German women's basketball team celebrates victory at the start of the European Championships at home - Nowitzki also there
This is exactly how the German women's basketball team had envisioned their start to the European Championship preliminary round at home. They achieved a well-deserved victory against Sweden, much to the delight of guest of honor Dirk Nowitzki.
Germany's women's basketball team celebrated a perfect start to the European Championship. In front of birthday boy Dirk Nowitzki, the German team won its opening match against Sweden in Hamburg 89-76 (44-27), thus taking a first step toward the knockout round in Piraeus. To qualify, Germany must finish at least second in its group.
Their next opponent is Spain this Friday (8:00 p.m./Magentasport). The co-favorite won its first match against Great Britain by a clear margin of 85:70 (48:25).
Against Sweden, Luisa Geiselsöder was the top German scorer with 20 points. Among the 3,414 spectators in Hamburg's Inselpark Arena was basketball legend Nowitzki. The Würzburg native came to support the German team despite his 47th birthday.
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