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Serbia men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Serbia women's national basketball team.

The Serbia men's national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије, romanized: Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international men's basketball competition, and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked second in the FIBA World Ranking.[5]

Serbia
FIBA ranking2 Steady (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1936[2]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKSS
CoachSvetislav Pešić
Nickname(s)Орлови, Оrlovi
(The Eagles)
Olympic Games
Appearances5
MedalsSilver Silver: (1996, 2016)
Bronze Bronze: (2024)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances7
MedalsGold Gold: (1998, 2002)
Silver Silver: (2014, 2023)
EuroBasket
Appearances13
MedalsGold Gold: (1995, 1997, 2001)
Silver Silver: (2009, 2017)
Bronze Bronze: (1999)
First international
FR Yugoslavia 93–87 Bulgaria 
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 31 May 1995)[3]
Biggest win
FR Yugoslavia 128–61 China 
(Atlanta, United States; 30 July 1996)[4]
Biggest defeat
 Serbia 92–129 United States 
(Madrid, Spain; 14 September 2014)
Medal record
Representing FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Greece
Gold medal – first place 2002 United States
Silver medal – second place 2014 Spain
Silver medal – second place 2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1995 Greece
Gold medal – first place 1997 Spain
Gold medal – first place 2001 Turkey
Silver medal – second place 2009 Poland
Silver medal – second place 2017 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 1999 France
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palma de Mallorca
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Izmir
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan

From 1992 to 2003, the national team played in international tournaments under the name FR Yugoslavia, and from 2003 to 2006, under the name Serbia and Montenegro. Following Montenegro’s declaration of independence in 2006, the Basketball Federation of Serbia retained the place of the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro as a FIBA member,[6] and Serbia thus officially inherited all of the preceding country's results and medals.

History

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See also: Yugoslavia men's national basketball team

Serbia and Montenegro

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With the start of Yugoslav Wars in 1991, and subsequent breakup of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavia national team was disbanded. The team consisted of players selected from the population of over 23 million people, and the basketball infrastructure was evenly distributed among the six states which formed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

In 1992, FR Yugoslavia was established as the federation of the two remaining Yugoslav republics, Serbia and Montenegro. The newly established country had less than half the population of the former country. The Basketball Federation of FR Yugoslavia became the governing body of basketball for the new country. After the adoption of UNSCR 757, the national team was suspended from participating in international tournaments. Due to these sanctions and ongoing war, the national team was prevented from participating at the 1992 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 1993 and 1994 FIBA World Cup.

1995–2002: Golden generation

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Without much sponsorship for the war-impoverished country, the national team made its comeback to the international scene at the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece, where it won the gold medal; after defeating Lithuania in the final. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, the team lost 69–95 to the United States in the gold-medal game. After the defeat, the national team would go on to claim the gold medal in their next two international competitions, EuroBasket 1997 and the 1998 FIBA World Cup; while winning the bronze medal at EuroBasket 1999 and reclaiming gold once again at the EuroBasket 2001.

One of the most notable wins for the Yugoslavia national team came in the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIBA World Cup, where the host nation of the tournament, the United States was eliminated 81–78.[7] The significance of the win was tremendous for the Serbian people in general, as the public in Serbia perceived the United States political leadership responsible for the breakup of Yugoslavia, and destruction of the country's infrastructure; as well as civil victims during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[8] Thereafter, the Yugoslavia national team went on to win the competition, by defeating New Zealand in the semi-finals and Argentina in the final 84–77 in OT to win the gold medal.[7]

2003–2006: Underwhelming results

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In 2002, FR Yugoslavia consisted of the states of Serbia and Montenegro. The merged nations came to a new agreement regarding continued co-operation, which, among other changes, promised the end of the name Yugoslavia. On 4 February 2003, the federal assembly of Yugoslavia created a loose state union—the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The following years were underwhelming as the national team failed to make the podium at international tournaments, after decades of winning medals.

At the EuroBasket 2003, the team came in sixth place, but due to their world champion status, were automatically qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. Entering 2004, the national team participated in the less important Diamond Ball tournament, prior to the 2004 Olympic Games where they won the gold medal. Although the team was unable to carry over the momentum heading into the Olympics, and were eliminated in the group stage with a (1–4) record, finishing in 11th place.

After two consecutive tournament disappointments, hopes of getting back on the podium returned for the EuroBasket 2005 where Serbia and Montenegro was the host nation. Heading into the tournament, Željko Obradović was brought back for a second stint as head coach of the national team. However, they were eliminated in the play-off stage by France 74–71, and finished in ninth place. After the tournament, Obradović stepped down, and blamed a bad atmosphere among the team's star players for the failure. The team then participated at the 2006 FIBA World Cup on a wild card, due to the results in the past on the initiative by FIBA prominent administrator Borislav Stanković. Although the national team of Serbia and Montenegro came up short once again, with another ninth-place finish.

On 21 May 2006, Montenegrins voted in an independence referendum, with 55.5% supporting independence. The subsequent Montenegrin proclamation of independence in June 2006 and the Serbian proclamation of independence on 5 June ended the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and thus the last remaining vestiges of the former Yugoslavia.

Serbia

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2006–2009

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Following the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, the national team participated at the EuroBasket 2007. There, the team finished the competition failing to make it out of the group stage after three close losses. The result failed to qualify the team for the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was their first time missing the Olympic tournament after missing it in 1992 due to suspension.

In December 2007, the legendary Dušan Ivković hinted that he would take the helm as head coach of the national team.[9]

2009–2013: Flashes of old glory

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Duško Savanović in 2011

Under Ivković's coaching, a new generation of players led by Nenad Krstić and Miloš Teodosić returned some of the old glory by taking the silver medal at Eurobasket 2009. At the 2010 FIBA World Cup, after narrowly defeating Croatia in the Round of 16, Miloš Teodosić hit a deep three-point shot to upset the favourites of the tournament Spain in the quarter-finals.[10] Entering the semis, Serbia would come up short, after a controversial referee's error to the tournament's host Turkey 83–82.[10] With the youngest team in the competition, Serbia eventually finished in fourth place after losing to Lithuania 99–88 in the bronze-medal game.[10][11]

At the EuroBasket 2011, the team failed to reach the semi-finals, finishing the tournament in eighth place; thus failing to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the EuroBasket 2013, the team was once again eliminated in the quarter-finals and finished in seventh place.

2013–2019: Silver generation

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See also: 2014 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team, 2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team, and 2017 Serbia EuroBasket team

Following the EuroBasket 2013, Ivković stepped away from the position, and Serbian basketball hall of famer Aleksandar Đorđević stepped into his place.[12]

Đorđević led the team to the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, where they lost in the final to the United States.[13][14] At the EuroBasket 2015, Serbia finished in fourth place, with their only tournament loses coming in the semi-finals to Lithuania and in the bronze-medal game to France.

 
Nikola Jokić defending Kevin Durant at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

After winning the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in Belgrade, the national team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, losing in the final to the United States.[15][16]

With the absence of team captains Miloš Teodosić, and Nikola Jokić, rising star Bogdan Bogdanović emerged as team leader at the EuroBasket 2017. The national team went on to earn their third silver medal in four years, after falling to a Goran Dragić-led Slovenia 93–85 in the final.[17]

Facing a different qualification system introduced by FIBA for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the national team was forced to play without their key players in nearly all of their qualification matches. However, they narrowly secured the last spot for the World Cup in their second round qualification group.[18] Prior the World Cup, Serbia was dubbed as one of the favourites to win the tournament;[19] but was eventually defeated in the quarter-finals by Argentina.[20] With the team relegated to the classification phase, they would pick up wins against the United States and Czech Republic to finish in fifth place.[21][22][23] After the tournament, head coach Đorđević announced his decision to leave the position after six years.[24]

2019–2021

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Serbia after winning their semi-final match against Canada at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

Under head coach Igor Kokoškov, Serbia failed to qualify to the 2020 Summer Olympics after losing in the final game of the Qualifying Tournament to Italy before home crowd.

2021–present

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See also: 2022 Serbia EuroBasket team, 2023 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team, and 2024 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team

In 2021, legendary head coach Svetislav Pešić took over the team once again. In Pešić' first tournament as head coach, after winning all five group matches at the EuroBasket 2022, Italy upset Serbia in Round of 16 with 94–86 and Serbia finished in ninth place. At the 2023 FIBA World Cup, despite absence of several star players, Serbia managed to reach the tournament final where they lost to the Germany.[25] Serbia won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics after defeating Germany with 93–83.[26]

Honours

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Medals table

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Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Summer Olympics 0 2 1 3
FIBA World Cup 2 2 0 4
EuroBasket 3 2 1 6
Mediterranean Games 0 1 1 2
Summer Universiade 4 2 2 8
Diamond Ball 1 1 0 2
Stanković Cup 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 6 26

Competitive record

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For results before 1992, see Yugoslavia men's national basketball team.

Name of the nation during the tournaments:

FIBA World Cup

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FIBA World Cup
Year Round Position W-L PCT PF-PA PD Head Coach Qualification
  1950 to   1990 Part of Yugoslavia Part of Yugoslavia
  1994 Suspended Duda Ivković Suspended
  1998   Champions   1st 8-1 .888 698-563 +135 Željko Obradović Directly qualified
  2002   Champions   1st 7-2 .777 816-670 +146 Svetislav Pešić Directly qualified
  2006 Round of 16 11th 2-4 .333 484-439 +45 Dragan Šakota Wild card
  2010 Semi-finals 4th 6-3 .666 800-699 +101 Duda Ivković Directly qualified
  2014   Runners-up   2nd 5-4 .555 743-720 +23 Sale Đorđević Directly qualified
  2019 Quarter-finals 5th 6-2 .750 753-598 +155 Group L
      2023   Runners-up   2nd 6-2 .750 761-617 +144 Svetislav Pešić Group I
  2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 40-18 .690 5055 - 4306 +749 7/7

EuroBasket

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EuroBasket
Year Round Position W-L PCT PF-PA PD Head Coach Qualification
  1935 to   1991 Part of Yugoslavia Part of Yugoslavia
  1993 Suspended Duda Ivković Suspended
  1995   Champions   1st 9-0 1.000 750-639 +111 Qualifying round
  1997   Champions   1st 8-1 .888 628-544 +84 Željko Obradović Directly qualified
  1999   Semi-finals   3rd 7-2 .777 657-587 +70
  2001   Champions   1st 6-0 1.000 549-409 +140 Svetislav Pešić
  2003 Quarter-finals 6th 3-4 .429 537-561 -24 Duško Vujošević
  2005 Play-off round 9th 2-2 .500 316-307 +9 Željko Obradović Qualified as host
  2007 Group stage 14th 0-3 .000 215-228 −13 Moka Slavnić Directly qualified
  2009   Runners-up   2nd 6-3 .666 603-602 +1 Duda Ivković Group A
  2011 Quarter-finals 8th 5-6 .455 600-648 -48 Directly qualified
  2013 Quarter-finals 7th 6-5 .545 581-589 -8 Group A
       2015 Semi-finals 4th 7-2 .777 748-658 +90 Sale Đorđević Directly qualified
        2017   Runners-up   2nd 7-2 .777 741-670 +71
        2022 Round of 16 9th 5-1 .833 552-455 +97 Svetislav Pešić Group E
        2025 Qualified To be determined
Total 71-31 .700 7477 - 6897 +580 13/13

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2023

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8 August 2023 Greece   64–71   Serbia Athens, Greece
20:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 22–23, 14–18, 15–14
Pts: Rogkavopoulos 19
Rebs: Mitoglou 10
Asts: Walkup 10 		Boxscore Pts: Bogdanović 15
Rebs: Milutinov 12
Asts: Bogdanović 5 		Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall
Referees: Tsolakos, Somos, Tsimpouris
9 August 2023 Italy   89–88   Serbia Athens, Greece
20:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 19–32, 25–15, 26–23, 19–18
Pts: Fontecchio 13
Rebs: Polonara 11
Asts: Severini 5 		Boxscore Pts: N. Jović 18
Rebs: N. Jović 7
Asts: Gudurić 6 		Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Hall
Referees: Papapetrou, Tziopanos, Agrafiotis
16 August 2023 Serbia   110–75   Puerto Rico Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 39–12, 24–21, 21–29
Pts: Dobrić 23
Rebs: N. Jović 8
Asts: S. Jović 11 		Boxscore Pts: Waters 11
Rebs: Romero 6
Asts: Thompson 4 		Arena: Štark Arena
Attendance: 12,526
Referees: Glišić, Jevtović, Pešić
20 August 2023 China   64–87   Serbia Shenzhen, China
19:30 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 16–20, 23–22, 13–22
Arena: Baoan District Gymnasium
21 August 2023 Serbia   89–85   Brazil Shenzhen, China
20:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 24–18, 19–21, 25–26
Arena: Baoan District Gymnasium
26 August 2023 Serbia   105–63   China Quezon City, Philippines
20:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 30–20, 22–13, 28–16
Pts: Bogdanović, Marinković 14
Rebs: Milutinov, Ristić 6
Asts: Gudurić, S. Jović 6 		Boxscore Pts: Zhao R. 17
Rebs: Cui, Zhou 5
Asts: Zhao J. 6 		Arena: Araneta Coliseum
Attendance: 7,292
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LBN)
28 August 2023 Puerto Rico   77–94   Serbia Quezon City, Philippines
20:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 12–30, 31–18, 19–19
Pts: Piñeiro 14
Rebs: Conditt 11
Asts: Waters 9 		Boxscore Pts: Bogdanović, N. Jović 17
Rebs: Milutinov 15
Asts: S. Jović 6 		Arena: Araneta Coliseum
Attendance: 2,944
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Carlos Peralta (ECU)
30 August 2023 South Sudan   83–115   Serbia Quezon City, Philippines
16:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 19–26, 26–27, 18–32
Pts: Jok 21
Rebs: Omot 5
Asts: Jones 6 		Boxscore Pts: N. Jović 25
Rebs: Milutinov 10
Asts: S. Jović 13 		Arena: Araneta Coliseum
Attendance: 5,848
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Rabah Noujaim (LBN)
1 September 2023 Serbia   76–78   Italy Quezon City, Philippines
16:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 23–17, 20–19, 14–19
Pts: Bogdanović 18
Rebs: Milutinov 12
Asts: Bogdanović 4 		Boxscore Pts: Fontecchio 30
Rebs: Fontecchio 7
Asts: Pajola 6 		Arena: Araneta Coliseum
Attendance: 3,117
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Luis Castillo (ESP), Martin Vulić (CRO)
3 September 2023 Dominican Republic   79–112   Serbia Quezon City, Philippines
20:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 20–27, 18–31, 26–25
Pts: Towns 25
Rebs: Towns 7
Asts: Montero 4 		Boxscore Pts: Bogdanović 20
Rebs: S. Jović 6
Asts: S. Jović 7 		Arena: Araneta Coliseum
Attendance: 6,616
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
5 September 2023 Lithuania   68–87   Serbia Pasay, Philippines
16:45 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 13–25, 17–24, 13–14
Pts: Sedekerskis 14
Rebs: Sedekerskis 9
Asts: Jokubaitis 9 		Boxscore Pts: Bogdanović 21
Rebs: Petrušev 6
Asts: Gudurić 6 		Arena: Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 6,223
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR)
8 September 2023 Serbia   95–86   Canada Pasay, Philippines
16:45 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 29–24, 23–24, 20–23
Pts: Bogdanović 23
Rebs: Milutinov 10
Asts: S. Jovic 5 		Boxscore Pts: Barrett 23
Rebs: five players 3
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 9 		Arena: Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 8,630
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)
10 September 2023 Germany   83–77   Serbia Pasay, Philippines
20:40 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 24–21, 22–10, 14–20
Pts: Schröder 28
Rebs: Voigtmann 8
Asts: Voigtmann 3 		Boxscore Pts: Avramović 21
Rebs: N. Jović 8
Asts: Bogdanović 5 		Arena: Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 12,022
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

2024

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23 February 2024 Serbia   77–61   Finland Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 19–14, 22–17, 19–10
Pts: Mitrović 19
Rebs: Mitrović 9
Asts: Petrušev 5 		Boxscore Pts: Jantunen 11
Rebs: Valtonen 9
Asts: Maxhuni 6 		Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)
26 February 2024 Georgia   63–76   Serbia Tbilisi, Georgia
21:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 19–17, 21–22, 11–16
Pts: Shengelia 19
Rebs: Shermadini 9
Asts: Tsintsadze 6 		Boxscore Pts: Gudurić 16
Rebs: Petrušev 8
Asts: Avramović 7 		Arena: Tbilisi Arena
Attendance: 9,400
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL)
12 July 2024 France   67–79   Serbia Lyon, France
21:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 9–27, 20–15, 15–19
Pts: Wembanyama 14
Rebs: Wembanyama 10
Asts: three players 3 		Boxscore Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Jokić 12
Asts: Avramović, Micić 3 		Arena: LDLC Arena
Attendance: 9,500
16 July 2024 Australia   84–73   Serbia Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
20:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 19–25, 23–19, 22–14
Pts: Mills 28
Rebs: Exum 7
Asts: Mills 5 		Boxscore Pts: Petrušev 17
Rebs: Jokić 14
Asts: Micić 8 		Arena: Etihad Arena
17 July 2024 United States   105–79   Serbia Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
20:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 31–17, 24–12, 22–21
Pts: Curry 24
Rebs: Adebayo, Embiid 8
Asts: three players 3 		Boxscore Pts: Jokić 16
Rebs: Jokić 11
Asts: Avramović, Gudurić 3 		Arena: Etihad Arena
Attendance: 12,517
21 July 2024 Serbia   119–100   Japan Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 33–23, 26–29, 32–18, 28–30
Pts: Jokić 18
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: Bogdanović 8 		Boxscore Pts: Hachimura 29
Rebs: Hawkinson 5
Asts: Kawamura 8 		Arena: Belgrade Arena
Attendance: 15,026
22 July 2024 Serbia   94–72   Greece Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–18, 24–19, 22–14
Pts: Bogdanović 19
Rebs: Jokić, Petrušev 8
Asts: Avramović 8 		Boxscore Pts: Antetokounmpo 17
Rebs: Antetokounmpo 6
Asts: three players 4 		Arena: Belgrade Arena
Attendance: 18,000
28 July 2024 Serbia   84–110   United States Lille, France
17:15 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 29–33, 16–26, 19–26
Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Bogdanović 6
Asts: Jokić 8 		Boxscore Pts: Durant 23
Rebs: Davis 8
Asts: James 9 		Arena: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 27,328
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)
31 July 2024 Puerto Rico   66–107   Serbia Lille, France
17:15 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 23–28, 16–27, 15–28
Pts: Ortiz 19
Rebs: Ortiz 6
Asts: Reed, Waters 3 		Boxscore Pts: Petrušev 15
Rebs: Jokić 15
Asts: Jokić 9 		Arena: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 17,882
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernandez (ARG), Boris Krejic (SLO)
3 August 2024 Serbia   96–85   South Sudan Lille, France
21:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 24–22, 25–23, 24–18
Pts: Bogdanović 30
Rebs: Jokić 13
Asts: Bogdanović 8 		Boxscore Pts: Jones, Shayok 17
Rebs: Gabriel 8
Asts: Jones 10 		Arena: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 20,916
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)
6 August 2024 Serbia   95–900(OT)   Australia Paris, France
14:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 17–31, 25–23, 25–11, 15–17, Overtime: 13–8
Pts: Jokić 21
Rebs: Jokić 14
Asts: Jokić 9 		Boxscore Pts: Mills 26
Rebs: Magnay 6
Asts: Exum 5 		Arena: Accor Arena
Attendance: 12,317
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Wojciech Liszka (POL)
8 August 2024   United States 95–91 Serbia   Paris, France
21:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 20–23, 20–22, 32–15
Pts: Curry 36
Rebs: James 12
Asts: James 10 		Boxscore Pts: Bogdanović 20
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Jokić 11 		Arena: Accor Arena
Attendance: 12,213
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Julio Anaya (PAN), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)
10 August 2024   Germany 83–93 Serbia   Paris, France
11:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 17–16, 25–26, 20–21
Pts: F. Wagner 18
Rebs: F. Wagner 9
Asts: Weiler-Babb, Schröder 6 		Boxscore Pts: Jokić, Micić 19
Rebs: Jokić 12
Asts: Jokić 11 		Arena: Accor Arena
Attendance: 12,406
Referees: Matthew Leigh Kallio (CAN), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Johnny Batista (PUR)
21 November 2024 Denmark   52–72   Serbia Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 5–29, 13–14, 16–19, 17–19
Pts: Engelhardt 13
Rebs: Sorensen 5
Asts: Pedersen 3 		Boxscore Pts: Koprivica 13
Rebs: Ristić 6
Asts: Avramović 6 		Arena: Farum Arena
Attendance: 2,993
Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Ilias Kounelles (CYP)
24 November 2024 Serbia   98–51   Denmark Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 25–11, 20–11, 28–12
Pts: Avramović 18
Rebs: Dobrić 8
Asts: Avramović 8 		Boxscore Pts: Lundberg 15
Rebs: Lundberg 6
Asts: Lundberg 6 		Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 6,300
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Mihkel Männiste (EST), Orhan Cagri Hekimoglu (TUR)

2025

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21 February 2025 Finland   vs.   Serbia Finland
Boxscore
24 February 2025 Serbia   vs.   Georgia Serbia
Boxscore

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Serbia men's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C 0 Uroš Plavšić 25 – (1998-12-22)22 December 1998 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Crvena zvezda  
F/C 3 Filip Petrušev 24 – (2000-04-15)15 April 2000 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Olympiacos  
PF 5 Nikola Jović 21 – (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 27 – (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan  
SF 13 Ognjen Dobrić 29 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Crvena zvezda  
C 15 Nikola Jokić 29 – (1995-02-19)19 February 1995 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets  
PG 22 Vasilije Micić 30 – (1994-01-13)13 January 1994 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Charlotte Hornets  
G/F 23 Marko Gudurić 29 – (1995-03-08)8 March 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Fenerbahçe  
F 27 Dejan Davidovac 29 – (1995-01-17)17 January 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda  
PG 30 Aleksa Avramović 29 – (1994-10-25)25 October 1994 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Partizan  
C 33 Nikola Milutinov 29 – (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Olympiacos  
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Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 July 2024

Roster

Depth chart for the 2024 Olympics

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Players on the preliminary squad list for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. Active players, that were for different reasons either not called up, or declined the invitation, include Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Kalinić, Vladimir Lučić, Stefan Jović, Boban Marjanović, Nemanja Nedović, Luka Mitrović, Nikola Topić, Nikola Đurišić, Tristan Vukčević, Dušan Beslać, Boriša Simanić, Uroš Trifunović, Balša Koprivica, Danilo Anđušić, Branko Lazić, Alen Smailagić

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Nikola Jokić Nikola Milutinov Uroš Plavšić
PF Nikola Jović Filip Petrušev
SF Ognjen Dobrić Dejan Davidovac
SG Bogdan Bogdanović Marko Gudurić Vanja Marinković
PG Aleksa Avramović Vasilije Micić

Past rosters

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See also: List of Serbia men's national basketball team players and List of Serbia and Montenegro men's national basketball team players

Head coaches

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Since 1992, the national team has been managed by a total of eight different head coaches. Dušan Ivković, Željko Obradović, and Svetislav Pešić are the only coaches with more than one spell.

Player statistics

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These tables include player statistics on Olympic games, FIBA World Cup and FIBA Eurobasket matches as well as matches on qualification tournaments since 1995. Friendly matches are not included.[28][29]

  • Bold denotes players still playing international basketball.
As of 10 August 2024

Notable players

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Multiple medal winners

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This is a list of people who have won two or more medals, who represented FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro or Serbia since 1995.

Individual awards

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(including achievements of Serbian players from 1945 to 1991)

International competitions

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Other notable achievements

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Notable coaches

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Individual achievements

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(including achievements of Serbian coaches from 1945 to 1991)

See also

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References

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