Serbia national basketball team

Serbia Srbija

FIBA ranking	6 1
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KSS
Coach	Aleksandar Đorđević
Nickname(s)	Orlovi (The Eagles), White Eagles
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	Silver: 1996
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	5
Medals	Gold: 1998 Gold: 2002 Silver: 2014
EuroBasket
Appearances	11
Medals	Gold: 1995 Gold: 1997 Bronze: 1999 Gold: 2001 Silver: 2009
Uniforms
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Medal record Representing  Serbia Summer Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta FIBA World Cup 1998 Greece 2002 USA 2014 Spain EuroBasket 1995 Greece 1997 Spain 1999 France 2001 Turkey 2009 Poland

The Serbian national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије / Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked sixth in the FIBA World Rankings.^[1]

When Serbia became independent, it became the successor state of Serbia and Montenegro, and the Serbian team is considered by FIBA as the successor of the team of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro.

History

SFR Yugoslavia (1936–1991)

Serbia (2006–present)

A new generation, again led by coach Dušan Ivković returned some of the old glory by taking the silver medal in Eurobasket 2009, and fourth place in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, with the youngest team.^[2] In late 2013, a Serbian basketball hall of famer Aleksandar Đorđević was confirmed as a successor to Ivković. Đorđević led team to the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.^[3]

Honours

Medals table

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
FIBA World Cup	2	1	0	3
FIBA EuroBasket	3	1	1	5
Summer Olympics	0	1	0	1
Mediterranean Games	0	1	1	2
Summer Universiade	2	1	1	4
Grand Totals	7	5	3	15

Individual awards

• FIBA World Cup MVP
  • Dejan Bodiroga – 1998
• FIBA EuroBasket MVP
  • Aleksandar Đorđević – 1997
  • Predrag Stojaković – 2001
• FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
  • Dejan Bodiroga – 1998
  • Željko Rebrača – 1998
  • Predrag Stojaković – 2002
  • Miloš Teodosić – 2010, 2014
• FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
  • Žarko Paspalj – 1989
  • Vlade Divac – 1991, 1995
  • Aleksandar Đorđević – 1997
  • Željko Rebrača – 1997
  • Dejan Bodiroga – 1997, 1999
  • Predrag Stojaković – 2001
  • Marko Jarić – 2001
  • Miloš Teodosić – 2009
• FIBA EuroBasket Assists Leader
  • Miloš Teodosić – 2009, 2011

Competitions

Summer Olympics Year Position Pld W L 1936 to 1988 See Yugoslavia 1992 Barcelona Banned 1996 Atlanta 2nd 8 7 1 2000 Sydney 6th 7 4 3 2004 Athens 11th 6 2 4 2008 Beijing Did not qualify 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro TBD Total 3/6 21 13 8 World Cup Year Position Pld W L 1950 to 1990 See Yugoslavia 1994 Canada Banned 1998 Greece 1st 9 8 1 2002 USA 1st 9 7 2 2006 Japan 11th 6 2 4 2010 Turkey 4th 9 6 3 2014 Spain 2nd 9 5 4 2019 China TBD Total 5/6 42 28 14

EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L 1935 to 1991 See Yugoslavia 1993 Germany Banned 1995 Greece 1st 9 9 0 1997 Spain 1st 9 8 1 1999 France 3rd 9 7 2 2001 Turkey 1st 6 6 0 2003 Sweden 6th 7 3 4 2005 Serbia and Montenegro 9th 4 2 2 2007 Spain 14th 3 0 3 2009 Poland 2nd 9 6 3 2011 Lithuania 8th 11 5 6 2013 Slovenia 7th 11 6 5 2015 France[notes 1] 4th 9 7 2 2017 Turkey[notes 2] Banned Total 11/13 87 59 28

Team

Current roster

Serbian men's basketball national team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Teodosić, Miloš (C) 28 – March 19, 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow SF 5 Simonović, Marko 29 – March 8, 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Crvena zvezda PG 6 Jović, Stefan 24 – November 3, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena zvezda SG 7 Bogdanović, Bogdan 23 – August 18, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Fenerbahce F 8 Bjelica, Nemanja 27 – May 9, 1988 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Minnesota Timberwolves PG 9 Marković, Stefan 27 – April 25, 1988 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Baloncesto Málaga SF 10 Kalinić, Nikola 23 – November 8, 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahce G 11 Nedović, Nemanja 24 – June 16, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Baloncesto Málaga C 12 Marjanović, Boban 27 – August 15, 1988 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) San Antonio Spurs C 13 Raduljica, Miroslav 27 – January 5, 1988 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Panathinaikos PF 14 Erceg, Zoran 30 – January 11, 1985 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) C 15 Jokić, Nikola 20 – February 19, 1995 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets	Head coach Aleksandar Đorđević Assistant coach(es) Miroslav Nikolić Jovica Antonić Milan Minić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 5 September 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Miroslav Raduljica	Boban Marjanović	Nikola Milutinov	Ognjen Kuzmić
PF	Nemanja Bjelica	Nikola Jokić	Luka Mitrović	Zoran Erceg
SF	Nikola Kalinić	Marko Simonović	Nemanja Dangubić	Rade Zagorac
SG	Bogdan Bogdanović	Nemanja Nedović	Dragan Milosavljević	Marko Gudurić
PG	Miloš Teodosić	Stefan Jović	Stefan Marković	Ognjen Jaramaz

Past rosters

Head coaches

FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro Years Name Competition 1992–1995 Dušan Ivković 1995 EuroBasket 1996–2000 Željko Obradović 2 1996 Summer Olympics 1997 EuroBasket 1998 World Championship 1999 EuroBasket 6th 2000 Summer Olympics 2000–2002 Svetislav Pešić 2001 EuroBasket 2002 World Championship 2003 Duško Vujošević 6th 2003 EuroBasket 2004–2005 Željko Obradović 11th 2004 Summer Olympics 9th 2005 EuroBasket 2006 Dragan Šakota 11th 2006 World Championship

Serbia Years Name Competition 2007 Zoran Slavnić 14th 2007 EuroBasket 2007–2013 Dušan Ivković 2009 EuroBasket 4th 2010 World Championship 8th 2011 EuroBasket 7th 2013 EuroBasket 2013– Aleksandar Đorđević 2014 World Championship 4th 2015 EuroBasket

Notable people

Players

Vlade Divac World and European Champion Korać Cup Champion (1989) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1990) 2x All-EuroBasket Team member (1991, 1995) FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1989) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2010) Named NBA All-Star (2001) One of only two basketball players born and trained in Europe (Dražen Petrović is the other) to have his number retired by an NBA team One of only two basketball players born and trained in Europe (Dirk Nowitzki is the other) to play at least 1,000 NBA games (1,134) Ranked 12th in the NBA in field-goal percentage (.503) in 1999–2000 Mr. Europa Award (1989) Predrag Stojaković World and European Champion NBA Champion 2011 with Dallas Mavericks NBA All Star 2002-2004 NBA 3 Point Shootout Champion 2002-2003 4th in NBA history in career free-throw percentage 6th in NBA history in 3-pointers made 6th in NBA playoff history in free-throw percentage First player in NBA history to start a game off by scoring 20 consecutive points for his team EuroBasket MVP (2001) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (2002) All-EuroBasket Team member (2001) Euroleague Top Scorer (1998) Greek League MVP (1998) Euroscar Award (2001) 2x Mr. Europa Award (2001, 2002)

Dejan Bodiroga World and European Champion 3x Euroleague champion (2000, 2002, 2003) FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1997) FIBA World Cup MVP (1998) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1998) 2x All-EuroBasket Team member (1997, 1999) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) Euroleague 2001-2010 All Decade Team member 2x Euroleague Final Four MVP (2001, 2002) Euroleague Top 16 MVP (2002) 3x All-Euroleague First Team member (2002, 2003, 2004) 2x FIBA EuroStar selection (1998, 1999) Spanish League MVP (1998) Greek League MVP (1999) 2x Greek League Finals MVP (1999, 2000) Spanish League Finals MVP (2004) Spanish Cup Final MVP (2003) 2x Golden Badge (1998, 2002) 2x Best Sportsman by Yugoslav Olympic Committee (1998, 2002) All-Europe Player of the Year (2002) Predrag Danilović European Champion 2x Euroleague champion (1991–92, 1997–98) Korać Cup Champion (1989) Euroleague Final Four MVP (1992) Euroleague Top Scorer (1995) FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer (2000) Italian League MVP (1998) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) 2x FIBA EuroStar selection (1997, 1998) Mr. Europa Award (1998) Aleksandar Đorđević World and European Champion 2x Korać Cup Champion (1989, 1999) EuroBasket MVP (1997) All-EuroBasket Team member (1997) 2x FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1993, 1999) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) FIBA EuroStar selection (1997) 2x Mr. Europa Award (1994, 1995) Golden Badge (1995) Best Sportsman by Yugoslav Olympic Committee (1995)

Zoran Savić World and European Champion 3x Euroleague Champion (1990, 1991, 1998) Korać Cup Champion (1994) Euroleague Final Four MVP (1998) 2x FIBA EuroStar selection (1996, 1997) Dragan Kićanović World, Olympic and European Champion 2x FIBA Korać Cup Champion (1978, 1979) FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1983) FIBA World Cup MVP (1974) 2x FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1978, 1982) 2x All-EuroBasket Team member (1979, 1981) FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1979) FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer (1983) FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2010) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 3x FIBA European Selection (1976, 1978, 1981) 2x Mr. Europa Award (1981, 1982) 2x Euroscar Award (1981, 1982) Golden Badge (1982) Dražen Dalipagić World, Olympic and European Champion FIBA World Cup MVP (1978) FIBA Korać Cup Champion (1978) EuroBasket MVP (1977) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1978) 3x All-EuroBasket Team member (1975, 1977, 1981) 2x FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1974, 1978) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2004) FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 3x FIBA European Selection (1978, 1981, 1982) 2x Mr. Europa Award (1977, 1978) Golden Badge (1978) Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year by Sportske novosti (1978) Zoran Slavnić World, Olympic and European Champion FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1974) 2× FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer (1974, 1975) FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2013) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) FIBA European Selection (1976)

Radivoj Korać FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1961) 3x EuroBasket Top Scorer (1959, 1961, 1963) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1967) Former FIBA Korać Cup was named after him. FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 2x FIBA European Selection (1964, 1965) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) Golden Badge (1960) Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year by Sportske novosti (1960) Žarko Paspalj World and European Champion Korać Cup Champion (1989) All-EuroBasket Team member (1989) FIBA European Selection (1991) Euroleague Final Four MVP (1994) 2x Greek League Finals MVP (1993, 1994) Greek League Top Scorer (1992) Greek Cup Final Top Scorer (1994) Željko Rebrača World and European Champion FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1998) FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1999) All-EuroBasket Team member (1997) Euroleague Final Four MVP (2000) 3x FIBA EuroStar selection (1996, 1997, 1998) Greek League MVP (2000) Greek League Finals MVP (2001) Greek Cup Final MVP (2000) Dejan Tomašević World and European Champion 2x All-Euroleague First Team member (2001), (2002) Euroleague Regular Season MVP (2001) Eurocup Finals MVP (2003) Yugoslavian League MVP (1998) Spanish Cup Final MVP (2002)

Coaches

• Aleksandar Nikolić (1954–1984)
• Ranko Žeravica (1958–2003)
• Dušan Ivković (1978–Present)
• Božidar Maljković (1979–2013)
• Svetislav Pešić (1982–Present)
• Željko Obradović (1991–Present)
• Aleksandar Đorđević (2006–Present)

Administrators

• Borislav Stanković
• Radomir Šaper
• Nebojša Popović

Technical officials (referees)

• Obrad Belošević
• Ilija Belošević

Notes

1. Along with France hosts were also Germany, Croatia and Latvia. Serbia has been drawn in Group B, and therefore they competed in Germany. The further tournament stages were held in France.
2. Along with Turkey hosts are also Romania, Finland and Israel.

References

1. "Srbija sedma na FIBA listi". RTS. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
2. "Duda otpisao Milosavljevića". B92.net (in Serbian). BETA. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
3. "Srbija srebrna, 'vanzemaljci' Ameri šampioni". B92.net (in Serbian). BETA. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile