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2016 Serbia OQT basketball team

Main article: Serbia men's national basketball team

The 2016 Serbia OQT basketball team represented Serbia and won the spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in their capital, Belgrade. They were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 4th place in the EuroBasket 2015. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić and Jovica Antonić.

Timeline edit

  • May 20: 24-player preliminary roster announced[1]
  • May 30: 16-man roster announcement[2]
  • June 16: 15-man roster announcement[3]
  • June 21–28: Exhibition games
  • July 3: 12-man roster announcement[4]
  • July 4–9: Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Roster edit

The following is the Serbia roster in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament[4]

Serbian men's basketball national team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Miloš Teodosić (C) 29 – (1987-03-19)March 19, 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow  
SF 5 Marko Simonović 30 – (1986-03-08)March 8, 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda  
PG 6 Stefan Jović 25 – (1990-11-03)November 3, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena zvezda  
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Fenerbahce  
SF 8 Nemanja Dangubić 23 – (1993-04-13)April 13, 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda  
PG 9 Stefan Marković 28 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 1988 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Baloncesto Málaga  
SF 10 Nikola Kalinić 24 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahce  
G 11 Nemanja Nedović 24 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Baloncesto Málaga  
PF 12 Stefan Birčević 26 – (1989-12-13)December 13, 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan  
C 13 Miroslav Raduljica 28 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Panathinaikos  
C 14 Nikola Jokić 21 – (1995-02-19)February 19, 1995 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets  
C 15 Vladimir Štimac 28 – (1987-09-25)September 25, 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Crvena Zvezda  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 4 July 2016

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player Team[a] Added Removed Reason
Ognjen Jaramaz   Mega Leks May 20, 2016[1] May 30, 2016 16-man roster cut[2]
Marko Kešelj   Lavrio
Ognjen Kuzmić   Panathinaikos
Vladimir Lučić   Valencia
Vasilije Micić   Crvena zvezda
Dragan Milosavljević   Alba Berlin
Nemanja Bjelica   Minnesota Timberwolves June 16, 2016 Injured
Nikola Milutinov   Olympiacos Withdrew[5]
Boban Marjanović   San Antonio Spurs Withdrew[5][6]
Marko Gudurić   Crvena zvezda July 3, 2016 Final roster cut[4]
Rade Zagorac   Mega Leks
Milan Mačvan   Olimpia Milano Injured[4]
Notes
  1. ^ Team at the time player was a candidate

Exhibition games edit

21 June 2016
20:30
France   77–79   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 19–17, 22–21, 15–24
Pts: Diaw 14
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available		 Pts: Bogdanović 24
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: not available
Referees: not available
25 June 2016
21:00
Serbia   94–88 (OT)   France
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 21–22, 23–22, 24–23, Overtime: 13–7
Pts: Raduljica 17
Rebs: Jokić 9
Asts: Raduljica 5		 Pts: de Colo 16
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Uroš Obrknežević, Aleksandar Glišić.
28 June 2016
20:15
Serbia   91–76   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 26–17, 22–17, 16–13
Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Jokić 5
Asts: not available		 Pts: Antetokounmpo 14
Rebs: Bourousis 6
Asts: not available
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 18,000
Referees: not available

Tournament edit

Main article: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade
See also: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Preliminary round – Group A edit

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia (H) 2 2 0 170 141 +29 4 Semifinals
2   Puerto Rico 2 1 1 172 168 +4 3
3   Angola 2 0 2 141 174 −33 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 July
 
 
  Serbia96
 
9 July
 
  Czech Republic72
 
  Serbia108
 
8 July
 
  Puerto Rico77
 
  Latvia70
 
 
  Puerto Rico77
 

Puerto Rico edit

4 July 2016
21:00
Serbia   87–81   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–9, 28–20, 18–30
Pts: Nedović 14
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: Teodosić 6		 Pts: Holland 21
Rebs: Ramos 7
Asts: Barea 3
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,872
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Angola edit

6 July 2016
18:00
Angola   60–83   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–30, 15–17, 13–22, 9–14
Pts: Moore 10
Rebs: Fernandes 6
Asts: Domingos, Santos 2		 Pts: Jokić 17
Rebs: Jokić 6
Asts: Bogdanović 8
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,422
Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), Carmelo Paternico (ITA), Fernando Rocha (POR)

Knockout round edit

Semifinal – Czech Republic edit

8 July 2016
21:00
Serbia   96–72   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 19–19, 28–22, 23–14
Pts: Bogdanović 21
Rebs: Bogdanović, Jokić 8
Asts: Raduljica, Teodosić 6		 Pts: Satoranský 14
Rebs: Satoranský 7
Asts: Satoranský 7
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 12,793
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Fernando Rocha (POR), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

Final – Puerto Rico edit

9 July 2016
21:00
Serbia   108–77   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 37–11, 23–16, 22–29, 26–21
Pts: Bogdanović 26
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: Bogdanović 8		 Pts: Barea 22
Rebs: Huertas, Vassallo 4
Asts: Arroyo 6
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,123
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Erceg out but Jokic in for Serbia at home OQT". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Giant center Marjanovic still in Serbia squad after it's trimmed to 16". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Serbia squad at 15 following changes to frontcourt line-up". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Serbia pick 12-man roster for Belgrade OQT". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b ""ORLOVI" U PROBLEMIMA Đorđević u šoku, Milutinov i Bobi rešili da ne dođu na pripreme!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Marjanović ne igra u kvalifikacijama, može u Rio". b92.net. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

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