Germany on top of the world, Serbia knocked out

Germany world champion

Germany è became the 2023 World Basketball Champion, triumphing in the final played in Manila, Philippines, where they defeated Serbia with a score of 83-77.

The game turned out to be spectacular and extremely balanced until the last minute, with Dennis Schröder standing out as the top scorer with 28 points and Franz Wagner contributing 19 points and 7 rebounds, proving crucial to the success of Coach Herbert’s team. Despite excellent performances by a super Bogdanovic with 17 points and a stoic Avramovic with 21 points, Pesic’s men were unable to overcome their German opponents.

The United States did not finish on the podium at the World Basketball Championships, also losing the bronze medal. È instead, it was Canada that achieved this historic victory at the end of a spectacular game, which ended in overtime with a score of 127-118. È the first time Canada reached the world podium.

Inspiring the Canadian success were the brilliant performances of their two stars, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dillon Brooks, who scored 31 and 39 points, respectively. Not to be forgotten either was the participation of RJ Barrett, who contributed 23 points to the victory.

Anthony Edwards’ 24 points, Austin Reaves’ 23 and Mikal Bridges’ 19 were not enough for the U.S. players to get the victory.