Olympics 2024: 3×3 basketball players celebrate coup against USA

Perfect surprise: German 3×3 basketball players defeat USA.
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The German 3×3 basketball players made a big surprise in their Olympic premiere and beat the title favorites USA. The setting at the start of the match at the Place de la Concorde also made people want more.

Reichert: “I can't bring a smile to my face”

Svenja Brunckhorst, Sonja Greinacher, Elisa Mevius and Marie Reichert had a strong performance and eventually won 17:13 against the highly rated Americans. The next preliminary round opponent in Paris is Australia on Wednesday.

“I couldn't help but smile,” Reichert said after the historic win. “It's unbelievable, on this stage.
And to play in such a background. The 23-year-old explained that she and her colleagues were a little nervous at first. But little by little they defended better and with their first point, “the knot broke a little”.

Only on the project in Tokyo from 2021

A modified form of streetball has become more popular in recent years. It will be part of the Olympic program for the first time in Tokyo in 2021. There were no German teams there at the time; The women's title went to the United States. The game focuses only on one basket, and three of the four players on a team are on the court at the same time.

The program surrounding the match is as important as the game itself. A DJ warms up the audience, music plays throughout the game and the atmosphere is lively. The initial phase belongs to American women. The German side quickly fell behind 5-0 before getting the first point after three minutes of a total of ten minutes of net playing time.

The German test was very consistent in the end

The DBB selection then changed things – and the game. North Americans suddenly weren't so accurate anymore, and the surprise began.

The top two teams from the eight-man group advance directly to the semi-finals, while the third to sixth-placed teams decide the other two semi-finalists in an additional round.