2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
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[lower-alpha 1] Added Removed Reason
Rade ZagoracSerbia Mega LeksMay 26, 2015[1]June 24, 201518-man roster cut[2]
Vasilije MicićGermany Bayern Munich
Stefan BirčevićSpain Estudiantes
Milan MačvanSerbia Partizan NIS
Nikola JokićSerbia Mega Leks
Đorđe MajstorovićSerbia Metalac Farmakom
Stefan JovićSerbia Crvena zvezdaJuly 18, 2015Injured[3]
Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena zvezdaAugust 4, 2015Withdrew[4]
Stefan PotRomania CSU Asesoft PloieștiAugust 16, 201516-man roster cut[5]
Marko KešeljSerbia Mega LeksAugust 20, 201514-man roster cut[6]
Luka MitrovićSerbia Crvena zvezda
Vladimir ŠtimacSpain EstudiantesSeptember 1, 201512-man roster cut[7][8]
Nemanja DangubićSerbia 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 coachSerbia Aleksandar Đorđević48Greece Panathinaikos
Assistant coachesSerbia Miroslav Nikolić59
Serbia Jovica Antonić49
Serbia Milan Minić60Greece Panathinaikos
Croatia Goran Bjedov44Greece Panathinaikos
Team managerSerbia Nebojša Ilić48Serbia Crvena zvezda
Conditioning coachSerbia Mladen Mihajlović30
ScoutsSerbia Dragan Popov
Serbia Goran Topić48Poland Turów Zgorzelec
DoctorSerbia Dragan Radovanović
PhysiotherapistsSerbia Dušan Sajić
Serbia Velibor KosanovićSerbia Vršac
Equipment ManagerSerbia Jovica Aničić
Press OfficerSerbia Vladimir Sibinović

Source: KSS

Exhibition games

2 August 2015
Hungary  6181  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 14–24, 13–19, 18–20
Pts: 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  7865  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 8–5, 23–22, 22–16
Pts: Parker 16
Rebs: Gobert 6
Asts: Parker 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  7556  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 23–14, 15–18, 18–10
Pts: Bjelica 16
Rebs: Kuzmić 6
Asts: Bjelica 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  7363  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
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 16,180
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Saša Maričić, Uroš Obrknežević
15 August 2015
20:30
China  5595  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 4–28, 11–28, 25–20
Pts: Wang Zhelin, Liu Wei 10
Rebs: Zhou Qi 6
Asts: not available
Pts: Raduljica 14
Rebs: not available
Asts: Nedović 4
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Uroš Obrknežević, Vladimir Jevtović, Radoš Arsenijević
16 August 2015
20:30
Serbia  9561  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 12–19, 31–13, 25–17
Pts: Raduljica 15
Rebs: Teodosić 7
Asts: Teodosić 5
Pts: Ponkrashov 13
Rebs: not available
Asts: not available
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Saša Maričić, Vladimir Jevtović, Nemanja Ninković
22 August 2015
19:30
Israel  7085  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  7179  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  7079  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
Stožice Arena, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Mario Majkič, Milan Nedović
29 August 2015
18:00
Serbia  9588 (OT)  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 23–20, 28–20, 18–22, Overtime: 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[lower-alpha 1]
3  Italy 5 3 2 434 434 0 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Turkey 5 3 2 429 459 30 8[lower-alpha 1]
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. Spain 1–1, +20; Italy 1–1, +5; Turkey 1–1 −25

Spain

5 September 2015
18:00
Spain  7080  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 15–23, 16–28, 18–18
Pts: Gasol 16
Rebs: Mirotić 10
Asts: Llull 6
Pts: Bjelica 24
Rebs: Bjelica 10
Asts: Bogdanović 5
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 9,750
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Robert Vyklický (CZE)

Germany

6 September 2015
15:00
Serbia  6866  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 20–20, 11–10, 18–18
Pts: Bjelica 12
Rebs: Kuzmić, Nedović 7
Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 4
Pts: Nowitzki, Pleiß 15
Rebs: Nowitzki 10
Asts: Schröder 6
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 13,050
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Aare Halliko (EST), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

Iceland

8 September 2015
14:30
Serbia  9364  Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 18–16, 25–16, 26–16
Pts: Nedović 15
Rebs: Bogdanović 7
Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 6
Pts: Gunnarsson 18
Rebs: Sigurðarson 6
Asts: Pálsson, Stefánsson 4
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Robert Vyklický (CZE), Igor Mitrovski (MKD)

Turkey

9 September 2015
14:30
Turkey  7291  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–30, 21–23, 24–18, 13–20
Pts: Muhammed 16
Rebs: Osman 9
Asts: Güler 6
Pts: Raduljica 20
Rebs: Kuzmić, Raduljica 6
Asts: Teodosić 13
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

Italy

10 September 2015
14:30
Serbia  10182  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 23–21, 26–19, 27–23
Pts: Teodosić 26
Rebs: Bjelica 8
Asts: Teodosić 8
Pts: Gentile 19
Rebs: Aradori 6
Asts: Gentile 6
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 4,185
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Sašo Petek (SLO)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

13 September 2015
14:30
Serbia  9481  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 25–19, 23–21, 23–17
Pts: Raduljica 27
Rebs: Bjelica 14
Asts: Teodosić 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  8975  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 24–21, 22–21, 22–12
Pts: Erceg 20
Rebs: Bjelica 10
Asts: Teodosić 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  6467  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  8168  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 21–16, 21–12, 23–24
Pts: de Colo 20
Rebs: Gobert 14
Asts: Diaw 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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