# 2024 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team

The men's national basketball team of Serbia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where they earned a bronze medal. They qualified for the Olympics as one of the top two FIBA Basketball World Cup finishers from Europe in 2023. Serbia last competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, securing a silver medal.

## Timeline

* June 11 16-man roster announcement
* June 24 Start of training camp
* July 5–22 Exhibition games
* July 23 Final 12-man roster announcement
* July 28 – August 11 2024 Summer Olympics

## Roster

A 16-player roster was announced on 11 June 2024. Several active EuroLeague or NBA players who have previously won medals with the Serbia national team, including Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Kalinić, Stefan Jović, Boban Marjanović, and Nemanja Nedović, were not included in the call-up or declined the invitation for various reasons.
The roster also did not feature young talents who were drafted into the NBA this year, such as Nikola Topić and Nikola Đurišić, nor did it include Washington Wizards rookie Tristan Vukčević.
Boriša Simanić, who was part of the team at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup that secured participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, has not fully recovered and was also not part of the broader list. On 30 August 2023, while playing against South Sudan, Simanić was struck in the kidney by Nuni Omot while defending the basket. This blow resulted in a major injury which required his kidney to be removed.
Due to unavailability, Vladimir Lučić was replaced by Aleksa Radanov on 24 June 2024.
The final squad was announced on 23 July 2024. The roster, which includes nine players who participated in last year's World Cup, features the return of stars Nikola Jokić and Vasilije Micić, while newcomer Uroš Plavšić made his debut representing Serbia.
The following were candidates to make the team:
Earlier candidates :
| Player | Team | Added | Removed | Reason |
| Vladimir Lučić | Bayern Munich | June 11, 2024 | June 24, 2024 | Withdrew |
| Ognjen Jaramaz | Partizan | June 11, 2024 | July 23, 2024 | 12-man roster cut |
| Dušan Ristić | Canarias | June 11, 2024 | July 23, 2024 | 12-man roster cut |
| Aleksej Pokuševski | Unattached | June 11, 2024 | July 23, 2024 | 12-man roster cut |
| Aleksa Radanov | Runa Basket Moscow | June 24, 2024 | July 23, 2024 | 12-man roster cut |

### Notes

* ↑ Team at the time player was a candidate

## Staff

| Position | Staff member |
| Head coach | Svetislav Pešić |
| Assistant coaches | Oliver Kostić |
| Assistant coaches | Saša Kosović |
| Assistant coaches | Marko Marinović |
| Assistant coaches | Ognjen Stojaković |
| Assistant coaches | Nenad Jakovljević |
| Managing Director | Dragan Tarlać |
| Team manager | Nebojša Ilić |
| Traineres | Marko Sekulić |
| Traineres | Marko Stanojević |
| Scout | Mihajlo Mitić |
| Physicians | Dragan Radovanović |
| Physicians | Milan Mirković |
| Physiotherapists | Dušan Sajić |
| Physiotherapists | Dušan Popović |
| Physiotherapists | Robert Miller Jason |
| Equipment manager | Jovica Aničić |
| Press officer | Ivan Ivković |
Source: KSS

## Exhibition games
### Unofficial games

* July 5, 2024 19:30 (UTC+2)
* Report
| Serbia | 90–74 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 30–22, 24–12, 17–23 |||
| Pts: Plavšić 19 Rebs: Jokić 9 Asts: Jokić 10 | | Pts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 18 Rebs: three players 3 Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 9 |
* Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia Attendance: 0
* July 6, 2024 16:00 (UTC+2)
* Report
| Serbia | 95–61 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 31–16, 30–13, 17–11 |||
| Pts: Marinković 21 Rebs: Pokuševski 5 Asts: Jokić, Gudurić 5 | | Pts: Van der Vuurst de Vries, Aristode 13 Rebs: N'Guessan 5 Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries, Saizonou 6 |
* Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia Attendance: 0

### Lyon game

* July 12, 2024 21:00 (UTC+2)
* Report
| France | 67–79 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 9–27, 20–15, 15–19 |||
| Pts: Wembanyama 14 Rebs: Wembanyama 10 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Jokić 20 Rebs: Jokić 12 Asts: Avramović, Micić 3 |
* LDLC Arena Lyon, France Attendance: 9,500

### Abu Dhabi friendlies

* July 16, 2024 20:00 (UTC+4)
* Report
| Australia | 84–73 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 19–25, 23–19, 22–14 |||
| Pts: Mills 28 Rebs: Exum 7 Asts: Mills 5 | | Pts: Petrušev 17 Rebs: Jokić 14 Asts: Micić 8 |
* Etihad Arena Abu Dhabi, UAE Attendance: not available
* July 17, 2024 20:00 (UTC+4)
* Report
| United States | 105–79 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 31–17, 24–14, 22–21 |||
| Pts: Curry 24 Rebs: Adebayo, Embiid 8 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Jokić 16 Rebs: Jokić 11 Asts: Avramović, Gudurić 3 |
* Etihad Arena Abu Dhabi, UAE Attendance: 12,517

### Belgrade games

* July 21, 2024 20:00 (UTC+2)
* Report
| Serbia | 119–100 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–23, 26–29, 32–18, 28–30 |||
| Pts: Jokić 18 Rebs: Jokić 8 Asts: Bogdanović 8 | | Pts: Hachimura 29 Rebs: Hawkinson 5 Asts: Kawamura 8 |
* Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia Attendance: 15,026
* July 22, 2024 20:00 (UTC+2)
* Report
| Serbia | 94–72 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–18, 24–19, 22–14 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Jokić, Petrušev 8 Asts: Avramović 8 | | Pts: Antetokounmpo 17 Rebs: Antetokounmpo 6 Asts: three players 4 |
* Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia Attendance: 18,000

## Olympic play
### Preliminary round

Serbia was placed in Group C.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 317 | 253 | +64 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 287 | 261 | +26 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | South Sudan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 261 | 278 | −17 | 4 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 301 | −73 | 3 | |
All times are local (UTC+2).

#### United States

* 28 July 2024 17:15
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 84–110 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 29–33, 16–26, 19–26 |||
| Pts: Jokić 20 Rebs: Bogdanović 6 Asts: Jokić 8 | | Pts: Durant 23 Rebs: Davis 8 Asts: James 9 |
* Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,328 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

#### Puerto Rico

* 31 July 2024 17:15
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 66–107 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 23–28, 16–27, 15–28 |||
| Pts: Ortiz 19 Rebs: Ortiz 6 Asts: Howard, Waters 3 | | Pts: Petrušev 15 Rebs: Jokić 15 Asts: Jokić 9 |
* Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 17,882 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Boris Krejić (SLO)

#### South Sudan

* 3 August 2024 21:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 96–85 | South Sudan |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 24–22, 25–23, 24–18 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 30 Rebs: Jokić 13 Asts: Bogdanović 8 | | Pts: Jones, Shayok 17 Rebs: Gabriel 8 Asts: Jones 10 |
* Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 20,916 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Juan Fernández (ARG)

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| France | 82 | | | |
| France | 82 | 8 August | 8 August | | |
| Canada | 73 | 8 August | 8 August | |
| Canada | 73 | France | 73 | |
| 6 August | 6 August | | France | 73 | |
| 6 August | 6 August | Germany | 69 | |
| Germany | 76 | Germany | 69 | |
| Germany | 76 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Greece | 63 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Greece | 63 | | | | France | 87 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | | | | France | 87 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | | | United States | 98 |
| Brazil | 87 | | | | United States | 98 |
| Brazil | 87 | 8 August | 8 August | | | |
| United States | 122 | 8 August | 8 August | | | |
| United States | 122 | United States | 95 | | | |
| 6 August | 6 August | | United States | 95 | | | |
| 6 August | 6 August | Serbia | 91 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Serbia (OT) | 95 | Serbia | 91 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Serbia (OT) | 95 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Australia | 90 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Australia | 90 | | | | Germany | 83 |
| | | | | | Serbia | 93 |

#### Quarterfinal – Australia

* 6 August 2024 14:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 95–90 (OT) | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–31, 25–23, 25–11, 15–17, Overtime: 13–8 |||
| Pts: Jokić 21 Rebs: Jokić 14 Asts: Jokić 9 | | Pts: Mills 26 Rebs: Landale, Magnay 6 Asts: Exum 5 |
* Accor Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,317 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

#### Semifinal – United States

* 8 August 2024 21:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 95–91 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 20–23, 20–22, 32–15 |||
| Pts: Curry 36 Rebs: James 12 Asts: James 10 | | Pts: Bogdanović 20 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Jokić 11 |
* Accor Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,213 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Julio Anaya (PAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

#### Bronze medal game – Germany

* 10 August 2024 11:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 83–93 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 17–16, 25–26, 20–21 |||
| Pts: F. Wagner 18 Rebs: F. Wagner 9 Asts: Schröder, Weiler-Babb 6 | | Pts: Jokić, Micić 19 Rebs: Jokić 12 Asts: Jokić 11 |
* Accor Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,406 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Johnny Batista (PUR)