Germany vs Japan Prediction: the Reigning Champ Will Start With a Win

Prediction for the Summer Olympic Games basketball match between Germany vs Japan, which will take place on July 27th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The German team had already played Japan in a friendly match before the Olympics and won 104-83. In addition, the Germans played four more friendlies. They exchanged the wins with France (66:90, 70:65), beat the Netherlands (95:50), and lost to the USA (88:92).

Germany's lineup is the same as the one that won the 2023 World Cup. The Wagner brothers, Dennis Schröder and Daniel Theis, and Euroleague stars Voigtmann, Obst, Lo, Giffey, and Thiemann are still in the running.

The Japanese are currently ranked 10th in the FIBA Top 10, but they've never been among the top teams. At the last Olympics, they participated as hosts for the first time since 1976 and came in 11th place out of 12 teams. And at the 2023 World Cup, they didn't make it out of their group.

Before the Olympics, the national team lost all their practice games. They lost twice to South Korea (both times 84:85), once to Germany (83:104), and once to Serbia (100:119).

It's hard to imagine the Japanese team doing well at the 2024 Olympics. As the friendly matches before the start of the Games showed, they aren't at the same level as the world's strongest teams. We are pretty confident Germany would win, especially since they beat Japan twice last year by at least 18 points.