The 2024 Serbia Olympic basketball schedule starts on July 28th, 2024, with group play against Team USA. The Serbian national team has completed five exhibition games leading into the Paris Olympics men’s basketball tournament. They are entering the games on a hot streak with two wins after playing the US Men’s team. We have their schedule, roster, and matchups for you to follow Nikola Jokic and his teammates.
2024 Serbia Olympic Basketball Roster
The final 2024 Serbia Olympic basketball roster is not quite set. They have announced a preliminary roster of 16 players. In the coming days this will be cut to twelve players by the final technical director meeting before game play starts.
Serbia has four NBA players on the team for the Paris Summer Olympics. They are Nikola Jokic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nikola Jovic, and Vasilije Micic. Here are the 16 players and their parent teams that are in the running to play in the 2024 Olympics along with their parent team.
| Player | Team |
| Vasilije Micic | Charlotte Hornets (NBA) |
| Alexey Pokusevsky | Free agent |
| Bogdan Bogdanovic | Atlanta Hawks (NBA) |
| Nikola Jovic | Miami Heat (NBA) |
| Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets (NBA) |
| Vladimir Lucic | FC Bayern Munich (Germany) |
| Marko Guduric | Fenerbahce Istanbul (Turkey) |
| Vanja Marinkovic | Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) |
| Ognjen Dobric | Cooked in Bologna (Italy) |
| Filip Petrusev | Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece) |
| Nikola Milutinov | Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece) |
| Dusan Ristic | Lenovo Tenerife (Spain) |
| Aleksa Avramovic | Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) |
| Ognjen Jaramaz | Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) |
| Dejan Davidovac | Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Serbia) |
| Uros Plavsic | Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Serbia) |
Serbia is no doubt one of the Olympic programs that has the ability to defeat the United States. Along with Canada, World Cup champions Germany and if France can get it together, these three other teams can certainly threaten Team USA. So if you’d like to put some money down, look at this bonus finder to see where you can wager on LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and team may be upset when in Paris. While the friendly between Serbia and USA was the one blowout (105-79) the United States had in their exhibition run up, many believe that Serbia was doing a little rope-a-dope so they don’t reveal too much.
Serbia Pre-Olympic Basketball Exhibition Results
Team Serbia played five exhibition games before Olympic play starts up. They lost to France, Australia, and Team USA. The team enters Olympic play with two big wins over Japan and Greece. Most have the team as the #4 overall favorite to win the Gold medal in the 2024 games.
| Game | Date | Score |
| vs. France | July 12 | 79-67 |
| vs. Australia | July 16 | 73-84 |
| vs. USA | July 17 | 79-105 |
| vs. Japan | July 21 | 119-100 |
| vs. Greece | July 22 | 94-72 |
2024 Serbia Olympic Basketball Schedule – Group Stage
The 2024 Serbia Olympic basketball schedule kicks off with a tough game. They play Team USA on July 28th. To make it to the knockout stage, they will need to get past Puerto Rico and a tough South Sudan team. Times listed are both local and US East Coast time for those planning to watch the games in the U.S. The complete 2024 Olympic men’s basketball schedule is up here for you.
| Game | Time | Date | Score |
| vs. Team USA | 6:15 p.m. CET/12:15 p.m. ET | July 28 | TBD |
| vs. Puerto Rico | 6:15 p.m. CET/12:15 p.m. ET | July 31 | TBD |
| vs. South Sudan | 9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET | August 3 | TBD |
Team Serbia Olympic Exhibition Highlights (Vs Greece)
Here you go. Giannis vs the Joker. The Joker and company came out on top in the exhibition matchup.
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