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2023 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team

Main article: Serbia men's national basketball team

The 2023 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team represented Serbia at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.

Serbia
Flag of Serbia
PresidentPredrag Danilović
Head coachSvetislav Pešić
Preliminary roundGroup B Winners
Second roundGroup I Runners-up
0Playoffs0Runners-up
PIR leaderBogdan Bogdanović
21.6
Scoring leaderBogdan Bogdanović
19.1
Rebounding leaderNikola Milutinov
8.4
Assists leaderStefan Jović
5.6
Biggest win+42
105–63  China
(26 August 2023)
Biggest defeat–6
77–83  Germany
(10 September 2023)
All statistics correct as of July 24, 2023.

Serbia qualified for the World Cup by taking the 2nd place in the European Second Round Group I.[1] The team is coached by Svetislav Pešić, with assistant coaches Oliver Kostić, Marko Marinović, Saša Kosović, Ognjen Stojaković and Nenad Jakovljević. The Serbian team won the fifth place at the previous World Cup.

This was the 4th appearance of Serbia at the FIBA Basketball World Cup; however, FIBA considers Serbia as the successor team of FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro who themselves qualified on three occasions. Serbia's best result is 2nd place in 2014; however, FIBA considers Serbia as the successor team of FR Yugoslavia who won 2 World Cups (1998, 2002).

Timeline

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  • 24 July: 20-man roster announced[2]
  • 28 July: The players gathering in Belgrade
  • 1 August – 21 August: Exhibition games
  • 24 August : Final 12-man roster announced
  • 25 August – 10 September: 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Qualification

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Main article: Serbia at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
Further information: 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)
First round

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Latvia 6 5 1 475 422 +53 11 Second round
(Group I)
2   Belgium 6 4 2 460 392 +68 10
3   Serbia 6 3 3 448 439 +9 9
4   Slovakia 6 0 6 376 506 −130 6
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Second round

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Latvia 10 9 1 807 707 +100 19 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2   Serbia 10 6 4 825 803 +22 16[a]
3   Greece 10 6 4 775 764 +11 16[a]
4   Turkey 10 4 6 782 742 +40 14[b]
5   Belgium 10 4 6 679 717 −38 14[b]
6   Great Britain 10 1 9 697 832 −135 11
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Serbia 192–191 Greece
  2. ^ a b Turkey 2–0 Belgium

Roster

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See also: Serbia Qualification Roster and 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads


Serbia men's national basketball team – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C 3 Filip Petrušev 23 – (2000-04-15)15 April 2000 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Philadelphia 76ers  
PF 5 Nikola Jović 20 – (2003-06-09)9 June 2003 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Miami Heat  
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović (C) 31 – (1992-08-18)18 August 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Atlanta Hawks  
SG 9 Vanja Marinković 26 – (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Saski Baskonia  
SF 13 Ognjen Dobrić 28 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Virtus Bologna  
C 14 Dušan Ristić 27 – (1995-11-25)25 November 1995 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Lenovo Tenerife  
SG 23 Marko Gudurić 28 – (1995-03-08)8 March 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Fenerbahçe Beko  
PG 24 Stefan Jović 32 – (1990-11-03)3 November 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Basket Zaragoza  
SF 27 Dejan Davidovac 28 – (1995-01-17)17 January 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda  
PF 28 Boriša Simanić 25 – (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Basket Zaragoza  
PG 30 Aleksa Avramović 28 – (1994-10-25)25 October 1994 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Partizan Mozzart Bet  
C 33 Nikola Milutinov 28 – (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Olympiacos  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 25 August 2023

Earlier candidates

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The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player Team Added Removed Reason
Aleksej Pokuševski   Oklahoma City Thunder 24 July 2023[2] 28 July 2023 Injured[4]
Ognjen Jaramaz   Bayern Munich 31 July 2023 Injured[5]
Nemanja Nedović   Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 11 August 2023 Withdrew[6]
Alen Smailagić   Partizan Mozzart Bet 15 August 2023 Injured[7]
Uroš Trifunović   Partizan Mozzart Bet
Dušan Beslać   Vojvodina 16 August 2023 Roster cut[8][9]
Nikola Topić   OKK Beograd
Aleksa Radanov   Peristeri 22 August 2023

Staff

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Exhibition games

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Before the World Cup Serbia will play eight exhibition games. First set will include three closed games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland in Belgrade on 1 and 3 August, and against Montenegro in Podgorica on 5 August. After them team will move to Greece in order to play in 2023 Acropolis of Athens Tournament against Greece on 8 August and Italy on 9 August. After returning from Greece Serbia will play another exhibition game in Belgrade, on 16 August, against Puerto Rico. At the end of August team will leave for China where they will play their last two exhibition games against China on 20 August and Brazil on 21 August.[10]

1 August 2023
Serbia   vs.   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Played behind closed doors
3 August 2023
Serbia   vs.   Poland
Played behind closed doors
5 August 2023
Montenegro    vs.   Serbia
Canceled
2023 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
8 August 2023
Greece   64–71   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 22–23, 14–18, 15–14
Pts: Rogkavopoulos 19
Rebs: Mitoglou 10
Asts: Walkup 10		 Pts: Bogdanović 15
Rebs: Milutinov 12
Asts: Bogdanović 5
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Athens
Referees: Tsolakos, Somos, Tsimpouris
9 August 2023
Italy   89–88   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–32, 25–15, 26–23, 19–18
Pts: Fontecchio 13
Rebs: Polonara 11
Asts: Severini 5		 Pts: N. Jović 18
Rebs: N. Jović 7
Asts: Gudurić 6
O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall, Athens
Referees: Papapetrou, Tziopanos, Agrafiotis
16 August 2023
Serbia   110–75   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 39–12, 24–21, 21–29
Pts: Dobrić 23
Rebs: N. Jović 8
Asts: S. Jović 11		 Pts: Waters 11
Rebs: Romero 6
Asts: Thompson 4
Štark Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 12,526
Referees: Glišić, Jevtović, Pešić
20 August 2023
China   64–87   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 16–20, 23–22, 13–22
Pts: M. Hu 14
Rebs: Z. Wang, Q. Zhou 6
Asts: J. Zhao 6		 Pts: Bogdanović 19
Rebs: Petrušev 8
21 August 2023
Brazil   85–89   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–24, 21–19, 26–25
Pts: Benite 17
Rebs: Caboclo 8
Asts: Raul Neto 7		 Pts: Petrušev 17
Rebs: Petrušev 5
Asts: S. Jović 4

Tournament

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Further information: 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup is the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup championship that is organized by FIBA.

Preliminary round

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Main article: Group B

Serbia was drawn into Group B with South Sudan, China, and the Puerto Rico and will play all of its group phase matches in Quezon City at the Araneta Coliseum from 26 to 30 August.

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 3 3 0 314 223 +91 6 Second round
2   Puerto Rico 3 2 1 285 279 +6 5
3   South Sudan 3 1 2 268 285 −17 4 17th–32nd classification
4   China 3 0 3 221 301 −80 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Results by round
Round 1 2 3
Ground H A A
Result W W W
Position 1 1 1

Last updated: 30 August 2023.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

China

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This will be the first game between Serbia and China in the World Cup. The Serbians won two of the three Olympic Games matches: 1996 as Yugoslavia and 2016 as Serbia. The Chinese won in the 2004 Olympics.

26 August 2023
20:00 (UTC+8)
Serbia   105–63   China
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 30–20, 22–13, 28–16
Pts: Bogdanović, Marinković 14
Rebs: Milutinov, Ristić 6
Asts: Gudurić, S. Jović 6		 Pts: Zhao R. 17
Rebs: Cui, Zhou 5
Asts: Zhao J. 6
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 7,292
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LBN)

Puerto Rico

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This will be the second game between Puerto Rico and Serbia in the World Cup. The Serbians won their last meeting in 2019 and also won in the final of the 2016 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and in the semi-finals of the 2020 edition of the said tournament.

28 August 2023
20:00
Puerto Rico   77–94   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 12–30, 31–18, 19–19
Pts: Piñeiro 14
Rebs: Conditt 11
Asts: Waters 9		 Pts: Bogdanović, N. Jović 17
Rebs: Milutinov 15
Asts: S. Jović 6
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 2,944
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

South Sudan

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This will be the first competitive game between South Sudan and Serbia.

30 August 2023
16:00
South Sudan   83–115   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 19–26, 26–27, 18–32
Pts: Jok 21
Rebs: Omot 5
Asts: Jones 6		 Pts: N. Jović 25
Rebs: Milutinov 10
Asts: S. Jović 13
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Rabah Noujaim (LBN)

Second round

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Main article: Group I

Serbia qualified for the Group I where it will play against first two teams from preliminary round group A Dominican Republic and Italy and will play all of its group phase matches in Quezon City at the Araneta Coliseum from 1 to 3 September.

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 5 4 1 404 370 +34 9[a] Quarter-finals
2   Serbia 5 4 1 502 380 +122 9[a]
3   Puerto Rico 5 3 2 444 449 −5 8[b]
4   Dominican Republic 5 3 2 425 444 −19 8[b]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Italy 1–0 Serbia
  2. ^ a b Puerto Rico 1–0 Dominican Republic
Results by round
Round 1 2
Ground H A
Result L W
Position 1 2

Last updated: 3 September 2023.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

Italy

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1 September 2023
16:00
Serbia   76–78   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 23–17, 20–19, 14–19
Pts: Bogdanović 18
Rebs: Milutinov 12
Asts: Bogdanović 4		 Pts: Fontecchio 30
Rebs: Fontecchio 7
Asts: Pajola 6
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Luis Castillo (ESP), Martin Vulić (CRO)

Dominican Republic

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3 September 2023
20:00
Dominican Republic   79–112   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 20–27, 18–31, 26–25
Pts: Towns 25
Rebs: Towns 7
Asts: Montero 4		 Pts: Bogdanović 20
Rebs: S. Jović 6
Asts: S. Jović 7
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 6,616
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

Final round

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Quarterfinal

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This was the second game between Lithuania and Serbia in the World Cup. The Lithuanians won the first meeting in 2010. The Lithuanians also won in the semi-finals of EuroBasket 2015, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2023
16:45
Lithuania   68–87   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 13–25, 17–24, 13–14
Pts: Sedekerskis 14
Rebs: Sedekerskis 9
Asts: Jokubaitis 9		 Pts: Bogdanović 21
Rebs: Petrušev 6
Asts: Gudurić 6
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 6,223
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR)

Semifinal

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This was the first competitive game between Serbia and Canada.

8 September 2023
16:45
Serbia   95–86   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 29–24, 23–24, 20–23
Pts: Bogdanović 23
Rebs: Milutinov 10
Asts: S. Jović 5		 Pts: Barrett 23
Rebs: five players 3
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 9
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 8,630
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

Final

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Main article: 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup final

This was the second game between Germany and Serbia in the World Cup. The Germans won the first meeting in 2010. The Germans also went 2–0 in their head-to-head matchups in the first round of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup European Qualifiers.

10 September 2023
20:40
Germany   83–77   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 24–21, 22–10, 14–20
Pts: Schröder 28
Rebs: Voigtmann 8
Asts: Voigtmann 3		 Pts: Avramović 21
Rebs: N. Jović 8
Asts: Bogdanović 5
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 12,022
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

Statistics

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Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3FG%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  EF  PIR per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG EF
Aleksa Avramović 7 0 17.3 .636 .263 .880 1.4 2.1 1.6 0.3 11.3 11.9
Bogdan Bogdanović 8 8 27.8 .644 .423 .853 3.3 4.6 2.1 0.4 19.1 21.6
Dejan Davidovac 8 0 15.3 .750 .273 .375 2.6 1.4 1.3 0.4 3.8 6.9
Ognjen Dobrić 8 7 20.4 .645 .192 .800 2.0 0.8 1.0 0.3 8.4 7.1
Marko Gudurić 8 0 17.1 .812 .412 .864 2.1 3.3 0.4 0.1 8.3 10.6
Nikola Jović 8 8 23.9 .704 .423 .769 3.0 2.6 0.4 0.1 10.1 12.0
Stefan Jović 8 8 21.6 .583 .278 .571 2.0 5.6 1.1 0.0 5.9 10.0
Vanja Marinković 8 1 16.0 .545 .452 .889 1.3 0.5 0.6 0.1 7.8 7.3
Nikola Milutinov 8 8 24.5 .661 .000 .793 8.4 2.3 0.6 0.6 12.1 19.5
Filip Petrušev 6 0 13.8 .762 .600 .800 3.5 0.8 0.2 0.5 8.2 10.8
Dušan Ristić 5 0 8.7 .556 .833 .333 3.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 5.4 5.8
Boriša Simanić 3 0 6.5 1.000 .000 .500 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.0
Total 8 8 200.0 .667 .377 .783 34.1 23.6 9.1 2.9 95.1 117.9

Last updated: 10 September 2023.
Source: 2023 Serbia team

References

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