Germany's Basketball Team to Face Luka Doncic and Slovenia in Pre-EM Match

The reigning world champions will play a preparatory game against Slovenia on August 10 in Mannheim ahead of the European Championship.

Germany's basketball team, led by captain Dennis Schröder, will test their readiness for the European Championship by facing Slovenia, featuring NBA star Luka Doncic, on August 10 in Mannheim.
The European Championship will take place from August 27 to September 14, with preliminary rounds held in Poland, Latvia, Finland, and Cyprus, and the final round in Riga, Latvia.
Germany, as reigning world champions and fourth-place finishers in the Olympics, has been placed in the tournament's first seeding pot, with group assignments to be determined on March 27.
Slovenia, assigned to the second seeding pot, will play its preliminary games in Katowice, Poland, and could face Germany again during the tournament.
This will be the latest in a series of matchups between Germany and Slovenia, following encounters in the 2022 European Championship and the 2023 World Cup.