# 2016 Serbia OQT basketball team

The 2016 Serbia OQT basketball team represented Serbia and won the spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in their capital, Belgrade. They were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 4th place in the EuroBasket 2015. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić and Jovica Antonić.

## Timeline

* May 20: 24-player preliminary roster announced
* May 30: 16-man roster announcement
* June 16: 15-man roster announcement
* June 21–28: Exhibition games
* July 3: 12-man roster announcement
* July 4–9: Olympic Qualifying Tournament

## Roster

The following is the Serbia roster in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The following were candidates to make the team:
Earlier candidates :
| Player | Team | Added | Removed | Reason |
| Ognjen Jaramaz | Mega Leks | May 20, 2016 | May 30, 2016 | 16-man roster cut |
| Marko Kešelj | Lavrio | May 20, 2016 | May 30, 2016 | 16-man roster cut |
| Ognjen Kuzmić | Panathinaikos | May 20, 2016 | May 30, 2016 | 16-man roster cut |
| Vladimir Lučić | Valencia | May 20, 2016 | May 30, 2016 | 16-man roster cut |
| Vasilije Micić | Crvena zvezda | May 20, 2016 | May 30, 2016 | 16-man roster cut |
| Dragan Milosavljević | Alba Berlin | May 20, 2016 | May 30, 2016 | 16-man roster cut |
| Nemanja Bjelica | Minnesota Timberwolves | May 20, 2016 | June 16, 2016 | Injured |
| Nikola Milutinov | Olympiacos | May 20, 2016 | June 16, 2016 | Withdrew |
| Boban Marjanović | San Antonio Spurs | May 20, 2016 | June 16, 2016 | Withdrew |
| Marko Gudurić | Crvena zvezda | May 20, 2016 | July 3, 2016 | Final roster cut |
| Rade Zagorac | Mega Leks | May 20, 2016 | July 3, 2016 | Final roster cut |
| Milan Mačvan | Olimpia Milano | May 20, 2016 | July 3, 2016 | Injured |

### Notes

* ↑ Team at the time player was a candidate

## Exhibition games

* 21 June 2016 20:30
* Report
| France | 77–79 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 19–17, 22–21, 15–24 |||
| Pts: Diaw 14 Rebs: not available Asts: not available | | Pts: Bogdanović 24 Rebs: not available Asts: not available |
* Bercy Arena, Paris Attendance: not available Referees: not available
* 25 June 2016 21:00
* Report
| Serbia | 94–88 (OT) | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 21–22, 23–22, 24–23, Overtime: 13–7 |||
| Pts: Raduljica 17 Rebs: Jokić 9 Asts: Raduljica 5 | | Pts: de Colo 16 Rebs: not available Asts: not available |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Uroš Obrknežević, Aleksandar Glišić.
* 28 June 2016 20:15
* Report
| Serbia | 91–76 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 26–17, 22–17, 16–13 |||
| Pts: Jokić 20 Rebs: Jokić 5 Asts: not available | | Pts: Antetokounmpo 14 Rebs: Bourousis 6 Asts: not available |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 18,000 Referees: not available

## Tournament
### Preliminary round – Group A

All times are local (UTC+2).
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 170 | 141 | +29 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 168 | +4 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Angola | 2 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 174 | −33 | 2 | |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 8 July | 8 July |
| Serbia | 96 |
| Serbia | 96 | 9 July | 9 July |
| Czech Republic | 72 | 9 July | 9 July |
| Czech Republic | 72 | Serbia | 108 |
| 8 July | 8 July | | Serbia | 108 |
| 8 July | 8 July | Puerto Rico | 77 |
| Latvia | 70 | Puerto Rico | 77 |
| Puerto Rico | 77 | | |

#### Puerto Rico

* 4 July 2016 21:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 87–81 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–9, 28–20, 18–30 |||
| Pts: Nedović 14 Rebs: Jokić 8 Asts: Teodosić 6 | | Pts: Holland 21 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Barea 3 |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 13,872 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

#### Angola

* 6 July 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 60–83 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–30, 15–17, 13–22, 9–14 |||
| Pts: Moore 10 Rebs: Fernandes 6 Asts: Domingos, Santos 2 | | Pts: Jokić 17 Rebs: Jokić 6 Asts: Bogdanović 8 |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 10,422 Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), Carmelo Paternico (ITA), Fernando Rocha (POR)

### Knockout round
#### Semifinal – Czech Republic

* 8 July 2016 21:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 96–72 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 19–19, 28–22, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 21 Rebs: Bogdanović, Jokić 8 Asts: Raduljica, Teodosić 6 | | Pts: Satoranský 14 Rebs: Satoranský 7 Asts: Satoranský 7 |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 12,793 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Fernando Rocha (POR), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

#### Final – Puerto Rico

* 9 July 2016 21:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 108–77 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 37–11, 23–16, 22–29, 26–21 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 26 Rebs: Jokić 8 Asts: Bogdanović 8 | | Pts: Barea 22 Rebs: Huertas, Vassallo 4 Asts: Arroyo 6 |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,123 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)