2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team

Main article: Serbia men's national basketball team

The 2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team represented Serbia and won the silver medal^[1][2] at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were qualified for the Summer Olympics by winning the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, and Jovica Antonić.

Timeline

• May 20: 24-player preliminary roster announced^[3]
• June 16: 15-man roster announcement^[4]
• July 4–9: Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• July 15: Start of a training camp on Kopaonik mountain^[5]
• July 22: 12-man roster announcement^[6]
• July 23: The end of the training camp
• July 29–August 1: Exhibition games^[7]
• August 6–21: 2016 Summer Olympics

Roster

The following is the Serbia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Serbia men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics 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 – (1986-05-30)May 30, 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Crvena Zvezda   SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Fenerbahce   PG 9 Stefan Marković 28 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 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 25 – (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) Estudiantes   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 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Denver Nuggets   C 15 Vladimir Štimac 28 – (1987-09-25)September 25, 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Crvena Zvezda   PG 24 Stefan Jović 25 – (1990-11-03)November 3, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena Zvezda   PF 25 Milan Mačvan 26 – (1989-11-16)November 16, 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Emporio Armani	Head coach   Aleksandar Đorđević Assistant coach(es)   Miroslav Nikolić   Jovica Antonić   Milan Minić Conditioning trainer   Mladen Mihajlović Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates

Player	Team^[a]	Added	Removed	Reason
Nemanja Bjelica	Minnesota Timberwolves	May 20, 2016	July 17, 2016	Injured^[8]
Marko Gudurić	Crvena zvezda		July 22, 2016	12-man roster cut^[6]
Nemanja Dangubić	Crvena zvezda

Notes

1. Team at the time player was a candidate

Exhibition games

See also: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade

The Serbia roster has participated at the Super 4 in Córdoba, Argentina (July 29 – August 1), together with Argentina, Croatia and France.^[9][10][11]

Super 4

29 July 2016 18:00 (UTC−3)

Report

France	88–105	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–25, 24–32, 20–23
Pts: Gobert 16 Rebs: Gobert 5 Asts: Diaw 7		Pts: Bogdanović 29 Rebs: Mačvan 5 Asts: Teodosić 7

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Attendance: not available Referees: Juan Fernández, Fabricio Vito

30 July 2016 21:00 (UTC−3)

Report

Argentina	79–74	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 10–24, 18–20, 21–16
Pts: Delfino 21 Rebs: Nocioni 5 Asts: Campazzo 5		Pts: Raduljica 13 Rebs: Jokić, Raduljica 7 Asts: Jović 5

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Attendance: not available Referees: Juan Fernández, Fabricio Vito, Roberto Smith

1 August 2016 18:00 (UTC−3)

Report

Serbia	86–77	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 20–21, 28–20, 22–17
Pts: Raduljica 17 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Bogdanović 4		Pts: Bogdanović 18 Rebs: Šarić 9 Asts: Simon 3

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Attendance: not available Referees: Roberto Smith, Gabriel Tarifeño, Aníbal Brites

Olympic play

Further information: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	524	407	+117	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	444	368	+76	9
3	France	5	3	2	423	378	+45	8
4	Serbia	5	2	3	426	387	+39	7
5	Venezuela	5	1	4	315	444	−129	6
6	China	5	0	5	318	466	−148	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Venezuela

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 22:30

Boxscore

Venezuela	62–86	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 9–26, 18–24, 21–18
Pts: Echenique 12 Rebs: Colmenares 6 Asts: Vargas 5		Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Štimac 9 Asts: Nedović 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,063 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Duan Zhu (CHN), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)

Australia

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 14:15

Boxscore

Serbia	80–95	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 20–14, 20–22, 17–33
Pts: Raduljica 25 Rebs: Bogdanović 8 Asts: Marković 4		Pts: Mills 26 Rebs: Bogut 12 Asts: Dellavedova 13

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,409 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA)

France

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 14:15

Boxscore

Serbia	75–76	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 19–14, 24–17, 15–19
Pts: Raduljica 16 Rebs: Jokić 7 Asts: Teodosić 9		Pts: de Colo 22 Rebs: Diaw 9 Asts: Diaw 9

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,901 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

United States

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 19:00

Boxscore

United States	94–91	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 23–26, 22–21, 22–29
Pts: Irving 15 Rebs: George 9 Asts: Irving, Cousins 5		Pts: Jokić 25 Rebs: Jokić 6 Asts: Teodosić 6

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,413 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)

China

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 22:30

Boxscore

Serbia	94–60	China
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 19–10, 35–15, 16–17
Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Jokić 7 Asts: Marković, Teodosić 5		Pts: Yi 20 Rebs: Wang 8 Asts: Ailun 8

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,367 Referees: Juan García (ESP), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Anne Panther (GER)

Knockout round

Quarterfinal – Croatia

There was little to separate the two teams in the first half, with Serbia up 20-19 at the end of the opening period and Croatia taking a 38-32 advantage at the break. Serbia took control thanks to a third quarter in which they outscored Croatia 34-14. They took their biggest lead of the night, 66-52, when Bogdan Bogdanović buried a three-pointer with 22 seconds left in the period. Croatia answered by going on a 22-7 run that got them within 74-73 on Darko Planinić's pair of free-throws with 3:26 remaining. Serbia stayed in front but Croatia were breathing down their neck. Sasha Đorđević's side got a bit of breathing room when Miroslav Raduljica made the second of two foul shots to make it 79-75 with 27 seconds and that forced Croatia in having to foul intentionally to stop the clock but ultimately running out of time.^[12]

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 22:15

Boxscore

Croatia	83–86	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 19–12, 14–34, 31–20
Pts: Bogdanović 28 Rebs: Planinić 9 Asts: Simon 5		Pts: Bogdanović 18 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Teodosić 10

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,027 Referees: Juan García (ESP), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)

Semifinal – Australia

Serbia were in control of the game right from the start, scoring the opening eight points and forcing Australia into bad shots and costly turnovers. It didn't help that the Boomers were ice cold, going 2-of-15 from the field, as they trailed 16-5 by the end of the first quarter. It was more of the same in the second period as Australia continued to struggle to find the bottom of the net while Serbia tightened their grip on the game by closing out the first half on a 9-0 run for a commanding 35-14 lead. Australia broke out of their slump in the third quarter, scoring 24 points but Serbia had 31 of their own as they headed into the final frame up 66-38, with the win all but wrapped up. Miloš Teodosić was in attack mode right from the get go, scoring 6 of Serbia's first 12 points. It gave Serbia the start they needed and they never looked back. Teodosić finished with 22 points and 5 assists.^[13]

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 19:00

Boxscore

Australia	61–87	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 5–16, 9–19, 24–31, 23–21
Pts: Mills, Motum 13 Rebs: Baynes 8 Asts: Broekhoff 4		Pts: Teodosić 22 Rebs: Jokić 11 Asts: Teodosić 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,655 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

Gold medal game – United States

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 15:45

Boxscore

Serbia	66–96	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–33, 14–27, 23–17
Pts: Nedović 14 Rebs: Jokić 4 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Durant 30 Rebs: Cousins 15 Asts: Lowry 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 10,658 Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan García (ESP)

Statistics

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
Stefan Birčević	7	4	7.7	.364	.167	.750	1.0	.3	.1	.0	1.4	1.7
Bogdan Bogdanović	8	4	26.1	.458	.366	.875	3.6	2.6	1.3	.1	12.0	12.3
Nikola Jokić	8	2	22.5	.500	.300	.762	6.0	2.4	1.5	.6	14.5	9.1
Stefan Jović	8	1	15.3	.440	.286	.600	2.6	2.1	.6	.0	5.4	3.4
Nikola Kalinić	8	7	18.0	.438	.091	.900	3.3	1.4	1.1	.1	7.4	4.8
Milan Mačvan	8	4	14.4	.476	.375	.846	2.6	1.3	.5	.0	8.3	7.1
Stefan Marković	8	7	22.4	.425	.333	.909	2.5	3.3	.9	.0	8.8	6.3
Nemanja Nedović	8	1	13.0	.425	.438	.800	1.1	1.6	.9	.1	5.1	5.6
Miroslav Raduljica	8	6	19.1	.612	.000	.735	3.3	1.3	.4	.6	14.0	14.8
Marko Simonović	7	0	12.8	.556	.400	.625	1.4	.4	.7	.3	5.1	4.1
Vladimir Štimac	8	0	5.6	.533	.000	.500	3.3	.3	.1	.1	4.4	2.6
Miloš Teodosić	8	4	25.5	.370	.326	.852	2.0	5.4	.4	.0	10.3	12.1
Total	8	8	200.0	.467	.331	.772	36.0	22.1	8.4	2.0	95.8	83.1

Source: 2016 Summer Olympics

See also

• Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• 2017 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

References

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2. "Serbia have to settle for second best". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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4. "Serbia squad at 15 following changes to frontcourt line-up". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
5. "Seniori otputovali na Kopaonik". kss.rs (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
6. "Djordjevic: Dangubic and Gudric players for future". kss.rs. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
7. "Seniori otputovali u Argentinu, sledeća stanica Rio". kss.rs (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
8. "Bez Nemanje Bjelice u Riju". kss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
9. "Así se jugará el Súper 4 La Caja en Córdoba". argentina.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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External links

• Official website
• Olympics tournament profile