# 2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team

The 2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team represented Serbia and won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were qualified for the Summer Olympics by winning the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade. 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
* June 16: 15-man roster announcement
* July 4–9: Olympic Qualifying Tournament
* July 15: Start of a training camp on Kopaonik mountain
* July 22: 12-man roster announcement
* July 23: The end of the training camp
* July 29–August 1: Exhibition games
* August 6–21: 2016 Summer Olympics

## Roster

The following is the Serbia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics
The following were candidates to make the team:
Earlier candidates :
| Player | Team | Added | Removed | Reason |
| Nemanja Bjelica | Minnesota Timberwolves | May 20, 2016 | July 17, 2016 | Injured |
| Marko Gudurić | Crvena zvezda | May 20, 2016 | July 22, 2016 | 12-man roster cut |
| Nemanja Dangubić | Crvena zvezda | May 20, 2016 | July 22, 2016 | 12-man roster cut |

### Notes

* ↑ Team at the time player was a candidate

## Exhibition games

The Serbia roster has participated at the Super 4 in Córdoba, Argentina (July 29 – August 1), together with Argentina, Croatia and France.

### Super 4

* 29 July 2016 18:00 (UTC−3)
* Report
| France | 88–105 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–25, 24–32, 20–23 |||
| Pts: Gobert 16 Rebs: Gobert 5 Asts: Diaw 7 | | Pts: Bogdanović 29 Rebs: Mačvan 5 Asts: Teodosić 7 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Attendance: not available Referees: Juan Fernández, Fabricio Vito
* 30 July 2016 21:00 (UTC−3)
* Report
| Argentina | 79–74 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 10–24, 18–20, 21–16 |||
| Pts: Delfino 21 Rebs: Nocioni 5 Asts: Campazzo 5 | | Pts: Raduljica 13 Rebs: Jokić, Raduljica 7 Asts: Jović 5 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Attendance: not available Referees: Juan Fernández, Fabricio Vito, Roberto Smith
* 1 August 2016 18:00 (UTC−3)
* Report
| Serbia | 86–77 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 20–21, 28–20, 22–17 |||
| Pts: Raduljica 17 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Bogdanović 4 | | Pts: Bogdanović 18 Rebs: Šarić 9 Asts: Simon 3 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Attendance: not available Referees: Roberto Smith, Gabriel Tarifeño, Aníbal Brites

## Olympic play
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 524 | 407 | +117 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 444 | 368 | +76 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 423 | 378 | +45 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 426 | 387 | +39 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 4 | 315 | 444 | −129 | 6 | |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 318 | 466 | −148 | 5 | |

#### Venezuela

* 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 22:30
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 62–86 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 9–26, 18–24, 21–18 |||
| Pts: Echenique 12 Rebs: Colmenares 6 Asts: Vargas 5 | | Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Štimac 9 Asts: Nedović 4 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,063 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Duan Zhu (CHN), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)

#### Australia

* 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 14:15
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 80–95 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 20–14, 20–22, 17–33 |||
| Pts: Raduljica 25 Rebs: Bogdanović 8 Asts: Marković 4 | | Pts: Mills 26 Rebs: Bogut 12 Asts: Dellavedova 13 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,409 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA)

#### France

* 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 14:15
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 75–76 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 19–14, 24–17, 15–19 |||
| Pts: Raduljica 16 Rebs: Jokić 7 Asts: Teodosić 9 | | Pts: de Colo 22 Rebs: Diaw 9 Asts: Diaw 9 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,901 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

#### United States

* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 19:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 94–91 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 23–26, 22–21, 22–29 |||
| Pts: Irving 15 Rebs: George 9 Asts: Irving, Cousins 5 | | Pts: Jokić 25 Rebs: Jokić 6 Asts: Teodosić 6 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,413 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)

#### China

* 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 22:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 94–60 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 19–10, 35–15, 16–17 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Jokić 7 Asts: Marković, Teodosić 5 | | Pts: Yi 20 Rebs: Wang 8 Asts: Ailun 8 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,367 Referees: Juan García (ESP), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Anne Panther (GER)

### Knockout round
#### Quarterfinal – Croatia

There was little to separate the two teams in the first half, with Serbia up 20-19 at the end of the opening period and Croatia taking a 38-32 advantage at the break. Serbia took control thanks to a third quarter in which they outscored Croatia 34-14. They took their biggest lead of the night, 66-52, when Bogdan Bogdanović buried a three-pointer with 22 seconds left in the period. Croatia answered by going on a 22-7 run that got them within 74-73 on Darko Planinić's pair of free-throws with 3:26 remaining. Serbia stayed in front but Croatia were breathing down their neck. Sasha Đorđević's side got a bit of breathing room when Miroslav Raduljica made the second of two foul shots to make it 79-75 with 27 seconds and that forced Croatia in having to foul intentionally to stop the clock but ultimately running out of time.
* 17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 22:15
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 83–86 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 19–12, 14–34, 31–20 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 28 Rebs: Planinić 9 Asts: Simon 5 | | Pts: Bogdanović 18 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Teodosić 10 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,027 Referees: Juan García (ESP), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Roberto Vázquez (PUR)

#### Semifinal – Australia

Serbia were in control of the game right from the start, scoring the opening eight points and forcing Australia into bad shots and costly turnovers. It didn't help that the Boomers were ice cold, going 2-of-15 from the field, as they trailed 16-5 by the end of the first quarter. It was more of the same in the second period as Australia continued to struggle to find the bottom of the net while Serbia tightened their grip on the game by closing out the first half on a 9-0 run for a commanding 35-14 lead. Australia broke out of their slump in the third quarter, scoring 24 points but Serbia had 31 of their own as they headed into the final frame up 66-38, with the win all but wrapped up. Miloš Teodosić was in attack mode right from the get go, scoring 6 of Serbia's first 12 points. It gave Serbia the start they needed and they never looked back. Teodosić finished with 22 points and 5 assists.
* 19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 19:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 61–87 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–16, 9–19, 24–31, 23–21 |||
| Pts: Mills, Motum 13 Rebs: Baynes 8 Asts: Broekhoff 4 | | Pts: Teodosić 22 Rebs: Jokić 11 Asts: Teodosić 5 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,655 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

#### Gold medal game – United States

* 21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 15:45
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 66–96 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–33, 14–27, 23–17 |||
| Pts: Nedović 14 Rebs: Jokić 4 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Durant 30 Rebs: Cousins 15 Asts: Lowry 5 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 10,658 Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan García (SPA)

### Statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | EF | PPG |
| Stefan Birčević | 7 | 4 | 7.7 | .364 | .167 | .750 | 1.0 | .3 | .1 | .0 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 8 | 4 | 26.1 | .458 | .366 | .875 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | .1 | 12.0 | 12.3 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 2 | 22.5 | .500 | .300 | .762 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | .6 | 14.5 | 9.1 |
| Stefan Jović | 8 | 1 | 15.3 | .440 | .286 | .600 | 2.6 | 2.1 | .6 | .0 | 5.4 | 3.4 |
| Nikola Kalinić | 8 | 7 | 18.0 | .438 | .091 | .900 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | .1 | 7.4 | 4.8 |
| Milan Mačvan | 8 | 4 | 14.4 | .476 | .375 | .846 | 2.6 | 1.3 | .5 | .0 | 8.3 | 7.1 |
| Stefan Marković | 8 | 7 | 22.4 | .425 | .333 | .909 | 2.5 | 3.3 | .9 | .0 | 8.8 | 6.3 |
| Nemanja Nedović | 8 | 1 | 13.0 | .425 | .438 | .800 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .9 | .1 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| Miroslav Raduljica | 8 | 6 | 19.1 | .612 | .000 | .735 | 3.3 | 1.3 | .4 | .6 | 14.0 | 14.8 |
| Marko Simonović | 7 | 0 | 12.8 | .556 | .400 | .625 | 1.4 | .4 | .7 | .3 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| Vladimir Štimac | 8 | 0 | 5.6 | .533 | .000 | .500 | 3.3 | .3 | .1 | .1 | 4.4 | 2.6 |
| Miloš Teodosić | 8 | 4 | 25.5 | .370 | .326 | .852 | 2.0 | 5.4 | .4 | .0 | 10.3 | 12.1 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 200.0 | .467 | .331 | .772 | 36.0 | 22.1 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 95.8 | 83.1 |
Source: 2016 Summer Olympics