BELGRADE (2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments) - Serbia head coach Aleksandar Djordjevic announced on Saturday the 12 players who will make up the roster of the hosts at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in Belgrade.

The three men who did not make the final cut are power forward Milan Macvan as well as up-and-coming guards Marko Guduric and Rade Zagorac. Macvan suffered an unfortunate minor accident at home and fractured a toe at the start of preparations. Djordjevic waited for him up until the 11th hour but, although the big man recovered and started light training, he could not get into game shape in time for the tournament, which tips off Monday.

Guduric and Zagorac meanwhile, both members of the Serbian side that conquered gold at last summer's FIBA U20 European Championship, will stay on with the team and help out in practices during the OQT.

The 21-year-old Denver Nuggets big man had an excellent rookie NBA season and he is expected to play a significant role for Serbia this summer, especially in the absence of Macvan and Nemanja Bjelica, who is undergoing rehabilitation and was ruled out of the OQT early on.

"We know that we are ready to go and we are eager for the games to start already," said Serbia captain Milos Teodosic. "We could not be more motivated. Maybe having just 20 days of preparations is not too much, but this is the third year we are working with coach Djordjevic so we already know well what he wants and demands from us. Our hope and our aim is to make it to Olympic Games."

Serbia play their opening game at the OQT on Monday night, against Puerto Rico, and the following day they take on Angola in Group A action. If they advance, they will face one of the Czech Republic, Japan or Latvia in one of the two semi-finals, on Friday.

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