# Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

The Serbia team for 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification represented Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification in Europe. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, and Jovica Antonić. The team has qualified for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China.

## Timeline

* October 20, 2017: 35-man roster announced
* November 6, 2017: 24-man roster announced
* November 2017 – July 2018: First round
* September 2018 – February 2019: Second round

## Roster

The following are all players who appeared at least in one game during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification:

### Depth chart

Selected players (12/30) with 5 or more games played. Number in parentheses indicates how many times player was in a starting line-up.
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Miroslav Raduljica (7) | Nikola Milutinov (4) | Đorđe Gagić (1) |
| PF | Stefan Birčević (5) | Stevan Jelovac (3) | |
| SF | Dejan Todorović (4) | Marko Simonović (4) | |
| SG | Dragan Milosavljević (6) | Milenko Tepić (2) | |
| PG | Stefan Peno (5) | Vasilije Micić (2) | Ilija Đoković (0) |

## Staff

| Position | Staff member | Age | Team |
| Head coach | Aleksandar Đorđević | 50 | — |
| Assistant coaches | Miroslav Nikolić | 62 | Dynamic VIP PAY |
| Assistant coaches | Jovica Antonić | 52 | — |
| Assistant coaches | Milan Minić | 63 | — |
| Team manager | Nebojša Ilić | 50 | Crvena zvezda |
| Conditioning coaches | Mladen Mihajlović | 33 | — |
| Conditioning coaches | Denis Krdžalić | | Hawaii |
| Scouts | Dragan Popov | | — |
| Scouts | Goran Topić | 51 | Vršac |
| Physicians | Dragan Radovanović | | — |
| Physicians | Milan Mirković | | — |
| Physiotherapists | Dušan Sajić | | — |
| Physiotherapists | Velibor Kosanović | | Vršac |
| Physiotherapists | Marko Sokić | | Dynamic VIP PAY |
| Equipment Manager | Jovica Aničić | | — |
| Press Officer | Vladimir Sibinović | | — |
Source: KSS

## Uniform

* Supplier: Peak
* Main sponsor: Triglav
| Home | Away |

## Exhibition games

Serbia played one exhibition game.
* 8 September 2018
* Report
| Serbia | 99–43 | Hungary |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 22–7, 34–9, 19–18 |||
| Pts: Bjelica 15 Rebs: not available Asts: not available | | Pts: not available Rebs: not available Asts: not available |
* Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade Attendance: not available Referees: not available

## Qualification
### First round – Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 6 | 6 | 0 | 508 | 414 | +94 | 12 | Advance to the second round |
| 2 | Serbia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 514 | 449 | +65 | 10 | Advance to the second round |
| 3 | Georgia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 460 | 495 | −35 | 8 | Advance to the second round |
| 4 | Austria | 6 | 0 | 6 | 394 | 518 | −124 | 6 | Relegated to the EuroBasket Pre-Qualifiers second round |

#### Austria (Home)

* 24 November 2017 20:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 85–64 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 27–17, 15–13, 26–22 |||
| Pts: Paunić 16 Rebs: Raduljica 8 Asts: Peno, Đoković 4 | | Pts: Mahalbašić 15 Rebs: Radoš 5 Asts: Schreiner 8 |
* Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 4,278 Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Sergei Beliakov (RUS), Özlem Yalman (TUR)

#### Georgia (Home)

* 27 November 2017 20:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 105–87 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–24, 30–19, 31–23 |||
| Pts: Raduljica 28 Rebs: Raduljica 8 Asts: Peno 9 | | Pts: Dixon 36 Rebs: Markoishvili 7 Asts: Dixon 9 |
* Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,890 Referees: Tolga Sahin (ITA), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Anastasios Manos (GRE)

#### Germany (Away)

* 22 February 2018 19:30
* Boxscore
| Germany | 79–74 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 20–15, 17–18, 22–15 |||
| Pts: Benzing 17 Rebs: Akpınar 5 Asts: Doreth 4 | | Pts: Raduljica 22 Rebs: Lešić 7 Asts: Paunić 4 |
* Fraport Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 5,002 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Gentian Cici (ALB)

#### Austria (Away)

* 25 February 2018 20:20
* Boxscore
| Austria | 81–82 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 25–20, 20–25, 18–16 |||
| Pts: Mahalbašić 22 Rebs: Mahalbašić 9 Asts: Schreiner 7 | | Pts: Jelovac 21 Rebs: Simonović 5 Asts: Avramović 5 |
* Multiversum, Schwechat Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Petr Hrůša (CZE), Tanel Suslov (EST)

#### Georgia (Away)

* 29 June 2018 19:00 (GMT+4)
* Boxscore
| Georgia | 50–87 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 7–19, 18–23, 14–27 |||
| Pts: McFadden 18 Rebs: Shengelia 8 Asts: Tsintsadze 2 | | Pts: Todorović 24 Rebs: Micić 7 Asts: Micić 5 |
* Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

#### Germany (Home)

* 2 July 2018 20:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 81–88 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 18–14, 19–21, 21–32 |||
| Pts: Marjanović 22 Rebs: Marjanović 11 Asts: Micić 10 | | Pts: Schröder 21 Rebs: Kleber 7 Asts: Schröder 6 |
* SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad Attendance: 8,800 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)

### Second round – Group L

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 12 | 11 | 1 | 972 | 880 | +92 | 23 | Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 2 | Germany | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1017 | 867 | +150 | 21 | Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 3 | Serbia | 12 | 7 | 5 | 993 | 875 | +118 | 19 | Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 4 | Georgia | 12 | 5 | 7 | 927 | 968 | −41 | 17 | Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers |
| 5 | Israel | 12 | 5 | 7 | 925 | 974 | −49 | 17 | Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers |
| 6 | Estonia | 12 | 4 | 8 | 821 | 950 | −129 | 16 | Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers |
* 1 2 Georgia 2–0; Israel 0–2

#### Greece (Away)

* 13 September 2018 20:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 70–63 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 19–14, 16–15, 19–16 |||
| Pts: Calathes, Printezis 15 Rebs: Bourousis 10 Asts: Bourousis 8 | | Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Bjelica 12 Asts: Bjelica 5 |
* Heraklion Arena, Heraklion Attendance: 5,222 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR)

#### Estonia (Home)

* 16 September 2018 20:15
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 91–65 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 23–13, 29–11, 17–25 |||
| Pts: Bjelica 14 Rebs: Bjelica 6 Asts: Micić, Jović 4 | | Pts: Kajupank 17 Rebs: Raieste 4 Asts: Kullamäe, Veideman 5 |
* Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,700 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

#### Israel (Away)

* 30 November 2018 14:00 (GMT+2)
* Boxscore
| Israel | 83–74 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 14–21, 16–15, 24–14 |||
| Pts: Pnini 18 Rebs: four players 3 Asts: Blatt 9 | | Pts: Milosavljević Rebs: Peno 8 Asts: Peno 6 |
* Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Marius Ciulin (ROM), Zafer Yilmaz (TUR)

#### Greece (Home)

* 3 December 2018 20:15 (GMT+1)
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 84–61 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 15–21, 23–13, 17–13 |||
| Pts: Jović 22 Rebs: Jelovac 7 Asts: Micić, Raduljica 6 | | Pts: Bochoridis, Saloustros 12 Rebs: Vasilopoulos 5 Asts: Vasilopoulos, Larentzakis 4 |
* Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,780 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA)

#### Estonia (Away)

* 21 February 2019 19:00 (GMT+2)
* Boxscore
| Estonia | 71–70 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 17–18, 18–20, 22–16 |||
| Pts: Kitsing, Kullamäe 18 Rebs: Jõesaar 9 Asts: Raieste 5 | | Pts: Jelovac 19 Rebs: Jelovac 8 Asts: Teodosić 10 |
* Saku Suurhall, Tallinn Attendance: 4,585 Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

#### Israel (Home)

* 24 February 2019 16:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 97–76 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 23–15, 18–17, 30–26 |||
| Pts: Lučić 22 Rebs: Jelovac 6 Asts: Teodosić 9 | | Pts: Cohen 16 Rebs: Cline 6 Asts: Zoosman 5 |
* Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 6,890 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Fernando Calatrava (ESP)

### Statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | EF |
| Aleksa Avramović | 4 | 0 | 13.1 | .529 | .500 | .625 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
| Stefan Birčević | 7 | 5 | 17.0 | .600 | .473 | .571 | 3.4 | 0.9 | .6 | .0 | 8.0 | 9.9 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 2 | 2 | 23.6 | .455 | .200 | .250 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | .0 | 11.5 | 18.0 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 2 | 2 | 18.6 | .318 | .267 | 1.00 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .0 | 11.0 | 5.5 |
| Ognjen Dobrić | 3 | 0 | 2.9 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| Ilija Đoković | 8 | 0 | 9.7 | .300 | .385 | .500 | .9 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Đorđe Gagić | 8 | 1 | 7.5 | .417 | .000 | .917 | 2.1 | .6 | .3 | .3 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
| Ognjen Jaramaz | 2 | 0 | 6.3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Stevan Jelovac | 9 | 3 | 22.3 | .451 | .321 | .868 | 4.9 | 1.1 | .7 | .3 | 11.8 | 12.4 |
| Nikola Jovanović | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Stefan Jović | 3 | 3 | 26.2 | .625 | .429 | .833 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | .0 | 12.7 | 13.7 |
| Nikola Kalinić | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | .286 | .400 | .250 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .5 | .0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Branko Lazić | 2 | 0 | 15.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .5 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| Sava Lešić | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 3.5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| Vladimir Lučić | 3 | 2 | 18.8 | .688 | .800 | .875 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .7 | .0 | 11.0 | 12.3 |
| Milan Mačvan | 2 | 2 | 22.9 | .417 | .333 | .800 | 3.5 | 4.5 | .5 | .0 | 12.0 | 14.5 |
| Vanja Marinković | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 1.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| Boban Marjanović | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | .812 | 1.00 | .727 | 8.5 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | 17.5 | 23.0 |
| Vasilije Micić | 5 | 2 | 21.7 | .273 | .158 | .692 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 2.2 | .0 | 6.0 | 9.8 |
| Dragan Milosavljević | 8 | 6 | 26.5 | .556 | .409 | .812 | 2.9 | 2.0 | .8 | .0 | 11.5 | 11.8 |
| Nikola Milutinov | 5 | 4 | 20.7 | .692 | .0 | .846 | 3.6 | 1.0 | .4 | 1.4 | 9.4 | 13.0 |
| Nemanja Nedović | 2 | 0 | 17.1 | .500 | .400 | 1.00 | 2.0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
| Ivan Paunić | 4 | 4 | 26.2 | .516 | .286 | .286 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 1.0 | .5 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| Stefan Peno | 8 | 5 | 19.6 | .323 | .273 | .583 | 2.6 | 3.0 | .9 | .0 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
| Aleksa Radanov | 2 | 0 | 1.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Miroslav Raduljica | 10 | 7 | 21.2 | .585 | 1.00 | .706 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | .4 | 13.3 | 14.8 |
| Marko Simonović | 12 | 4 | 22.4 | .519 | .394 | .733 | 2.6 | .8 | .7 | .2 | 6.5 | 7.9 |
| Miloš Teodosić | 2 | 2 | 30.5 | .304 | .368 | 1.00 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 1.5 | .0 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Milenko Tepić | 6 | 2 | 17.0 | .250 | .000 | .800 | 2.5 | 1.7 | .7 | .0 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
| Dejan Todorović | 5 | 4 | 23.0 | .476 | .318 | .692 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | .0 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 200.0 | .491 | .356 | .728 | 36.5 | 20.0 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 82.8 | 95.1 |
Last updated: February 24, 2019. Source: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification