# Serbia at the EuroBasket 2022 qualification

The Serbia team for EuroBasket 2022 qualification represents Serbia at the EuroBasket 2022 qualification. The team was coached by Igor Kokoškov, with assistant coaches Dejan Milojević, Vladimir Jovanović, and Jovica Antonić.
The qualification tournament was largely affected by COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. Due to the pandemic Serbia roster played only one game in Belgrade. Afterwards, Serbia got qualified for EuroBasket following the Gameday 5 victory over Georgia on 19 February 2021. The team finished the qualification with the first place in Group E with a 4–2 record.

## Background

As a participant in the second round of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Serbia was qualified for the second stage of the EuroBasket 2022 qualification.
The EuroBasket 2022 was originally scheduled to take place in 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021, it has been postponed to 2022.

## Timeline

* 27 January 2020: Coaching and team staff announced
* 11 February 2020: 15-man first window roster announced
* 20–23 February 2020: The first window
* 22 June 2020: Training camp roster announced
* 24 June 2020: Players gathering in Belgrade
* 25 June – 5 July 2020: Training camp at Kopaonik
* 6 November 2020: 20-man second window roster announced
* 28–30 November 2020: The second window
* 12 February 2021: 16-man second window roster announced
* 18–21 February 2021: The third window

## Roster

On 11 February 2020, head coach Igor Kokoškov announced a 15-man roster for the first window games against Finland on 20 February and Georgia on 23 February. Center Miroslav Raduljica and forward Marko Simonović are the only members of Serbia roster at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup included into the February roster. On 17 February, guard Luka Ašćerić was added to the roster due to an injury of the guard Ognjen Dobrić. Even he was shortlisted, guard Miloš Teodosić wasn't added to the roster due to a demand of his club Virtus Bologna. Guards Nikola Rebić and Uroš Trifunović, forwards Dalibor Ilić and Stefan Đorđević, and center Dejan Kravić made their senior debut with the Serbian national team.
In June 2020, forward Milan Mačvan, a team captain at EuroBasket 2017, announced his retirement from his basketball career at age 31.
On 6 November 2020, head coach Kokoškov announced a 20-man roster for the second window games against Switzerland on 28 November and Finland on 30 November. Guards Ašćerić, Dobrić, Teodosić, Ognjen Jaramaz, forwards Novica Veličković and Dejan Todorović, and center Raduljica were unlisted, while eleven new players were called in. Forward Simonović was selected as the new team captain due to Raduljica's inability to play on the second window. Guard Danilo Anđušić make the first appearance with the national team since the EuroBasket 2013, while forward Nemanja Dangubić previously played at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. On 23 November, Kokoškov selected a 14-man roster, cutting guards Rebić, Nikola Radičević, Trifunović, Stefan Momirov and centers Filip Petrušev and Đorđević from the 20-man roster. Guards Stefan Pot and Marko Jeremić, forward Boriša Simanić, and center Dragan Apić made their senior debut with the Serbian national team.
On 12 February 2021, head coach Kokoškov announced a 16-man roster for the third window games against Georgia on 19 February and Switzerland on 21 February. Guards Pot, Jovan Novak, Stefan Peno, Jeremić, and Aleksa Radanov, forwards Simonović, Simanić and Rade Zagorac, and center Kravić were unlisted, while eleven new players were called in, of whom guards Ašćerić, Jaramaz, and Rebić, and centers Raduljica and Đorđević returned from the first window roster. Guards Vasilije Micić and Marko Gudurić are two new members of the 2019 Serbia FIBA World Cup team included into the third window roster. On 16 February, forward Simanić was re-added to the roster while center Đorđević was cut from the roster. Guards Gudurić and Micić won't be with the squad for the Georgia game due to a schedule conflict with EuroLeague. Afterwards, guards Gudurić and Micić were cut from the roster following the victory over Georgia which resulted the Serbia's qualification for EuroBasket. Forward Marko Luković, and centers Petrušev and Marko Radovanović made their senior debut with the Serbian national team.
The following are all players who appeared at least in one game during the EuroBasket 2022 qualification:

### Depth chart
#### The first window

The following is the first window depth chart, February 2020.
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Reserves |
| C | Miroslav Raduljica | Dejan Kravić | | |
| PF | Marko Simonović | Novica Veličković | | Stefan Đorđević |
| SF | Dejan Todorović | Rade Zagorac | Dalibor Ilić | |
| SG | Ognjen Jaramaz | Aleksa Radanov | Uroš Trifunović | Luka Ašćerić |
| PG | Nikola Rebić | Aleksa Avramović | | |

#### The second window

The following is the second window depth chart, November 2020.
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Reserves |
| C | Dragan Apić | Dejan Kravić | | |
| PF | Boriša Simanić | Marko Simonović | | |
| SF | Nemanja Dangubić | Aleksa Radanov | Rade Zagorac | Dalibor Ilić |
| SG | Danilo Anđušić | Aleksa Avramović | Marko Jeremić | |
| PG | Stefan Pot | Stefan Peno | | Jovan Novak |

#### The third window

The following is the third window depth chart, February 2021.
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Reserves |
| C | Miroslav Raduljica | Dragan Apić | Marko Radovanović | |
| PF | Filip Petrušev | Boriša Simanić | Marko Luković | |
| SF | Danilo Anđušić | Nemanja Dangubić | | Dalibor Ilić |
| SG | Ognjen Jaramaz | Luka Ašćerić | | Nemanja Nenadić |
| PG | Nikola Rebić | Aleksa Avramović | | |

### 2020 training camp

On 22 June 2020, head coach Kokoškov announced a 31-man roster for a 10-day training camp at Kopaonik. Center Nikola Janković withdrew after tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. On the same day, center Stefan Đorđević tested positive for COVID-19. The Basketball Federation of Serbia canceled the training camp following Đorđević testing positive for COVID-19.
The following was the Serbia roster for the training camp.
* Miloš Teodosić
* Miroslav Raduljica
* Stefan Jović
* Vasilije Micić
* Nemanja Nedović
* Nikola Kalinić
* Ognjen Jaramaz
* Rade Zagorac
* Stefan Birčević
* Uroš Trifunović
* Nikola Janković
* Novica Veličković
* Luka Ašćerić
* Nikola Rebić
* Branko Lazić
* Ognjen Dobrić
* Dejan Davidovac
* Boriša Simanić
* Nikola Jovanović
* Ognjen Kuzmić
* Stefan Đorđević
* Stefan Pot
* Marko Pecarski
* Aleksa Radanov
* Marko Radovanović
* Aleksa Avramović
* Nemanja Dangubić
* Luka Mitrović
* Dalibor Ilić
* Stefan Janković
* Aleksej Pokuševski