Germany call on experience with Voigtmann, Pleiss and Benzing part of initial roster
MUNICH (Germany) - Germany return to national team action with experience as the theme of their 18-strong squad for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers.
MUNICH (Germany) - Germany will return to national team action following their Olympic venture in the summer with experience as the theme of their 18-strong squad for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers.
The trio of Johannes Voigtmann, Robin Benzing - who has over 150 caps - and Lukas Wank were all part of Germany's 12-player roster in Tokyo, while they will also be hoping to call upon the likes of Tibor Pleiss and Ismet Akpinar for their trip to face Poland - the second of their November window games.
Veteran point guard Bastian Doreth earns a recall to feature alongside medi Bayreuth teammate Andreas Seiferth with 21-year-old point guard Jonas Mattisseck at the start of his international career, looking to add to a solitary senior cap to date.
"We have a great group of players from the BBL. We invited a few more players than normal because of the pandemic. I'm looking forward to working with the players and getting started," commented head coach Gordon Herbert.
| Germany squad for the November window | ||||
| Ismet Akpinar | Robin Amaize | Robin Benzing | Bastian Doreth | Patrick Heckmann |
| Philipp Herkenhoff | Justus Hollatz | Bennet Hundt | Karim Jallow | Leon Kratzer |
| Dominic Lockhart | Jonas Mattisseck | Kenneth Ogbe | Tibor Pleiss | Andreas Seiferth |
| Christian Sengfelder | Filip Stanic | Johannes Voigtmann | Lukas Wank | Jan Niklas Wimberg |
Germany will host Estonia in Nurnberg on November 25 in their qualifying opener before making the short trip to Lublin to face Poland three days later to round out the first window.
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