Reigning world basketball champions Germany have beaten Turkey in the final to win the European championship. Germany came from behind in a tightly contested game to beat Turkey 88-83 and win the EuroBasket 2025 final on Sunday in Riga. This comes two years after Germany – with mostly the same players – won their first FIBA World Cup. "It was unbelievable," said German Basketball Association (DBB) President Ingo Weiss. Germany now two-time European basketball championGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz congratulated the team for the "sensational performance" in a post on X.