Brian WindhorstESPN Senior Writer4 Minute Read
Germany hang on to win first-ever FIBA World Cup
Germany fends off a late Serbia rally to claim its first FIBA World Cup title.
MANILA, Philippines — Four years ago, German basketball wasn’t in the best place. Dirk Nowitzki had retired, Germany had missed the Olympics altogether in 2016, and at the last FIBA World Cup, it was a distant and disappointing 18th.
The Germans’ journey from there is what made standing on the stage receiving their first World Cup gold Sunday all the more meaningful after they completed a perfect tournament with an 83-77 victory over Serbia.
Behind Canadian head coach Gordie Herbert, firebrand point guard Dennis Schroder and the next great German NBA star Franz Wagner, the team went 8-0 in Manila. It is the middle of a three-year plan that started last year with an impressive bronze at the highly regarded EuroBasket and will take the team into Paris for next year’s Olympics as a real…
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