August 27, Franz Wagner will start Eurobasket 2025 with Germany… but also celebrate its 24th birthday.
Orlando winger is already a Mannschaft executive, with which he won the 2023 World Cup, but also the bronze medal during Euro 2022, and he hopes to win a new charm.
“It would be an extraordinary success”,, he answers the possibility to win the euro with the same group as the one titled at the 2023 World Cup. “Win anything is extremely difficult. Winning a title for his country is obviously something very special. We felt it two years ago, and we do our best to relive this feeling and bring a gold medal back to our country. »»
Especially since it is the best way to promote basketball in Germany, where there are not very popular and has very few licensees. Despite an increase in recent years, the German basketball federation remains below 250,000 licensees, while its French counterpart is gradually approaching 800,000…
Match with fun issues to play … and watch
“It is always an honor to be able to play for the national team” he continues. “My way of seeing things is that I want to help develop basketball here in Germany. And I think that national teams are the best tool we have as players to get there. ”
Especially since Franz Wagner loves issues that are the basis of international tournaments.
“Each decisive match – in particular international matches, when you play for your country, and especially when the time spent with the team is quite short or much shorter than for a club season – is always very physical, and that each player gives everything he has”Concludes Franz Wagner in the format of the euro. “I think that's what makes these matches very fun to play and hope so, to watch too. »»
