This Germany Team Is Just Starting Its Dominance...

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[@Smido83]

Suprised? Oh yeah. I thought the direct Olympia qualification would be a huge success. Winning the title? I didnt even dream about it.

[@bastianoswald3734]

Definetly not !!! I'm not surprised. It was the time and i felt it after talking to a few of the guys in Hamburg.

[@yancedoomer9384]

I started playing basketball in Germany more than 40 years ago. Sentences like "Germany beats Serbia" or "Germany wins against the USA", and likewise "Germany is basketball world champion" have only been formulated as utopia and wishful thinking in all these decades. As good as the current team obviously is, I could only believe in the title when it was realised.

[@Iastmic]

FIFA World Cup basketball is cute, but it’s just an exhibition games to the US and they will bring their top players to next year’s Olympic Games to show the superior basketball team in the world WATCH OUT WORLD 🏆🥇🇺🇸

[@tommywong3147]

​@@IastmicI wouldn't bet on US winning

[@charlesspencer6339]

As a Serbian fan who found the game very very painful, I have to congratulate the German team on a well deserved gold! Lets not kid ourself, you have to beat team USA for the gold to shine!

[@piepflitze788]

i think its a very well deserved world cup win if you went 8-0 in the tournament and beat USA in the semis, BUT Serbia could have beaten Germany in the final and it would be well deserved too. The final itself was a big win for everybody no matter the result

[@Sayu277]

It was a damn good match! Both Team were in that final for a reason 🎉.

[@kaizenpsy8259]

But great game from Serbia as well, both teams would have deserved it

[@dunningkruger5823]

Brother, at risk of sounding too negative, I doubt you would have said this if Serbia had won. Regardless, congratulations to your country for their achievement. Serbia is truly a sporting nation.

[@Turas.]

The refs were dreadful

[@AP-of4gc]

As someone who grew up in germany i can tell this is all the conclusion of dirk nowitzkis sacrifice for the development of the sport of basketball in germany. All of the players from the wc team grew up in the early 2000 seeing that tall blonde guy playing some unusual sport somewhere over there in the US. He really made basketball cool in germany, put his money and the money of his sponsors into the infrastructure in german basketball and showed up for the sport with his face and name! Big congrats to Dirk for this championship-title too. Well done

[@paranoidflow1337]

The most important person is the coach. He built a team that sticks together no matter what happens. Plus his insane tactic knowledge and his ability to let everyone in the team know that he is really important, no matter how many minutes he gets. Great human being, great coach ❤️

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

I agree with you. Gordon Herbert did an incredible job here. I mentioned that in the breakdown about Germany during the World Cup too. He’s amazing

[@sp9459]

He probably gets to be coach of the year and Schröder player of the year in Germany

[@KingHalik]

While hes certainly very important the piece that was making everything possible is hands down dennis Schröder. GER wouldn't be anywhere near the World Cup without him.

[@Molloy_der_Eckensteher]

@@KingHalik also true... in the end i would say the very professional and long term vision of the team structure of that decade designed by Coach Herbert and his fundamental entitlement of Dennis Schröder as the clear leader of the team is the key... Herbert put Dennis in a highly responsible position where he had to grow to fill it out and push himself and his teammates to that success. and to be fair... Dennis somehow needed this respectfull push to realize his own responsibility. and i guess that this process of maturing of Dennis was not free of conflicts and some noise (regarding nomination of Kleber and Schröders exceeding of competence for example). To be respected is what Dennis always asked for and he totally deserves it to the fullest. MVP!!!

[@KingHalik]

well said@@Molloy_der_Eckensteher

[@themostrandom8424]

Serbia fought well but Germany's size is too much imo. Bonga I think makes the difference, his defense and effort is huge even in game against US. He stands out the most to me and I think this should be credit to the coach.

[@ChoongaLoonga]

We needed at leat lucic/kalinic to counter Framz Wagner,Jovic Stefan is not Adam Hanga,who has really long hands

[@tomcoolman9422]

You forget Obst , Thiemann, Voigtmann, Lo , of course the Wagner brothers, Theis and of course Dennis Schröder and the rest of the team next to Bonga !

[@MS-qj3lk]

Agreed! Bongas defence was incredible.

[@l.f.h.967]

The serbians gave us such a hard time. I was sweating at all times on my seat. It really could have gone either way. What a final match 🇩🇪❤🇷🇸

[@AlexCovic1]

Congratulations on a well deserved victory, your team played a great game. Next time we meet hopefully we’ll have another joker in our deck 🃏

[@stefan2serb]

Finally a German who isn’t delusionally claiming it was some supreme show of dominance and that Germany are unstoppable. You guys deserved to win but it was a one possession game with 48 seconds left. Appreciate your honesty and I look forward to us playing Germany again, maybe this time with Jokic.

[@maxiellevillegas1388]

Congrats to the German Giants!! still, salute to the Balkan Warriors.. thank you for a beautiful display of basketball here in our humble country, the Philippines.. may God be with you all always!!!

[@finnsaunders4789]

All the NBA players acting tough towards Noah Lyles about him calling out their self-aggrandizing BS by calling themselves "World Champs," should've gone to the actual tournament where that title is given, the World Cup, to prevent this Team USA embarrassment. Not Instagram.

[@zachdawson6052]

Bro you know the best nba team also has non American players?

[@benjespina]

This.

[@hinrei1986]

As if all their local NBA "Stars" or "Best Players" are willing to join the national team in this World Cup.

[@shadysif6220]

Except FIBA only qualifies for teams for the 2024 Olympics. So much for the real world champs 😂

[@falibaba]

@@shadysif6220you don’t understand these tournaments imo.

[@Smido83]

As a german basketball fan who follows the sport for way over 2 decades, this was the best day ever. This team deserved it. Right now I am just happy. But I have nothing but respect for the Serbian team. They had to overcome a lot during this tournament. And if I think about all the missing pieces... Jokic, Micic, Lucic, Teodosic, Kalinic, Pokusevski just to name a view... I really hope we do not play them next summer at full strengh. At least not untill the Finals. 😉😁

[@ChoongaLoonga]

For this match kalinic or lucic were only missing to counter wagner

[@Smido83]

​@@ChoongaLoongaYou think Jokic in the post against Voigtmann instead of Milutinov wouldnt have helped? Or Micic to provide additional perimeter offense while Bogdanovic was taken out of the game by Schröder?

[@ChoongaLoonga]

@@Smido83 no pesic made mistake by not Letting Petrusev play entire 3rd,since he was better than milu.Milu and Voigtman were teammates from CSKA and i knew he was gonna lock Milu,while Petrusev made problems form german centers theis,voigtman and mo.

[@ChoongaLoonga]

@@Smido83 micic and jokic have negatove impact on team and bad chemistry micic and guduric are gravedigger of our NT,lucic and kalinic were the only once missimg and Smajlagic

[@miloradjanjic4660]

@@Smido83 U have help from the judges in key moments just as it was necessary for us not to go 10+. But in the end, we had our chance and didn't use it so I can say that this was fair enough. See ya next year at the Olimpic game with our full squad.

[@sp9459]

I cried for minutes 🥹 as a German basketball fan it was unbelievable… this is our best team ever, I hope they get to play on the same formation at Olympia and have to chance to win another medal (it would be the 3rd medal in 3 years 🤯) So proud 🙏🏼🇩🇪

[@Fr3digs]

As a polish fan of Basketball I'm impressed by those 2 teams. Especially Germany. For winning against the US and Serbia. Great team work and tactics.

[@TekWolfie]

@@user-fv2tk8dz2hdon't project USA and Serbian self made problems on Germany. It's not their fault some players didn't bother to show up. I also would not compare German and Slovenian achievements. Slovenia won due to leadership of Goran Dragič in his last years as a pro of quality and a very strong center in his last international year. They have no such leadership now (Dončič is not it, too immature ) and a distinct lack of big players. Germany on the other hand has their main people either in their prime or very young. They will be strong for years to come. As long as they remain as committed and hustle as much as they did in this tournament they can beat anybody.

[@tempniggi]

And also australia btw

[@tomcoolman9422]

​@@user-fv2tk8dz2hexcuses and excuses except the loss , Germany was better !

[@mytwocents2817]

So that´s germanys fault? It was their problem and still this had to be proofen on the court at the time when it happend. Football championship 1974 netherlands where the clear better team not only on paper also on the field they where in the lead and began to play condescending and started to mock the germans. The end result is in the history books netherlands was still clear the better team but germany scored two goals and won because they where taken by their pride and fought with every man for every ball. To say a game is decided by just looking on the paper is easy you still have to accomplish.@@user-fv2tk8dz2h

[@lessssssgooooo]

People overlook Bongas Defence his blocks saved Germany a lot of times

[@Mr.Curiosity89]

Dude is making 4 fouls in attack, then score and judges just watch.

[@lessssssgooooo]

@@Mr.Curiosity89 found the salty serb be happy your players didnt got penalties for flopping you bum

[@SmiiQ]

Noone forgets anything. It is a teamplay, and like all the others, he was great.

[@GermanSubliminal777]

!!!

[@TheDocMasi]

They just deserved it. 8-0 run in the tournament and truely the most balanced team.❤

[@tomcoolman9422]

Thank you!😊

[@JohnBrown-dg4cm]

I've always believed in them, I predicted their win last June and never been so proud of this team. Congrats guys, you made HISTORY! 🏀🇩🇪

[@MrSheduur]

Coach Herbert was the main thing that made the difference. He holds the attention of the guys and has their respect because he is a fair person who gives everyone their respect too, but also holds everyone accountable. His calm demeanour and way of letting his words sink in, seems to keep the players focused on the basic things they want to achieve. Without him, this group would have probably faltered alot more in close games, like they used to in the past. But they have shown so much growth in such a small period of time already, I can only look to the future with the anticipation of great things. The olympics are coming up, and tbh I am not afraid of facing a team USA allstar roster with this group of players and their excellent coaching staff.

[@AleksandarGospic]

On paper this German team sounded much better to me than it was predicted by betting companies before the tournament. But I definitely wouldn't bet they would go all the way. I'm impressed how they played through the entire tournament, what a great team with great size. Dennis was a menace, but Franz Wagner is just fantastic. He is soon going to be mentioned among the best players in the World! Well deserved gold! 🏅🏆

[@mandibiedermann2246]

Also Mo Wagner, Theis, Voitgmann, Thiemann, Bonga players with strong heart and team spirit

[@JörgBauch]

I am not a huge expert in basketball. But the matches were very thrilling. And i can understand why so many people likes basketball. Its a very fast game, and all matches are intense. The Best Thing is, that Dennis Schröder is so good and the leader of the germany team, even he has not the normal size of a basketball player. I like him. He is a great guy with a big personality.

[@mara680]

❤🏀🇩🇪 Last year seeing this german basketball Team live in Berlin almost destroying Greece and Giannis in QFs of European Championchips, i knew there is something big coming up when adding Mo and Isaack to them. And now my fucking dream came true. Big Props to Serbia, thx for this wonderful game❤🇷🇸. I am a baller4life. I wanted this since i saw MJ at age of 9 on TV. I was 13 when germany was a miraculous European Champion just because of god Pesic. In youth-basketball my own Team played against Würzburg with Nowitzki and Greene, when we all were around 16. Dirk scored 41 in one half then he sat down.😅 i would have guarded him to 30😎 I missed due to USA Basketball i played. Thoughest miss for me in retrospective. I saw a whole career of a true german Legend from its roots in front of my eyes. But for heaven the team and the coaches were never good enough. Finally, i am 43 now, german Basketball is on top of the world because of a real Big TEAM. They play an insanely fast mature high IQ Level Team basketball. Especially Dennis the leader. Okay, except of Latvia. Thats the Future of the Game. And then that coach. Best coach we ever had. Okay, except of Pesic... I yesterday had one of the best days in life. Thx a lot❤❤❤❤🏀🏀🏀🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@mandibiedermann2246]

👌🙏

[@m.g.8376]

German basketball is top of the world??? 😂 Omg this german arrogance. Okok so next year german basketball gold in Paris safe and em title in soccer?😅 Yeah the US lost by 2, they played with their A-Team just missing Curry, Tatum, Booker, Butler, Bam, Brown, Morant, LaMelo, AD, Lillard, Irving, Zion,.... Just 12 players missing not much.

[@lucas0309]

@@m.g.8376🤡🤡🤡

[@mara680]

@@m.g.8376 why is arrogant to say germany is on top right now. They are world champion. The us is arrogant like always. Not bringing their superstars and selling the nba Titel as world champion. That is arrogant. But this year europe schooled you guys big time. 3 loses in one tournament for the greatest basketball country by far with the best league by far, is just embaressing. Loosing to small countries with little over 2 Millionen inhabitants. Yeah but germany is arrogant. Check yourself bro. Next time usa will bring everybody for not to loose again every other game

[@mandibiedermann2246]

@@m.g.8376 where you see the arrogance?! This guy is just happy and enthusiasts

[@nightwing4065]

Congrats to Germany! It was simply amazing! To be honest, we don't have a lot opportunity to witness all these great European teams play the highest level of basketball here in the Philippines. 👍

[@Algo1]

One of the best games I've watched. Almost no mistakes on either end of the court from either team, some amazing individual plays, but more than anything, impeccable team play. Abramovic and Petrusev were balling. Also Bogdanovic. But so were Schröder, Wagner and Voigtman. I think he missed that layup at 8:25 because he failed to float it more, good defense.

[@Leo-wb4rt]

Most Important Person in the Team was Gordie Herbert. All the Players did a fantastic job, but the would not done the same, with an other coach than Gordie.

[@JochenThe1]

Greetings from Germany 🥳 It is a really good advertisment for basketball here in Germany and hopefully the sport will get more attention here especially the olympic turnament next year in France - I am looking forward to it, maybe even try to get tickets. I do not think it will be dominance, but I believe in teamwork and fun 😃

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

Definitely could fight for the medals if all these guys comeback. Olympic basketball medal for Germany? That sounds unreal to me! But now it is a reality 😄

[@GamesCourier]

As a German who was only able to watch a few summaries of the games and has no idea about basketball: thank you for these videos and thank you for the reminder how good our football/soccer teams are during currently. Nowhere is safe, but by now it's hilarious how much they fail. Kudos to the new world champions though!

[@Janitoro458]

Why are you thankful for that remainder? Lmao…

[@miba9498]

For a fan (and a german - couch potatoe champion😄) it is so much more fun to watch a hard competition. both team played BEAUTIFUL basketball. Breath taking, smart and just a pleasure to watch.

[@simonhinkel4086]

In this WC teamwork beat individual class. And some people think, the key to winning in the future will be to add more individual class? Sounds like a plan 😉

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

I see what you did there haha

[@swagric2590]

I mean you can oustcale teamwork by class. You just need to outscale it hard. The question is if the U.S. can outscale that hard anymore. At the olympics Serbia will have Jokic, Greece will have Giannis and players like Wagner will develop further until then.

[@saturnskull1242]

Germany is such a great team, with great players in every position and very fun to watch! But I think the Serbian team, with joker and micic, would be another thing, very difficult to beat. Let's see what will happen at the Olympics. I hope the Serbians play there with a full team, and let's hope the same for my national team, Greece.

[@peterpan4775]

Great Analyse! I´m from Germany and played Basketball myself. You showed me a lot of important details! BTW: "Voigtmann" ist pronounces like "Fo..." (simply forget the "i").

[@vanillacookie8936]

The Team-Chemistry made it work in the end. Those Guys fought for each other, in combination with skilled Players like Schröder and Franz W. Everybody stepped up in the right Situation like Andi Obst or Joe Voigtmann, Maodo Lo, Mo Wagner. They deserve Tons of Respect for this Effort. Good Job Guys. And Good Job Coach Gordi. Also i want to mention the really strong Serbs. They'd deserved it aswell and they were Gentleman despite losing. Luv this Sport !

[@CasanOffi]

What a great and worthy finale for the world cup, I was at the rim of a heart attack at the last quarter. Thanks to both 🇩🇪❤🇷🇸 for this epic fight!

[@ChoongaLoonga]

Voigman and Milutinov are former teammates from CSKA i was afraid for this reason,and totally prooved myself right

[@ChoongaLoonga]

Germany was better than us.Crucial for victory roster of bigs.We coudnt counter Franz Wagner,basically man is white durant.We might needed lucic/kalinic,since they are forwards 203/4cms,Jovic stefan is not Hanga with long hands to guard 10cms higher playerz

[@rickmayabolis]

I can't wait to see World Champ Schroder play for his Canadian nba team and Serbian coach. Wonder if he'll see his Canadian coach of his German team in Toronto. So cool... this big small world. Luvvit

[@FeAmiote]

The twice missed shots from No.23 of Serbia in the last 21 seconds or so while Germany was ahead by just 3 points only and he missed passing the ball to his team mate spells the difference. This is actually the game of basketball. Congrats to both team for reaching the finals. You are all champions especially Germany.

[@SrbijaSrbima1312]

Fraudster Guduric

[@knutgut1]

As a German iam so happy 8-0 from an German Team at a WC in Basketball🤪 and as an european its much more fantastisch Gold,Silver 6 Teams under the best 8 Teams. Of Course next year i think the Americans send all they can mobilized to the Olympics but Serbia missing his Top3 and if next year they are fit the americans get big big problems at the Olympics against this Serbian Team and especially with this defense FIBA BB they can play.The time is over now where an US Team dominate every game with 30+ .Of course they can win Gold but Serbia or Canada , Australia ,Spain are so great Teams.Its not an easy way as in the 90th.But i think most of the Amercans still not understand it and i think they must lesrned it on the hard way

[@almadinjohnchristophers.9014]

I love the finals, it shows that team play and strategies from coaches worked

[@peace7482]

So basically Latvia had better chance of eliminating Germany than any other team in the tournament lol

[@unwichtich8025]

Very close to it. Just one attempt. But even with 2.4 seconds left (the time after it touched the ring) you can come back easily. Anyhow, closest team to beat Germany.

[@sweetpotato908]

Sometimes it's just a matter of never giving up in just a day dennis have come from a normal nba player to a Germany sport hero.

[@tobiwan001]

Germany being good at basketball and bad at soccer suddenly is surely a sign of the apocalypse…

[@8teenOfficial]

One of the best finals matches I've seen in the WC ngl

[@Quatschgold]

What a wholesome comments section. Under nearby every video covering the world cup. Great sportsmanship. Team effort all around in this tournament.

[@Mr.Zbigas]

Herbert is the real coach of the worldcup

[@Emile97427]

I'm sad for him being world champion, so essentiel in the winning, and not being designated as the best coach of the tournament, despite Luca Banchi's exceptional work.

[@9ragis]

Loved your insights and wit during all the WCup ! What a tournament 🏟️, happy for Germany, and for another surprise giant - Latvia 🇱🇻 . Out of 8 top teams in the World: 6 are European. The future for Euro school of bball 🏀 is bright. Cheers from Lithuania 🇱🇹

[@xenofonkarykis8417]

Definitely a surprise. If we're honest with ourselves, going into the tournament in terms of expectations teams like US, Canada, France Lithuania and Serbia looked stronger contenders. Germany exceeded expectations but they played better than all the above and they fully deserve it. Great team work throughout the tournament and in fact both finalists and a few other "surprises" like Latvia had that. Goes to show, a team is greater than the mere sum of its parts

[@Jonas-uh7bb]

Franz is 22 wtffff how is he so young and has such an adult play style already.. crazy!

[@Whatareyoudoinginmyswamp.]

German Basketball: World cup champion German Football: 1-4 Japan

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

99% of Germans are aware that their national football team lose to Japan while 99% of Germans are not aware that their national basketball team is the Basketball World Champions

[@Ned-Ryerson]

@@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 Close. Make that 95.78 %. ;)

[@bertogaming3353]

Sweeping the tournament is something special. The real World champs congrats to Germany

[@davidchandler6885]

Real wilre against USs sent 3 of top 50 players

[@hartmutthomas989]

Ja Weltklasse von beiden Mannschaften . Deutschland hat wirklich verdient gewonnen .Toll

[@sigibassano7826]

Much respect to serbia from germany.......

[@igorkovacevic8790]

Likewise

[@benediktpfister1056]

It was clever to bring Dennis against Bogi, because Dennis is sometimes lazy on help, so now all the others can just rotate and also defend any positions basically

[@3lric81]

such a great game, so deep, so many nice plays. am i surprised germany won it all. yes definetly. we won bronze last summer, but that felt a bit like an outlier. turns out it wasnt. But then, germany isnt exactly known for its bball teams. Hopefully it changes, since football is on an all time low in germany.

[@doddysyq]

Germany has more length especially on defense. Well deserver, congratulations trophy is yours,,🏅🏆

[@frimul1]

Great game, congrats to German Team. Prepare well for olypics, we will come in full strength. From Serbia with a promise

[@andrejones7176]

Everybody but USA does Fiba correctly. They fill their roster by needs and bring back their best guys from previous teams. Good continuity. USA just throws out a complete random 15 that never comeback.

[@almadinjohnchristophers.9014]

Because USA never puts the best on FIBA,they only do that in the Olympics, wait when they put most superstars there

[@EdwardCaffrey22]

I hear/read suggested that the North American National Basketball Association adopt some FIBA Basketball Rules. I think one rule they could easily adopt is the metric system. I think it would also benefit the NBA by dropping “World Champion” from our finals every year.

[@cracknigr6065]

Ehhh... It would be enough to actually enforce the rules for double dribbling and walking. Maybe allow a bit more contact again and don't whistle every 3 seconds and it would already be so much more exiting to watch again.

[@kohsamurai]

@@cracknigr6065 I'm so agreed with you. Those double dribbles and especially that ridiculous traveling violation they edited makes the game way boring... not to mention that now the defenders may not do hand check like in the past. I'm just concerned that by the next decade, even a slight touch by a finger will be called a foul... and the traveling violation limit is when they stepped more than 4 steps LMAO

[@Matthew_Broderick]

I'm so excited about the Olympic Games: USA with a much better roster, Canada more stacked (Murray, Wiggins and co.), France with Wemby and maybe Embiid, Germany, Serbia with Jokic & Micic, Australia and two good European teams from Qualification

[@cracknigr6065]

It'll be one hell of a tournament. The Germans doing it like their football team and exiting in the group phase wouldn't even be a super big surprise with so many stacked teams. But then ofcourse they'd also be able to go far again. Looking forward to next year already, as I have tickets for a group phase game :)

[@danielreynoso5946]

Steve Kerr said that Germany has the best team 5 days ago...he was right!!! Glückwunsch Deutschland

[@vornamenachname1022]

Great Breakdown Augustas!

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

appreciate that!

[@TheMarslMcFly]

I can't even put into words how proud I am of this German Team. All of them played so selfless, all around amazing Team Basketball. Serbia put up an incredible fight that could've gone either way. They deserve all the love in the world. In the 4th Quarter they literally had me standing and screaming at my TV lol. I'm already so hyped for the Olympics next year!

[@markogagic4091]

We had a bad day and Milutinov and Bogi and Petrusev got some injury after Canada game(which only players knew) and weren't ready for the final game so the whole team was down and nothing was going in amd the player that was in the best mood got injured early in the game yesterday but despite everything we lost by 6 only agains a full and healthy german team which makes us proud of our boys and we coming for Olympic gold 10 times stronger. Congratulations to Germany, they fought so well this whole tournament and they deserved the gold. Some problems our team faced doesnt take away that Germany played amazingly and were a better team yesterday so once again congrats Germany! Hope we get a rematch at Olympics 😉

[@harihari-ou9in]

This just means that your team is not strong enough to replace injured players since its a TEAM game

[@markogagic4091]

@@harihari-ou9in we already came super weakened to this world cup and even players didnt believe they could get to the finals.. but the thing is this german team is at its best and we can get 10x stronger than we are rn and we still got to finals and lost only by 6 points and almost came back even.

[@thefearhawk8805]

​@@markogagic4091Yes...you are the true champions. We got it. Awesome stuff and a great display of sportsmanship to tell everybody how much better you are after you lost. Dosent remind me of a coping 14 year old...at all.

[@mekullag]

Avramovic was a beast that game, would have expected him to get top player

[@mytwocents2817]

To be honest it can happen that we will loose in the olympics early on and won´t get anything or that we go for the medals. There where some close games where we gave up lead unnecessary against letvia we could have lost and earned nothing. So a bit of luck is also necassary for everyone to make it to the final.

[@redcoon100]

btw Voigtmanns V is called like an F so its more ike Foctmann

[@AllBetzOff]

Proud of schröder (I think that’s how you spell it)

[@ibringthelastwords1358]

This is what the Euro league is all about. I am glad to see that they demonstrated it in the world stage 👏👏

[@air23zsl]

real world champ

[@stephanlunden4318]

As a German I'm very happy (and surprised) with the Worlc Cup, but i don't see a dominance coming up. There are so many great nations out there and Germany could have lost in the Quearters in the final second. They have a resiliant and versatile team, but so have others. What I loved about the World Cup that it has a real high quality and was not just "Entertain Basketball" like the NBA.

[@pergamX]

As a Serbian, Germans were just better, they scored easier, and played their game. However, it should be noted that Schroder's 3 free throws were an offensive foul (Avramović touched only the ball, while he kicked him), and also Petrušev offensive foul was a 2+1 play EASY, since the German player was moving at full speed into him. Still, we had our chances so we can't really complain. We also missed at least 3 clear lay-ups, and gave away several turnovers without any real pressure, and that was it. Congrats to Germany, you have a great team.

[@Frosty1979]

We won't dominate, but yeah we have a good chance to compete for the foreseeable future. Hopefully we can build up from that to truly establish a succesful basketball culture.

[@nathanchristensen716]

As an NBA fan it’s crazy to see the world final to come down to Dennis fumbled the bag Schroeder and Bogdan Bogdanovic. Some guys are truly just different animals in international play.

[@steveb9713]

Great for Germany, I’m pretty excited about the Olympics now

[@layoutkimsstudio2341]

this season is very entertaining!!!! why every 4 years FIBA? cant this be a yearly thing??? THIS IS LIT!!!!!

[@eddy-_-1796]

There is als the European Cup every 4 years, so you only need to wait 2 years. Additionally, Olympia exists, so you can watch national teams play at high stakes almost every year 🎉

[@cristiano7ronaldoTHEGOAT]

This is Basketball World Cup, it only happens every 4 years.

[@HasanTosuncuk]

Great analysis, many thanks for this contrubution

[@naar7192]

Legendary performance by Deutschland!!!!❤🎉🎉🎉

[@marecare77]

The german national league champion wiil be the new World (club) champion now. Congratzz.

[@johnreydelatorre3450]

Serbia played well. Now, it begs the question, what could have been if Jokic played with the team…

[@SrbijaSrbima1312]

Jokic, Micic, Lucic, Smailagic even Teodosic

[@pangruel2268]

Lucic and Teodosic probably retired from National team, Smailagic would have made no difference. Joker and Vasa will be there next year, let's see at the Olympics@@SrbijaSrbima1312

[@snakers83]

they should had shout "We are NBA CHAMP!!"

[@JimSwing]

Great breakdown 😍

[@Freigeist2008]

Dominance. I dont think so. We have nearly been executed in the Quarter-Finals against Latvia and did lost in the Semi-Finals against Spain last year. But if everybody is on board we are now a powerhouse in Europe. But is still a very small community here. Even our TV did not present the games of our team or our league

[@cristiano7ronaldoTHEGOAT]

Germany dominated. They dont have losses, 8-0, basketball world champion. Latvia is a great team. They beat Canada and eliminated Spain.

[@esteb6544]

Great breakdowns throughout the tournament!

[@pauluy9777]

Been years in the making. Before Eurobasket then now peaking at the WC. Germany will compete for years to come, but i dont see them dominating Europe like Spain in the last decade and a half.

[@tsakie1398]

Everyone talking about absences or players that ''will'' play during the Olympics or any other future event don't realise that it doesn't matter. What matters is who actually showed up and competed against each other with their national teams! And from those teams Germany turned out to be the World Cup champion (well deserved I might add). Just because a player like Jokic didn't show up or because USA send their C team (or any other letter of the alphabet they want to use 😏) doesn't mean the team that won didn't deserve it or that they wouldn't have won anyways. Basketball is a team sport and in a tournament where all it takes is one win to advance even the underdogs can win it all. That's the beauty of team sports. The individual talent comes second to team play, players' familiarity with each other, coaching and preparation. Being mentally prepared, locked in, focused plays a big part as well. Lastly, at the end of the day what's important is who actually won, not who lost, or who should have won in an ideal scenario where all the best players played. Deal with it!

[@lunny0166]

Who ever is crying needs to tell the nba to get their best players and stop makin excuses simple

[@omarnuneznavy]

Im actually looking forward on how they going to play next year during the Olympics.

[@rickmayabolis]

Is it true that Germany's core have been playing together since 2015... even as under 16 players... no secret to why they won. Talent and Connectivity.

[@Moritz19081980]

"This Germany Team Is Just Starting Its Dominance.."...That's what they said about the German football (soccer) team too after they dominated the 2014 World Cup. We all know how this ended and where they are now. It's sports. Anything can happen.

[@ArczAngel]

Dennis is the heart and soul of the German Team! He dictates everything. Congrats Germany! World Champion!

[@hansschneidig5240]

"Germany have done it. They've conquered the world..." 👀👀👀

[@panthersprung5161]

long time coming

[@cristiano7ronaldoTHEGOAT]

😅😅

[@hansoskar1911]

the Win, on the day 8 years after Dirks last game for Germany. a new era.

[@Motorrr]

As much as I enjoy our victory - I don't think they will dominate in the future. The US will send their best to Paris, Serbia will be stronger with Jokic back. Still a good reminder what's possible when team chemistry is great and you've got the right coach to create such a team philosophy. And the NBA can no longer ignore the fact that insane athleticism and outstanding talent can't guarantee a win. There's a reason why the league's three best players are Europeans. It's the fundamentals regarding both team and individual performance, that Americans have to remember

[@Chrts]

I’m German, but I’m not a basketball fan. But I’m an icehockey fan and seeing Germany winning gold the World Cup reminds me of the IIhf World Cup, where we won silver. The last time we won a medal in icehockey is nearly 50 years ago and now we beated the USA and gave Canada a good fight. It feels like Germany is getting more decent and more balanced in different sports.

[@bassgroup6841]

The real world champions

[@D4NK1]

No offense to the Germans because they deserve their gold, but.... When you have your A team and barely make it past America's E team, Canada's B team and Serbia's B team, I don't really see this as a team that's going to "dominate" once everyone brings their A teams.

[@blebblebovich4683]

28 freetrows if u mean that , it sure ia dominant number

[@roothik]

Let's see if Germany keeps the momentum in a similar way Spain has done the last 17 years. Right now they have the potential, but the public doesn't seem to be supportive enough. I live in a big German city and you didn't see any single person celebrating publicly in the streets yesterday... (unlike to football). If my home country Greece were winning the basketball WC people would go extatic in the streets. :P

[@calmperson7426]

Does anybody know how it works with the rankings now? When wil it drop? Is Germany first or still behind others? I mean the official team rankings (by fiba), not some personal opinions or the ranking of the teams of the world cup.

[@reddog5552]

Great final. I hope the Serbian team is 100% healthy and have all of their very best players including Jokic when the Olympics comes. That could make for a very awesome and exciting potential rematch.

[@jusii_jsvwsge]

Ich liebe dieses Team so sehr

[@lutznordhaus7963]

well done, great summary

[@shadhinov]

Dennis Schröder got thay dawg in him. dennis rodman would be proud

[@Pi-Dawg]

As a german football fan... the comparison hurts ngl...

[@chesah]

Feels so good to be a german basketball fan right now! But Aleksa really got robbed on that DP award.

[@chumark54]

I like the title, "The ACTUAL World Champions."

[@kohsamurai]

well, it's all relative... since NBA consider themselves playing on their own private planet... so...

[@chumark54]

@@kohsamurai haha, true. And they have more and more international players anyway.