2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

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The 2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team represented Serbia and took the fourth place at the EuroBasket 2015, held in four different countries (Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia). They were qualified for the EuroBasket by taking the 4th place at the EuroBasket 2013. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, Jovica Antonić, and Goran Bjedov.

Timeline

  • May 26: 24-man roster announced[1]
  • June 24: 18-man roster announced[2]
  • July 15: Start of a training camp
  • August 2–29: Exhibition games
  • September 5–20: EuroBasket 2013

Roster

The following is the Serbia roster for the EuroBasket 2015

Serbian men's basketball national team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Miloš Teodosić (C) 28 – (1987-03-19)March 19, 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow Russia
SF 5 Marko Simonović 29 – (1986-05-30)May 30, 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Pau-Orthez
France
C 6 Ognjen Kuzmić 25 – (1990-05-16)May 16, 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Golden State Warriors United States
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Fenerbahce
Turkey
F
8 Nemanja Bjelica 27 – (1988-05-09)May 9, 1988 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
Fenerbahce
Turkey
PG 9 Stefan Marković 27 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Baloncesto Málaga Spain
SF 10 Nikola Kalinić 23 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda Serbia
G
11 Nemanja Nedović 24 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Valencia Spain
G/F 12 Dragan Milosavljević 26 – (1989-05-11)May 11, 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan NIS Serbia
C 13 Miroslav Raduljica 27 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Panathinaikos Greece
PF
14 Zoran Erceg 30 – (1985-01-11)January 11, 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Galatasaray Turkey
C 15 Nikola Milutinov 20 – (1994-12-30)December 30, 1994 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan NIS Serbia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2015

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player Team[a] Added Removed Reason
Rade Zagorac Serbia Mega Leks May 26, 2015[1] June 24, 2015 18-man roster cut[2]
Vasilije Micić Germany Bayern Munich
Stefan Birčević Spain Estudiantes
Milan Mačvan Serbia Partizan NIS
Nikola Jokić Serbia Mega Leks
Đorđe Majstorović Serbia Metalac Farmakom
Stefan Jović Serbia Crvena zvezda July 18, 2015 Injured[3]
Boban Marjanović Serbia Crvena zvezda August 4, 2015 Withdrew[4]
Stefan Pot
CSU Asesoft Ploiești
August 16, 2015 16-man roster cut[5]
Marko Kešelj Serbia Mega Leks August 20, 2015 14-man roster cut[6]
Luka Mitrović Serbia Crvena zvezda
Vladimir Štimac Spain Estudiantes September 1, 2015 12-man roster cut[7][8]
Nemanja Dangubić Serbia Crvena zvezda
Notes
  1. ^ Team at the time player was a candidate

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Miroslav Raduljica Ognjen Kuzmić Nikola Milutinov
PF
Nemanja Bjelica Zoran Erceg
SF Nikola Kalinić
Marko Simonović
SG Stefan Marković Bogdan Bogdanović Dragan Milosavljević
PG Miloš Teodosić Nemanja Nedović

Staff

Position Staff member Age Team
Head coach Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević 48 Greece Panathinaikos
Assistant coaches Serbia Miroslav Nikolić 59
Serbia Jovica Antonić 49
Serbia Milan Minić 60 Greece Panathinaikos
Croatia Goran Bjedov 44 Greece Panathinaikos
Team manager Serbia Nebojša Ilić 48 Serbia Crvena zvezda
Conditioning coach
Serbia Mladen Mihajlović 30
Scouts Serbia Dragan Popov
Serbia Goran Topić 48 Poland Turów Zgorzelec
Doctor Serbia Dragan Radovanović
Physiotherapists
Serbia Dušan Sajić
Serbia Velibor Kosanović Serbia Vršac
Equipment Manager
Serbia Jovica Aničić
Press Officer Serbia Vladimir Sibinović

Source: KSS

Exhibition games

2 August 2015
Hungary  61–81  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 14–24, 13–19, 18–20
Vojvoda 13
Rebs: not available
Asts
: not available
Pts: Nedović 14
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
Vitranc, Kranjska Gora
Attendance: 100
Referees: not available
7 August 2015
19:30
France  78–65  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 8–5, 23–22, 22–16
7 Pts: Bogdanović 16
Rebs: Milutinov 7
Asts: three players 3
Jean Weille, Nancy
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Emilio Perez Pizarro (ESP), Petri Mantyla (POL), Jakub Zamojski (POL)
8 August 2015
Serbia  75–56  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 23–14, 15–18, 18–10
8 Pts: Zubkov, Kurbanov 13
Rebs: Zubkov 10
Asts: Ponkrashov 8
Astroballe, Lyon
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Jean-Charles Collin, David Chambon, Mehdi Difallah
12 August 2015
20:30
Serbia  73–63  France
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 21–14, 11–12, 21–18
Pts: Bjelica 12
Rebs: not available
Asts
: not available
Pts: de Colo 10
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
15 August 2015
20:30
China  55–95  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 4–28, 11–28, 25–20
: not available Pts: Raduljica 14
Rebs: not available
Asts: Nedović 4
16 August 2015
20:30
Serbia  95–61  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 12–19, 31–13, 25–17
5 Pts: Ponkrashov 13
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
22 August 2015
19:30
Israel  70–85  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 14–17, 18–26, 20–16
Pts: Eliyahu 12
Rebs: not available
Asts
: not available
Pts: Nedović 16
Rebs: Bjelica 7
Asts: Teodosić 7
Tel Aviv
Attendance: not available
Referees: not available
23 August 2015
18:40
Israel  71–79  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 16–22, 17–16, 18–16
Pts: Eliyahu 14
Rebs: not available
Asts
: not available
Pts: Raduljica 16
Rebs: Bjelica 11
Asts: Teodosić 6
Tel Aviv
Attendance: not available
Referees: not available
27 August 2015
Slovenia  70–79  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 13–18, 16–16, 21–23
Pts: Omić 15
Rebs: not available
Asts
: not available
Pts: Bjelica 19
Rebs: Kalinić 5
Asts: Teodosić, Marković 5
29 August 2015
18:00
Serbia  95–88 (OT)  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 23–20, 28–20, 18–22Overtime: 11–4
Pts: Teodosić 20
Rebs: not available
Asts
: not available
Pts: Blažič 19
Rebs: Z. Dragić 9
Asts: Prepelič 6
Borik Arena, Banja Luka
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: not available

Tournament

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 5 5 0 433 354 +79 10 Advanced to Knockout stage
2  Spain 5 3 2 448 411 +37 8[a]
3  Italy 5 3 2 434 434 0 8[a]
4  Turkey 5 3 2 429 459 −30 8[a]
5  Germany 5 1 4 370 379 −9 6
6  Iceland 5 0 5 368 445 −77 5
Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Spain 1–1, +20; Italy 1–1, +5; Turkey 1–1 −25

Spain

5 September 2015
18:00
Spain  70–80  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 15–23, 16–28, 18–18
6 Pts: Bjelica 24
Rebs: Bjelica 10
Asts: Bogdanović 5

Germany

6 September 2015
15:00
Serbia  68–66  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 20–20, 11–10, 18–18
4 Pts: Nowitzki, Pleiß 15
Rebs: Nowitzki 10
Asts: Schröder 6

Iceland

8 September 2015
14:30
Serbia  93–64  Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 18–16, 25–16, 26–16
6 Pts: Gunnarsson 18
Rebs: Sigurðarson 6
Asts: Pálsson, Stefánsson 4

Turkey

9 September 2015
14:30
Turkey  72–91  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–30, 21–23, 24–18, 13–20
6 Pts: Raduljica 20
Rebs: Kuzmić, Raduljica 6
Asts: Teodosić 13

Italy

10 September 2015
14:30
Serbia  101–82  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 23–21, 26–19, 27–23
8 Pts: Gentile 19
Rebs: Aradori 6
Asts: Gentile 6

Knockout stage

Round of 16

13 September 2015
14:30
Serbia  94–81  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 25–19, 23–21, 23–17
9 Pts: Salin 26
Rebs: Murphy 8
Asts: Koponen, Wilson 4
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 12,128
Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Sérgio Silva (POR)

Quarterfinals

16 September 2015
18:30
Serbia  89–75  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 24–21, 22–21, 22–12
14 Pts: Veselý 23
Rebs: Veselý 10
Asts: Pumprla, Satoranský 4
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 8,726
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

Semifinals

18 September 2015
21:00
Serbia  64–67  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 17–13, 9–13, 21–19
Pts: Teodosić 16
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić
3
Pts: Valančiūnas 15
Rebs: Kuzminskas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 20,042
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

Third place game

20 September 2015
14:00
France  81–68  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 21–16, 21–12, 23–24
6 Pts: Bogdanović 14
Rebs: Raduljica 8
Asts: Raduljica 4
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 24,092
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Fernando Rocha (POR)

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

Source: FIBA Europe

References

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