Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

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
President	Predrag Danilović
Head coach	Aleksandar Đorđević
Arena	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
First round	2nd
Second round	3rd
PIR leader	Boban Marjanović 23.0
Scoring leader	Boban Marjanović 17.5
Rebounding leader	Nemanja Bjelica 9.0
Assists leader	Miloš Teodosić 9.5
Highest home attendance	8,800 81–88 Germany (2 July 2018)
Lowest home attendance	4,278 85–64 Austria (24 November 2017)
Average home attendance	6,167
Biggest win	Georgia 50–87 (29 June 2018)
Biggest defeat	74–83 Israel (30 November 2018)
← 2017 EuroBasket 2019 World Cup →
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
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

Aleksandar Đorđević

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	—
Conditioning coaches	Denis Krdžalić		Hawaii
Scouts	Dragan Popov		—
Scouts	Goran Topić	51	Vršac
Physicians	Dragan Radovanović		—
Physicians	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

Supplier: Peak
Main sponsor: Triglav

Home

Away

Exhibition games edit

Serbia played one exhibition game.

8 September 2018

Report

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

First round – Group G edit

Pos	Team v t e	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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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)

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^a ^b Georgia 2–0; Israel 0–2

Greece (Away) edit

13 September 2018
20:00

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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)

Boxscore

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)

Boxscore

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)

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

References edit

^ "2019 WC Qualifiers: Serbia qualified for the World Cup". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Širi spisak reprezentacije Srbije za prvi „prozor" kvalifikacija za SP 2019". kss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
^ "SKRATIO SPISAK Saletovih 24 igrača za start kvalifikacija". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
^ 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers

External links edit

Official website
European Qualifiers Profile at FIBA Website

[table_hth_GEO0.27453758114695-6] Georgia 2–0; Israel 0–2

[1] "2019 WC Qualifiers: Serbia qualified for the World Cup". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[35-man-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.

[24-man-4] "SKRATIO SPISAK Saletovih 24 igrača za start kvalifikacija". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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Timeline edit

Roster edit

Depth chart edit

Staff edit

Uniform edit

Exhibition games edit

Qualification edit

First round – Group G edit

Austria (Home) edit

Georgia (Home) edit

Germany (Away) edit

Austria (Away) edit

Georgia (Away) edit

Germany (Home) edit

Second round – Group L edit

Greece (Away) edit

Estonia (Home) edit

Israel (Away) edit

Greece (Home) edit

Estonia (Away) edit

Israel (Home) edit

Statistics edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit

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