Well, as I said, we have many injuries and are playing poorly. All our main defensive guys are out Jović, Kalinić, Lučić, Lazić.. So we don't have good defenders on the roster, and it's a problem that shows. Bjelica is totaly out of form, Marjanović looks pretty much unplayable on defense, our guards have never been good defenders and we have some black hole type minutes in matches where we dissapear completely. Italy has the tools to make it a game for sure, spreading out our defense playing Melli at the 5, Fontechio is playing great, Polonara can shoot and Mannion looked good so far in the tournament. So, before tournament I said it's around 75% for Serbia to qualify, I would say it's 50-50 now.
Yes, it was well known, it was the case in 2016 as well. You apply for hosting the tournament with your offer, how much money, what is your plan for hosting, which city, which arena, which hotels etc. It should be anonymous and then FIBA decides who wins it. So Serbia won it both for women's basketball and men's basketball and won it also in 2016 for the men.