2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team

Main article: Serbia men's national basketball team

The 2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team represented Serbia and won the silver medal[1][2] 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[edit]

* May 20: 24-player preliminary roster announced[3]
* June 16: 15-man roster announcement[4]
* July 4–9: Olympic Qualifying Tournament
* July 15: Start of a training camp on Kopaonik mountain[5]
* July 22: 12-man roster announcement[6]
* July 23: The end of the training camp
* July 29–August 1: Exhibition games[7]
* August 6–21: 2016 Summer Olympics

## Roster[edit]

The following is the Serbia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Serbia men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster

Players | Coaches
| Pos. | No. | Name | Age – Date of birth | Height | Club | Ctr.

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PG | 4  | Miloš Teodosić (C)  | 29 – (1987-03-19)March 19, 1987  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | CSKA Moscow |
SF | 5  | Marko Simonović | 30 – (1986-05-30)May 30, 1986  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Crvena Zvezda |
SG | 7  | Bogdan Bogdanović | 23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Fenerbahce |
PG | 9  | Stefan Marković | 28 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 1988  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Baloncesto Málaga |
SF | 10  | Nikola Kalinić | 24 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Fenerbahce |
G | 11  | Nemanja Nedović | 25 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Baloncesto Málaga |
PF | 12  | Stefan Birčević | 26 – (1989-12-13)December 13, 1989  | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)  | Estudiantes |
C | 13  | Miroslav Raduljica | 28 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988  | 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)  | Panathinaikos |
C | 14  | Nikola Jokić | 21 – (1995-02-19)February 19, 1995  | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)  | Denver Nuggets |
C | 15  | Vladimir Štimac | 28 – (1987-09-25)September 25, 1987  | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)  | Crvena Zvezda |
PG | 24  | Stefan Jović | 25 – (1990-11-03)November 3, 1990  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Crvena Zvezda |
PF | 25  | Milan Mačvan | 26 – (1989-11-16)November 16, 1989  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Emporio Armani |

Head coach

* Aleksandar Đorđević

Assistant coach(es)

* Miroslav Nikolić
* Jovica Antonić
* Milan Minić

Conditioning trainer

* Mladen Mihajlović

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Club – describes last
club before the tournament
* Age – describes age
on 6 August 2016

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates  Player  | Team[a] | Added  | Removed  | Reason

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Nemanja Bjelica |  Minnesota Timberwolves | May 20, 2016 | July 17, 2016 | Injured[8]
Marko Gudurić |  Crvena zvezda | July 22, 2016 | 12-man roster cut[6]
Nemanja Dangubić |  Crvena zvezda

Notes

1. ^ Team at the time player was a candidate

## Exhibition games[edit]

See also: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade

The Serbia roster has participated at the Super 4 in Córdoba, Argentina (July 29 – August 1), together with Argentina, Croatia and France.[9][10][11]

Super 4

29 July 2016
18:00 (UTC−3)

Report

France | 88-105 |  Serbia

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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

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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

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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[edit]

Further information: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

### Preliminary round[edit]

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  United States | 5  | 5  | 0  | 524  | 407  | +117  | 10  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Australia | 5  | 4  | 1  | 444  | 368  | +76  | 9
3  |  France | 5  | 3  | 2  | 423  | 378  | +45  | 8
4  |  Serbia | 5  | 2  | 3  | 426  | 387  | +39  | 7
5  |  Venezuela | 5  | 1  | 4  | 315  | 444  | −129  | 6  |
6  |  China | 5  | 0  | 5  | 318  | 466  | −148  | 5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

#### Venezuela[edit]

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
22:30

Boxscore

Venezuela | 62-86 |  Serbia

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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[edit]

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
14:15

Boxscore

Serbia | 80-95 |  Australia

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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[edit]

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
14:15

Boxscore

Serbia | 75-76 |  France

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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[edit]

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
19:00

Boxscore

United States | 94-91 |  Serbia

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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[edit]

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
22:30

Boxscore

Serbia | 94-60 |  China

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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[edit]

#### Quarterfinal – Croatia[edit]

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.[12]

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
22:15

Boxscore

Croatia | 83-86 |  Serbia

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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[edit]

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.[13]

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
19:00

Boxscore

Australia | 61-87 |  Serbia

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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[edit]

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
15:45

Boxscore

Serbia | 66-96 |  United States

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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 (ESP)

### Statistics[edit]

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 | EF | PPG

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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

## See also[edit]

* Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
* 2017 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

## References[edit]

1. ^ "USA beat Serbia to take third gold medal in a row". fiba.com. 10 July 2018.
2. ^ "Serbia have to settle for second best". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
3. ^ "Erceg out but Jokic in for Serbia at home OQT". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
4. ^ "Serbia squad at 15 following changes to frontcourt line-up". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
5. ^ "Seniori otputovali na Kopaonik". kss.rs (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
6. ^ a b "Djordjevic: Dangubic and Gudric players for future". kss.rs. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
7. ^ "Seniori otputovali u Argentinu, sledeća stanica Rio". kss.rs (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
8. ^ "Bez Nemanje Bjelice u Riju". kss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
9. ^ "Así se jugará el Súper 4 La Caja en Córdoba". argentina.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
10. ^ "Hoy comienza el Súper 4, en el Orfeo de Córdoba". losandes.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
11. ^ "Turnir u Kordobi poslednja provera pred Rio". kss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
12. ^ "Serbia edge out Croatia to reach Semi-Finals on Olympic debut". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
13. ^ "Serbia crush Australia to set up showdown with USA". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Olympics tournament profile

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Serbia men's national basketball team

* Competing since 2006
* Formerly part of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia

History|

* All-time roster
* Rivalry with Croatia
* 2007 EuroBasket
* 2008 EuroBasket qualification
* 2009 EuroBasket
* 2010 World Championship
* 2011 EuroBasket
* 2012 EuroBasket qualification
* 2013 EuroBasket
* 2014 World Cup
* 2015 EuroBasket
* 2016 Summer Olympics qualification
* 2016 Summer Olympics
* 2017 EuroBasket
* 2017–2019 World Cup qualification
* 2019 World Cup
* 2020–2021 EuroBasket qualification
* 2021 Summer Olympics qualification
* 2021–2023 World Cup qualification
* 2022 EuroBasket
* 2023 World Cup
* 2024–2025 EuroBasket qualification
* 2024 Summer Olympics

Head coaches|

* Zoran Slavnić (2007)
* Dušan Ivković (2008–2013)
* Aleksandar Đorđević (2013–2019)
* Igor Kokoškov (2019–2021)
* Svetislav Pešić (2021–)

Administration|

* Predrag Danilović (President)
* Nenad Krstić (Vice-president)
* Zlatko Bolić (Secretary General)
* Dragan Tarlać (Director)

Major tournaments|

* 2007 EuroBasket
* 2009 EuroBasket
* 2010 World Championship
* 2011 EuroBasket
* 2013 EuroBasket
* 2014 World Cup
* 2015 EuroBasket
* 2016 Summer Olympics
* 2017 EuroBasket
* 2019 World Cup
* 2022 EuroBasket
* 2023 World Cup
* 2024 Summer Olympics

Notable matches|

* 2009 EuroBasket final
* 2014 World Cup final
* 2017 EuroBasket final
* 2023 World Cup final

Silver medals (5)|

* 2009
* 2014
* 2016
* 2017
* 2023

Youth teams|

* U-20
* U-19
* U-18
* U-17
* U-16

1992–2006|

* All-time roster
* Gold medals
* 1995 EuroBasket
* 1997 EuroBasket
* 1998 World Cup
* 2001 EuroBasket
* 2002 World Cup
* Silver medal
* 1996 Summer Olympics
* Bronze medal
* 1999 EuroBasket

Run by Basketball Federation of Serbia

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Serbia men's basketball squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

* 4 Teodosić
* 5 Simonović
* 7 Bogdanović
* 9 Marković
* 10 Kalinić
* 11 Nedović
* 12 Birčević
* 13 Raduljica
* 14 Jokić
* 15 Štimac
* 24 Jović
* 25 Mačvan
* Coach: Đorđević

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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

* Rosters

Teams|

* Argentina
* Australia
* Brazil
* China
* Croatia
* France
* Lithuania
* Nigeria
* Serbia
* Spain
* United States
* Venezuela

Qualification|

* 2014 Basketball World Cup
* Africa
* Americas
* Asia
* Europe
* Oceania
* Qualifying tournaments
* Turin / Manila / Belgrade
* squads

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*[W]: Won
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*[PD]: Point difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[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
*[EF]: PIR per game
*[PPG]: Points per game