German national basketball team of women
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| Association | DBB |
| FIBA member since | 1954 |
| FIBA world rankings | 31 (in 2012) |
| Trainer | Hermann couple |
| Record player | Martina Kehrenberg (226) |
| World championships | |
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| Participation in the finals | 1 |
| Best results | 11. ( 1998 ) GDR: Fourth ( 1967 ) |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation in the finals | no |
| Best results | |
| Continental championships | |
| championship | European Championship |
| Participation in the finals | 14th |
| Best results | Bronze ( 1997 ) |
| Homepage | basketball-bund.de/teams/a-damen |
| (As of May 11, 2013) | |
The German national basketball team for women has represented Germany in women's basketball since 1954 .
The greatest success is winning the bronze medal at the 1997 European basketball championship .
history
The first games of the German women's selection took place at the 1954 European Championship in Belgrade . Germany was clearly defeated in most of the games (including 11-106 against the USSR), was only able to record its first victory in the game against Denmark (33:21) and finished in 9th and penultimate place in the field. Two years later, the German women finished 15th and again penultimate place at the European Championships.
The following European championships took place without German participation. After missing the qualification for the European Championships in 1962 and 1964, the women's national team took part in the 1966 European Championship in Budapest . There they took 12th and last place, while the women's selection of the GDR could win the bronze medal. Two years later at the European Championship in 1968, the German women only came in last.
The next European Championship participation was in 1974 in Cagliari , where Germany was 10th of 13 participants. In 1976 it was only enough for 13th and last place, in 1978 for the penultimate. After missing the qualification for the European Championship in 1980, the German selection took part in the European Championship in 1981 after changing the annual rhythm of the European Championship and came in 10th. The last European Championship participation before German reunification was 1983 and Germany was again the last.
After 12 years of forced break due to missed qualifications, the women's selection took part in the 1995 European Championships in Brno and finished in 9th and last place in the field.
The performance of the German selection at the 1997 European Women's Championship in Hungary was all the more surprising . They only had to admit defeat in the semifinals after a wafer-thin 77:78 defeat after extra time against Lithuania . The game for third place was won by the German team with 86:61 against the hosts from Hungary and won the bronze medal. The German Marlies Askamp was elected MVP of the tournament.
But the success should not be repeated. At the first and so far only participation in a world championship in 1998 in their own country, the women's selection only came in 11th out of 16 participating nations. At the European Championships in Poland in 1999 , the women managed only 12th and last place.
After two missed qualifications in 2001 and 2003, the German women's basketball team took part in the 2005 European Championship in Turkey . There she finished only 11th and penultimate place. At the EM 2007 in Italy they survived the preliminary round after victories against Romania and defeats against Belgium and Lithuania. After that they started with an unexpected win against defending champions Czech Republic. However, after defeats against Turkey and Latvia, the team had to travel home as 11th of 16 teams.
In 2008 the German national women's basketball team missed the direct qualification for the European Championship and had to go into the additional qualifying round, which the three best of the national teams who failed in the direct qualification contest. Here in January 2009 they had the national teams of Bulgaria and Ukraine as competitors for the last free place in the European Championship 2009. The German team lost the first game in Kiev against Ukraine with 47:73. In the second game in the Ischerlandhalle in Hagen against Bulgaria a 68:60 success was achieved. Since Ukraine won both games against the Bulgarians, the German team had the game in Saarlouis win with a basket difference of at least 26 points against Ukraine to still have a chance to participate in the European Championships in 2009. But this did not succeed and so the German team could not qualify for the European championship despite a 48:45 victory. In the last game Germany lost in Bulgaria 66:67 and finished second in the additional qualifying round for the European Championship behind Ukraine and ahead of Bulgaria.
The qualification for the EM 2011 turned out to be a difficult task. In a group with England, Ukraine and Slovakia they missed the direct EM qualification and had to go the detour via the additional round 2011, in which the German team prevailed and thus secured the EM participation.
Record national players
Players with more than 100 national team appearances: (1973–2016), players with an * are still active.
- Martina Kehrenberg 226
- Marlies Askamp 190
- Heike Roth 178
- Anne Breitreiner * 165
- Andrea Harder 161
- Peter london 158
- Maria Kuczmann 150
- Christine Ishaque 145
- Andrea Hohl 132
- Dorothea Richter * 131
- Birgit Plescher 130
- Petra glasses 118
- Lisa Koop * 114
- Sophie von Saldern 106
- Andrea Gotzmann 101
- Ute Kraetschmann 101
Web links
- German national basketball team for women on the DBB website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Mahr: Balance sheet: players. In: mahr.sb-vision.de. Retrieved December 16, 2016 .