Ankara --
Riesenjubel at Germany's basketball team. Although the team around superstar Dirk Nowitzki will take longer packed, the Korbjäger the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey here. The reason: The Germans were given by the World Federation FIBA on Saturday, a four wildcards.
"Great! This wild card gives us a great perspective for the next few years. Thank the FIBA and look forward to the summer of 2010, "Nowitzki said after the decision of the Central Board of FIBA, which also, at its meeting in Istanbul, Russia, Lithuania and Lebanon, a free ticket to the title bouts of 28 August to 12 September delivery.
"The many appointments and meetings in the past months paid off, it's a landmark decision for our organization," said Ingo Weiss, president of the German Basketball Federation (DBB). "Now we will do everything possible to achieve in Turkey with our strongest team a good result."
Whether Nowitzki and in 2008, shortly before the Summer Olympics in Beijing Chris Kaman actually naturalized in Turkey will be there until the summer of 2010 will decide after the end of the NBA season. Both have made it clear their readiness. "The renunciation of the European Championship in Poland was definitely not a resignation from the national team," Nowitzki said after the cancellation was in September of this year.
By participating in the World Cup, the German team has automatically qualified for the European Championship 2011 in Lithuania, and thus goes a long way from the qualification. In Lithuania, is in addition to the tickets for the London Olympics in 2012, where Nowitzki after the great experience of Beijing like a second time to participate möchte.Die World Cup preliminary round draw for the four is already on this Tuesday (10.30 clock) in Istanbul instead. The tournament will be held in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir and Kayseri. For Germany, it is the fifth World Cup participation.
