Germany won the Basketball World Cup for the first time on Sunday, defeating Serbia 83-77.
The Germans, who had gone undefeated throughout the tournament and were playing in their first final, took the lead in the third quarter in Manila.
Serbia staged a frantic fourth-quarter comeback, but Germany held them off and took home the Naismith Trophy.
Dennis Schroder finished the game with 28 points, followed by Franz Wagner with 19.
Germany had beaten the United States in a dramatic semi-final.
Serbia, who were looking to win the title for the first time as an independent nation, lost small forward Ognjen Dobric to injury with less than three minutes of the game gone.
Dobric had to be carried off after a hard landing while attacking the basket.
He later reappeared at courtside, cycling on an exercise bike, but did not come back into the game.
Serbia were cheered on by a large group of travelling supporters but could not keep up with Germany in the second half.
Aleksa Avramovic finished as Serbia’s top scorer with 21 points, followed by Bogdan Bogdanovic with 17.
There was little to separate the two teams in a fiercely fought first half that ended 47-47.
That all changed in the third quarter when Germany outscored the Serbians 22-10.
Serbia stormed back in the fourth quarter, cutting the lead to three points with less than a minute remaining.
A Schroder lay-up calmed Germany’s jitters, and Avramovic’s missed three-point try dashed Serbia’s aspirations.
Serbia was without power forward Borisa Simanic, who had surgery to remove a kidney after injuring himself earlier in the competition.
They were also missing star Nikola Jokic, who boycotted the tournament to relax after leading the Denver Nuggets to the NBA championship last season.