2016 Serbia OQT basketball team

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.

Main article: Serbia men's national basketball team

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 4 Teodosić, Miloš (C) 29 – (1987-03-19)March 19, 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow
SF 5 Simonović, Marko 30 – (1986-03-08)March 8, 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda
PG 6 Jović, Stefan 25 – (1990-11-03)November 3, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena zvezda
SG 7 Bogdanović, Bogdan 23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Fenerbahce
SF 8 Dangubić, Nemanja 23 – (1993-04-13)April 13, 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda
PG 9 Marković, Stefan 28 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 1988 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Baloncesto Málaga
SF 10 Kalinić, Nikola 24 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahce
G 11 Nedović, Nemanja 24 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Baloncesto Málaga
PF 12 Birčević, Stefan 26 – (1989-12-13)December 13, 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan
C 13 Raduljica, Miroslav 28 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Panathinaikos
C 14 Jokić, Nikola 21 – (1995-02-19)February 19, 1995 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets
C 15 Štimac, Vladimir 28 – (1987-09-25)September 25, 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Crvena Zvezda
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[lower-alpha 1] Added Removed Reason
Ognjen Jaramaz Mega LeksMay 20, 2016[1]May 30, 201616-man roster cut[2]
Marko Kešelj Lavrio
Ognjen Kuzmić Panathinaikos
Vladimir Lučić Valencia
Vasilije Micić Crvena zvezda
Dragan Milosavljević Alba Berlin
Nemanja Bjelica Minnesota TimberwolvesJune 16, 2016Injured
Nikola Milutinov OlympiacosWithdrew[5]
Boban Marjanović San Antonio SpursWithdrew[5][6]
Marko Gudurić Crvena zvezdaJuly 3, 2016Final roster cut[4]
Rade Zagorac Mega Leks
Milan Mačvan Olimpia MilanoInjured[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
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: not available
Referees: 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
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Uroš Obrknežević, Aleksandar Glišić.
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
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 18,000
Referees: 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) Host.
 
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: Holland 21
Rebs: Ramos 7
Asts: Barea 3
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,872
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

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
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,422
Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), Carmelo Paternico (ITA), Fernando Rocha (POR)

Knockout round

Semifinal – Czech Republic
8 July 2016
21:00
Serbia  96–72  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 19–19, 28–22, 23–14
Pts: Bogdanović 21
Rebs: Bogdanović, Jokić 8
Asts: Raduljica, Teodosić 6		 Pts: Satoranský 14
Rebs: Satoranský 7
Asts: Satoranský 7
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 12,793
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Fernando Rocha (POR), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

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
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,123
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

See also
  • 2016 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team

References
  1. "Erceg out but Jokic in for Serbia at home OQT". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. "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. "Serbia pick 12-man roster for Belgrade OQT". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ""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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