# 2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

The 2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team represented Serbia and took the fourth place at the EuroBasket 2015, held in four different countries (Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia). They were qualified for the EuroBasket by taking the 4th place at the EuroBasket 2013. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, Jovica Antonić, and Goran Bjedov.

## Timeline

* May 26: 24-man roster announced
* June 24: 18-man roster announced
* July 15: Start of a training camp
* August 2–29: Exhibition games
* September 5–20: EuroBasket 2013

## Roster

The following is the Serbia roster for the EuroBasket 2015
The following were candidates to make the team:
Earlier candidates :
| Player | Team | Added | Removed | Reason |
| Rade Zagorac | Mega Leks | May 26, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | 18-man roster cut |
| Vasilije Micić | Bayern Munich | May 26, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | 18-man roster cut |
| Stefan Birčević | Estudiantes | May 26, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | 18-man roster cut |
| Milan Mačvan | Partizan NIS | May 26, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | 18-man roster cut |
| Nikola Jokić | Mega Leks | May 26, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | 18-man roster cut |
| Đorđe Majstorović | Metalac Farmakom | May 26, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | 18-man roster cut |
| Stefan Jović | Crvena zvezda | May 26, 2015 | July 18, 2015 | Injured |
| Boban Marjanović | Crvena zvezda | May 26, 2015 | August 4, 2015 | Withdrew |
| Stefan Pot | CSU Asesoft Ploiești | May 26, 2015 | August 16, 2015 | 16-man roster cut |
| Luka Mitrović | Crvena zvezda | May 26, 2015 |
| Vladimir Štimac | Estudiantes | May 26, 2015 | September 1, 2015 | 12-man roster cut |
| Nemanja Dangubić | Crvena zvezda | May 26, 2015 | September 1, 2015 | 12-man roster cut |

### Notes

* ↑ Team at the time player was a candidate

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Miroslav Raduljica | Ognjen Kuzmić | Nikola Milutinov |
| PF | Nemanja Bjelica | Zoran Erceg | |
| SF | Nikola Kalinić | Marko Simonović | |
| SG | Stefan Marković | Bogdan Bogdanović | Dragan Milosavljević |
| PG | Miloš Teodosić | Nemanja Nedović | |

## Staff

| Position | Staff member | Age | Team |
| Head coach | Aleksandar Đorđević | 48 | Panathinaikos |
| Assistant coaches | Miroslav Nikolić | 59 | — |
| Assistant coaches | Jovica Antonić | 49 | — |
| Assistant coaches | Milan Minić | 60 | Panathinaikos |
| Assistant coaches | Goran Bjedov | 44 | Panathinaikos |
| Team manager | Nebojša Ilić | 48 | Crvena zvezda |
| Conditioning coach | Mladen Mihajlović | 30 | — |
| Scouts | Dragan Popov | | — |
| Scouts | Goran Topić | 48 | Turów Zgorzelec |
| Doctor | Dragan Radovanović | | — |
| Physiotherapists | Dušan Sajić | | — |
| Physiotherapists | Velibor Kosanović | | Vršac |
| Equipment Manager | Jovica Aničić | | — |
| Press Officer | Vladimir Sibinović | | — |
Source: KSS

## Exhibition games

* 2 August 2015
* Report
| Hungary | 61–81 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 14–24, 13–19, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Vojvoda 13 Rebs: not available Asts: not available | | Pts: Nedović 14 Rebs: not available Asts: not available |
* Vitranc, Kranjska Gora Attendance: 100 Referees: not available
* 7 August 2015 19:30
* Report
| France | 78–65 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 8–5, 23–22, 22–16 |||
| Pts: Parker 16 Rebs: Gobert 6 Asts: Parker 7 | | Pts: Bogdanović 16 Rebs: Milutinov 7 Asts: three players 3 |
* Jean Weille, Nancy Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Emilio Perez Pizarro (ESP), Petri Mantyla (POL), Jakub Zamojski (POL)
* 8 August 2015
* Report
| Serbia | 75–56 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 23–14, 15–18, 18–10 |||
| Pts: Bjelica 16 Rebs: Kuzmić 6 Asts: Bjelica 8 | | Pts: Zubkov, Kurbanov 13 Rebs: Zubkov 10 Asts: Ponkrashov 8 |
* Astroballe, Lyon Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Jean-Charles Collin, David Chambon, Mehdi Difallah
* 12 August 2015 20:30
* Report
| Serbia | 73–63 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 21–14, 11–12, 21–18 |||
| Pts: Bjelica 12 Rebs: not available Asts: not available | | Pts: de Colo 10 Rebs: not available Asts: not available |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 16,180 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Saša Maričić, Uroš Obrknežević
* 15 August 2015 20:30
* Report
| China | 55–95 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 4–28, 11–28, 25–20 |||
| Pts: Wang Zhelin, Liu Wei 10 Rebs: Zhou Qi 6 Asts: not available | | Pts: Raduljica 14 Rebs: not available Asts: Nedović 4 |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Uroš Obrknežević, Vladimir Jevtović, Radoš Arsenijević
* 16 August 2015 20:30
* Report
| Serbia | 95–61 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 12–19, 31–13, 25–17 |||
| Pts: Raduljica 15 Rebs: Teodosić 7 Asts: Teodosić 5 | | Pts: Ponkrashov 13 Rebs: not available Asts: not available |
* Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Saša Maričić, Vladimir Jevtović, Nemanja Ninković
* 22 August 2015 19:30
* Report
| Israel | 70–85 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 14–17, 18–26, 20–16 |||
| Pts: Eliyahu 12 Rebs: not available Asts: not available | | Pts: Nedović 16 Rebs: Bjelica 7 Asts: Teodosić 7 |
* Tel Aviv Attendance: not available Referees: not available
* 23 August 2015 18:40
* Report
| Israel | 71–79 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 16–22, 17–16, 18–16 |||
| Pts: Eliyahu 14 Rebs: not available Asts: not available | | Pts: Raduljica 16 Rebs: Bjelica 11 Asts: Teodosić 6 |
* Tel Aviv Attendance: not available Referees: not available
* 27 August 2015
* Report
| Slovenia | 70–79 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 13–18, 16–16, 21–23 |||
| Pts: Omić 15 Rebs: not available Asts: not available | | Pts: Bjelica 19 Rebs: Kalinić 5 Asts: Teodosić, Marković 5 |
* Stožice Arena, Ljubljana Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Mario Majkič, Milan Nedović
* 29 August 2015 18:00
* Report
| Serbia | 95–88 (OT) | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 23–20, 28–20, 18–22, Overtime: 11–4 |||
| Pts: Teodosić 20 Rebs: not available Asts: not available | | Pts: Blažič 19 Rebs: Z. Dragić 9 Asts: Prepelič 6 |
* Borik Arena, Banja Luka Attendance: 4,000 Referees: not available

## Tournament
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 433 | 354 | +79 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 448 | 411 | +37 | 8 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 434 | 434 | 0 | 8 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 429 | 459 | −30 | 8 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 370 | 379 | −9 | 6 | |
| 6 | Iceland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 368 | 445 | −77 | 5 | |
* 1 2 3 Spain 1–1, +20; Italy 1–1, +5; Turkey 1–1 −25

#### Spain

* 5 September 2015 18:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 70–80 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 15–23, 16–28, 18–18 |||
| Pts: Gasol 16 Rebs: Mirotić 10 Asts: Llull 6 | | Pts: Bjelica 24 Rebs: Bjelica 10 Asts: Bogdanović 5 |
* Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 9,750 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Robert Vyklický (CZE)

#### Germany

* 6 September 2015 15:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 68–66 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 20–20, 11–10, 18–18 |||
| Pts: Bjelica 12 Rebs: Kuzmić, Nedović 7 Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 4 | | Pts: Nowitzki, Pleiß 15 Rebs: Nowitzki 10 Asts: Schröder 6 |
* Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,050 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Aare Halliko (EST), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

#### Iceland

* 8 September 2015 14:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 93–64 | Iceland |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 18–16, 25–16, 26–16 |||
| Pts: Nedović 15 Rebs: Bogdanović 7 Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 6 | | Pts: Gunnarsson 18 Rebs: Sigurðarson 6 Asts: Pálsson, Stefánsson 4 |
* Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Robert Vyklický (CZE), Igor Mitrovski (MKD)

#### Turkey

* 9 September 2015 14:30
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 72–91 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–30, 21–23, 24–18, 13–20 |||
| Pts: Muhammed 16 Rebs: Osman 9 Asts: Güler 6 | | Pts: Raduljica 20 Rebs: Kuzmić, Raduljica 6 Asts: Teodosić 13 |
* Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

#### Italy

* 10 September 2015 14:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 101–82 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 23–21, 26–19, 27–23 |||
| Pts: Teodosić 26 Rebs: Bjelica 8 Asts: Teodosić 8 | | Pts: Gentile 19 Rebs: Aradori 6 Asts: Gentile 6 |
* Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 4,185 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Sašo Petek (SLO)

### Knockout stage
#### Round of 16

* 13 September 2015 14:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 94–81 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 25–19, 23–21, 23–17 |||
| Pts: Raduljica 27 Rebs: Bjelica 14 Asts: Teodosić 9 | | Pts: Salin 26 Rebs: Murphy 8 Asts: Koponen, Wilson 4 |
* Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Sérgio Silva (POR)

#### Quarterfinals

* 16 September 2015 18:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 89–75 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 24–21, 22–21, 22–12 |||
| Pts: Erceg 20 Rebs: Bjelica 10 Asts: Teodosić 14 | | Pts: Veselý 23 Rebs: Veselý 10 Asts: Pumprla, Satoranský 4 |
* Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 8,726 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

#### Semifinals

* 18 September 2015 21:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 64–67 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 17–13, 9–13, 21–19 |||
| Pts: Teodosić 16 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 3 | | Pts: Valančiūnas 15 Rebs: Kuzminskas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 9 |
* Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 20,042 Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

#### Third place game

* 20 September 2015 14:00
* Boxscore
| France | 81–68 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 21–16, 21–12, 23–24 |||
| Pts: de Colo 20 Rebs: Gobert 14 Asts: Diaw 6 | | Pts: Bogdanović 14 Rebs: Raduljica 8 Asts: Raduljica 4 |
* Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 24,092 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Fernando Rocha (POR)

### Statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | EF | PPG |
Source: FIBA Europe