After a sensational final at the “Mall Of Asia Arena” in Manila, Germany wrote its name in “golden” letters in the book of the World Cup, winning the first Mundobasket in its history!
Immediately after the completion of the event, FIBA announced the awards of the top athletes who participated and stood out in the tournament.
In top five of Mundobasket, the organizing authority selected five regional players! In particular, apart from the champion and MVP of the event, Dennis Schroeder, the top five included Luka Doncic (Slovenia), Cy Gildzius-Alexander (Canada), Anthony Edwards (USA) and Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbia).
At second best five, entered Simone Fontecchio (Italy), the revelation of Latvia, Arturs Zagars, Jonas Valanciunas (Lithuania), Franz Wagner (Germany), but also the new center of Olympiakos, Nikola Milutinov!
From there, his prize most valuable young player ended up in the hands of the 20-year-old guard of Australia and the Oklahoma City Thunder, Josh Giddy, while, that of the top defender of the competition was taken by Dillon Brooks, who won the bronze medal with the Canadian team.
As for his award coach of the organization, that did not go to the hands of the world champion with Germany, Gordon Herbert, but to the former coach of AEK, Luca Banki, who led Latvia to 5th place! Finally, Mundobasket’s top scorer was Luka Doncicwho finished the tournament averaging 27 points per game!
Source: Sport Fm
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