2019 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team
Statistic Name Total Opponent
Points Bogdan Bogdanović Bogdan Bogdanović 31 Italy Czech Republic
Total Rebounds Nikola Jokić 14 Czech Republic
Assists Stefan Jović Nemanja Bjelica Stefan Jović 9 Angola Italy Puerto Rico
Blocks Boban Marjanović Nikola Jokić Nemanja Bjelica Vladimir Lučić 2 Philippines Puerto Rico Argentina Argentina
Steals Bogdan Bogdanović 5 Italy
Efficiency Bogdan Bogdanović 36 Spain
Field goal percentage Nemanja Bjelica 100% ( 7/7 ) Philippines
2-point field goal percentage Nikola Milutinov 100% ( 6/6 ) Czech Republic
3-point field goal percentage Nikola Jokić Nemanja Bjelica Vladimir Lučić 100% ( 3/3 ) Angola Philippines United States
Free throw percentage Bogdan Bogdanović 100% ( 6/6 ) Spain
Turnovers Boban Marjanović Nikola Jokić 5 Angola Argentina
Minutes Bogdan Bogdanović 35:41 Italy
The 2019 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team represented Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. Serbia qualified for the World Cup by taking the 3rd place in the European Second Round Group L. 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. Serbia won the fifth place at 6-2 and qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 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 3 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.