2016 Serbia OQT basketball team explained

See main article: Serbia men's national basketball team.

The 2016 Serbia OQT basketball team represented Serbia and won the spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in their capital, Belgrade. They were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 4th place in the EuroBasket 2015. 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^[1]
• May 30: 16-man roster announcement^[2]
• June 16: 15-man roster announcement^[3]
• June 21–28: Exhibition games
• July 3: 12-man roster announcement^[4]
• July 4–9: Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Roster

The following is the Serbia roster in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament^[4]

The following were candidates to make the team:

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Team	Added	Removed	Reason
				16-man roster cut
	Lavrio
	Crvena zvezda
				Injured
				Withdrew^[5]
				Withdrew^[6]
				Final roster cut
				Injured

Notes

Tournament

Preliminary round – Group A

All times are local (UTC+2).

Angola

Knockout round

Final – Puerto Rico

See also

• 2016 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team

External links

• Official website
• Olympic Qualifying Tournament Profile at FIBA Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Erceg out but Jokic in for Serbia at home OQT . fiba.basketball . 10 July 2018.
2. Web site: Giant center Marjanovic still in Serbia squad after it's trimmed to 16 . fiba.basketball . 10 July 2018.
3. Web site: Serbia squad at 15 following changes to frontcourt line-up . fiba.basketball . 11 July 2018.
4. Web site: Serbia pick 12-man roster for Belgrade OQT . fiba.basketball . 10 July 2018.
5. Web site: "ORLOVI" U PROBLEMIMA Đorđević u šoku, Milutinov i Bobi rešili da ne dođu na pripreme! . sport.blic.rs . 10 July 2018.
6. Web site: Marjanović ne igra u kvalifikacijama, može u Rio . b92.net . 10 July 2018.