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.

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Timeline

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, 19871.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow Flag of Russia.svg
SF 5 Marko Simonović 29 – (1986-05-30)May 30, 19862.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pau-Orthez Flag of France.svg
C 6 Ognjen Kuzmić 25 – (1990-05-16)May 16, 19902.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Golden State Warriors Flag of the United States.svg
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 19921.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Fenerbahce Flag of Turkey.svg
F 8 Nemanja Bjelica 27 – (1988-05-09)May 9, 19882.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Fenerbahce Flag of Turkey.svg
PG 9 Stefan Marković 27 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 19881.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Baloncesto Málaga Flag of Spain.svg
SF 10 Nikola Kalinić 23 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 19912.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda Flag of Serbia.svg
G 11 Nemanja Nedović 24 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 19911.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Valencia Flag of Spain.svg
G/F 12 Dragan Milosavljević 26 – (1989-05-11)May 11, 19891.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan NIS Flag of Serbia.svg
C 13 Miroslav Raduljica 27 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 19882.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Panathinaikos Flag of Greece.svg
PF 14 Zoran Erceg 30 – (1985-01-11)January 11, 19852.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Galatasaray Flag of Turkey.svg
C 15 Nikola Milutinov 20 – (1994-12-30)December 30, 19942.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan NIS Flag of Serbia.svg
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
PlayerTeam [a] AddedRemovedReason
Rade Zagorac Flag of Serbia.svg Mega Leks May 26, 2015 [1] June 24, 201518-man roster cut [2]
Vasilije Micić Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
Stefan Birčević Flag of Spain.svg Estudiantes
Milan Mačvan Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan NIS
Nikola Jokić Flag of Serbia.svg Mega Leks
Đorđe Majstorović Flag of Serbia.svg Metalac Farmakom
Stefan Jović Flag of Serbia.svg Crvena zvezda July 18, 2015Injured [3]
Boban Marjanović Flag of Serbia.svg Crvena zvezda August 4, 2015Withdrew [4]
Stefan Pot Flag of Romania.svg CSU Asesoft Ploiești August 16, 201516-man roster cut [5]
Marko Kešelj Flag of Serbia.svg Mega Leks August 20, 201514-man roster cut [6]
Luka Mitrović Flag of Serbia.svg Crvena zvezda
Vladimir Štimac Flag of Spain.svg Estudiantes September 1, 201512-man roster cut [7] [8]
Nemanja Dangubić Flag of Serbia.svg Crvena zvezda
Notes
  1. ↑ Team at the time player was a candidate

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 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

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

Source: KSS

Exhibition games

2 August 2015
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg61–81Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of France.svg78–65Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg75–56Flag of Russia.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg73–63Flag of France.svg  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  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg55–95Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg95–61Flag of Russia.svg  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  Flag of Israel.svg70–85Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of Israel.svg71–79Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of Slovenia.svg70–79Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg95–88 (OT)Flag of Slovenia.svg  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

PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 550433354+7910Advanced to Knockout stage
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 532448411+378 [a]
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53243443408 [a]
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 532429459−308 [a]
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 514370379−96
6Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 505368445−775
Source: eurobasket2015.org [usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Spain 1–1, +20; Italy 1–1, +5; Turkey 1–1 −25

Spain

5 September 2015
18:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg70–80Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg68–66Flag of Germany.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg93–64Flag of Iceland.svg  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  Flag of Turkey.svg72–91Flag of Serbia.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg101–82Flag of Italy.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg94–81Flag of Finland.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg89–75Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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  Flag of Serbia.svg64–67Flag of Lithuania.svg  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  Flag of France.svg81–68Flag of Serbia.svg  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
PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGEFPPG

Source: FIBA Europe

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