Basketball: World Cup qualification: DBB play at the start in Chemnitz

The German national basketball team will compete at the kick-off of the newly introduced World Cup qualification at Messe Chemnitz.The 24th.November (19.30 hrs) the DBB’s selection will once again play against Georgia, the opponent of the European Championship’s preliminary round.Starting this autumn, twelve European participants will be selected in two group phases for the 2019 World Cup in China.

The NBA pros such as Dennis Schröder (Atlanta Hawks) will not be there.The players of the German champion Brose Bamberg are also missing due to obligations in the EuroLeague.Both leagues ignore the new country play windows of the FIBA World Federation.

The first group stage will take place in three game windows.From the 20th.till 28.November 2017,19.till 27.February and 25.June to 3.In July 2018, each team will play two matches.In addition to Georgia, which had defeated European Championship quarter-finalist Germany in the EuroBasket (67:57), their opponents are Austria and Serbia.Three out of four teams are making progress.

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