The Serbian men’s basketball team ranks sixth in the world.
The Serbian men’s basketball team is one of the traditional world basketball teams. On March 7, 2023, FIBA ??announced the first men's basketball world rankings, with Serbia ranked sixth. In the 2014 Men's Basketball World Cup in Spain, the Serbian men's basketball team successively defeated Greece, Brazil, France and other strong teams to reach the finals. In the end, it unfortunately lost to the American Dream Team composed of American superstars and won the runner-up. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Serbian men's basketball team almost overturned the American Dream Team in the group stage, but unfortunately lost by 3 points.
The Serbian men’s basketball team won the runner-up in the 2017 Men’s Basketball European Cup. In September 2019, the Serbian men's basketball team finished fifth in the World Cup. On September 12, 2022, the Serbian men's basketball team lost to the Italian men's basketball team 86-94 in the 8 knockout rounds of the European Men's Basketball Championship and was eliminated.
Famous players of the Serbian men’s basketball national team
1. Nikola Jokic
Nikola Jokic, 1995 Born on February 19, 2011 in Sombor, Serbia, he is a Serbian professional basketball player who serves as a center and plays for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.
In the 2014 NBA draft, Nikola Jokic was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 41st overall pick in the second round. In 2015, Jokic officially landed in the NBA; in his NBA career, he won two NBA regular season MVPs (2020-21, 2021-22 seasons), and was selected to the NBA All-NBA Team 5 times (3 times in the first team, 2 times in the second team) , 5 NBA All-Star teams (3 starts, 2 substitutes) and 1 NBA All-Rookie First Team.
2. Bojan Bogdanovic
Bojan Bogdanovic was born on April 18, 1989 in Bosnia and Herzegovina Mostar (Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Croatian professional basketball player who plays shooting guard/small forward for the NBA Detroit Pistons.
Bojan Bogdanovic was selected in the 2011 NBA draft. He officially entered the NBA in the summer of 2014 and has played for the Nets, Wizards, Pacers, Jazz and Pistons. Selected to the All-Rookie Second Team in the 2014-15 season.