2023 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team

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Serbia
Flag of Serbia.svg
President Predrag Danilović
Head coach Svetislav Pešić
Preliminary round Group B Winners
Second round Group I Runners-up
0Playoffs0 Runners-up
PIR leader Bogdan Bogdanović
21.6
Scoring leader Bogdan Bogdanović
19.1
Rebounding leader Nikola Milutinov
8.4
Assists leader Stefan Jović
5.6
Biggest win+42
105–63 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
(26 August 2023)
Biggest defeat–6
77–83 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
(10 September 2023)
All statistics correct as of July 24, 2023.

The 2023 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team represented Serbia at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.

Contents

Serbia qualified for the World Cup by taking the 2nd place in the European Second Round Group I. [1] The team is coached by Svetislav Pešić, with assistant coaches Oliver Kostić, Marko Marinović, Saša Kosović, Ognjen Stojaković and Nenad Jakovljević. The Serbian team won the fifth place at the previous World Cup.

This was the 4th appearance of Serbia at the FIBA Basketball World Cup; however, FIBA considers Serbia as the successor team of FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro who themselves qualified on three occasions. Serbia's best result is 2nd place in 2014; however, FIBA considers Serbia as the successor team of FR Yugoslavia who won 2 World Cups (1998, 2002).

Timeline

Qualification

First round

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 651475422+5311 Second round
(Group I)
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 642460392+6810
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 633448439+99
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6063765061306
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Second round

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1091807707+10019 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1064825803+2216 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1064775764+1116 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1046782742+4014 [lower-alpha 2]
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 10466797173814 [lower-alpha 2]
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 101969783213511
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Serbia 192–191 Greece
  2. 1 2 Turkey 2–0 Belgium

Roster

Serbia men's national basketball team – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 3 Filip Petrušev 23 – (2000-04-15)15 April 20002.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Philadelphia 76ers Flag of the United States.svg
PF 5 Nikola Jović 20 – (2003-06-09)9 June 20032.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Miami Heat Flag of the United States.svg
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović  (C)31 – (1992-08-18)18 August 19921.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Atlanta Hawks Flag of the United States.svg
SG 9 Vanja Marinković 26 – (1997-01-09)9 January 19971.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Saski Baskonia Flag of Spain.svg
SF 13 Ognjen Dobrić 28 – (1994-10-27)27 October 19942.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Virtus Bologna Flag of Italy.svg
C 14 Dušan Ristić 27 – (1995-11-25)25 November 19952.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Lenovo Tenerife Flag of Spain.svg
SG 23 Marko Gudurić 28 – (1995-03-08)8 March 19951.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Fenerbahçe Beko Flag of Turkey.svg
PG 24 Stefan Jović 32 – (1990-11-03)3 November 19901.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Basket Zaragoza Flag of Spain.svg
SF 27 Dejan Davidovac 28 – (1995-01-17)17 January 19952.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda Flag of Serbia.svg
PF 28 Boriša Simanić 25 – (1998-03-20)20 March 19982.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Basket Zaragoza Flag of Spain.svg
PG 30 Aleksa Avramović 28 – (1994-10-25)25 October 19941.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Partizan Mozzart Bet Flag of Serbia.svg
C 33 Nikola Milutinov 28 – (1994-12-30)30 December 19942.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Olympiacos Flag of Greece.svg
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 25 August 2023

Earlier candidates

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
PlayerTeamAddedRemovedReason
Aleksej Pokuševski Flag of the United States.svg Oklahoma City Thunder 24 July 2023 [2] 28 July 2023Injured [4]
Ognjen Jaramaz Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 31 July 2023Injured [5]
Nemanja Nedović Flag of Serbia.svg Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 11 August 2023Withdrew [6]
Alen Smailagić Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan Mozzart Bet 15 August 2023Injured [7]
Uroš Trifunović Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan Mozzart Bet
Dušan Beslać Flag of Serbia.svg Vojvodina 16 August 2023Roster cut [8] [9]
Nikola Topić Flag of Serbia.svg OKK Beograd
Aleksa Radanov Flag of Greece.svg Peristeri 22 August 2023

Staff

Exhibition games

Before the World Cup Serbia will play eight exhibition games. First set will include three closed games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland in Belgrade on 1 and 3 August, and against Montenegro in Podgorica on 5 August. After them team will move to Greece in order to play in 2023 Acropolis of Athens Tournament against Greece on 8 August and Italy on 9 August. After returning from Greece Serbia will play another exhibition game in Belgrade, on 16 August, against Puerto Rico. At the end of August team will leave for China where they will play their last two exhibition games against China on 20 August and Brazil on 21 August. [10]

1 August 2023
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svgvs.Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Played behind closed doors
3 August 2023
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svgvs.Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Played behind closed doors
5 August 2023
Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg vs.Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Canceled

2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
8 August 2023
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg6471Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 22–23, 14–18, 15–14
Pts: Rogkavopoulos 19
Rebs: Mitoglou 10
Asts: Walkup 10
Pts: Bogdanović 15
Rebs: Milutinov 12
Asts: Bogdanović 5
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Athens
Referees: Tsolakos, Somos, Tsimpouris
9 August 2023
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg8988Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–32, 25–15, 26–23, 19–18
Pts: Fontecchio 13
Rebs: Polonara 11
Asts: Severini 5
Pts: N. Jović 18
Rebs: N. Jović 7
Asts: Gudurić 6
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Athens
Referees: Papapetrou, Tziopanos, Agrafiotis

16 August 2023
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg11075Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:26–13, 39–12, 24–21, 21–29
Pts: Dobrić 23
Rebs: N. Jović 8
Asts: S. Jović 11
Pts: Waters 11
Rebs: Romero 6
Asts: Thompson 4
Štark Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 12,526
Referees: Glišić, Jevtović, Pešić
20 August 2023
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg6487Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 16–20, 23–22, 13–22
Pts: M. Hu 14
Rebs: Z. Wang, Q. Zhou 6
Asts: J. Zhao 6
Pts: Bogdanović 19
Rebs: Petrušev 8
21 August 2023
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg8589Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–24, 21–19, 26–25
Pts: Benite 17
Rebs: Caboclo 8
Asts: Raul Neto 7
Pts: Petrušev 17
Rebs: Petrušev 5
Asts: S. Jović 4

Tournament

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup is the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup championship that is organized by FIBA.

Preliminary round

Serbia was drawn into Group B with South Sudan, China, and the Puerto Rico and will play all of its group phase matches in Quezon City at the Araneta Coliseum from 26 to 30 August.

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 330314223+916 Second round
2Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 321285279+65
3Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 312268285174 17th–32nd classification
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 303221301803
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Results by round
Round123
GroundHAA
ResultWWW
Position111

Last updated: 30 August 2023.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

China

This will be the first game between Serbia and China in the World Cup. The Serbians won two of the three Olympic Games matches: 1996 as Yugoslavia and 2016 as Serbia. The Chinese won in the 2004 Olympics.

26 August 2023
20:00 (UTC+8)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg10563Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:25–14, 30–20, 22–13, 28–16
Pts: Bogdanović, Marinković 14
Rebs: Milutinov, Ristić 6
Asts: Gudurić, S. Jović 6
Pts: Zhao R. 17
Rebs: Cui, Zhou 5
Asts: Zhao J. 6
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 7,292
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LBN)

Puerto Rico

This will be the second game between Puerto Rico and Serbia in the World Cup. The Serbians won their last meeting in 2019 and also won in the final of the 2016 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and in the semi-finals of the 2020 edition of the said tournament.

28 August 2023
20:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg7794Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 12–30, 31–18, 19–19
Pts: Piñeiro 14
Rebs: Conditt 11
Asts: Waters 9
Pts: Bogdanović, N. Jović 17
Rebs: Milutinov 15
Asts: S. Jović 6
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 2,944
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

South Sudan

This will be the first competitive game between South Sudan and Serbia.

30 August 2023
16:00
South Sudan  Flag of South Sudan.svg83115Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 19–26, 26–27, 18–32
Pts: Jok 21
Rebs: Omot 5
Asts: Jones 6
Pts: N. Jović 25
Rebs: Milutinov 10
Asts: S. Jović 13
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Rabah Noujaim (LBN)

Second round

Serbia qualified for the Group I where it will play against first two teams from preliminary round group A Dominican Republic and Italy and will play all of its group phase matches in Quezon City at the Araneta Coliseum from 1 to 3 September.

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 541404370+349 [lower-alpha 1] Quarter-finals
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 541502380+1229 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 53244444958 [lower-alpha 2]
4Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 532425444198 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Serbia 76–78 Italy
  2. 1 2 Dominican Republic 97–102 Puerto Rico
Results by round
Round12
GroundHA
ResultLW
Position12

Last updated: 3 September 2023.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

Italy

1 September 2023
16:00
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg7678Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 23–17, 20–19, 14–19
Pts: Bogdanović 18
Rebs: Milutinov 12
Asts: Bogdanović 4
Pts: Fontecchio 30
Rebs: Fontecchio 7
Asts: Pajola 6
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Luis Castillo (ESP), Martin Vulić (CRO)

Dominican Republic

3 September 2023
20:00
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg79112Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 20–27, 18–31, 26–25
Pts: Towns 25
Rebs: Towns 7
Asts: Montero 4
Pts: Bogdanović 20
Rebs: S. Jović 6
Asts: S. Jović 7
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 6,616
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

Final round

Quarterfinal

This was the second game between Lithuania and Serbia in the World Cup. The Lithuanians won the first meeting in 2010. The Lithuanians also won in the semi-finals of EuroBasket 2015, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2023
16:45
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg6887Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Scoring by quarter:25–24, 13–25, 17–24, 13–14
Pts: Sedekerskis 14
Rebs: Sedekerskis 9
Asts: Jokubaitis 9
Pts: Bogdanović 21
Rebs: Petrušev 6
Asts: Gudurić 6
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 6,223
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR)

Semifinal

This was the first competitive game between Serbia and Canada.

8 September 2023
16:45
Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg9586Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter:23–15, 29–24, 23–24, 20–23
Pts: Bogdanović 23
Rebs: Milutinov 10
Asts: S. Jović 5
Pts: Barrett 23
Rebs:five players 3
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 9
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 8,630
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

Final

This was the second game between Germany and Serbia in the World Cup. The Germans won the first meeting in 2010. The Germans also went 2–0 in their head-to-head matchups in the first round of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup European Qualifiers.

10 September 2023
20:40
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg8377Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 24–21, 22–10, 14–20
Pts: Schröder 28
Rebs: Voigtmann 8
Asts: Voigtmann 3
Pts: Avramović 21
Rebs: N. Jović 8
Asts: Bogdanović 5
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 12,022
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

Statistics

Player 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%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGEF
Aleksa Avramović 7017.3.636.263.8801.42.11.60.311.311.9
Bogdan Bogdanović 8827.8.644.423.8533.34.62.10.419.121.6
Dejan Davidovac 8015.3.750.273.3752.61.41.30.43.86.9
Ognjen Dobrić 8720.4.645.192.8002.00.81.00.38.47.1
Marko Gudurić 8017.1.812.412.8642.13.30.40.18.310.6
Nikola Jović 8823.9.704.423.7693.02.60.40.110.112.0
Stefan Jović 8821.6.583.278.5712.05.61.10.05.910.0
Vanja Marinković 8116.0.545.452.8891.30.50.60.17.87.3
Nikola Milutinov 8824.5.661.000.7938.42.30.60.612.119.5
Filip Petrušev 6013.8.762.600.8003.50.80.20.58.210.8
Dušan Ristić 508.7.556.833.3333.00.00.20.25.45.8
Boriša Simanić 306.51.000.000.5001.00.30.00.31.02.0
Total88200.0.667.377.78334.123.69.12.995.1117.9

Last updated: 10 September 2023.
Source: 2023 Serbia team

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