The Germany women's national 3x3 team is a national

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, governed by Deutscher Basketball Bund (DBB).Profile – Germany
FIBA.com, Retrieved 26 Nov 2015. It represents the country in international 3x3 (3 against 3) women's basketball competitions. 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

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rankings.Die Nummer eins der Welt
Torben Ritzinger (basketball.de), 1 December 2021. Accessed 31 March 2022.

History

2019

At the

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the team, led by Satou Sabally, finished 4th.How women's basketball star Sabally fell in love with 3x3

, 22 January 2021. Accessed 30 April 2021. 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

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

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

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and the

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. Yet, the good performances at the 2021 FIBA 3x3 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament boosted public attention.

2021

At the

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, 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

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’s top-level sports promotion which had also enabled Brunckhorst to get a

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in international management. Never before had a

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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

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. The team was further reinforced by former and current national team and

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players Stefanie Grigoleit, Ama Degbeon, Theresa Simon and Jennifer Crowder. In November 2021, Greinacher and Brunckhorst returned to Germany's "regular" basketball national team in order to compete at the

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World Cup record

Head coach position

* Matthias Weber – (2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Germany women's national 3x3 team 3x3 Women's national 3x3 basketball teams