2024 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team
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| Head coach | Svetislav Pešić | ||
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| Arena | Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Accor Arena, Paris | ||
| 2024 Summer Olympics |  | ||
| PIR leader | Nikola Jokić 31.0 | ||
| Scoring leader | Nikola Jokić 18.8 | ||
| Rebounding leader | Nikola Jokić 10.7 | ||
| Assists leader | Nikola Jokić 8.7 | ||
| Biggest win | 107–66  Puerto Rico (31 July 2024) | ||
| Biggest defeat | 84–110  United States (28 July 2024) | ||
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| All statistics correct as of 10 August 2024. | |||
The men's national basketball team of Serbia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where they earned a bronze medal.[1] They qualified for the Olympics as one of the top two FIBA Basketball World Cup finishers from Europe in 2023. Serbia last competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, securing a silver medal.[2]
- June 11 16-man roster announcement[3]
- June 24 Start of training camp[4]
- July 5–22 Exhibition games
- July 23 Final 12-man roster announcement[5]
- July 28 – August 11 2024 Summer Olympics
Roster
Staff
| Position | Staff member |
|---|---|
| Head coach |  Svetislav Pešić |
| Assistant coaches | Oliver Kostić |
| Saša Kosović | |
| Marko Marinović | |
| Ognjen Stojaković | |
| Nenad Jakovljević | |
| Managing Director | Dragan Tarlać |
| Team manager | Nebojša Ilić |
| Traineres | Marko Sekulić |
| Marko Stanojević | |
| Scout | Mihajlo Mitić |
| Physicians | Dragan Radovanović |
| Milan Mirković | |
| Physiotherapists | Dušan Sajić |
| Dušan Popović | |
| Robert Miller Jason | |
| Equipment manager | Jovica Aničić |
| Press officer | Ivan Ivković |
Source: KSS
Exhibition games
- Unofficial games
| Serbia |
90–74 |  Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 30–22, 24–12, 17–23 | ||
| Pts: Plavšić 19 Rebs: Jokić 9 Asts: Jokić 10 |
Pts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 18 Rebs: three players 3 Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 9 | |
| Serbia |
95–61 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 31–16, 30–13, 17–11 | ||
| Pts: Marinković 21 Rebs: Pokuševski 5 Asts: Jokić, Gudurić 5 |
Pts: Van der Vuurst de Vries, Aristode 13 Rebs: N'Guessan 5 Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries, Saizonou 6 | |
- Lyon game
France  |
67–79 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 9–27, 20–15, 15–19 | ||
| Pts: Wembanyama 14 Rebs: Wembanyama 10 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Jokić 20 Rebs: Jokić 12 Asts: Avramović, Micić 3 | |
- Abu Dhabi friendlies
Australia  |
84–73 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 19–25, 23–19, 22–14 | ||
| Pts: Mills 28 Rebs: Exum 7 Asts: Mills 5 |
Pts: Petrušev 17 Rebs: Jokić 14 Asts: Micić 8 | |
| United States |
105–79 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 31–17, 24–14, 22–21 | ||
| Pts: Curry 24 Rebs: Adebayo, Embiid 8 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Jokić 16 Rebs: Jokić 11 Asts: Avramović, Gudurić 3 | |
- Belgrade games
| Serbia |
119–100 |  Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–23, 26–29, 32–18, 28–30 | ||
| Pts: Jokić 18 Rebs: Jokić 8 Asts: Bogdanović 8 |
Pts: Hachimura 29 Rebs: Hawkinson 5 Asts: Kawamura 8 | |
| Serbia |
94–72 |  Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–18, 24–19, 22–14 | ||
| Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Jokić, Petrušev 8 Asts: Avramović 8 |
Pts: Antetokounmpo 17 Rebs: Antetokounmpo 6 Asts: three players 4 | |
Olympic play
Preliminary round
Serbia was placed in Group C.[13]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 317 | 253 | +64 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Serbia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 287 | 261 | +26 | 5 | |
| 3 |  South Sudan |
3 | 1 | 2 | 261 | 278 | −17 | 4 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
3 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 301 | −73 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
All times are local (UTC+2).
United States
28 July 2024 17:15 |
| Serbia |
84–110 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 29–33, 16–26, 19–26 | ||
| Pts: Jokić 20 Rebs: Bogdanović 6 Asts: Jokić 8 |
Pts: Durant 23 Rebs: Davis 8 Asts: James 9 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,328 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT) |
Puerto Rico
31 July 2024 17:15 |
| Puerto Rico |
66–107 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 23–28, 16–27, 15–28 | ||
| Pts: Ortiz 19 Rebs: Ortiz 6 Asts: Howard, Waters 3 |
Pts: Petrušev 15 Rebs: Jokić 15 Asts: Jokić 9 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 17,882 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Boris Krejić (SLO) |
South Sudan
3 August 2024 21:00 |
| Serbia |
96–85 | South Sudan |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 24–22, 25–23, 24–18 | ||
| Pts: Bogdanović 30 Rebs: Jokić 13 Asts: Bogdanović 8 |
Pts: Jones, Shayok 17 Rebs: Gabriel 8 Asts: Jones 10 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 20,916 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Juan Fernández (ARG) |
Knockout round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 6 August | ||||||||||
| France | 82 | |||||||||
| 8 August | ||||||||||
 Canada | 73 | |||||||||
| France | 73 | |||||||||
| 6 August | ||||||||||
 Germany | 69 | |||||||||
| Germany | 76 | |||||||||
| 10 August | ||||||||||
| Greece | 63 | |||||||||
| France | 87 | |||||||||
| 6 August | ||||||||||
| United States | 98 | |||||||||
 Brazil | 87 | |||||||||
| 8 August | ||||||||||
| United States | 122 | |||||||||
| United States | 95 | |||||||||
| 6 August | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 91 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
| Serbia (OT) | 95 | |||||||||
| 10 August | ||||||||||
| Australia | 90 | |||||||||
| Germany | 83 | |||||||||
| Serbia | 93 | |||||||||
Quarterfinal – Australia
6 August 2024 14:30 |
| Serbia |
95–90 (OT) | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–31, 25–23, 25–11, 15–17, Overtime: 13–8 | ||
| Pts: Jokić 21 Rebs: Jokić 14 Asts: Jokić 9 |
Pts: Mills 26 Rebs: Landale, Magnay 6 Asts: Exum 5 | |
Accor Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,317 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Wojciech Liszka (POL) |
Semifinal – United States
8 August 2024 21:00 |
| United States |
95–91 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 20–23, 20–22, 32–15 | ||
| Pts: Curry 36 Rebs: James 12 Asts: James 10 |
Pts: Bogdanović 20 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Jokić 11 | |
Accor Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,213 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Julio Anaya (PAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT) |
Bronze medal game – Germany
10 August 2024 11:00 |
| Germany |
83–93 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 17–16, 25–26, 20–21 | ||
| Pts: F. Wagner 18 Rebs: F. Wagner 9 Asts: Schröder, Weiler-Babb 6 |
Pts: Jokić, Micić 19 Rebs: Jokić 12 Asts: Jokić 11 | |
Accor Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,406 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Johnny Batista (PUR) |