FIBA World Cup 2023 Final Preview: Serbia vs Germany Waiting for the Moment for the Birth of a New Champion

FIBA World Cup 2023 Final brings Germany together with Serbia. (Photo: Instagram/@fibawc)

JAKARTA - FIBA ​​World Cup 2023 has entered the final round and will bring together Serbia and Germany. The final match which will take place on Sunday, September 10, 2023 evening Western Indonesian Time (WIB) will be the moment when a new champion is born.

The two finalists will compete together to experience the sensation of winning the FIBA ​​World Cup trophy for the first time.

Serbia managed to reach the final of the 2024 FIBA ​​World Cup after beating Canada with a score of 95-86 in the semifinals on Friday, September 8, 2023. This is the second final for Serbia after in 2014 they only came out as runner ups after being beaten by the United States.

To ensure a place in the final round of the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup, Serbia collected six wins and one defeat from the group phase. The only bitter result suffered by Orlovi's troops was when they lost to Italy 76-78 in the 2nd round.

Serbia still continues to appear as a tough team even though they don't bring their flagship player Nikola Jokic. Reflecting on their performance throughout the group phase to the semifinals, Serbia became the 2nd most fertile team after the US with 684 points scored in each match.

Meanwhile, Germany, who is challenging Serbia in the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup final, is also not a team to be taken lightly. They advanced to the final after winning over the US with a narrow score of 111-113. This victory took them to their first final in history.

Previously, when they reached the final this year, the best position achieved by Germany was being the 3rd place team in the 2002 edition. Germany's efforts to reach the final were also not smooth, even though they have not suffered defeat so far.

However, Germany more often faces matches with tight scores. Like when they won with an advantage of only 2 points over the US and Latvia in the last 2 matches. And won 3 points over Australia in the first round.

On the other hand, Germany, nicknamed Die Mannschaft, was also one of the teams that appeared quite dominant by creating a total of 661 points entered. Germany's achievements so far are something to be proud of, considering that the opponents they eliminated in terms of ranking are still far above their own record, including Serbia who sits in 6th position while Germany is in 11th position.

The Serbia vs Germany duel will be a battle for each team's roster. In the Serbian camp, captain Bogdan Bogdanovic will play an important role, the Atlanta Hawks guard is the 3rd most fertile player after Luka Donkic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

From the German camp, Dennis Schroder, who is a guard for the Toronto Raptors, is one of the important players on the team. He is the player with the highest achievement on his team. Apart from that, there is also Orlando Magic forward, Franz Wagner, who scored 16 points/game and 6.3 rebounds/game.

The 2023 FIBA ​​Final between Serbia and Germany will take place at the Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines on Sunday, September 10 at 19.40 p.m. WIB. The match can be watched via live broadcast on the iNews TV channel or via streaming on Vision+.