National coach Gordon Herbert has already made bids for World Cup medals in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines (August 25-September 10). Germany will face Japan, Australia and Finland in the group stage in Okinawa, with the knockout stage taking place in Manila.
“We have our first game against Japan in Japan. You never know what will happen in Japan,” Weiss said. He impressed with recent friendly wins over Sweden in Bonn and Canada in Berlin. There you can see “the energy of the team”, said Weiss: “In Bonn I was scared and I was worried because I thought they were going to break the basket”.
Meanwhile, Weiss jokingly challenged Herbert’s claim after Wednesday’s 86-81 win over Canada that the German side of Franz Wagner and captain Dennis Schroeder had a “two-headed monster”. “I just said Gordy was wrong, because I said, ‘We have a five-headed monster. All five are on the ground. It doesn’t matter who it is at the end. Weiss: “This five-headed monster is going to shock some basketball nations.
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