2024 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team

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2024 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team
Flag of Serbia.svg
Flag of Serbia
Head coach Svetislav Pešić
Arena Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Accor Arena, Paris
2024 Summer Olympics Bronze medal.svg
PIR leader Nikola Jokić
31.0
Scoring leader Nikola Jokić
18.8
Rebounding leader Nikola Jokić
10.7
Assists leader Nikola Jokić
8.7
Biggest win107–66 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
(31 July 2024)
Biggest defeat84–110 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
(28 July 2024)
←  2016
All statistics correct as of 10 August 2024.

The men's national basketball team of Serbia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where they earned a bronze medal. [1] They qualified for the Olympics as one of the top two FIBA Basketball World Cup finishers from Europe in 2023. Serbia last competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, securing a silver medal. [2]

Contents

Timeline

Roster

A 16-player roster was announced on 11 June 2024. [3] Several active EuroLeague or NBA players who have previously won medals with the Serbia national team, including Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Kalinić, Stefan Jović, Boban Marjanović, and Nemanja Nedović, were not included in the call-up or declined the invitation for various reasons. [6] [7]

The roster also did not feature young talents who were drafted into the NBA this year, such as Nikola Topić and Nikola Đurišić, nor did it include Washington Wizards rookie Tristan Vukčević. [8]

Boriša Simanić, who was part of the team at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup that secured participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, has not fully recovered and was also not part of the broader list. On 30 August 2023, while playing against South Sudan, Simanić was struck in the kidney by Nuni Omot while defending the basket. This blow resulted in a major injury which required his kidney to be removed. [9]

Due to unavailability, Vladimir Lučić was replaced by Aleksa Radanov on 24 June 2024. [10]

The final squad was announced on 23 July 2024. [5] The roster, which includes nine players who participated in last year's World Cup, features the return of stars Nikola Jokić and Vasilije Micić, while newcomer Uroš Plavšić made his debut representing Serbia. [11]

Serbia men's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 0 Uroš Plavšić 25 – (1998-12-22)22 December 19982.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Crvena zvezda Flag of Serbia.svg
F/C 3 Filip Petrušev 24 – (2000-04-15)15 April 20002.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Olympiacos Flag of Greece.svg
PF 5 Nikola Jović 21 – (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 27 – (1997-01-09)9 January 19971.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan Flag of Serbia.svg
SF 13 Ognjen Dobrić 29 – (1994-10-27)27 October 19942.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Crvena zvezda Flag of Serbia.svg
C 15 Nikola Jokić 29 – (1995-02-19)19 February 19952.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets Flag of the United States.svg
PG 22 Vasilije Micić 30 – (1994-01-13)13 January 19941.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Charlotte Hornets Flag of the United States.svg
G/F 23 Marko Gudurić 29 – (1995-03-08)8 March 19951.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Fenerbahçe Flag of Turkey.svg
F 27 Dejan Davidovac 29 – (1995-01-17)17 January 19952.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda Flag of Serbia.svg
PG 30 Aleksa Avramović 29 – (1994-10-25)25 October 19941.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Partizan Flag of Serbia.svg
C 33 Nikola Milutinov 29 – (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 27 July 2024

Roster

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
PlayerTeam [a] AddedRemovedReason
Vladimir Lučić Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich June 11, 2024June 24, 2024Withdrew [10]
Ognjen Jaramaz Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan July 23, 202412-man roster cut [5]
Dušan Ristić Flag of Spain.svg Canarias
Aleksej Pokuševski Unattached
Aleksa Radanov Flag of Russia.svg Runa Basket Moscow June 24, 2024
Notes
  1. ↑ Team at the time player was a candidate

Staff

PositionStaff member
Head coach Flag of Serbia.svg Svetislav Pešić
Assistant coaches Flag of Serbia.svg Oliver Kostić
Flag of Serbia.svg Saša Kosović
Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Marinović
Flag of Serbia.svg Ognjen Stojaković
Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Jakovljević
Managing Director Flag of Serbia.svg Dragan Tarlać
Team manager Flag of Serbia.svg Nebojša Ilić
Traineres Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Sekulić
Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Stanojević
Scout Flag of Serbia.svg Mihajlo Mitić
Physicians Flag of Serbia.svg Dragan Radovanović
Flag of Serbia.svg Milan Mirković
Physiotherapists Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Sajić
Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Popović
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Miller Jason
Equipment manager Flag of Serbia.svg Jovica Aničić
Press officer Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Ivković

Source: KSS

Exhibition games

Unofficial games
July 5, 2024
19:30 (UTC+2)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg90–74Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter:19–17, 30–22, 24–12, 17–23
Pts: Plavšić 19
Rebs: Jokić 9
Asts: Jokić 10		Pts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 18
Rebs:three players 3
Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 9
July 6, 2024
16:00 (UTC+2)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg95–61Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 31–16, 30–13, 17–11
Pts: Marinković 21
Rebs: Pokuševski 5
Asts: Jokić, Gudurić 5		Pts: Van der Vuurst de Vries, Aristode 13
Rebs: N'Guessan 5
Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries, Saizonou 6
Lyon game
July 12, 2024
21:00 (UTC+2)
France  Flag of France.svg67–79Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter:23–18, 9–27, 20–15, 15–19
Pts: Wembanyama 14
Rebs: Wembanyama 10
Asts:three players 3		Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Jokić 12
Asts: Avramović, Micić 3
LDLC Arena
Lyon, France
Attendance: 9,500
Abu Dhabi friendlies
July 16, 2024
20:00 (UTC+4)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg84–73Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter:20–15, 19–25, 23–19, 22–14
Pts: Mills 28
Rebs: Exum 7
Asts: Mills 5		Pts: Petrušev 17
Rebs: Jokić 14
Asts: Micić 8
Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Attendance:not available
July 17, 2024
20:00 (UTC+4)
United States Flag of the United States.svg105–79Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 31–17, 24–14, 22–21
Pts: Curry 24
Rebs: Adebayo, Embiid 8
Asts:three players 3		Pts: Jokić 16
Rebs: Jokić 11
Asts: Avramović, Gudurić 3
Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Attendance: 12,517
Belgrade games
July 21, 2024
20:00 (UTC+2)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg119–100Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter:33–23, 26–29, 32–18, 28–30
Pts: Jokić 18
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: Bogdanović 8		Pts: Hachimura 29
Rebs: Hawkinson 5
Asts: Kawamura 8
Belgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 15,026
July 22, 2024
20:00 (UTC+2)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg94–72Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter:26–21, 22–18, 24–19, 22–14
Pts: Bogdanović 19
Rebs: Jokić, Petrušev 8
Asts: Avramović 8		Pts: Antetokounmpo 17
Rebs: Antetokounmpo 6
Asts:three players 4
Belgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 18,000

Olympic play

Preliminary round

Serbia was placed in Group C. [13]

PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg United States 330317253+646 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 321287261+265
3Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 312261278−174
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 303228301−733
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

All times are local (UTC+2).

United States

28 July 2024
17:15
Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg84–110Flag of the United States.svg United States
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 29–33, 16–26, 19–26
Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Bogdanović 6
Asts: Jokić 8		Pts: Durant 23
Rebs: Davis 8
Asts: James 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,328
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Puerto Rico

31 July 2024
17:15
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg66–107Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 23–28, 16–27, 15–28
Pts: Ortiz 19
Rebs: Ortiz 6
Asts: Howard, Waters 3		Pts: Petrušev 15
Rebs: Jokić 15
Asts: Jokić 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 17,882
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Boris Krejić (SLO)

South Sudan

3 August 2024
21:00
Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg96–85Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
Scoring by quarter:23–22, 24–22, 25–23, 24–18
Pts: Bogdanović 30
Rebs: Jokić 13
Asts: Bogdanović 8		Pts: Jones, Shayok 17
Rebs: Gabriel 8
Asts: Jones 10
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 20,916
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Juan Fernández (ARG)

Knockout round

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal
 
          
 
6 August
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 82
 
8 August
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 73
 
Flag of France.svg  France 73
 
6 August
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 69
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 76
 
10 August
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 63
 
Silver medal.svgFlag of France.svg  France 87
 
6 August
 
Gold medal.svgFlag of the United States.svg United States 98
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 87
 
8 August
 
Flag of the United States.svg United States 122
 
Flag of the United States.svg United States 95
 
6 August
 
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 91 Bronze medal
 
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia (OT)95
 
10 August
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 90
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 83
 
 
Bronze medal.svgFlag of Serbia.svg Serbia 93
 

Quarterfinal – Australia

6 August 2024
14:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg95–90 (OT)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–31, 25–23, 25–11, 15–17,  Overtime:13–8
Pts: Jokić 21
Rebs: Jokić 14
Asts: Jokić 9		Pts: Mills 26
Rebs: Landale, Magnay 6
Asts: Exum 5
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,317
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Wojciech Liszka (POL)


Semifinal – United States

8 August 2024
21:00
United States Flag of the United States.svg95–91Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 20–23, 20–22, 32–15
Pts: Curry 36
Rebs: James 12
Asts: James 10		Pts: Bogdanović 20
Rebs:three players 5
Asts: Jokić 11
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,213
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Julio Anaya (PAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Bronze medal game – Germany

10 August 2024
11:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg83–93Bronze medal.svgFlag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 17–16, 25–26, 20–21
Pts: F. Wagner 18
Rebs: F. Wagner 9
Asts: Schröder, Weiler-Babb 6		Pts: Jokić, Micić 19
Rebs: Jokić 12
Asts: Jokić 11
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,406
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Johnny Batista (PUR)

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "USA beat Serbia to take third gold medal in a row". fiba.com. 10 July 2018.
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  7. ↑ "Stefan Jović se nije oprostio od Srbije! Otkrio je za Sportal šta je rekao Pešiću u letu iz Manile i zašto nije sa Orlovima". sportal.blic.rs. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "What's the Ceiling of this Washington Wizards Rookie?". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Serbian player loses kidney at hoops World Cup". ESPN. 4 September 2023.
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