Overview:
Czech Republic have been the giant killers in the tournament after losing to USA in the opening tournament as they beat Turkey to qualify for the second round and then beat Brazil in their first match of the second round and then went on to lose the game against Greece by77-84. In the quarterfinal game they lost their game against Australia by 70-82. They won against Poland and a win here will get them 5th place which is going to be very satisfactory.
The Serbian team was one of the most dominant teams in the competition. Having won their first two group games very easily they even won against Italy which was a tough team by 92-77. They thrashed Puerto Rico in the first encounter of the Second group stage by 90-47. They lost to Spain though in their first real test by 69-81 and then lost the crucial quarterfinal game against Argentina by 87-97.They beat USA by 94-89.
Here is a look at this game.
MATCH DETAILS:
Match Timing: September 14, 2019 5:30 PM
Venue – Le Sports Centre
Capacity- 19,000
Czech Republic –
There are no injuries or suspensions for the Czech Republic but in their first tournament they will be looking at talisman Jaromir Bohacik to play out of his skin along with Tomas Satoransky and Blake Schilib will be among the subs to make an impact.
Czech Republic squad for the 2019 FIBA World Cup:
Tomas Satoransky, Blake Schilb, Patrik Auda, Ondrej Balvin, Martin Kriz, Lukas Palyza, Jaromir Bohacik, Vojtech Hruvan, Martin Peterka, Pavel Pumprla, Jakub Sirina, Tomas Vyoral
Serbia –
The Serbian team is also fully fit and available and would like to continue their winning ways with Bogdan Bogdanovic and Vasilie Micic expected to make a big impact from the starting lineup and Nemanja Bjelica expected to be impressive from the bench. Against the USA team they will still need to be at their best despite this being an inconsequential game.
Stefan Bircevic, Nikola Milutinov, Vasilije Micic, Marko Guduric, Stefan Jovic, Boban Marjanovic, Nikola Jokic, Marko Simonovic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nemanja Bjelica, Vladimir Lucic, Miroslav Raduljica
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SER – Nikola Jokic, Stefan Bircevic, Vladimir Lucic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Stefan Jovic
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Serbia –
Nikola Jokic
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 20:48
Points – 9
Assists – 7
Rebounds – 3
Bogdan Bogdanovic
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 31:10
Points – 28
Assists – 6
Rebounds – 4
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Czech Republic –
Satoransky
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 32:02
Points – 22
Assists – 12
Rebounds – 4
Bohacik
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 25:55
Points – 21
Assists – 2
Rebounds – 3
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The game is expected to be a close game and Serbia are expected to win the game.d