European Championship
German basketball players without captain Benzing for the European Championship
Was deleted from the EM squad: Robin Benzing. photo
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The German basketball players travel to the European Championships without captain Robin Benzing.
The German basketball players travel to the European Championships without captain Robin Benzing.
The 33-year-old was removed from the squad for the European Championship with a preliminary round in Cologne and the final round in Berlin by coach Gordon Herbert after the friendly win (68:66) in the Netherlands, as the German Basketball Association announced.
Benzing, who was last under contract with Fortitudo Bologna in Italy, is denied the crowning glory of his career in the national team. The veteran had played for the national team every summer since 2009. The game in Almere was his 167th in the national jersey.
In addition to Benzing, Kenneth Ogbe (EWE Baskets Oldenburg) and Leon Kratzer (Telekom Baskets Bonn) will also be absent when the team meets in Hamburg on Tuesday after three days off. Herbert will continue to prepare for the European Championship from September 1st to 18th with 14 players.
Nick Weiler-Babb, who has only just been naturalized, is to join the team in Hamburg. The Bayern Munich professional is currently still in his home country of the USA because of family matters. Whether he will make his debut in the Germany jersey at the Supercup on Friday and Saturday depends on when he actually arrives in Germany.
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