THE BIGGEST EUROPEAN CLASSIC IN BASKETBALL IN EUROPE. Both nations see basketball as a national sport, both nations have their own recognizable school of basketball (along with the Americans, they are the only 3 schools of basketball in the world. All the others arose from those 3 schools) It's the derby of European basketball. I know for A fact, that Belgrade clubs really appreciate Žalgiris. They are 2 POWERHOUSES IN EUROPEAN BASKETBALL All in all, AS USUAL GREAT VIDEO AND AS USUAL THUMBS UP FROM ME

[@yellowwasprakija2869]

For me I hope neither country starts to bring in naturalised players, it would reduce the prestige

[@dannymoyseh4835]

Was really rooting for Latvia all tournament, they really could have went on to win it all if bertans hits that 3 in the last 3 seconds against germany

[@kentabata166]

Easily the best coverage of the tournament. Thanks from Canada. Will watch to see if you cover NBA, OKC.

[@BasketNews_com]

We do focus on international basketball during summers & more EuroLeague action throughout the season, but you'll see NBA content in our URBONUS podcasts, breakdowns & special videos 🤙

[@niccogans]

This has been an amazing tournament. First time I really got into international basketball, before I just usually watch some highlights. This channel's coverage really elevated the FIBA experience. Kudos!

[@MrLowbob]

had watched nba with my dad when I was a kid, then didn't care for basketball at all for over 15 years and now my country won and I found this channel when fiba groups just finished and had a lot of fun watching all the highlights here. looks like I should start watching some basketball again ;D

[@chariza13]

overall it was a great fiba world cup i enjoyed watching all the games. i stopped watching local basketball and nba.. but with this fiba,.I was interested again. also my favorite team was serbia.

[@neiljoebertsenanin7945]

Best World Cup ever. In terms of competitiveness, this year's tournament showed how much basketball has grown on a global stage. Unpredictability and quality at its finest. Asia and Africa have some catching up to do, though, but Japan and South Sudan showed we're on the right track.

[@adamiafrate3434]

Great recap. Thanks from 🇨🇦

[@marisolflandez3964]

Thanks for your videos, it was my go to channel for this FIBA tournament. And on the Philippine coach, lessons learned for Philippine team to take the selection of players and coaching staff to the highest level bec this sport is very much loved here and we deserve only the best.

[@michaelloswijk8873]

This has been a world tournament like no other. Whatever was your preference it was there Drama, excitement and above all quality basketball. You were able to put this all together for the neutral fan. hats of to you and your colleagues!!

[@HerrWilhelm1]

I keep watching this video. I loved this world cup aswell as this channel. Great stuff. Greetings from Chile.

[@RiccieP]

The MVP of KZbin is you. Congratulions from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@SSingh-nc8hb]

Love your channel and watched about 90% of all the games. I cannot tell you how much joy and happiness I feel being German and having had taken my nephew of under 3 years to one preparation game of team Germany. We both witnessed history in the making. And talking about history, I love that in this video you use mac Miller instrumentals. 5 year anniversary of his demise :( may he rest in peace

[@Jonteponte71]

Thanks for great coverage and commentary of the world cup. Very professional! I might even tune in a bit for the Euroleague season now when Kemba is playing :)

[@thedude9859]

You guys did amazing. Subscribed for sure

[@anthonypalo8191]

We need a World Cup every year!😆 that tournament was so exciting!😃😄🏀🔥

[@MamboGimbobili]

Loved your coverage of the tourney, I watched every video. Keep it up!

[@michelseifert5712]

as a german i went into the worldcup hoping for gold from the get go. last year just spain was better, and lorenzo brown did everything for them. in abu dhabi we saw that we could beat USA and canada so it was on our team to grind through the hard match ups. but if you saw last years Euro Basket, you are not surprised by germany winning it all 🗺🏆

[@evanhibbs676]

Thank you guys so much! Love FIBA basketball

[@FA-fe4ij]

Great summary. Thank you for your work.

[@RampartPh]

Fiba outdid itself w/ a fantastic world cup event. Kudos to the hosts!

[@catholicline1]

Thank you. That's a great recap and summary.

[@paoloanota5447]

Amazing summary! Thanks for this!

[@Its_Only_Money]

The greatest breakdown of all time

[@BasketNews_com]

🐐

[@baberlina]

great work, love it!

[@MrHoEHenry]

Just wanted to appreciate the video. Very well made. Liked and subscribed!

[@funkonede]

Thx, great footage

[@pauls2073]

You guys are doing a great job. This is my favortite youtube channel. Thanks for the great work. I play on a professional level and I have to say you are doing a good job with your coverage of the euroleague and the fiba tournaments! I appreciate you

[@BasketNews_com]

Thank you!

[@nigelhill74]

Great report. Thanks! International basketball has improved so much in the last 20 years. So many good players and teams

[@Apple2-ux8uo]

Congratulations to all the teams involved. It is great seeing the progress all the teams worldwide have taken over the decades. Truly it is gearing closer to being an international sport and a good companion to the football World Cup. The Americans tried hard and let’s remember these are multimillionaires who took time in their summer to represent their country out of patriotism.

[@drewainge1059]

Great recap!

[@jayyou6803]

Nice video as always❤️💪🏼

[@xb30469]

Thank you for the work. Top

[@tobiwie]

Insane coverage!! :)

[@giorgosamarantos961]

Great job!! Love from Greece

[@RobertLewis85]

You guys have covered this tournament super well. Thanks for all the great content and hard work, I'm a big fan of your channel.

[@BasketNews_com]

Thank you!

[@tookindthedancingjedi]

Very nice coverage from you guys! Big ups! ❤

[@BasketNews_com]

Thank you 🧡

[@tastysubs5756]

Great job basket news! hope you grow fast, well deserved for premium content! keep it up

[@RobertLewis85]

Awesome channel but too hard on Luka sometimes :)

[@BasketNews_com]

​@@RobertLewis85 [Agnius] I'm not sure if that's what you'd think if you typed "basketnews Luka" in a search😅

[@VKS15]

Once again great work by you guys during the wc

[@fabianm.7404]

Thanks for the coverage bros 🎉 Enjoyed every single video 💯

[@BasketNews_com]

Our pleasure!

[@fabianm.7404]

@@BasketNews_com🤜🤛

[@AirBender2]

​@@BasketNews_comfalse title, This guy predicted it accurately, too unreal 👇🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZuYZqlmqslkl5osi=8-OPv5iEMLiqq71o

[@_TruthSpoken]

Fantastic work you did with this FIBA WC2023 summary. Liked and Shared! ❤👍

[@BasketNews_com]

Welcome! 🧡

[@jamescastro2623]

Great Recap

[@larchinger]

You definitely got my sub for that awesome coverage from you! Greetings from the World Champions Germany ❤️

[@BasketNews_com]

Welcome!

[@CSharp__]

thanks for recapping the world cup! been a pleasure watching, yall are great

[@BasketNews_com]

Thanks!

[@happymadison9832]

This video analysis is really well made 👏

[@kingq4113]

This channel is like my new fave because of fiba! Great work boys!

[@torstenhelmbrecht7771]

brilliant coverage 😀 subsribed

[@BvBTravis]

Thanks, man. I only watched the german games, but i missed out on some key moments. Next WC i def need to watch more games

[@Chr010]

Hey mate!! It's such a great video to just enjoy the whole FiBa-world cup again, I really enjoyed the ride! As a German I still think it's ridiculous to see our squad as World Champions, but I'm really happy of course. Germany vs. Lithuania would have been my dream final, but it shouldn't have been (yet?), though you definitely got a new sub. Looing forward to other content in the future. Otherwise the Olympics are coming next year, that will be a Basketball festival again!

[@TheLazyP]

many thanks for the great coverage during the tournament. Loved it. When you predicted Germany as a contender before the tournament i did'nt buy it at first, i only saw them among the last 8. As we all know you were right, keep up the good work! Greetings from Germany.

[@TheSylfaein]

Good recap. 👍

[@jamesevangelista6460]

Watching this tournament live here in Manila was a joy to watch. I'll never forget these moments. Hope my fellow Filipinos change their perspective of the game after this tournament.

[@defnotsmoj6760]

What a tournament. Very entertaining to watch!

[@spencedoge]

Great summary! I think you captured the tournament well in a video less than 30 mins!

[@BasketNews_com]

Thank you!

[@780hoops]

Bro great segment salute from 🇨🇦

[@riccardodepieri4582]

Amazing recap

[@brokencardealer]

Thanks for covering the World Cup, great job buddy.

[@BasketNews_com]

It was a team effort! Thanks ❤

[@semjonbart5371]

Dude I made so much money betting on Germany every game. For me it was obvious that they their time has come to win it.

[@odysseassimeonidis7842]

They were one shot away from elimination with Latvia tho

[@borjanvasiljevic3743]

@@odysseassimeonidis7842 and with serbia in the final too

[@esteb6544]

Awesome job guys! Cheers from Denmark 🇩🇰!

[@BLINDIAN1995]

The competition is getting better every year and I'm here for it

[@Irfanhill]

These guys literally posted a video 2 weeks ago saying Germany was a dark horse favorite of them, and they humbly say it was impossible to predict!

[@Ivander85]

Nice recap!

[@MrYusu-jg2if]

Best Basketball Channel Ever.

[@samu.chantre]

Greetings from CABO VERDE ISLANDS🤩🤩🤩 Great Job! Btw I am a Cousin of 2 of CV Players that were on FIBA Cup. Also since Years I am a BIG Fan of Lithuania Basketball because the way you Play the Game. Keep Up the Good Work😀

[@yellowwasprakija2869]

Great tournament round up. Well done to Germany from Serbia 🇷🇸

[@clintstewart5545]

how you guys in Serbia felt about jokic rather stay home resting then play the world cup ? with him you guys probably would have won it ...

[@Sizdothyx]

I predicted US to finish with a bronze, but I can honestly say that was my only prediction for this tournament. I definitely didn't see Germany reaching the Final, never mind winning it.

[@riesenzwerg3644]

Your channel is incredible

[@hamsome9511]

A lot of stuff happened during this tournament like it's a soap opera or like a series in netflix.

[@paskeviciusss]

"Obst, he did it again" LOL this is the winner, sir u get gold

[@gj1234567899999]

I’m just glad Philippines beat China 😂

[@noduj]

It was a really nice tournament, worldcup is always special and great to advertise basketball in football countries.

[@svedka00]

Awesome video

[@jeyyou6160]

Awsome video :)

[@joeyveloso]

antman with the goat scream lmao

[@tiusernamenabalw]

Great job as always. You are the channel the European and global basketball needed!

[@BasketNews_com]

Thank you!