Pesic puts together list of 24 as Serbia prepare for World Cup Qualifiers
Serbia will kick-off WC Qualifiers against Latvia and Belgium
New head coach Svetislav Pesic has announced an extended list of 24 players in his first squad at the helm of Serbia’s national team ahead of the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers.
Serbia return to action following their failed bid to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, losing to Italy in the Final of the Qualifying Tournament on home soil in Belgrade.
Filip Petrusev was the team’s leading points scorer in the summer and the 21-year-old is included in the list by Pesic having made his senior debut during the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers.
The squad also includes the likes of Milos Teodosic, Vasilije Micic and Aleksa Avramovic alongside rising junior star Nikola Jovic, with Serbia covering all bases in their initial long-list.
Serbia squad for the November window
Dragan Apic
Aleksa Avramovic
Nemanja Dangubic
Dejan Davidovac
Ognjen Dobric
Nikola Durisic
Dalibor Ilic
Ognjen Jaramaz
Nikola Jovic
Balsa Koprivica
Marko Jagodic-Kuridza
Vanja Marinkovic
Vasilije Micic
Nemanja Nedovic
Jovan Novak
Filip Petrusev
Aleksa Radanov
Nikola Rebic
Dusan Ristic
Alen Smailagic
Milos Teodosic
Uros Trifunovic
Aleksa Uskokovic
Rade Zagorac
Serbia open the first window of the Qualifiers by hosting Latvia in Belgrade on Thursday, November 25 before they head on the road to take on Belgium in another intriguing encounter.