Germany women's national 3x3 team

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CoachMatthias Weber
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Appearances6
Europe Cup
Appearances3
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The Germany women's national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of Germany, governed by Deutscher Basketball Bund (DBB). [1] It represents the country in international 3x3 (3 against 3) women's basketball competitions.

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Throughout 2021, the team had continuous leaps in performance and celebrated several tournament victories at the highest level. As of 2021/2022, the team has been first place in the world according to the FIBA rankings. [2]

History

2019

At the 2019 European Games in Minsk the team, led by Satou Sabally, finished 4th. [3]

In summer 2019, long-time Germany women's national team player and captain Svenja Brunckhorst started with 3×3 basketball. Brunckhorst had started her career at TSV 1880 Wasserburg. The Point guard also played in Spain and France during her career, but she was most successful in her hometown of Wasserburg, where she contributed to six league titles between 2008 and 2016. [2]

Sonja Greinacher agreed at the same time with her constant companion since the youth selections at the DBB. [2]

2020

Brunckhorst, Stefanie Grigoleit, Theresa Simon and WNBA reinforcement Satou Sabally almost managed to qualify for the Olympic premiere. However, they failed in a strong preliminary round group against France and the USA. Yet, the good performances at the 2021 FIBA 3x3 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament boosted public attention. [2]

2021

At the 2021 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup, the Team Germany finished 2nd. The team consisted of Svenja Brunckhort, Luana Rodefeld, Katharina Müller and Sonja Greinacher, all of whom had benefited from the Bundeswehr’s top-level sports promotion which had also enabled Brunckhorst to get a Master's degree in international management. Never before had a German Basketball Federation women's selection been so successful. Noteworthy was that the event featured high profile competition as numerous Euroleague and WNBA players showed up. In the final, the German selection ceded 12–16 Spain. [2]

The team was further reinforced by former and current national team and Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga players Stefanie Grigoleit, Ama Degbeon, Theresa Simon and Jennifer Crowder. [2]

In November 2021, Greinacher and Brunckhorst returned to Germany's "regular" basketball national team in order to compete at the EuroBasket Women 2023 qualification. [2]

World Cup record

YearPositionPldWLPlayers
Flag of Greece.svg 2012 Athens 13th853 Höre, Höre, Thurau, Schindler
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Moscow 8th743 Danckert, Ohanian, Shaw, von Geyr
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2016 Guangzhou did not qualify
Flag of France.svg 2017 Nantes 12th422 Annawald, Bruns, Ann Mihalyi, Müller
Flag of the Philippines.svg 2018 Bocaue 15th413 Bruns, Müller, Rodefeld, Zdravevska
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2019 Amsterdam did not qualify
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2022 Antwerp 9th523 Brunckhorst, Fiebich, Greinacher, Rodefeld
Flag of Austria.svg 2023 Vienna 5th642 Brunckhorst, Greinacher, Rodefeld, Reichert
Total6/8341816

European Cup record

YearFinal tournamentPlayers
PosPldWL
Flag of Romania.svg 2014 did not qualify
Flag of Romania.svg 2016 did not qualify
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2017 did not qualify
Flag of Romania.svg 2018 did not qualify
Flag of Hungary.svg 2019 11th202 Degbeon, Greinacher, Rodefeld, Simon
Flag of France.svg 2021 2nd532 Brunckhorst, Greinacher, Müller, Rodefeld
Flag of Austria.svg 2022 5th321 Brunckhorst, Greinacher, Degbeon, Rodefeld

Head coach position

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References

  1. Profile – Germany, FIBA.com, Retrieved 26 Nov 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Die Nummer eins der Welt Torben Ritzinger (basketball.de), 1 December 2021. Accessed 31 March 2022.(in German)
  3. How women's basketball star Sabally fell in love with 3x3 FIBA, 22 January 2021. Accessed 30 April 2021.