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    Jovic, Lucic among Serbia call-ups as Djordjevic announces 20-man squad

    BELGRADE (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Serbia head coach Aleksandar Djordjevic named his 20-man squad for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers.

    BELGRADE (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Serbia head coach Aleksandar Djordjevic named his 20-man squad for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers against Austria and Germany.

    After starting the qualification cycle with a pair of victories in November, the playcaller extended call-ups to all 14 players who were with the team a couple of months ago, with Stefan Jovic and Vladimir Lucic headlining the reinforcements.

    Serbia's 20-player squad for February's World Cup Qualifiers
    Aleksa Avramovic Stefan Bircevic Ilija Djokovic Djordje Gagic
    Ognjen Jaramaz Stefan Jovic Stefan Lazarevic Sava Lesic
    Vladimir Lucic Milan Macvan Vanja Marinkovic Ivan Paunic
    Stefan Peno Aleksa Radanov Miroslav Raduljica Nikola Rebic
    Borisa Simanic Marko Simonovic Milenko Tepic Dejan Todorovic

    Neither of the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 runners-up took part in the first set of games due to injuries, but are expected to play significant roles for the team after getting back on the court.

    Playing for coach Djordjevic at club level, the pair will join their Bayern Munich teammate and national team captain Milan Macvan as part of a large delegation from Bavaria.

    Serbia opened their campaign with two home fixtures in Belgrade, defeating Austria 85-64 in the campaign opener before inscribing a 105-87 triumph over Georgia a couple of days later.

    After leading the national team in scoring, Miroslav Raduljica and Marko Simonovic will once again be at the helm of the powerful Serbian frontcourt.

    This time around, the Djordjevic-coached Eagles will take on Germany in Frankfurt on February 23 before traveling southeast for their second meeting against Austria in Vienna on February 25.

    After the first international window, Serbia are one of nine still undefeated teams in the European Qualifiers, sharing the top spot in Group G with the Germans who are ahead on point differential for the time being.

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