Nikola Vucevic was included in Montenegro's 15-man squad for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, as opposed to Bojan Dubljevic, Nikola Ivanovic who didn't make the cut.
Chicago Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic spearheads the list of players that Montenegro NT head coach Bosko Radovic announced ahead of the upcoming Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
On the other hand, Bojan Dubljevic, Nikola Ivanovic, Nemanja Radovic, Marko Todorovic and Vladimir Mihailovic will not be at the tournament in Riga.
The team that will gather in Podgorica for training camp on June 15 consists of:
- Kendrick Perry (Unicaja)
- Igor Drobnjak (SC Derby)
- Petar Popovic (Buducnost)
- Fedor Zugic (Gottingen)
- Jovan Kljajic (Gran Canaria)
- Luka Bogavac (SC Derby)
- Zoran Vuceljic (SC Derby)
- Jonah Radebaugh (UCAM Murcia)
- Dino Radoncic (Bayern Munich)
- Andrija Slavkovic (Buducnost)
- Emir Hadzibegovic (SC Derby)
- Aleksa Ilic (KK Spartak Subotica)
- Vasilije Bacovic (SC Derby)
- Marko Simonovic (Besiktas)
- Zoran Nikolic (Vojvodina)
- Filip Andjusic (Podgorica)
- Nikola Vucevic (Chicago Bulls).
The Qualification Tournament for the Olympic Games are scheduled from July 2 to 7 in Riga, and Montenegro is in a group with Cameroon and Brazil. In the second group are Latvia, Georgia and the Philippines.
Two teams each go to the semi-finals, and the champion of the tournament will secure a place at the Olympic Games.
Montenegro starts the competition on July 2 with Brazil, while the rival Cameroon is a day later.
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