2019 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team
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The 2019 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team represented Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. Serbia finished the tournament in fifth place with a 6–2 record and qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
President | Predrag Danilović | ||
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Head coach | Aleksandar Đorđević | ||
Preliminary round | Group winners | ||
Second round | Group runners-up | ||
Final round | 5th place | ||
PIR leader | Bogdan Bogdanović 24.6 | ||
Scoring leader | Bogdan Bogdanović 22.9 | ||
Rebounding leader | Nikola Jokić 7.5 | ||
Assists leader | Stefan Jović 5.4 | ||
Biggest win | 126–67 Philippines (2 September 2019) | ||
Biggest defeat | 69–81 Spain (8 September 2019) | ||
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All statistics correct as of September 14, 2019. |
Serbia qualified for the World Cup by taking the 3rd place in the European Second Round Group L.[1][2] The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Jovica Antonić, Darko Rajaković, and Miroslav Nikolić. The Serbian team won the silver medal at the previous World Cup.
This was the 3rd appearance of Serbia at the FIBA Basketball World Cup; however, FIBA considers Serbia as the successor team of FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro who themselves qualified on three occasions. Serbia's best result is 2nd place in 2014; however, FIBA considers Serbia as the successor team of FR Yugoslavia who won 2 World Cups (1998, 2002).
At the end of the tournament, head coach Đorđević announced his decision to leave the position after six years. For his performances, guard Bogdan Bogdanović was selected to the FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team. With 183 points scored throughout the tournament, guard Bogdanović was the FIBA Basketball World Cup Top Scorer by total points scored.