HAMBURG (FIBA U17 World Championship) - After a 67-51 win Serbia is set to play for fifth place against Australia, Germany will face China in the game for seventh place.

Germany started strong going into the first quarter and took the lead after a Besnik Bekteshi three pointer (5-3, 3min).

Serbia, known for its capability to score a lot of points in short time. A 12-1 run pushed them ahead. If one thing is for sure, then it's the fact, that Germany is able to bounce back - as shown multiple times before. Mission accomplished, as the hosts cut the defcit to two points going into intermission (30-32, 20min).

Germany's comeback tour was not over yet. Jakob Krumback finally tied the game, followed by Josip Peric knocking down a hard-contested layup to grab the upside of the scoreboard (40:38, 27min).

Serbia did not lose a bit of ots confidence, hitting two three-point shots to end the third quarter and started into the fourth knocking down two more (42:53, 32min).

On his last attempt from the field Nenad Miljenovic passed China'S Ailun Guo for the most points scored in a single game at the FIBA U17 World Championship.

Quotes

Frank Menz, Germany head coach: “Congratulations to both Nenads (head coach Trunic and number 10 Miljenovic). The difference was Nenad the player, he was tremendous today and we could not cope with him in the second half. Like yesterday, at the end of the game we ran out of energy.“

Nenad Trunic, Serbia head coach: “Our job was to have our players mentally recover from yesterday's loss to Poland. We have played great defense all tournament. Today however, we found our offense as well.“

Jakob Krumbeck, Germany number 8: "Every time we got back close to them, they made another important three pointers. That was the key today."

Nenad Miljenovic, Serbia number 10: "Germany have improved a lot since we played them last year.  I think this was by far our best game in the tournament."

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