Vasilije Micic headlines Serbia's preliminary list for FIBA WC Qualifiers / News - Basketnews.com

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Ahead of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matchup against Slovakia, the preliminary roster of the Serbia men's national basketball team has been announced.

Serbia's national team will play two games in February as part of the qualifications for the 2023 World Cup. The Serbians will meet the Slovakia national team twice in a row on February 25th and February 28th.

The first challenge for the Serbian national team will be a match at home on February 25th in the Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolic hall. Three days later, the team will play against the national team of Slovakia again, this time in Levice, Slovakia.

The head coach of the Serbian national team, Svetislav Pesic, determined the list of 24 candidates for the national team. The list of candidates has been forwarded to FIBA, and the official press conference after the selection of the Serbian national team in front of the qualification window will be organized on Monday, February 21st.

The list of Serbia national team candidates:

Dragan Apic - Zielona Gora

Aleksa Avramovic - Partizan NIS Belgrade

Dusan Beslac - Vojvodina

Nemanja Dangubic - Partizan NIS Belgrade

Dejan Davidovac - Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade

Radovan Djokovic - Borac Cacak

Nikola Djurisic - Mega Mozart

Ognjen Dobric - Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade

Dalibor Ilic - Igokea M-tel

Marko Jagodic Kuridza - Budućnost Voli

Nikola Jovic - Mega Mozart

Balsa Koprivica - Partizan NIS Belgrade

Vasilije Micic - Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Nemanja Nedovic - Panathinaikos OPAP Athens

Jovan Novak - Fuenlabrada

Filip Petrusev - Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Alexa Radanov - Igokea M-tel

Dusan Ristic - Fuenlabrada

Borisa Simanic - Mega Mozart

Alen Smailagic - Partizan NIS Belgrade

Dejan Todorovic - Tenerife

Aleksa Uskokovic - Mega Mozart

Uros Trifunovic - Partizan NIS Belgrade

Rade Zagorac - Partizan NIS Belgrade

Serbia started off the Qualifiers with a tough home win against Latvia 101-100 but ended up registering a loss against Belgium's national team in the second match of the tournament, losing 69-73 in Mons, Belgium.

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