Germany wins the Fiba World Cup after beating Serbia in the final. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines— None of the teams that medaled in the 2019 FIBA World Cup made the medal round at this year's World Cup. And only two quarterfinalists from 2019 made the quarterfinals this year. It represents almost unprecedented turnover, and FIBA doesn't mind. FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis, in his traditional end-of tournament news conference on Sunday, said basketball's governing body is seeing the impact of recent decisions to increase the size of the field to 32 teams and to have 80 teams be part of the qualification process for those spots.

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