Serbia team for 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

The Serbia team for 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification is representing Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification in Europe. The team is coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić and Jovica Antonić.

Timeline

  • October 20, 2017: 35-man roster announced[1][2]
  • November 6, 2017: 24-man roster announced[3]
  • November 2017 – July 2018: First round[4]
  • September 2018 – February 2019: Second round

Roster

The following is the Serbia 12-man roster for games against Greece and Estonia in September 2018, as well as the all players who appeared at least in one game during qualification:

Serbia men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SF 5 Simonović, Marko 32 – (1986-05-30)May 30, 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Zenit St. Petersburg Russia
PF 6 Jelovac, Stevan 29 – (1989-07-08)July 8, 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Brose Bamberg Germany
SG 7 Bogdanović, Bogdan 26 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Sacramento Kings United States
F 8 Bjelica, Nemanja 30 – (1988-05-09)May 9, 1988 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Sacramento Kings United States
SF 10 Kalinić, Nikola 26 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahce Turkey
F 11 Lučić, Vladimir 29 – (1989-06-17)June 17, 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Bayern Munich Germany
SG 12 Milosavljević, Dragan 29 – (1989-05-11)May 11, 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Unicaja Spain
C 13 Raduljica, Miroslav 30 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Jiangsu Dragons China
C 15 Milutinov, Nikola 23 – (1994-12-13)December 13, 1994 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Olympiacos Greece
G 16 Nedović, Nemanja 27 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Olimpia Milano Italy
PG 22 Micić, Vasilije 24 – (1994-01-13)January 13, 1994 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Anadolu Efes Turkey
G 24 Jović, Stefan 27 – (1990-11-03)November 3, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bayern Munich Germany
SF 0 Radanov, Aleksa (X) 20 – (1998-02-01)February 1, 1998 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda mts Serbia
SG 4 Tepić, Milenko (X) 31 – (1987-02-27)February 27, 1987 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) New Basket Brindisi Italy
PF 6 Mačvan, Milan (X) 28 – (1989-11-16)November 16, 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Bayern Munich Germany
SG 7 Paunić, Ivan (X) 31 – (1987-01-27)January 27, 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Tofaş Turkey
PF 8 Lešić, Sava (X) 30 – (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Oettinger Rockets Germany
SG 9 Marinković, Vanja (X) 21 – (1997-01-09)January 9, 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan NIS Serbia
PF 14 Birčević, Stefan (X) 28 – (1989-12-13)December 13, 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) İstanbul BB Turkey
SF 20 Todorović, Dejan (X) 24 – (1994-05-29)May 29, 1994 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) UCAM Murcia Spain
PG 21 Jaramaz, Ognjen (X) 23 – (1995-01-09)January 9, 1995 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Mega Bemax Serbia
PG 25 Đoković, Ilija (X) 22 – (1996-01-05)January 5, 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Borac Serbia
PG 30 Avramović, Aleksa (X) 23 – (1994-10-25)October 25, 1994 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Varese Italy
SG 31 Dobrić, Ognjen (X) 23 – (1994-10-27)October 27, 1994 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena zvezda mts Serbia
F/C 41 Gagić, Đorđe (X) 27 – (1990-12-28)December 28, 1990 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan NIS Serbia
PG 44 Peno, Stefan (X) 21 – (1997-08-03)August 3, 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Alba Berlin Germany
C 51 Marjanović, Boban (X) 30 – (1988-08-15)August 15, 1988 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in) Los Angeles Clippers United States
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (X) Unavailable for upcoming
    game
  • Age – describes age
    on 13 September 2018

Depth chart for the first round

Selected players (12/21) with 3 or more games played, or more than 50 cumulated minutes played.

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Miroslav Raduljica Đorđe Gagić
PF Stevan Jelovac Stefan Birčević
SF Marko Simonović Dejan Todorović
SG Ivan Paunić Dragan Milosavljević Milenko Tepić
PG Stefan Peno Ilija Đoković Vasilije Micić

Staff

Position Staff member Age Team
Head coachSerbia Aleksandar Đorđević50N/A
Assistant coachesSerbia Miroslav Nikolić62Serbia Dynamic VIP PAY
Serbia Jovica Antonić52N/A
Serbia Milan Minić63Serbia Partizan
Team managerSerbia Nebojša Ilić50Serbia Crvena zvezda
Conditioning coachesSerbia Mladen Mihajlović33N/A
Serbia Ivan Zarić33N/A
ScoutsSerbia Dragan PopovN/A
Serbia Goran Topić51Serbia Vršac
DoctorSerbia Dragan RadovanovićN/A
PhysiotherapistsSerbia Dušan SajićN/A
Serbia Velibor KosanovićSerbia Vršac
Equipment ManagerSerbia Jovica AničićN/A
Press OfficerSerbia Vladimir SibinovićN/A

Source: KSS

Exhibition games

8 September 2018
Serbia  99–43  Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 22–7, 34–9, 19–18
Pts: Bjelica 16

Qualification

First round – 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

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (Q) 8 8 0 706 555 +151 16 Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup
2  Greece (Q) 8 8 0 669 580 +89 16
3  Serbia 8 5 3 668 585 +83 13
4  Georgia 8 3 5 630 661 −31 11[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers
5  Israel 8 3 5 616 655 −39 11[lower-alpha 1]
6  Estonia 8 2 6 523 634 −111 10
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Israel 80–85 Georgia

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
Israel  vs.  Serbia

Greece (Home)

3 December 2018
Serbia  vs.  Greece

Estonia (Away)

21 February 2019
Estonia  vs.  Serbia

Israel (Home)

24 February 2019
Serbia  vs.  Israel

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
Aleksa Avramović1017.5.444.500.6672.05.0.0.011.013.0
Stefan Birčević3221.0.643.625.5713.31.31.0.011.09.0
Ilija Đoković5013.8.278.364.5001.41.4.0.02.23.2
Ognjen Dobrić203.71.00.000.000.0.5.5.02.01.0
Đorđe Gagić406.8.600.0001.002.3.5.5.36.03.5
Ognjen Jaramaz206.3.000.000.000.51.01.0.00.50.0
Stevan Jelovac4225.1.500.500.8644.5.5.3.013.313.8
Sava Lešić207.5.000.000503.5.0.0.01.51.0
Milan Mačvan2222.9.417.333.8003.54.5.5.014.512.0
Vanja Marinković202.71.00.0001.00.0.0.0.03.52.5
Boban Marjanović2020.08121007278.51.5.5.023.017.5
Vasilije Micić2228.1.190.83.5005.07.54.5.010.06.0
Dragan Milosavljević2231.2.435.301.003.52.51.0.012.012.5
Nikola Milutinov2220.8.833.0.8003.51.0.01.015.012.0
Ivan Paunić4426.2.516.286.2863.03.81.0.59.810.0
Stefan Peno6419.3.333.375.6002.22.81.0.04.73.8
Aleksa Radanov201.41.001.00.000.0.0.0.01.01.5
Miroslav Raduljica4423.1.6091.007505.52.01.5.821.020.3
Marko Simonović6224.4.556.450.7692.5.7.3.28.78.2
Milenko Tepić4014.4.273.000.6672.51.5.5.03.52.0
Dejan Todorović5423.0.476.318.6923.62.61.4.012.211.2
Total000000000000

Last updated: July 3, 2018.
Source: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

See also

References

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