Serbia have blown away Brazil 84-56 to advance to the basketball World Cup semi-finals and avenge an eight-point loss in group play a week ago.
Either Spain or France, both of whom beat Serbia in the group stages, will await in Madrid on Friday.
"We achieved something big today," said Serbia coach Sasha Djordjevic, who added that he preferred to play Spain next.
"It's not revenge. You have to play against the best team. We want to play and leave our mark."
The United States will play Lithuania on Thursday in the other semi-final in Barcelona.
Brazil and its trio of NBA centres in Anderson Varejao, Tiago Splitter and Nene beat Serbia 81-73 last week but Serbia bettered the bigger Brazilians inside and out, and turned a five-point halftime advantage into a blowout by outscoring Brazil 29-10 in the third period.
Serbia was led by guard Milos Teodosic, who scored 23 points, hit three 3-pointers, and made four assists, while shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 12 points, and centres Miroslav Raduljica and Nenad Krstic added 10 each.
Varejao and Vieira had 12 points each for Brazil.
Teodosic had 16 points in the first 20 minutes to help keep Serbia in front through most of the first half, while Brazil's starting backcourt of Marcelinho Huertas and Barbosa went scoreless.
Nene came off the bench for Brazil to score two dunks and fuel a 9-0 burst to grab a brief one-point lead in the second period.
But Teodosic made three free throws after Alex Garcia fouled him behind the arc, Nemanja Bjelica hit a 3, and Krstic scored over Nene to send Serbia into halftime up 37-32.
With Serbia on another run, Brazil's nerves frayed with 7:19 to play in the third when Varejao picked up his third personal foul. Splitter's and Vieira's protests earned them both technicals.
Raduljica made one of two free throws for Varejao's foul. Teodosic made all four technicals before he assisted Stefan Markovic for a layup to complete the seven-point possession.
Teodosic then connected on a deep 3 before Krstic scored twice against Nene and made a long jumper as Serbia led 66-42 late in the third.
The fourth quarter was played between bench players while Serbia celebrated and Brazil's starters looked on glumly from the bench.
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