2016 Serbia OQT basketball team

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The 2016 Serbia OQT basketball team represented Serbia and won the spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in their capital, Belgrade. They were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 4th place in the EuroBasket 2015. 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[1]
  • May 30: 16-man roster announcement[2]
  • June 16: 15-man roster announcement[3]
  • June 21–28: Exhibition games
  • July 3: 12-man roster announcement[4]
  • July 4–9: Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Roster

The following is the Serbia roster in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament[4]

Serbian men's basketball national team 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 Russia
SF 5 Marko Simonović 30 – (1986-03-08)March 8, 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda Serbia
PG 6 Stefan Jović 25 – (1990-11-03)November 3, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena zvezda Serbia
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Fenerbahce
 Turkey
SF 8 Nemanja Dangubić 23 – (1993-04-13)April 13, 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda Serbia
PG 9 Stefan Marković 28 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 1988 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Baloncesto Málaga Spain
SF 10 Nikola Kalinić 24 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Fenerbahce
 Turkey
G
 		11 Nemanja Nedović 24 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Baloncesto Málaga Spain
PF
 		12 Stefan Birčević 26 – (1989-12-13)December 13, 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan Serbia
C 13 Miroslav Raduljica 28 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Panathinaikos Greece
C 14 Nikola Jokić 21 – (1995-02-19)February 19, 1995 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets United States
C 15 Vladimir Štimac 28 – (1987-09-25)September 25, 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Crvena Zvezda
 Serbia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 4 July 2016

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player Team[a] Added Removed Reason
Ognjen Jaramaz Serbia Mega Leks May 20, 2016[1] May 30, 2016 16-man roster cut[2]
Marko Kešelj Greece Lavrio
Ognjen Kuzmić Greece Panathinaikos
Vladimir Lučić Spain Valencia
Vasilije Micić Serbia Crvena zvezda
Dragan Milosavljević Germany Alba Berlin
Nemanja Bjelica United States Minnesota Timberwolves June 16, 2016 Injured
Nikola Milutinov Greece Olympiacos Withdrew[5]
Boban Marjanović United States San Antonio Spurs Withdrew[5][6]
Marko Gudurić Serbia Crvena zvezda July 3, 2016 Final roster cut[4]
Rade Zagorac Serbia Mega Leks
Milan Mačvan
Olimpia Milano
 Injured[4]
Notes
  1. ^ Team at the time player was a candidate

Exhibition games

21 June 2016
20:30
France  77–79  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 19–17, 22–21, 15–24
Pts: Diaw 14
Rebs: not available
Asts
: not available		 Pts: Bogdanović 24
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
25 June 2016
21:00
Serbia  94–88 (OT)  France
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 21–22, 23–22, 24–23, Overtime: 13–7
Pts: Raduljica 17
Rebs: Jokić 9
Asts: Raduljica
5		 Pts: de Colo 16
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
28 June 2016
20:15
Serbia  91–76  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 26–17, 22–17, 16–13
Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Jokić 5
Asts
: not available		 Pts: Antetokounmpo 14
Rebs: Bourousis 6
Asts: not available

Tournament

Main article: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade
See also: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Preliminary round – Group A

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia (H) 2 2 0 170 141 +29 4 Semifinals
2  Puerto Rico 2 1 1 172 168 +4 3
3  Angola 2 0 2 141 174 −33 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 July
 
 
 Serbia96
 
9 July
 
 Czech Republic72
 
 Serbia108
 
8 July
 
 Puerto Rico77
 
 Latvia70
 
 
 Puerto Rico77
 

Puerto Rico

4 July 2016
21:00
Serbia  87–81  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–9, 28–20, 18–30
Pts: Nedović 14
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: Teodosić
6		 Pts:
Barea
3

Angola

6 July 2016
18:00
Angola  60–83  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–30, 15–17, 13–22, 9–14
Pts: Moore 10
Rebs: Fernandes 6
Asts: Domingos, Santos
2		 Pts: Jokić 17
Rebs: Jokić 6
Asts: Bogdanović 8

Knockout round

Semifinal – Czech Republic

Final – Puerto Rico

9 July 2016
21:00
Serbia  108–77  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 37–11, 23–16, 22–29, 26–21
Pts: Bogdanović 26
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: Bogdanović
8		 Pts:
Barea 22
Rebs: Huertas, Vassallo 4
Asts: Arroyo
6

See also

  • 2016 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team

References

  1. ^ a b "Erceg out but Jokic in for Serbia at home OQT". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Giant center Marjanovic still in Serbia squad after it's trimmed to 16". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Serbia squad at 15 following changes to frontcourt line-up". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Serbia pick 12-man roster for Belgrade OQT". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b ""ORLOVI" U PROBLEMIMA Đorđević u šoku, Milutinov i Bobi rešili da ne dođu na pripreme!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Marjanović ne igra u kvalifikacijama, može u Rio". b92.net. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

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