Serbia EuroBasket: Bogdanovic Out for Tournament

Bad news for Serbia in view of the elimination phase.

Riga (Latvia) – How much can the difference make one day? There Serbia he felt confident on his own possibilities after the decisive performance on Saturday evening, when Nikola Jokic scored 39 points against The hosts of the Latviabut on Sunday morning it started with devastating news.

The Serbian Basketball Federation has released a declaration in which we communicate that Bogdan Bogdanovic will not return to action during the Eurobasket Fiba ​​2025.

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Press release of the Serbian Basketball Federation

Il captain of the Serbian national team Bogdan Bogdanovic will not play for the rest of the Eurobasket Fiba After having suffered a Femeral biceps injury in the match against Portugalon the second day of the group stage.In Bogdanovic one was diagnosed one tear to the femoral biceps muscle who will keep him out of the rest of the championship. In agreement with Bogdanovic and his club, i Los Angeles Clippersthe captain will spend the next period undergoing himself to Intensive care in the United States to recover as quickly as possible.The band of captain For the rest of the Eurobasket it will be worn by Stefan Jovic.

The Serbian national team will face the Czech Republic In the next game of the group stage, Monday Alle 21.15 Local ora, 20.15 CET.

The Serbian National Federation wishes its captain a speedy recovery.

The thirty -three year old was injured during a counterattack at the end of the first half of the match against Portugal. The femoral biceps has been ironed and came out of the field, in order not to return to the second half.

Bogdanovic has been a firm point of Serbia since its debut at the Eurobasket Fiba in 2013. He led the team to the final in 2017 and also won two silver medals in the Fiba Basket World Cup in 2014 and 2019.

Bogdan also totaled two -digit scores for Serbia in the last two Olympic podium races, winning the silver in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and bronze in Paris in 2024.

Anno Event Games Points Rebound Assist
2025 Eurobasket 2 9.0 3.5 4.0
2024 Olympics 6 18.3 4.0 3.8
2023 World Cup 8 19.1 3.3 4.6
2019 World Cup 8 22.9 4.1 4.4
2019 Championship qualifications 2 11 2.5 1
2017 Eurobasket 9 20.4 3.4 5.0
2016 Olympics 8 12.3 3.6 2.6
2016 Oqt 4 17.8 5.3 6.0
2015 Eurobasket 9 8.9 3.2 3.2
2014 World Cup 9 12.0 2.4 2.6
2013 Eurobasket 11 9.4 4.3 2.0

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