Basketball fans from across the world are eagerly awaiting the matchup between Team Germany and Serbia at the 2023 FIBA World Cup. To those who might not be aware, the international basketball tournament has been going on for the past few weeks. Now, we are ready for the 2023 FIBA World Cup finals between Germany and Serbia.
Although significantly more talented teams such as Team USA and Canada were favored to make the FIBA World Cup Finals and win the event, both teams suffered shocking losses at the hands of Germany and Serbia respectively. Therefore, Team USA and Canada will no longer be the main focus and will have a game to decide the winner of third place.
Coming back to the Finalists, NBA fans must certainly want to know more about the rosters for both sides. After all, that will help in the formation of an expert prediction regarding the outcome of this matchup between Germany and Serbia. That said, let us take a closer look and find out more.
Team Germany is slightly favored over Team Serbia at the FIBA World Cup
Not many basketball analysts had these teams making the FIBA finals. Despite having few NBA stars on their national teams, both Serbia and Germany have managed to make it to the final stages of the FIBA World Cup. Now, they have the opportunity to bring honor and prestige to their country by winning this international tournament.
Germany has undoubtedly been the surprising story at the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Although the country isn’t known for its focus on basketball, it has certainly produced an excellent class of basketball players. It might surprise fans to hear that Germany remained undefeated in every single game that they have played so far.
On the other hand, Serbia lost one game to Italy earlier in the tournament. However, they have also remained undefeated for the most. As both these teams get ready to play, here are the expected rosters.
Team Germany starting lineup
- Dennis Schroder
- Franz Wagner
- Andreas Obst
- Issac Bonga
- Daniel Theis
Team Serbia starting lineup
- Nikola Milutinov
- Ognjen Dobric
- Stefan Jovic
- Nikola Jovic
- Bogdan Bogdanovic
As we can tell, there are a few NBA players on both teams. However, the majority of players are from their country’s national team. Both Germany and Serbia will be looking to be crowned world champions with a win.
Moving onto predicitions regarding the outcome of the game, it is quite difficult to predict which team will emerge victorious. Nonetheless, we have to side with Team Germany in this matchup. After all, they were able to knock out the favorites in Team USA and have been undefeated so far at the FIBA World Cup. Therefore, we have them defeating Serbia and winning the finals.