OAKLAND (FIBA Basketball World Cup) - A month has passed since Nemanja Nedovic wore the Serbia shirt at the EuroBasket.
The 21st of September was a day that he and everyone else in the national team set-up looks back on with a sense of satisfaction.
After crashing to heavy defeats to Spain in the EuroBasket Quarter-Finals and then hosts Slovenia in a Classification Round game, the Serbians salvaged their tournament with a 76-64 triumph over Italy.
Having finished first in Group B - the 'group of death' - ahead of Lithuania, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MKD), Serbia beat the Italians in the battle or seventh place to reach the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Nedovic says the EuroBasket was an extremely tough competition.
"It was for sure," he said to FIBA.com, "but we can't not be satisfied.
"We qualified for the World Cup next year.
"We'll not have to play the qualifications for the European Championship (EuroBasket 2015 in Ukraine).
"It was important that we played well against Italy after two tough losses to Spain and Slovenia. We showed our energy."
Serbia hit the ground running in the do-or-die game against the Italians.
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