Cika wannan jumla: A gasar EuroBasket 2007, inda manyan kungiyoyi uku suka cancanci shiga gasar
Wasannin Olympics na 2008, Nowitzki ya jagoranci Jamus zuwa matsayi na biyar. Shi ne babban mai zira kwallaye tare da maki 24.0 a kowane wasa. Matsayi na biyar yana nufin cewa Jamus ba ta isa ga cancantar kai tsaye ba, amma an ba ta izinin shiga gasar wasannin Olympics ta 2008. Nowitzki ya jagoranci Jamus zuwa wasa mai mahimmanci da Puerto Rico don ragowar ragowar. A wannan muhimmin wasa, ya ci kwallaye 32 kuma ya kasance mai mahimmanci ga nasarar 96-82 wanda ya aika da kungiyar kwallon kwando ta Jamus zuwa wasannin Olympics na farko tun lokacin wasannin Olympics na 1992. An zabi Nowitzki ya zama mai dauke da tutar kungiyar Olympics ta Jamus a bikin bude gasar Olympics ta 2008. Nowitzki ya jagoranci tawagar Jamus zuwa matsayi na goma, kuma ya samu maki 17.0 da 8.4 a gasar.