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DBB sees boom after World Cup victory: “Demand unbroken”
DBB boss Ingo Weiss is pleased about a German boom in basketball. photo
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After the sensational World Cup title, there is great euphoria in German basketball. Demand has increased again, especially among young people.
Association President Ingo Weiss sees the German Basketball saw another boom among boys and girls after the men’s World Cup title.
“The demand is unbroken. That’s what continues to please me. With the success among men, we have shown that it was not a flash in the pan,” said the 60-year-old President of the German Basketball Federation (DBB) to the German Press Agency . “The demand from boys and girls is incredibly high at the moment. Our limits are only where we need hall capacities, because unfortunately they are finite in the Federal Republic.”
The German men won their first world championship title a few weeks ago after third place at the home European Championships last year. The women took a surprising sixth place at the last European Championships. Weiss still sees great potential in women’s basketball. “We have made it our mission to promote and further develop women’s basketball in the Federal Republic.”