Securing a ticket to Eurobasket feels nearly guaranteed, yet two qualifying matches remain, one expected to be a real event.

Next Thursday, the Montenegrin basketball team will host the world champions Germany, featuring six players from the championship roster that triumphed globally almost two years ago in Podgorica.

The new coach of the national team, Alex Mumbru, has revealed a roster of 19 players for the games against our team and Sweden, which includes Isak Bonga, Andreas Obst, Johannes Fejtmann, Justus Holac, Johannes Thiemann, and David Kramer – the key figures who led Germany to a world title in Manila.

The legendary Catalan, a world champion with Spain in his playing days, will make the final decision on the roster of 16 players traveling to Montenegro after Monday’s training in Munich.

Germany aims to officially secure their spot in EuroBasket, co-hosted by Latvia, Poland, Finland, and Cyprus in August and September, at “Morača”.

The same is true for Boško Radović’s team, even though it’s clear that only a remarkable series of results can keep Montenegro away from the continental championship.

For this to occur, Bojan Dubljević and his teammates must suffer losses to both Germany and Sweden three days later in Stockholm, with every team in their group ending up with a 3-3 record while Montenegro must face the weakest goal difference.

Once EuroBasket qualification is confirmed, it would mean Montenegro will participate in the European Championship for the fifth time in its history, in addition to having competed in the World Basketball Championship twice before.

Germany’s Roster: Isak Bonga (Partizan), Oskar sa Silva, Johanes Fojtman, Justus Holac, Andreas Obst, Nik Vajler-Beb, Ivan Harčenkov (Bayern Munich), Malte Delou, Jonas Matišek, Luis Olinde, Tim Šnajder (Alba Berlin), David Kramer (Gran Canaria), Leon Kracer (Paris), Tibor Plajš (Trapani), Johannes Timan (Gunma Tanders), Nelson Vajdeman (Ulm).

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