France
The team: “Germany’s crazy rise to the World Cup title. Germany remained undefeated and won the first World Cup title in their history in the Philippines. It is the reward for a two-year surge in performance.”
Spain
As: “An extraordinary Schröder, voted MVP, leads Germany to gold, which was the best team at the World Cup and achieved the greatest success in its history.”
El Mundo Sports: “By winning the title in Manila, German basketball achieved the greatest success in its history. The Germans defeated Serbia in the final and finished the tournament as the only undefeated team. They showed consistency, the ability to withstand the attacks of their rivals and the best of their talent to get out.”
Sports: “Schröder, the ‘controversial one’, begins his reign in Germany. The German team won the World Cup after showing a brilliant tournament in which there was no defeat.”
Marca: “Have a great summer, Germany. Dirk Nowitzki was inducted into the Hall of Fame and now his home country is at the top of the international basketball world. Dennis Schröder scored 28 points, Franz Wagner added 19 and Germany capped its unbeaten streak.”
Austria
Courier: “The thriller in Manila is famous from boxing. Now German sport also has a special day in Manila – and once again it was exciting until the end. The men are world champions in basketball for the first time. The Germans have a perfect tournament in Manila with the historic “We achieved our first World Cup title and crowned an entire generation.”
USA
ESPN: “Four years ago, German basketball wasn’t exactly in the best shape. Dirk Nowitzki was retiring, Germany missed the 2016 Olympics and at the last World Cup they only finished in a disappointing 18th place. It’s the journey from there that makes it All the more meaningful that the Germans were on the podium after their first World Cup gold and a perfect tournament.”
Italy
Gazzetta dello Sport: “Fairytale Germany! Germany is also putting its world seal on basketball. In the first final in its history, the team of coach Gordon Herbert, a coach with little glamor but a lot of work behind him, unexpectedly conquers gold. A victory that comes step by step without a defeat was built up.”
Corriere dello Sport: “Germany celebrates the perfect victory. In the final game, which the Germans had not expected, all the joy of a solid team with many talented players explodes, especially an extraordinary Dennis Schröder. The Germans have now become a cornerstone of European basketball. You Growth is thanks to a sports policy with major investments by clubs and the construction of many arenas.”
Tuttosport: “Germany’s basketball players win with many different protagonists: from the Wagner brothers to the agile Schröder to the ‘Milan’ Voigtmann. Coach Gordon Herbert got his team playing at the highest level.”
Corriere della Sera: “Germany’s basketball players are conquering the world. Good organization, avant-garde arenas and the ability to promote their own talents are the secret of constant and unstoppable growth until they reach gold.”
The Republic: “Germany and the unexpected World Cup victory: From the flop of football to the basketball triumph. Hansi Flick and Gordon Herbert are the two faces of Germany. One is a football coach, the other a basketball coach: Flick was fired with an icy communique, while Herbert celebrated his world triumph. Germany has never experienced anything like this.”