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]

Main article: Serbia national basketball team
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
  • 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

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

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
Position Staff member Age Team
Head coach Aleksandar Đorđević50N/A
Assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić62 Dynamic VIP PAY
Jovica Antonić52N/A
Milan Minić63N/A
Team manager Nebojša Ilić50 Crvena zvezda
Conditioning coaches Mladen Mihajlović33N/A
Denis Krdžalić Hawaii
Scouts Dragan PopovN/A
Goran Topić51 Vršac
Physicians Dragan RadovanovićN/A
Milan MirkovićN/A
Physiotherapists Dušan SajićN/A
Velibor Kosanović Vršac
Marko Sokić Dynamic VIP PAY
Equipment Manager Jovica AničićN/A
Press Officer Vladimir SibinovićN/A

Source: KSS

Uniform

Exhibition games

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

First round – Group G
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers
5  Israel 12 5 7 925 974 −49 17[lower-alpha 1]
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. Georgia 2–0; Israel 0–2

Greece (Away)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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 Avramović4013.1.529.500.6251.32.0.0.06.54.8
Stefan Birčević7517.0.600.473.5713.40.9.6.08.09.9
Nemanja Bjelica2223.6.455.200.2509.03.52.0.011.518.0
Bogdan Bogdanović2218.6.318.2671.002.51.01.5.011.05.5
Ognjen Dobrić302.91.00.000.000.0.3.3.00.71.3
Ilija Đoković809.7.300.385.500.91.0.0.02.41.8
Đorđe Gagić817.5.417.000.9172.1.6.3.32.64.3
Ognjen Jaramaz206.3.000.000.000.51.01.0.00.00.5
Stevan Jelovac9322.3.451.321.8684.91.1.7.311.812.4
Nikola Jovanović101.31.00.000.0002.0.0.0.02.04.0
Stefan Jović3326.2.625.429.8332.33.32.0.012.713.7
Nikola Kalinić2014.0.286.400.2501.51.0.5.03.52.5
Branko Lazić2015.61.001.00.0001.0.0.0.54.56.0
Sava Lešić207.5.000.000.5003.5.0.0.01.01.5
Vladimir Lučić3218.8.688.800.8752.31.0.7.011.012.3
Milan Mačvan2222.9.417.333.8003.54.5.5.012.014.5
Vanja Marinković202.71.00.0001.001.0.0.0.02.53.5
Boban Marjanović2020.0.8121.00.7278.51.5.5.017.523.0
Vasilije Micić5221.7.273.158.6923.65.62.2.06.09.8
Dragan Milosavljević8626.5.556.409.8122.92.0.8.011.511.8
Nikola Milutinov5420.7.692.0.8463.61.0.41.49.413.0
Nemanja Nedović2017.1.500.4001.002.0.5.0.07.57.0
Ivan Paunić4426.2.516.286.2863.03.81.0.510.09.8
Stefan Peno8519.6.323.273.5832.63.0.9.03.85.0
Aleksa Radanov201.81.001.00.000.0.0.0.01.51.0
Miroslav Raduljica10721.2.5851.00.7064.92.31.3.413.314.8
Marko Simonović12422.4.519.394.7332.6.8.7.26.57.9
Miloš Teodosić2230.5.304.3681.001.59.51.5.013.513.5
Milenko Tepić6217.0.250.000.8002.51.7.7.02.03.8
Dejan Todorović5423.0.476.318.6923.62.61.4.011.212.2
Total1212200.0.491.356.72836.520.08.21.882.895.1

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

See also

References
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