2025 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

Main article: Serbia men's national basketball team
2025 Serbia men's EuroBasket team
Flag of Serbia
Head coachSvetislav Pešić
ArenaXiaomi Arena, Riga
All statistics correct as of 28 July 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 Ognjen Stojaković, Marko Marinović, Nenad Jakovljević, 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]

Timeline

  • July 28 Announcement of the preliminary 17-man roster and the start of the training camp[4][6]
  • August 5–21 Exhibition games
  • August 22–25 Final 12-man roster announcement[4]
  • August 27 – September 14 EuroBasket 2025

Roster

A 17-player roster was announced on 28 July 2025.[4] Several active players who were part of the preliminary team for the 2024 Olympic Games, including Vladimir Lučić, Ognjen Jaramaz, Dušan Ristić, Aleksej Pokuševski, and Aleksa Radanov, were not included in the call-up or declined the invitation for various reasons.[7][8] The only player from the final 12-man Olympic roster who was not included in the preliminary squad is Uroš Plavšić.[8][9]

The roster also did not feature Bogoljub Marković, a youngster who previously played for the senior national team and was drafted into the NBA this year, nor did it include Atlanta Hawks rookie Nikola Đurišić.[10][3][8]


The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player Team[a] Added Removed Reason
28 July 2025[4]
Notes
  1. ^ Team at the time player was a candidate

Staff

Position Staff member
Head coach Serbia Svetislav Pešić
Assistant coaches Serbia Ognjen Stojaković
Serbia Marko Marinović
Serbia Nenad Jakovljević
Serbia Mihajlo Mitić
Team manager Serbia Nebojša Ilić
Traineres Serbia Marko Sekulić
Serbia Marko Stanojević
Serbia Feđa Sretenović
Serbia Stefan Radoičić
Physicians Serbia Dragan Radovanović
Serbia Milan Mirković
Physiotherapists Serbia Dušan Sajić
Serbia Dušan Popović
Equipment manager Serbia Jovica Aničić
Press officer Serbia Ivan Ivković

Source: KSS

Exhibition games

Unofficial games[11][6]
August 5, 2025
(UTC+2)
Serbia  126–89  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  79–67  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 18–18, 20–16, 22–20
Belgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: closed to the public
Ecommbx Cup[11][6]
August 9, 2025
20:30 (UTC+3)
Greece  66–76  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: 3000
Referees: Ofer Manheim (ISR), Petar Pešić (SRB), Ioannis Tsibouris (GRE)
August 10, 2025
17:00 (UTC+3)
Cyprus  55–122  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: 1500
Referees: Ofer Manheim (ISR), Petar Pešić (SRB), Nir Meirson (ISR)
Munich tournament[11][6]
August 15, 2025
20:45 (UTC+2)
Czech Republic  84–113  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 27–32, 20–31, 16–21
August 16, 2025
(UTC+2)
Germany  81–91  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 17–20, 23–32, 26–21
Final friendly[11][6]
August 21, 2025
(UTC+2)
Serbia  vs.  Slovenia

Tournament

Further information: EuroBasket 2025

Preliminary round

Main article: EuroBasket 2025 Group A

Serbia was placed in Group A.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Latvia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Türkiye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Czechia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First game(s) will be played: 27 August 2025. 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).

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Poland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 co-host". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Srbija bez poraza završila kvalifikacije za Evrobasket". rts.rs. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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  5. ^ "KRAJ: Srbija - Italija 86:94". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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  7. ^ "Селектор Пешић одредио списак кандидата за мушку „А" репрезентацију Србије на Олимпијским играма". kss.rs. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Pešić otkrio zašto Pokuševski i Đurišić nisu na spisku". kss.rs. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Селектор Пешић одредио 12 играча Србије за Олимпијске игре". kss.rs. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Milwaukee Bucks Select Bogoljub Marković with 47th Pick in 2025 NBA Draft". rts.rs. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d "Tracker: Preparation games for FIBA EuroBasket 2025". FIBA. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
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