2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team

The 2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team will represent Serbia at the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. They were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 5th place at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The team has been coached by Igor Kokoškov.

Main article: Serbia national basketball team
Serbia
PresidentPredrag Danilović
Head coachIgor Kokoškov
Preliminary roundScheduled
All statistics correct as of November 28, 2019.

On 15 November 2019, the Basketball Federation of Serbia has awarded the hosting right of one of the four FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[1]

Timeline
  • 23–28 June 2020: Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • TBA: 24-player preliminary roster announcement
  • TBA: Exhibition games
  • TBA: 12-man roster announcement
  • 29 June–4 July 2021: Olympic Qualifying Tournament[2]

Staff

At the end of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup where Serbia won 5th place, head coach Aleksandar Đorđević announced his decision to leave the position after six years.[3][4] On 20 November 2019, the Basketball Federation of Serbia named Igor Kokoškov the new head coach of the Serbia team.[5] In December, Dejan Milojević and Vladimir Jovanović were named assistant coaches.[6] On 15 January 2020, the Federation added the Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone to the coaching staff for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[7][8][9][10]

Position Staff member Age Team
Head coach Igor Kokoškov49 Fenerbahçe
TBA Michael Malone49 Denver Nuggets
Assistant coaches Dejan Milojević44 Budućnost VOLI
Vladimir Jovanović37N/A
Jovica Antonić54N/A
Conditioning coach Vladimir Koprivica68N/A
Scout Bogdan Karaičić36N/A
Team manager Nebojša Ilić53 Crvena zvezda mts
Physicians Dragan RadovanovićN/AN/A
Milan MirkovićN/AN/A
Physiotherapists Dušan SajićN/AN/A
Velibor KosanovićN/AN/A
Equipment manager Jovica AničićN/AN/A
Press officer Vladimir SibinovićN/AN/A

Age – describes age on 29 June 2021

Source: KSS

Tournament
Main article: 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade
See also: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification and 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

The draw was held on 27 November 2019 in Mies, Switzerland. Serbia was drawn into the Belgrade Tournament Group with the Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Italy, and Senegal. These matches were originally scheduled to take place between 23 June and 28 June 2020 in Štark Arena, Belgrade, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July 2021.[11][2] Teams are divided into two groups. Serbia was drawn into Group A with the Dominican Republic and New Zealand.[12]

If Serbia finishes as one of the top two teams in its group, they will advance to the final round of the Belgrade Tournament and will play against one of the top two finishers of Group B, which is composed of Puerto Rico, Italy, and Senegal.

The winning team of this tournament will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

On 13 March 2020, FIBA suspended all FIBA competitions considering the situation with the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[13] On 30 March, the Summer Olympics has been rescheduled to 2021 due to the same reason.[14] On 9 April, FIBA announced that the Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments are rescheduled to 2021.[11]

Preliminary round
Main article: Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Serbia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 29 June 2021. Source: FIBA
(H) Host.

All times are local UTC+1.

Dominican Republic

The game was originally scheduled for 23 June 2020, and rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Zealand

The game was originally scheduled for 24 June 2020, and rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 June 2021
20:15
Serbia  vs.  New Zealand

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments hosts announced for 2020". FIBA. 15 November 2019.
  2. "FIBA confirms dates for FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. T., P. (14 September 2019). "Đorđević više nije selektor Srbije!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. "ĐORĐEVIĆ VIŠE NIJE SELEKTOR SRBIJE: Znam kad treba da odem". novosti.rs. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  5. "Igor Kokoškov novi selektor Srbije!". kss.rs. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. "SK: Milojević i Jovanović pomoćnici Kokoškovu!". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. "Meloun pomoćni trener Kokoškovu u reprezentaciji!". b92.net. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. "BOMBA IZ NBA! KSS napravio neočekivani POTEZ - Majkl Meloun u REPREZENTACIJI Srbije!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  9. "Serbia reportedly hires Nuggets' coach Mike Malone as consultant for Tokyo Olympics". nba.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  10. "Mike Malone joined the Serbian national team as a consultant". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  11. "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  12. "FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments draws confirmed for both women and men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  13. "FIBA competitions suspended". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  14. "IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government announce new dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". olympic.org. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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