2016 Serbia Olympic 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
- 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
Template:2016 Summer Olympics Serbia men's basketball team roster
The following were candidates to make the team:
| Player | Team[a] | Added | Removed | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ Team at the time player was a candidate
Exhibition games
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) |
France  |
88–105 | Serbia |
| 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 | |
30 July 2016
21:00 (UTC−3) |
Argentina  |
79–74 | Serbia |
| 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) |
| Serbia |
86–77 |  Croatia |
| 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
Preliminary round
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Venezuela
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Australia
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France
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United States
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China
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Knockout round
Quarterfinal – Croatia
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] Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's basketball game C4
Semifinal – Australia
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] Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's basketball game D1
Final – United States
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- ^ "USA beat Serbia to take third gold medal in a row". fiba.com. 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Serbia have to settle for second best". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Erceg out but Jokic in for Serbia at home OQT". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Serbia squad at 15 following changes to frontcourt line-up". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Seniori otputovali na Kopaonik". kss.rs (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Djordjevic: Dangubic and Gudric players for future". kss.rs. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Seniori otputovali u Argentinu, sledeća stanica Rio". kss.rs (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Bez Nemanje Bjelice u Riju". kss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Así se jugará el Súper 4 La Caja en Córdoba". argentina.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Hoy comienza el Súper 4, en el Orfeo de Córdoba". losandes.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Turnir u Kordobi poslednja provera pred Rio". kss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Serbia edge out Croatia to reach Semi-Finals on Olympic debut". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Serbia crush Australia to set up showdown with USA". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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