2025 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

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2025 Serbia men's EuroBasket team
PresidentNebojša Čović
Head coachSvetislav Pešić
ArenaXiaomi Arena, Riga
Preliminary RoundGroup A Runner-up
Knockout StageRound of 16
PIR leaderNikola Jokić
30.3
Scoring leaderNikola Jokić
22.3
Rebounding leaderNikola Jokić
9.0
Assists leaderStefan Jović
5.5
Biggest win+34
98–64  Estonia
(27 August 2025)
Biggest defeat–6
86–92  Finland
(6 September 2025)
 2022
All statistics correct as of 6 September 2025.

The 2025 Serbia men's EuroBasket team represents Serbia at the EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Poland, and Latvia.[1][2] Serbia qualified for the EuroBasket by winning the EuroBasket 2025 qualification Group G.[3]

The team is coached by FIBA Hall of Fame coach Svetislav Pešić, with assistant coaches Oliver Kostić, Marko Marinović, Nenad Jakovljević, Ognjen Stojaković and Mihajlo Mitić.[4]

This will be the eighth appearance of Serbia at the EuroBasket as an independent state; its best results are second places in 2009 and 2017. Serbia last competed in EuroBasket 2022, finishing in ninth place with a 5–1 record, following a loss to Italy in the Round of 16.[5]

  • July 28: Announcement of the preliminary 17-man roster and the start of the training camp[4][6]
  • August 5–21: Exhibition games
  • August 23: Final 12-man roster announcement[7]
  • August 27 – September 14: EuroBasket 2025

Roster

Staff

Position Staff member
Head coachSerbia Svetislav Pešić
Assistant coachesSerbia Oliver Kostić
Serbia Marko Marinović
Serbia Nenad Jakovljević
Serbia Ognjen Stojaković
Serbia Mihajlo Mitić
Director / Vice PresidentSerbia Filip Sunturlić
TraineresSerbia Feđa Sretenović
Serbia Stefan Radoičić
PhysiciansSerbia Dragan Radovanović
Serbia Nebojša Mitrović
Serbia Branislav Krivokapić
PhysiotherapistsUnited States Robert Miller Jason
Serbia Dušan Sajić
Serbia Predrag Jovičić
Serbia Miodrag Ćirić
Team managerSerbia Nebojša Ilić
Equipment managerSerbia Jovica Aničić
Press officerSerbia Nina Kolundžija
VideographerSerbia Jelena Vamović

Source: KSS

Exhibition games

Behind closed doors[15][6]
August 5, 2025
(UTC+2)
Serbia  12689  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 30–23, 34–16, 33–21, 29–29
Belgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: closed to the public
August 6, 2025
(UTC+2)
Serbia  7967  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 18–18, 20–16, 22–20
Belgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: closed to the public
Ecommbx Cup[15][6]
August 9, 2025
20:30 (UTC+3)
Greece  6676  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 8–17, 13–12, 19–21
Pts: Mitoglou 18
Rebs: Papanikolaou 6
Asts: T. Antetokounmpo 5
Pts: Jokić 23
Rebs: Jokić 19
Asts: Jokić 4
Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center
Limassol, Cyprus
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Ofer Manheim (ISR), Petar Pešić (SRB), Ioannis Tsibouris (GRE)
August 10, 2025
17:00 (UTC+3)
Cyprus  55122  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 12–28, 10–38, 20–31, 13–25
Pts: Tigkas 17
Rebs: Stylianou 7
Asts: Willis, Michail 2
Pts: Vukčević 24
Rebs: Vukčević 7
Asts: Topić 7
Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center
Limassol, Cyprus
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Ofer Manheim (ISR), Petar Pešić (SRB), Nir Meirson (ISR)
DBB SuperCup[15][6]
August 15, 2025
20:45 (UTC+2)
Czech Republic  84113  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 27–32, 20–31, 16–21
Pts: Kříž 12
Rebs: Peterka 5
Asts: Krejčí 5
Pts: Bogdanović 20
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Jokić 6
SAP Garden
Munich, Germany
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Carsen Straube (GER), Nermin Hodžić (BIH)
August 16, 2025
20:45 (UTC+2)
Germany  8191  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 17–20, 23–32, 26–21
Pts: F. Wagner 26
Rebs: Hollatz 5
Asts: Schröder 5
Pts: N. Jović 22
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: Jokić 7
SAP Garden
Munich, Germany
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Peter Praksch (HUN), Martin Vulić (CRO), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
Final friendly[15][6]
August 21, 2025
20:00 (UTC+2)
Serbia  10672  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 33–23, 31–13, 27–20, 15–16
Pts: N. Jović 18
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: S. Jović 6
Pts: Dončić 17
Rebs: Dončić 7
Asts: Dončić 4
Belgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 20,000
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Siniša Prpa (SRB), Petar Pešić (SRB)

Tournament

Preliminary round

Serbia was placed in Group A.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 5 5 0 459 359 +100 10 Knockout stage
2  Serbia 5 4 1 434 368 +66 9
3  Latvia (H) 5 3 2 412 384 +28 8
4  Portugal 5 2 3 315 368 53 7
5  Estonia 5 1 4 352 397 45 6
6  Czechia 5 0 5 338 434 96 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (GMT+3).

Estonia

27 August 2025
21:15
Serbia  9864  Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 32–12, 24–17, 30–15, 12–20
Pts: N. Jović 18
Rebs: Jokić 10
Asts: Bogdanović, Jokić 7
Pts: Drell 11
Rebs: Riismaa, Treier 4
Asts: Vene 5
Xiaomi Arena, Riga
Attendance: 8,151
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Geert Jacobs (BEL)

Portugal

29 August 2025
21:15
Portugal  6980  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 14–20, 16–21, 20–16
Pts: Brito 22
Rebs: Brito 9
Asts: Lisboa 4
Pts: Jokić 23
Rebs: Jokić 10
Asts: S. Jović 6
Xiaomi Arena, Riga
Attendance: 2,942
Referees: Gediminas Petraitis (USA), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Ilias Kounelles (CYP)

Latvia

30 August 2025
18:00
Latvia  8084  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 20–20, 18–25, 24–17
Pts: Dā. Bertāns 16
Rebs: Dā. Bertāns 10
Asts: Žagars 6
Pts: Jokić 39
Rebs: Jokić 10
Asts: S. Jović 7
Xiaomi Arena, Riga
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Gediminas Petraitis (USA), Antonio Conde (ESP), Fernando Calatrava (ESP)

Czechia

1 September 2025
21:15
Serbia  8260  Czechia
Scoring by quarter: 27–5, 18–18, 16–20, 21–17
Pts: Avramović 14
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Avramović 8
Pts: Bohačík 12
Rebs: Krejčí, Žídek 6
Asts: Sehnal 9
Xiaomi Arena, Riga
Attendance: 2,256
Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

Türkiye

3 September 2025
21:15
Turkey  9590  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 27–31, 28–24, 21–17
Pts: Şengün 28
Rebs: Şengün 13
Asts: Larkin 9
Pts: Jokić 22
Rebs: Jokić 9
Asts: S. Jović 6
Xiaomi Arena, Riga
Attendance: 6,113
Referees: Gediminas Petraitis (USA), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Yohan Rosso (FRA)

Knockout stage

All times are local (GMT+3).

Round of 16: Finland

6 September 2025
21:45
Serbia  8692  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 24–16, 18–24, 20–24
Pts: Jokić 33
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: three players 4
Pts: Markkanen 29
Rebs: Little, Markkanen 8
Asts: Little 6
Xiaomi Arena, Riga
Attendance: 4,006
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN), Luis Castillo (ESP)

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