The world champion meets the defending champion shortly before the European Championship start. The last duel was given in the European Championship semi-final in 2022.
The German national basketball team await real hardy tests in the last two games in front of the European Championship.
As the German Basketball BUND (DBB) announced on Friday, it goes two against defending champion Spain before the tournament in Latvia, Finland, Cyprus and Poland (August 27 to September 14).
First, the world champion will play at the European champion in Madrid on August 21, two days later there is a reunion in Cologne. “It is the last test game, we should be close to our best at the time. We play against an enormously strong opponent,” said national coach Álex Mumbrú.
The last meeting was in the European Championship semi-final three years ago. At that time Germany was lost with 91:96. “The memory of the lost Eurobasket semi-finals 2022 in Germany is alive, this game reminds us again,” said Mumbrú. The duels against his home country become special for him: “It is always something special for me to play against Spain.”