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@FIBAWC: Four players are not traveling to Israel (Serbia, Srbija, @FIBA)

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At the practice before the trip to Israel, the Serbian coach, Aleksandar Đođrević, announced that Rade Zagorac, Stefan Pot, Aleksa Radanov and Dejan Kravić won’t be travelling to Tel Aviv to play against Israel in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers. In the November qualification window, the Serbian team will play two games. The First one against Israel, in Tel Aviv, and the second one against Greece, in Belgrade. For the match against Greece, Đorđević’s squad will be stronger, for three EuroLeague players: Vasilije Micić (Efes), Vladimir Lučić and Stefan Jović (both from Munich), but in Israel they won’t be able to help their teammates. The Serbian head coach told the press that as it was the case before now, it is the same situation with injuries. “Some of the players came with injuries from the club competitions, like Dobrić and Radanov. You know about Zagorac’s nose injure

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Fourth window is getting closer, Đorđević announced preliminary squad (@FIBAWC)

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The head coach of the Serbian national team, Aleksandar Đorđević, announced the preliminary squad for the fourth qualification window for the World Cup 2019 in China and 24 names are on the list. The Serbian men team will play against Greece (September 13th) and Estonia (September 16th) in this window. The match against Greece will be played in Iraklion (Crete) and the one against Estonia, in Belgrade. Among the 24 players there are players from EuroLeague teams and from NBA teams, so if they accept the invitation, it will be a great opportunity for basketball lovers to see the best Serbian players on the court. The preparation process for the games against Greece and Estonia will start on September 2nd in Belgrade, where the team will stay until the trip to Crete. Only 12 players will be chosen to play in the fourth window and the Serbian coach will choose

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Easy win for Serbia against Austria (@FIBA)

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In the first game of FIBA MundoBasket Qualification Tournament Serbia won 85 – 64 against Austria in Belgrade Hall “Aleksandar Nikolić”. It was not surprise that Serbia won, and only team when Austria got closer was in the first minutes of the games, but after score 9 – 8 for Serbia, guests didn’t have any chance of making any surprise in the game against vice champions from EuroBasket 2017. For Serbian team, the best scorer for winning team was Ivan Paunić with 16 points, while two players finished the game with 15 points – Miroslav Raduljica and Marko Simonović. For Austria, the best was Rašid Mahalbašić with 15 points. Serbian team started in slow tempo but it was enough for 7 – 0 after 4 minutes of the game. First points for Austria made Mahalbašić, and soon guests made a first threat because the result was 9 – 8, but

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Serbian preliminary squad for the first games of World Cup qualification tournament

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Not long ago, Serbian national team won silver medal at EuroBasket 2017, and now the team has to be ready for new challenge, World Cup qualification tournament. In order to accomplish the goal, and that is booking ticket for China, to participate in World Cup 2019, Serbian head coach Aleksandar Đorđević announced preliminary squad. There is no surprise that in this list won’t be players who play in NBA league, Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Jokić, Boban Marjanović, Nemanja Bjelica and Bogdan Bogdanović, but in their absence, coach called some young guys and also players from EuroLeague who played on previous tournament held in Turkey. There are 35 guys Đorđević is counting on, and he put that many names on the list because clubs may not allow those who play EuroLeague to help Serbian national team because World Cup qualification tournament rounds are playing in the middle of the season. In the

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