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2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

Main article: Serbia men's national basketball team

The 2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team represented Serbia and took the fourth place at the EuroBasket 2015, held in four different countries (Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia). They were qualified for the EuroBasket by taking the 4th place at the EuroBasket 2013. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, Jovica Antonić, and Goran Bjedov.

Timeline edit

  • May 26: 24-man roster announced[1]
  • June 24: 18-man roster announced[2]
  • July 15: Start of a training camp
  • August 2–29: Exhibition games
  • September 5–20: EuroBasket 2013

Roster edit

The following is the Serbia roster for the EuroBasket 2015

Serbian men's basketball national team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Miloš Teodosić (C) 28 – (1987-03-19)March 19, 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow  
SF 5 Marko Simonović 29 – (1986-05-30)May 30, 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pau-Orthez  
C 6 Ognjen Kuzmić 25 – (1990-05-16)May 16, 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Golden State Warriors  
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Fenerbahce  
F 8 Nemanja Bjelica 27 – (1988-05-09)May 9, 1988 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Fenerbahce  
PG 9 Stefan Marković 27 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Baloncesto Málaga  
SF 10 Nikola Kalinić 23 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda  
G 11 Nemanja Nedović 24 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Valencia  
G/F 12 Dragan Milosavljević 26 – (1989-05-11)May 11, 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan NIS  
C 13 Miroslav Raduljica 27 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Panathinaikos  
PF 14 Zoran Erceg 30 – (1985-01-11)January 11, 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Galatasaray  
C 15 Nikola Milutinov 20 – (1994-12-30)December 30, 1994 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan NIS  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2015

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player Team[a] Added Removed Reason
Rade Zagorac   Mega Leks May 26, 2015[1] June 24, 2015 18-man roster cut[2]
Vasilije Micić   Bayern Munich
Stefan Birčević   Estudiantes
Milan Mačvan   Partizan NIS
Nikola Jokić   Mega Leks
Đorđe Majstorović   Metalac Farmakom
Stefan Jović   Crvena zvezda July 18, 2015 Injured[3]
Boban Marjanović   Crvena zvezda August 4, 2015 Withdrew[4]
Stefan Pot   CSU Asesoft Ploiești August 16, 2015 16-man roster cut[5]
Marko Kešelj   Mega Leks August 20, 2015 14-man roster cut[6]
Luka Mitrović   Crvena zvezda
Vladimir Štimac   Estudiantes September 1, 2015 12-man roster cut[7][8]
Nemanja Dangubić   Crvena zvezda
Notes
  1. ^ Team at the time player was a candidate

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Miroslav Raduljica Ognjen Kuzmić Nikola Milutinov
PF Nemanja Bjelica Zoran Erceg
SF Nikola Kalinić Marko Simonović
SG Stefan Marković Bogdan Bogdanović Dragan Milosavljević
PG Miloš Teodosić Nemanja Nedović

Staff edit

Position Staff member Age Team
Head coach   Aleksandar Đorđević 48   Panathinaikos
Assistant coaches   Miroslav Nikolić 59 —
  Jovica Antonić 49 —
  Milan Minić 60   Panathinaikos
  Goran Bjedov 44   Panathinaikos
Team manager   Nebojša Ilić 48   Crvena zvezda
Conditioning coach   Mladen Mihajlović 30 —
Scouts   Dragan Popov —
  Goran Topić 48   Turów Zgorzelec
Doctor   Dragan Radovanović —
Physiotherapists   Dušan Sajić —
  Velibor Kosanović   Vršac
Equipment Manager   Jovica Aničić —
Press Officer   Vladimir Sibinović —

Source: KSS

Exhibition games edit

2 August 2015
Hungary   61–81   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 14–24, 13–19, 18–20
Pts: Vojvoda 13
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available		 Pts: Nedović 14
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
Vitranc, Kranjska Gora
Attendance: 100
Referees: not available
7 August 2015
19:30
France   78–65   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 8–5, 23–22, 22–16
Pts: Parker 16
Rebs: Gobert 6
Asts: Parker 7		 Pts: Bogdanović 16
Rebs: Milutinov 7
Asts: three players 3
Jean Weille, Nancy
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Emilio Perez Pizarro (ESP), Petri Mantyla (POL), Jakub Zamojski (POL)
8 August 2015
Serbia   75–56   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 23–14, 15–18, 18–10
Pts: Bjelica 16
Rebs: Kuzmić 6
Asts: Bjelica 8		 Pts: Zubkov, Kurbanov 13
Rebs: Zubkov 10
Asts: Ponkrashov 8
Astroballe, Lyon
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Jean-Charles Collin, David Chambon, Mehdi Difallah
12 August 2015
20:30
Serbia   73–63   France
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 21–14, 11–12, 21–18
Pts: Bjelica 12
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available		 Pts: de Colo 10
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 16,180
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Saša Maričić, Uroš Obrknežević
15 August 2015
20:30
China   55–95   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 4–28, 11–28, 25–20
Pts: Wang Zhelin, Liu Wei 10
Rebs: Zhou Qi 6
Asts: not available		 Pts: Raduljica 14
Rebs: not available
Asts: Nedović 4
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Uroš Obrknežević, Vladimir Jevtović, Radoš Arsenijević
16 August 2015
20:30
Serbia   95–61   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 12–19, 31–13, 25–17
Pts: Raduljica 15
Rebs: Teodosić 7
Asts: Teodosić 5		 Pts: Ponkrashov 13
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Saša Maričić, Vladimir Jevtović, Nemanja Ninković
22 August 2015
19:30
Israel   70–85   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 14–17, 18–26, 20–16
Pts: Eliyahu 12
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available		 Pts: Nedović 16
Rebs: Bjelica 7
Asts: Teodosić 7
Tel Aviv
Attendance: not available
Referees: not available
23 August 2015
18:40
Israel   71–79   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 16–22, 17–16, 18–16
Pts: Eliyahu 14
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available		 Pts: Raduljica 16
Rebs: Bjelica 11
Asts: Teodosić 6
Tel Aviv
Attendance: not available
Referees: not available
27 August 2015
Slovenia   70–79   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 13–18, 16–16, 21–23
Pts: Omić 15
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available		 Pts: Bjelica 19
Rebs: Kalinić 5
Asts: Teodosić, Marković 5
Stožice Arena, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Mario Majkič, Milan Nedović
29 August 2015
18:00
Serbia   95–88 (OT)   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 23–20, 28–20, 18–22, Overtime: 11–4
Pts: Teodosić 20
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available		 Pts: Blažič 19
Rebs: Z. Dragić 9
Asts: Prepelič 6
Borik Arena, Banja Luka
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: not available

Tournament edit

Further information: EuroBasket 2015

Preliminary round edit

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 5 5 0 433 354 +79 10 Advanced to Knockout stage
2   Spain 5 3 2 448 411 +37 8[a]
3   Italy 5 3 2 434 434 0 8[a]
4   Turkey 5 3 2 429 459 −30 8[a]
5   Germany 5 1 4 370 379 −9 6
6   Iceland 5 0 5 368 445 −77 5
Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Spain 1–1, +20; Italy 1–1, +5; Turkey 1–1 −25

Spain edit

5 September 2015
18:00
Spain   70–80   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 15–23, 16–28, 18–18
Pts: Gasol 16
Rebs: Mirotić 10
Asts: Llull 6		 Pts: Bjelica 24
Rebs: Bjelica 10
Asts: Bogdanović 5
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 9,750
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Robert Vyklický (CZE)

Germany edit

6 September 2015
15:00
Serbia   68–66   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 20–20, 11–10, 18–18
Pts: Bjelica 12
Rebs: Kuzmić, Nedović 7
Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 4		 Pts: Nowitzki, Pleiß 15
Rebs: Nowitzki 10
Asts: Schröder 6
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 13,050
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Aare Halliko (EST), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

Iceland edit

8 September 2015
14:30
Serbia   93–64   Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 18–16, 25–16, 26–16
Pts: Nedović 15
Rebs: Bogdanović 7
Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 6		 Pts: Gunnarsson 18
Rebs: Sigurðarson 6
Asts: Pálsson, Stefánsson 4
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Robert Vyklický (CZE), Igor Mitrovski (MKD)

Turkey edit

9 September 2015
14:30
Turkey   72–91   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–30, 21–23, 24–18, 13–20
Pts: Muhammed 16
Rebs: Osman 9
Asts: Güler 6		 Pts: Raduljica 20
Rebs: Kuzmić, Raduljica 6
Asts: Teodosić 13
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

Italy edit

10 September 2015
14:30
Serbia   101–82   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 23–21, 26–19, 27–23
Pts: Teodosić 26
Rebs: Bjelica 8
Asts: Teodosić 8		 Pts: Gentile 19
Rebs: Aradori 6
Asts: Gentile 6
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 4,185
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Sašo Petek (SLO)

Knockout stage edit

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 knockout stage

Round of 16 edit

13 September 2015
14:30
Serbia   94–81   Finland
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 25–19, 23–21, 23–17
Pts: Raduljica 27
Rebs: Bjelica 14
Asts: Teodosić 9		 Pts: Salin 26
Rebs: Murphy 8
Asts: Koponen, Wilson 4
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 12,128
Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Sérgio Silva (POR)

Quarterfinals edit

16 September 2015
18:30
Serbia   89–75   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 24–21, 22–21, 22–12
Pts: Erceg 20
Rebs: Bjelica 10
Asts: Teodosić 14		 Pts: Veselý 23
Rebs: Veselý 10
Asts: Pumprla, Satoranský 4
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 8,726
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

Semifinals edit

18 September 2015
21:00
Serbia   64–67   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 17–13, 9–13, 21–19
Pts: Teodosić 16
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 3		 Pts: Valančiūnas 15
Rebs: Kuzminskas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 20,042
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

Third place game edit

20 September 2015
14:00
France   81–68   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 21–16, 21–12, 23–24
Pts: de Colo 20
Rebs: Gobert 14
Asts: Diaw 6		 Pts: Bogdanović 14
Rebs: Raduljica 8
Asts: Raduljica 4
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 24,092
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Fernando Rocha (POR)

Statistics edit

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3FG%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  EF  PIR per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG EF PPG

Source: FIBA Europe

References edit

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  3. ^ "Definitivno: Malerozni Jović propušta Evrobasket!". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. ^ "DEFINITIVNO: Marjanović propušta Evrobasket!". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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  6. ^ "Đorđević skratio spisak, uz Kešelja otpao i Luka Mitrović!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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External links edit

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