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2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team - Wikipedia

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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^[1]
June 24: 18-man roster announced^[2]
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

Serbian men's basketball national team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Miloš Teodosić (C)	28 – (1987-03-19)March 19, 1987	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	CSKA Moscow
SF	5	Marko Simonović	29 – (1986-05-30)May 30, 1986	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Pau-Orthez
C	6	Ognjen Kuzmić	25 – (1990-05-16)May 16, 1990	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Golden State Warriors
SG	7	Bogdan Bogdanović	23 – (1992-08-18)August 18, 1992	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Fenerbahce
F	8	Nemanja Bjelica	27 – (1988-05-09)May 9, 1988	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Fenerbahce
PG	9	Stefan Marković	27 – (1988-04-25)April 25, 1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Baloncesto Málaga
SF	10	Nikola Kalinić	23 – (1991-11-08)November 8, 1991	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Crvena zvezda
G	11	Nemanja Nedović	24 – (1991-06-16)June 16, 1991	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Valencia
G/F	12	Dragan Milosavljević	26 – (1989-05-11)May 11, 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Partizan NIS
C	13	Miroslav Raduljica	27 – (1988-01-05)January 5, 1988	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Panathinaikos
PF	14	Zoran Erceg	30 – (1985-01-11)January 11, 1985	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Galatasaray
C	15	Nikola Milutinov	20 – (1994-12-30)December 30, 1994	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	Partizan NIS

Head coach

Aleksandar Đorđević

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 5 September 2015

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player	Team^[a]	Added	Removed	Reason
Rade Zagorac	Mega Leks	May 26, 2015^[1]	June 24, 2015	18-man roster cut^[2]
Vasilije Micić	Bayern Munich
Stefan Birčević	Estudiantes
Milan Mačvan	Partizan NIS
Nikola Jokić	Mega Leks
Đorđe Majstorović	Metalac Farmakom
Stefan Jović	Crvena zvezda		July 18, 2015	Injured^[3]
Boban Marjanović	Crvena zvezda		August 4, 2015	Withdrew^[4]
Stefan Pot	CSU Asesoft Ploiești		August 16, 2015	16-man roster cut^[5]
Marko Kešelj	Mega Leks		August 20, 2015	14-man roster cut^[6]
Luka Mitrović	Crvena zvezda		August 20, 2015	14-man roster cut^[6]
Vladimir Štimac	Estudiantes		September 1, 2015	12-man roster cut^[7]^[8]
Nemanja Dangubić	Crvena zvezda		September 1, 2015	12-man roster cut^[7]^[8]

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	—
	Jovica Antonić	49	—
	Milan Minić	60	Panathinaikos
	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	Team v t e	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^[a]
3	Italy	5	3	2	434	434	0	8^[a]
4	Turkey	5	3	2	429	459	−30	8^[a]
5	Germany	5	1	4	370	379	−9	6
6	Iceland	5	0	5	368	445	−77	5

Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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

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

Source: FIBA Europe

References

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