Serbia Women Face Greece Wednesday: Pavlovic Names 16
Coach Milos Pavlovic assembles Serbia's women's basketball team for three EuroBasket 2027 qualifiers. The first game is against Greece at the Sports Hall in Belgrade.
The first players reach Belgrade today, Saturday, November 7. The players based in Germany and Greece arrive on Sunday, so coach Milos Pavlovic will only have his full squad together at Sunday evening’s training session. That is how Serbia’s women’s national basketball team begins its preparations for the November window of EuroBasket 2027 qualifying, with the first game coming as early as Wednesday.
Pavlovic has called up 16 players. The Basketball Federation of Serbia published the roster and the schedule, and Serbia plays in Group L of the final qualifying round.
Where and when does Serbia play its three games?
- Wednesday, November 11, 6:00 p.m.: Serbia vs Greece, “Ranko Zeravica” Sports Hall in Belgrade
- Saturday, November 14, 2:30 p.m.: Netherlands vs Serbia, Almere, a suburb of Amsterdam
- Tuesday, November 17, 6:00 p.m.: Slovakia vs Serbia, Bratislava
The two best teams from each of the six qualifying groups go through to the tournament. It will be played from June 16 to 27, 2027, in Belgium, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden.
Who is on the roster, and who is unavailable?
The players called up are Aleksandra Stanacev, Jovana Nogic, Nadia Smailbegovic, Jovana Boricic, Masa Jankovic, Lana Maric, Jelena Mitrovic, Andjela Matic, Ivana Raca, Aleksandra Katanic, Ivana Katanic, Teodora Turudic, Nevena Naumcev, Angela Dugalic, Nevena Vuckovic and Teodora Culibrk.
Jelena Mitrovic and Andjela Matic play for Rutronik Stars Keltern in Germany. Ivana Katanic, Teodora Turudic, Nevena Naumcev and Angela Dugalic play for the Crvena Zvezda women’s club.
No players based in the United States are on the roster. Dragana Stankovic and Nevena Rosic are injured and are also missing from the squad.
Besides Pavlovic, the coaching staff includes assistant coaches Jovica Antonic, Bojan Ivanovic and Petar Djordjevic, conditioning coach Nikola Maljkovic, team manager Jelena Brooks, team doctor Andrej Georgijevski and physiotherapists Mirko Aleksic, Andjelka Dimitrijevic and Marko Djurkovic.
What does the coach say?
In a statement from the Basketball Federation of Serbia, Pavlovic warned of a demanding stretch ahead and asked fans to come out for the game in Belgrade:
“We are gathering over Saturday and Sunday. Most of the squad arrives today, the players from Germany and Greece come on Sunday, so we will be at full strength from the Sunday evening training. What awaits us will be very demanding, and from the first moment everyone has to be fully focused. We are going in with a positive mindset, we have three games, there must not be too much euphoria or any negativity, and we will give everything to get the maximum out of it. I invite everyone who loves basketball and our national team to come to the hall on Wednesday and cheer us on!”
The team will be complete only from Sunday evening. The first test is on Wednesday, November 11, at 6:00 p.m. in the Sports Hall.
