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Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

Main article: Serbia men's national basketball team

The Serbia team for 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification represented Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification in Europe. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, and Jovica Antonić. The team has qualified for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China.[1]

Serbia
PresidentPredrag Danilović
Head coachAleksandar Đorđević
ArenaAleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
First round2nd
Second round3rd
PIR leaderBoban Marjanović
23.0
Scoring leaderBoban Marjanović
17.5
Rebounding leaderNemanja Bjelica
9.0
Assists leaderMiloš Teodosić
9.5
Highest home attendance8,800
81–88 Germany
(2 July 2018)
Lowest home attendance4,278
85–64 Austria
(24 November 2017)
Average home attendance6,167
Biggest winGeorgia 50–87
(29 June 2018)
Biggest defeat74–83 Israel
(30 November 2018)
All statistics correct as of February 26, 2019.

Timeline edit

  • October 20, 2017: 35-man roster announced[2][3]
  • November 6, 2017: 24-man roster announced[4]
  • November 2017 – July 2018: First round[5]
  • September 2018 – February 2019: Second round

Roster edit

The following are all players who appeared at least in one game during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification:

Serbia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SF 0 Aleksa Radanov 21 – (1998-02-01)February 1, 1998 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda mts  
PG 4 Miloš Teodosić 31 – (1987-03-19)March 19, 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Free agent
SF 5 Marko Simonović 32 – (1986-05-30)May 30, 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Zenit St. Petersburg  
PF 6 Stevan Jelovac 29 – (1989-07-08)July 8, 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Brose Bamberg  
PF 6 Milan Mačvan 29 – (1989-11-16)November 16, 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Bayern Munich  
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 26 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Sacramento Kings  
SG 7 Ivan Paunić 32 – (1987-01-27)January 27, 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Tofaş  
F 8 Nemanja Bjelica 30 – (1988-05-09)May 9, 1988 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Sacramento Kings  
PF 8 Sava Lešić 30 – (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Igokea  
SG 8 Milenko Tepić 31 – (1987-02-27)February 27, 1987 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) P.A.O.K.  
SG 9 Vanja Marinković 22 – (1997-01-09)January 9, 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan NIS  
SF 10 Nikola Kalinić 27 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahce  
SG 12 Dragan Milosavljević 29 – (1989-05-11)May 11, 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Unicaja  
C 13 Miroslav Raduljica 31 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Jiangsu Dragons  
PF 14 Stefan Birčević 29 – (1989-12-13)December 13, 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Baskets Bonn  
G 16 Nemanja Nedović 27 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Olimpia Milano  
G 19 Branko Lazić 30 – (1989-01-12)January 12, 1989 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Crvena zvezda mts  
F 19 Vladimir Lučić 29 – (1989-06-17)June 17, 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Bayern Munich  
SF 20 Dejan Todorović 24 – (1994-05-29)May 29, 1994 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) UCAM Murcia  
PG 21 Ognjen Jaramaz 24 – (1995-01-09)January 9, 1995 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Partizan NIS  
F/C 21 Nikola Jovanović 25 – (1994-01-06)January 6, 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Dolomiti Energia Trento  
PG 22 Vasilije Micić 25 – (1994-01-13)January 13, 1994 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Anadolu Efes  
C 22 Nikola Milutinov 24 – (1994-12-13)December 13, 1994 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Olympiacos  
G 24 Stefan Jović 28 – (1990-11-03)November 3, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bayern Munich  
PG 25 Ilija Đoković 23 – (1996-01-05)January 5, 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Borac  
PG 30 Aleksa Avramović 24 – (1994-10-25)October 25, 1994 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Varese  
SG 31 Ognjen Dobrić 24 – (1994-10-27)October 27, 1994 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena zvezda mts  
F/C 41 Đorđe Gagić 28 – (1990-12-28)December 28, 1990 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan NIS  
PG 44 Stefan Peno 21 – (1997-08-03)August 3, 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Alba Berlin  
C 51 Boban Marjanović 30 – (1988-08-15)August 15, 1988 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in) Philadelphia 76ers  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes
    club on 21 February 2019
  • Age – describes age
    on 21 February 2019

Depth chart edit

Selected players (12/30) with 5 or more games played. Number in parentheses indicates how many times player was in a starting line-up.

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Miroslav Raduljica (7) Nikola Milutinov (4) Đorđe Gagić (1)
PF Stefan Birčević (5) Stevan Jelovac (3)
SF Dejan Todorović (4) Marko Simonović (4)
SG Dragan Milosavljević (6) Milenko Tepić (2)
PG Stefan Peno (5) Vasilije Micić (2) Ilija Đoković (0)

Staff edit

Position Staff member Age Team
Head coach   Aleksandar Đorđević 50 —
Assistant coaches   Miroslav Nikolić 62   Dynamic VIP PAY
  Jovica Antonić 52 —
  Milan Minić 63 —
Team manager   Nebojša Ilić 50   Crvena zvezda
Conditioning coaches   Mladen Mihajlović 33 —
  Denis Krdžalić   Hawaii
Scouts   Dragan Popov —
  Goran Topić 51   Vršac
Physicians   Dragan Radovanović —
  Milan Mirković —
Physiotherapists   Dušan Sajić —
  Velibor Kosanović   Vršac
  Marko Sokić   Dynamic VIP PAY
Equipment Manager   Jovica Aničić —
Press Officer   Vladimir Sibinović —

Source: KSS

Uniform edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exhibition games edit

Serbia played one exhibition game.

8 September 2018
Serbia   99–43   Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 22–7, 34–9, 19–18
Pts: Bjelica 15
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available		 Pts: not available
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: not available
Referees: not available

Qualification edit

Further information: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

First round – Group G edit

Main article: Group G
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 6 6 0 508 414 +94 12 Advance to the second round
2   Serbia 6 4 2 514 449 +65 10
3   Georgia 6 2 4 460 495 −35 8
4   Austria 6 0 6 394 518 −124 6 Relegated to the EuroBasket Pre-Qualifiers second round
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Austria (Home) edit

24 November 2017
20:00
Serbia   85–64   Austria
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 27–17, 15–13, 26–22
Pts: Paunić 16
Rebs: Raduljica 8
Asts: Peno, Đoković 4		 Pts: Mahalbašić 15
Rebs: Radoš 5
Asts: Schreiner 8
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 4,278
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Sergei Beliakov (RUS), Özlem Yalman (TUR)

Georgia (Home) edit

27 November 2017
20:00
Serbia   105–87   Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–24, 30–19, 31–23
Pts: Raduljica 28
Rebs: Raduljica 8
Asts: Peno 9		 Pts: Dixon 36
Rebs: Markoishvili 7
Asts: Dixon 9
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,890
Referees: Tolga Sahin (ITA), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Anastasios Manos (GRE)

Germany (Away) edit

22 February 2018
19:30
Germany   79–74   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 20–15, 17–18, 22–15
Pts: Benzing 17
Rebs: Akpınar 5
Asts: Doreth 4		 Pts: Raduljica 22
Rebs: Lešić 7
Asts: Paunić 4
Fraport Arena, Frankfurt
Attendance: 5,002
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Gentian Cici (ALB)

Austria (Away) edit

25 February 2018
20:20
Austria   81–82   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 25–20, 20–25, 18–16
Pts: Mahalbašić 22
Rebs: Mahalbašić 9
Asts: Schreiner 7		 Pts: Jelovac 21
Rebs: Simonović 5
Asts: Avramović 5
Multiversum, Schwechat
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Petr Hrůša (CZE), Tanel Suslov (EST)

Georgia (Away) edit

29 June 2018
19:00 (GMT+4)
Georgia   50–87   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 7–19, 18–23, 14–27
Pts: McFadden 18
Rebs: Shengelia 8
Asts: Tsintsadze 2		 Pts: Todorović 24
Rebs: Micić 7
Asts: Micić 5
Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

Germany (Home) edit

2 July 2018
20:00
Serbia   81–88   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 18–14, 19–21, 21–32
Pts: Marjanović 22
Rebs: Marjanović 11
Asts: Micić 10		 Pts: Schröder 21
Rebs: Kleber 7
Asts: Schröder 6
SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 8,800
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)

Second round – Group L edit

Main article: Group L
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Greece 12 11 1 972 880 +92 23 Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup
2   Germany 12 9 3 1017 867 +150 21
3   Serbia 12 7 5 993 875 +118 19
4   Georgia 12 5 7 927 968 −41 17[a] Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers
5   Israel 12 5 7 925 974 −49 17[a]
6   Estonia 12 4 8 821 950 −129 16
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Georgia 2–0; Israel 0–2

Greece (Away) edit

13 September 2018
20:00
Greece   70–63   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 19–14, 16–15, 19–16
Pts: Calathes, Printezis 15
Rebs: Bourousis 10
Asts: Bourousis 8		 Pts: Bogdanović 19
Rebs: Bjelica 12
Asts: Bjelica 5
Heraklion Arena, Heraklion
Attendance: 5,222
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR)

Estonia (Home) edit

16 September 2018
20:15
Serbia   91–65   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 23–13, 29–11, 17–25
Pts: Bjelica 14
Rebs: Bjelica 6
Asts: Micić, Jović 4		 Pts: Kajupank 17
Rebs: Raieste 4
Asts: Kullamäe, Veideman 5
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,700
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

Israel (Away) edit

30 November 2018
14:00 (GMT+2)
Israel   83–74   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 14–21, 16–15, 24–14
Pts: Pnini 18
Rebs: four players 3
Asts: Blatt 9		 Pts: Milosavljević
Rebs: Peno 8
Asts: Peno 6
Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Marius Ciulin (ROM), Zafer Yilmaz (TUR)

Greece (Home) edit

3 December 2018
20:15 (GMT+1)
Serbia   84–61   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 15–21, 23–13, 17–13
Pts: Jović 22
Rebs: Jelovac 7
Asts: Micić, Raduljica 6		 Pts: Bochoridis, Saloustros 12
Rebs: Vasilopoulos 5
Asts: Vasilopoulos, Larentzakis 4
Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,780
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA)

Estonia (Away) edit

21 February 2019
19:00 (GMT+2)
Estonia   71–70   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 17–18, 18–20, 22–16
Pts: Kitsing, Kullamäe 18
Rebs: Jõesaar 9
Asts: Raieste 5		 Pts: Jelovac 19
Rebs: Jelovac 8
Asts: Teodosić 10
Saku Suurhall, Tallinn
Attendance: 4,585
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

Israel (Home) edit

24 February 2019
16:00
Serbia   97–76   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 23–15, 18–17, 30–26
Pts: Lučić 22
Rebs: Jelovac 6
Asts: Teodosić 9		 Pts: Cohen 16
Rebs: Cline 6
Asts: Zoosman 5
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 6,890
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Fernando Calatrava (ESP)

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 PPG EF
Aleksa Avramović 4 0 13.1 .529 .500 .625 1.3 2.0 .0 .0 6.5 4.8
Stefan Birčević 7 5 17.0 .600 .473 .571 3.4 0.9 .6 .0 8.0 9.9
Nemanja Bjelica 2 2 23.6 .455 .200 .250 9.0 3.5 2.0 .0 11.5 18.0
Bogdan Bogdanović 2 2 18.6 .318 .267 1.00 2.5 1.0 1.5 .0 11.0 5.5
Ognjen Dobrić 3 0 2.9 1.00 .000 .000 .0 .3 .3 .0 0.7 1.3
Ilija Đoković 8 0 9.7 .300 .385 .500 .9 1.0 .0 .0 2.4 1.8
Đorđe Gagić 8 1 7.5 .417 .000 .917 2.1 .6 .3 .3 2.6 4.3
Ognjen Jaramaz 2 0 6.3 .000 .000 .000 .5 1.0 1.0 .0 0.0 0.5
Stevan Jelovac 9 3 22.3 .451 .321 .868 4.9 1.1 .7 .3 11.8 12.4
Nikola Jovanović 1 0 1.3 1.00 .000 .000 2.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0 4.0
Stefan Jović 3 3 26.2 .625 .429 .833 2.3 3.3 2.0 .0 12.7 13.7
Nikola Kalinić 2 0 14.0 .286 .400 .250 1.5 1.0 .5 .0 3.5 2.5
Branko Lazić 2 0 15.6 1.00 1.00 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .5 4.5 6.0
Sava Lešić 2 0 7.5 .000 .000 .500 3.5 .0 .0 .0 1.0 1.5
Vladimir Lučić 3 2 18.8 .688 .800 .875 2.3 1.0 .7 .0 11.0 12.3
Milan Mačvan 2 2 22.9 .417 .333 .800 3.5 4.5 .5 .0 12.0 14.5
Vanja Marinković 2 0 2.7 1.00 .000 1.00 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.5 3.5
Boban Marjanović 2 0 20.0 .812 1.00 .727 8.5 1.5 .5 .0 17.5 23.0
Vasilije Micić 5 2 21.7 .273 .158 .692 3.6 5.6 2.2 .0 6.0 9.8
Dragan Milosavljević 8 6 26.5 .556 .409 .812 2.9 2.0 .8 .0 11.5 11.8
Nikola Milutinov 5 4 20.7 .692 .0 .846 3.6 1.0 .4 1.4 9.4 13.0
Nemanja Nedović 2 0 17.1 .500 .400 1.00 2.0 .5 .0 .0 7.5 7.0
Ivan Paunić 4 4 26.2 .516 .286 .286 3.0 3.8 1.0 .5 10.0 9.8
Stefan Peno 8 5 19.6 .323 .273 .583 2.6 3.0 .9 .0 3.8 5.0
Aleksa Radanov 2 0 1.8 1.00 1.00 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 1.5 1.0
Miroslav Raduljica 10 7 21.2 .585 1.00 .706 4.9 2.3 1.3 .4 13.3 14.8
Marko Simonović 12 4 22.4 .519 .394 .733 2.6 .8 .7 .2 6.5 7.9
Miloš Teodosić 2 2 30.5 .304 .368 1.00 1.5 9.5 1.5 .0 13.5 13.5
Milenko Tepić 6 2 17.0 .250 .000 .800 2.5 1.7 .7 .0 2.0 3.8
Dejan Todorović 5 4 23.0 .476 .318 .692 3.6 2.6 1.4 .0 11.2 12.2
Total 12 12 200.0 .491 .356 .728 36.5 20.0 8.2 1.8 82.8 95.1

Last updated: February 24, 2019.
Source: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 WC Qualifiers: Serbia qualified for the World Cup". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. ^ "IMENA IZ EVROLIGE Saletov spisak: Evo na koje igrače Đorđević računa u kvalifikacijama za Svetsko prvenstvo". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Širi spisak reprezentacije Srbije za prvi „prozor" kvalifikacija za SP 2019". kss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. ^ "SKRATIO SPISAK Saletovih 24 igrača za start kvalifikacija". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers

External links edit

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