Germany vs Latvia Prediction & Betting Tips - Basketball World Cup

Prediction published on 05/09/2023, 10:18  by Joseph King | Modified on 05/09/2023 at 10:18 in Basketball World Cup Predictions

The quarter-final of the 2023 FIBA World Cup sees Germany taking on Latvia. The winner of this matchup earns a spot in the semi-final against the United States. It’s been a highly-impressive World Cup by the Germans who are currently the only unbeaten team in the tournament. They cruised through their group stage with double-digit wins over Japan and Finland and a close 85-82 victory over third-ranked Australia. In the second phase of the group stage, Germany recorded  27 point and 29 point victories over Georgia and Slovenia, respectively. The latter was a particularly impressive result given Slovenia’s standing as the seventh-ranked nation in the world and possessing arguably the best player in the competition in Luka Doncic. Led by Dennis Schroder, Germany come into this encounter as the bookmakers favorites to advance to the semis. The Germans' best ever finish in the World Cup was 2002 where they took home bronze.

Latvia have been one of the surprise packages of the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Their most impressive moment came in the initial group stage where they managed to knock off the number four ranked team in the world France by a score of 88-86. Latvia would suffer a heavy defeat to Canada following that victory to finish with two wins and a loss. However, they responded strongly in the second-phase of the group stage with a famous 74-69 win over top-ranked Spain. A 20-point victory over Brazil secured the Latvians spot in the quarter-finals. Latvia are currently ranked 29th but have been consistently playing above their ranking. A high-powered offense has been key to Latvia’s success, as they shot 58% from the field and 48% from deep in their 104-84 win over Brazil the last time out. They rank first in the entire World Cup with an average of 13.2 three pointers made per game.