The 2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team represented Serbia and won the silver medal 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 June 16: 15-man roster announcement July 4–9: Olympic Qualifying Tournament July 15: Start of a training camp on Kopaonik mountain July 22: 12-man roster announcement July 23: The end of the training camp July 29–August 1: Exhibition games August 6–21: 2016 Summer Olympics
Roster
The following were candidates to make the team: +Earlier candidatesPlayer Team Added Removed Reason Minnesota Timberwolves Injured Crvena zvezda 12-man roster cut Crvena zvezda
Notes
Exhibition games
The Serbia roster has participated at the Super 4 in Córdoba, Argentina (July 29 – August 1), together with Argentina, Croatia and France. Super 4
Olympic play
Preliminary round
Venezuela
Australia
France
United States
China
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.
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.
Gold medal game – United States
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 74 7.7.364.167.7501.0.3.1.01.41.7 84 26.1.458.366.8753.62.61.3.112.012.382 22.5.500.300.7626.02.41.5.614.59.1 81 15.3.440.286.6002.62.1.6.05.43.4 87 18.0.438.091.9003.31.41.1.17.44.884 14.4.476.375.8462.61.3.5.08.37.187 22.4.425.333.9092.53.3.9.08.86.381 13.0.425.438.8001.11.6.9.15.15.686 19.1.612.000.7353.31.3.4.614.014.870 12.8.556.400.6251.4.4.7.35.14.1 80 5.6.533.000.5003.3.3.1.14.42.6 84 25.5.370.326.8522.05.4.4.010.312.1Total 8 8 200.0 .467 .331 .772 36.0 22.1 8.4 2.0 95.8 83.1
See also Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2017 Serbia men's EuroBasket team
References
External links Official website Olympics tournament profile