By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Serbia is headed to the second qualifiers window for the 2023 FIBA World Cup later in February to face Slovakia twice, with hopes to improve their 1-1 record in Group A.
Svetislav Pesic’s squad will host Slovakia in Belgrade, at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall on February 25 (20:30 CET), while they will travel to Levice on February 28.
Pesic has named a 24-man preliminary roster for the upcoming qualifiers windows, as listed below. As expected, no NBA stars are included in the selection:
Dragan Apic – Zielona Gora
Aleksa Avramovic – Partizan
Dusan Beslac – Vojvodina
Nemanja Dangubic – Partizan
Dejan Davidovac – Crvena Zvezda
Radovan Djokovic – Borac
Nikola Durisic – Mega
Ognjen Dobric – Crvena Zvezda
Dalibor Ilic – Igokea
Marko Jagodic-Kuridza – Buducnost Voli
Nikola Jovic – Mega Mozart
Balsa Koprivica – Partizan NIS
Vasilije Micic – Anadolu Efes
Nemanja Nedovic – Panathinaikos
Jovan Novak – Fuenlabrada
Filip Petrusev – Anadolu Efes
Alexa Radanov – Igokea
Dusan Ristic – Fuenlabrada
Borisa Simanic – Mega Mozart
Alen Smailagic – Partizan
Dejan Todorovic – Tenerife
Aleksa Uskokovic – Mega
Uros Trifunovic – Partizan
Rade Zagorac – Partizan
In the meantime, Group A leaders Belgium will hope to remain perfect against Latvia, which they will also face twice on February 25 and 28.
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