2006 FIBA World Championship squads


The 2006 FIBA World Championship squads were the squads of the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The list includes the 12-men rosters of the 24 participating countries, totaling 288 players.

Group A

Argentina">Argentina national basketball team">Argentina

Head coach: Sergio Hernández
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4CenterLuis Scola1980 TAU Cerámica
5GuardManu Ginóbili1977 San Antonio Spurs
6GuardPepe Sánchez1977 Unicaja
7CenterFabricio Oberto1975 San Antonio Spurs
8ForwardWálter Herrmann1979 Charlotte Bobcats
9ForwardGabriel Fernández1976 Whirlpool Varese
10GuardCarlos Delfino1982 Detroit Pistons
11GuardPablo Prigioni1977 TAU Cerámica
12ForwardLeonardo Gutiérrez1978 Boca Juniors
13ForwardAndrés Nocioni1979 Chicago Bulls
14GuardDaniel Farabello1976 Whirlpool Varese
15CenterRubén Wolkowyski1973 Khimki

France">France national basketball team">France

Head coach: Claude Bergeaud
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardJoseph Gomis1978 Grupo Capitol Valladolid
5ForwardMickaël Gelabale1983 Seattle SuperSonics
6GuardAymeric Jeanneau1978 Cholet
7ForwardLaurent Foirest1973 ASVEL Villeurbanne
8GuardMickaël Piétrus1982 Golden State Warriors
9ForwardMamoutou Diarra1980 Chalon-sur-Saône
10GuardYannick Bokolo1985 Le Mans
11ForwardFlorent Piétrus1981 Unicaja
12CenterJohan Petro1986 Seattle SuperSonics
13ForwardBoris Diaw1982 Phoenix Suns
14ForwardRonny Turiaf1983 Los Angeles Lakers
15CenterFrédéric Weis1977 Lagun Aro Bilbao

NB: Diarra replaced Tony Parker, who suffered a broken finger, just before the 24-hour deadline for submitting final squads.

Lebanon">Lebanon national basketball team">Lebanon

Head coach: Paul Coughter
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardJean Abdel-Nour1983 Blue Stars
5CenterHussein Tawbe1982 Al-Riyadhi
6GuardAli Mahmoud1983 Al-Riyadhi
7GuardRony Fahed1981 Blue Stars
8GuardOmar El Turk1981 Al-Riyadhi
9ForwardBrian Beshara1977 Blue Stars
10ForwardBassem Balaa1981 Club Sagesse
11CenterJoe Vogel1973 Al-Riyadhi
12ForwardAli Fakhreddine1983 Al-Riyadhi
13ForwardSabah Khoury1982 Champville
14CenterRoy Samaha1984 Blue Stars
15ForwardFadi El Khatib1979 Club Sagesse

Nigeria">Nigeria national basketball team">Nigeria

Head Coach: Sanni Ahmed
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardJosh Akognon1986 Washington State Cougars
5ForwardEkene Ibekwe1985 Maryland Terrapins
6GuardChamberlain Oguchi1986 Oregon Ducks
7ForwardIme Udoka1977 New York Knicks
8GuardEbi Ere1981 Liège
9GuardJeff Varem1983 Pau Orthez
10CenterJulius Nwosu1971 CSU Asesoft Ploieşti
11ForwardDerrick Obasohan1981 Hyères-Toulon
12ForwardTunji Awojobi1973 Hapoel Jerusalem
13ForwardGabe Muoneke1978 Pınar Karşıyaka
14ForwardAloysius Anagonye1981 DKV Joventut
15CenterIkenne Nwankwo1973 Madeira

Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team">Serbia and Montenegro

Head Coach: Dragan Šakota
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardBojan Popović1983 Dynamo Moscow
5ForwardBranko Jorović1981 Akasvayu Girona
6GuardVule Avdalović1981 Pamesa Valencia
7CenterMiroslav Raičević1981 Dynamo Moscow
8GuardIgor Rakočević1978 TAU Cerámica
9CenterMile Ilić1984 New Jersey Nets
10GuardUroš Tripković1986 Partizan
11CenterDarko Miličić1985 Orlando Magic
12CenterGoran Nikolić1976 MMT Estudiantes
13GuardMarko Marinović1983 Akasvayu Girona
14ForwardOgnjen Aškrabić1979 Dynamo Saint Petersburg
15CenterKosta Perović1985 Partizan

Venezuela">Venezuela national basketball team">Venezuela

Head Coach: Néstor Salazar
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4ForwardVíctor David Díaz1968 Cocodrilos de Caracas
5CenterPablo Machado1977 Guaros de Lara
6GuardErnesto Mijares1976 Marinos de Anzoátegui
7CenterRichard Lugo1973 Trotamundos de Carabobo
8ForwardTomás Aguilera1977 Trotamundos de Carabobo
9ForwardÓscar Torres1976 BC Khimki
10GuardCarlos Cedeño1985 Guaiqueríes de Margarita
11CenterMiguel Ángel Marriaga1984 Gaiteros del Zulia
12ForwardGregory Vallenilla1980 Guaiqueríes de Margarita
13ForwardAlejandro Barrios1979 Trotamundos de Carabobo
14CenterHeberth Bayona1978 Guaiqueríes de Margarita
15ForwardCarlos Morris1975 Gatos de Monagas

Group B

Angola">Angola national basketball team">Angola

Head coach: Alberto de Carvalho
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardOlímpio Cipriano1982 Primeiro de Agosto
5GuardArmando Costa1983 Primeiro de Agosto
6GuardCarlos Morais1985 Petro Atlético
7GuardMilton Barros1984 Petro Atlético
8GuardLuis Costa1978 Petro Atlético
9ForwardVictor de Carvalho1969 Petro Atlético
10ForwardJoaquim Gomes1980 EiffelTowers Den Bosch
11ForwardEmanuel Neto1984 ASA
12CenterAbdel Bouckar1980 Primeiro de Agosto
13GuardCarlos Almeida1976 Primeiro de Agosto
14GuardMiguel Lutonda1971 Primeiro de Agosto
15CenterEduardo Mingas1979 Petro Atlético

Germany">Germany national basketball team">Germany

Head coach: Dirk Bauermann
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardMithat Demirel1978 Galatasaray
5ForwardAdemola Okulaja1975 Khimki
6ForwardSven Schultze1978 Armani Jeans Milano
7ForwardRobert Garrett1977 GHP Bamberg
8GuardJohannes Herber1983 Alba Berlin
9GuardSteffen Hamann1977 Climamio Bologna
10GuardDemond Greene1979 Alba Berlin
11GuardPascal Roller1976 Deutsche Bank Skyliners
12ForwardGuido Grünheid1982 RheinEnergie Köln
13CenterPatrick Femerling1975 Caja San Fernando
14ForwardDirk Nowitzki1978 Dallas Mavericks
15CenterJan-Hendrik Jagla1981 Turk Telekom Ankara

Japan">Japan national basketball team">Japan

Head coach: Željko Pavličević
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardTakuya Kawamura1986 OSG Phoenix
5CenterDaiji Yamada1981 Toyota Alvark
6ForwardRyota Sakurai1983 Toyota Alvark
7GuardKei Igarashi1980 Hitachi Sunrockers
8GuardShinsuke Kashiwagi1981 Aisin Seahorses
9GuardTakehiko Orimo1970 Toyota Alvark
10ForwardKosuke Takeuchi1985 Keio University
11ForwardTomoo Amino1980 Aisin Seahorses
12GuardTakahiro Setsumasa1972 Toshiba Brave
13ForwardSatoru Furuta1971 Toyota Alvark
14ForwardShunsuke Ito1979 Toshiba Brave
15CenterJoji Takeuchi1985 Tokai University

New Zealand">Tall Blacks">New Zealand

Head coach: Tab Baldwin
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardMark Dickel1976 Lokomotiv Rostov
5GuardAaron Olson1978 New Zealand Breakers
6GuardKirk Penney1980 Maccabi Tel Aviv
7GuardPaul Henare1979 New Zealand Breakers
8GuardPhill Jones1974 Vertical Vision Cantù
9GuardPaora Winitana1976 Hawke's Bay Hawks
10GuardDillon Boucher1975 Brisbane Bullets
11ForwardPero Cameron1974 Bandirma Banvitspor
12ForwardMika Vukona1982 Nelson Giants
13ForwardCasey Frank1977 Auckland Stars
14CenterCraig Bradshaw1983 Winthrop Eagles
15CenterTony Rampton1976 Wollongong Hawks

NB: Ben Hill was put on standby when Mark Dickel tested positive for cannabis after a July match against Australia. However his suspension did not rule him out from any Championship games.

Panama">Panama national basketball team">Panama

Head coach: Guillermo Vecchio
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4CenterRubén Garcés1973 Pamesa Valencia
5GuardJair Peralta1976 Panteras de Miranda
6GuardRubén Douglas1979 Pamesa Valencia
7GuardMaximiliano Gómez1975 Los Toros del Chorrillo
8CenterKevin Daley1976 Harlem Globetrotters
9CenterJamaal Levy1983 Atlético Bigua
10ForwardDionisio Gómez1980 Central Entrerriano
11GuardMichael Hicks1976 Scavolini Pesaro
12GuardEd Cota1976 Hapoel Jerusalem
13ForwardAntonio García1976 Los Toros del Chorrillo
14ForwardJaime Lloreda1980 Al-Ittihad
15CenterEric Cárdenas1973 Defensor

Spain">Spain national basketball team">Spain

Head coach: Pepu Hernández
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4CenterPau Gasol1980 Memphis Grizzlies
5ForwardRudy Fernández1985 DKV Joventut
6GuardCarlos Cabezas1980 Unicaja
7GuardJuan Carlos Navarro1980 FC Barcelona
8GuardJosé Manuel Calderón1981 Toronto Raptors
9CenterFelipe Reyes1980 Real Madrid
10ForwardCarlos Jiménez1976 Estudiantes
11GuardSergio Rodríguez1986 Estudiantes
12GuardBerni Rodríguez1980 Unicaja
13CenterMarc Gasol1985 Akasvayu Girona
14ForwardÁlex Mumbrú1979 DKV Joventut
15ForwardJorge Garbajosa1977 Unicaja

Group C

Australia">Australia men's national basketball team">Australia

Head coach: Brian Goorjian
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4CenterAndrew Bogut1984 Milwaukee Bucks
5ForwardDavid Barlow1983 Sydney Kings
6ForwardSam Mackinnon1976 Brisbane Bullets
7GuardLuke Kendall1978 Sydney Kings
8ForwardBrad Newley1982 Townsville Crocodiles
9ForwardC. J. Bruton1978 Brisbane Bullets
10ForwardJason Smith1974 Sydney Kings
11ForwardMark Worthington1983 Sydney Kings
12ForwardDaniel Kickert1983 Saint Mary's Gaels
13CenterRussell Hinder1975 Sydney Kings
14GuardAaron Bruce1984 Baylor Bears
15CenterWade Helliwell1979 Lottomatica Roma

Brazil">Brazil national basketball team">Brazil

Head coach: Lula Ferreira
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardMarcelo Machado1975 Žalgiris Kaunas
5GuardNezinho dos Santos1985 COC Ribeirão Preto
6ForwardMurilo Becker1983 Franca
7CenterEstevam Ferreira1978 Unitri/Uberlândia
8GuardLeandro Barbosa1982 Phoenix Suns
9GuardMarcelinho Huertas1983 DKV Joventut
10GuardAlex Garcia1980 COC Ribeirão Preto
11ForwardAnderson Varejão1982 Cleveland Cavaliers
12ForwardGuilherme Giovannoni1980 Virtus Bologna
13CenterCaio Torres1987 MMT Estudiantes
14CenterAndré Bambu1979 Joinville
15CenterTiago Splitter1985 TAU Cerámica

Greece">Greece national basketball team">Greece

Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardTheodoros Papaloukas1977 CSKA Moscow
5CenterSofoklis Schortsanitis1985 Olympiacos
6GuardNikos Zisis1983 Benetton Treviso
7GuardVassilis Spanoulis1982 Panathinaikos
8ForwardPanagiotis Vasilopoulos1984 Olympiacos
9ForwardAntonis Fotsis1981 Dynamo Moscow
10GuardNikos Chatzivrettas1977 Panathinaikos
11ForwardDimos Dikoudis1977 Valencia
12ForwardKostas Tsartsaris1979 Panathinaikos
13GuardDimitris Diamantidis1980 Panathinaikos
14CenterLazaros Papadopoulos1980 Dynamo Moscow
15ForwardMichalis Kakiouzis1976 Barcelona

Lithuania">Lithuania men's national basketball team">Lithuania

Head coach: Antanas Sireika
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardTomas Delininkaitis1982 Lietuvos Rytas
5ForwardMindaugas Žukauskas1975 Scavolini Pesaro
6GuardArvydas Macijauskas1980 Olympiacos
7ForwardDarjuš Lavrinovič1979 UNICS Kazan
8GuardGiedrius Gustas1980 Dynamo Moscow
9ForwardDarius Songaila1978 Washington Wizards
10GuardMantas Kalnietis1986 Žalgiris Kaunas
11ForwardLinas Kleiza1985 Denver Nuggets
12CenterKšyštof Lavrinovič1979 UNICS Kazan
13GuardSimas Jasaitis1982 Maccabi Tel Aviv
14ForwardPaulius Jankūnas1984 Žalgiris Kaunas
15CenterRobertas Javtokas1980 Panathinaikos

Qatar">Qatar national basketball team">Qatar

Head Coach: Joseph Stiebing
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardKhalid Masoud Al Nasr1980 Al Arabi
5GuardMalek Saleem Abdullah1985 Al Rayyan
6GuardSaad Abdulrahman Ali1985 As Saad
7GuardDaoud Musa1982 Qatar Club
8ForwardKhaled Suleyman1987 As Saad
9ForwardAli Turki1982 Al Jaysh
10ForwardBaker Ahmad Mohammed1986 Al Rayyan
11ForwardErfan Ali Saeed1983 Al Rayyan
12CenterMohammed Saleem Abdulla1982 Al Rayyan
13ForwardHammam Ismail1983Free agent
14CenterHashim Zaidan1980 Al-Ahli
15CenterOmer Abgader Salem1983 Al Rayyan

Turkey">Turkey national basketball team">Turkey

Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardCenk Akyol1987 Efes Pilsen
5CenterErmal Kurtoğlu1980 Efes Pilsen
6GuardEngin Atsür1984 North Carolina State Wolfpack
7GuardEnder Arslan1983 Efes Pilsen
8ForwardErsan İlyasova1987 Milwaukee Bucks
9GuardSerkan Erdoğan1978 TAU Cerámica
10Forwardİbrahim Kutluay1974 Ülkerspor
11CenterFatih Solak1980 Galatasaray
12CenterKerem Gönlüm1977 Efes Pilsen
13CenterSemih Erden1986 Ülkerspor
14CenterKaya Peker1980 TAU Cerámica
15GuardHakan Demirel1986 Ülkerspor

Group D

China">China national basketball team">China

Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardChen Jianghua1989 Guangdong Southern Tigers
5GuardLiu Wei1980 Shanghai Sharks
6GuardZhang Qingpeng1985 Liaoning Hunters
7ForwardWang Shipeng1983 Guangdong Southern Tigers
8ForwardZhu Fangyu1983 Guangdong Southern Tigers
9GuardSun Yue1985 Beijing Aoshen Olympian
10CenterZhang Songtao1985 Beijing Aoshen Olympian
11CenterYi Jianlian1987 Guangdong Southern Tigers
12CenterMo Ke1982 Bayi Rockets
13CenterYao Ming1980 Houston Rockets
14CenterWang Zhizhi1979 Bayi Rockets
15ForwardDu Feng1981 Guangdong Southern Tigers

NB: Age discrepancies exist for at least two of these players. Yi's age is currently a subject of controversy, with several reports indicating that he was actually born in 1984. Wang Zhizhi's passport lists his year of birth as 1979, but the NBA, where he played for several years, lists him as having been born in 1977.

Italy">Italy national basketball team">Italy

Head coach: Carlo Recalcati
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardFabio Di Bella1978 VidiVici Bologna
5GuardGianluca Basile1975 FC Barcelona
6ForwardStefano Mancinelli1983 Climamio Bologna
7GuardMatteo Soragna1975 Benetton Treviso
8CenterDenis Marconato1975 FC Barcelona
9GuardMarco Belinelli1986 Climamio Bologna
10GuardAndrea Pecile1980 Montepaschi Siena
11ForwardAndrea Michelori1978 VidiVici Bologna
12ForwardMason Rocca1977 Carpisa Napoli
13GuardMarco Mordente1979 Benetton Treviso
14CenterLuca Garri1982 Lottomatica Roma
15ForwardAngelo Gigli1983 Benetton Treviso

Puerto Rico">Puerto Rican National Basketball Team">Puerto Rico

Head coach: Julio Toro
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4CenterPeter John Ramos1985 Washington Wizards
5ForwardAngelo Reyes1982 Criollos de Caguas
6GuardRoberto Hatton1977 Ponce Lions
7GuardCarlos Arroyo1979 Orlando Magic
8GuardRick Apodaca1980 Polpak Świecie
9GuardChristian Dalmau1975 Prokom Trefl Sopot
10GuardLarry Ayuso1977 Arecibo Captains
11ForwardAntonio Latimer1978 San German Athletics
12GuardFiliberto Rivera1982 Criollos de Caguas
13CenterManuel Narvaez1981 Ponce Lions
14ForwardCarmelo Antrone Lee1977 Guaynabo Conquistadores
15CenterDaniel Santiago1976 Unicaja Málaga

Senegal">Senegal national basketball team">Senegal

Head coach: Moustapha Gaye
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4CenterMakthar N'Diaye1972 Levallois
5GuardEl Kabir Pene1984 Clermont-Ferrand
6GuardPape Ibrahim Faye1980 Al Rayyan
7GuardBabacar Cissé1976 Le Havre
8ForwardSitapha Savané1978 Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas
9ForwardMaleye N'Doye1980 Dijon
10GuardMamadou Diouf1983 Sendai 89ers
11ForwardSouleymane Aw1981 ASCC BOPP
12ForwardMoustapha Niang1977 Chorale Roanne
13CenterMamadou N'Diaye1975 PAOK
14CenterNdongo N'Diaye1977 Primeiro de Agosto
15ForwardMalick Badiane1984 Deutsche Bank Skyliners

Slovenia">Slovenia national basketball team">Slovenia

Head coach: Aleš Pipan
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4ForwardGoran Jurak1977 Vertical Vision Cantù
5GuardJaka Lakovič1978 FC Barcelona
6GuardSašo Ožbolt1981 Olimpija Ljubljana
7GuardSani Bečirovič1981 Panathinaikos
8CenterRadoslav Nesterović1976 Toronto Raptors
9GuardBeno Udrih1982 San Antonio Spurs
10ForwardBoštjan Nachbar1981 New Jersey Nets
11ForwardŽeljko Zagorac1981 Domžale
12GuardMarko Milič1977 Olimpija Ljubljana
13GuardGoran Dragić1986 Slovan Ljubljana
14CenterUroš Slokar1983 Toronto Raptors
15CenterPrimož Brezec1979 Charlotte Bobcats

United States">United States national basketball team">United States

Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski
#PosNameYear bornTeam
4GuardJoe Johnson1981 Atlanta Hawks
5GuardKirk Hinrich1981 Chicago Bulls
6ForwardLeBron James1984 Cleveland Cavaliers
7ForwardAntawn Jamison1976 Washington Wizards
8ForwardShane Battier1978 Houston Rockets
9GuardDwyane Wade1982 Miami Heat
10GuardChris Paul1985 New Orleans Hornets
11CenterChris Bosh1984 Toronto Raptors
12CenterDwight Howard1985 Orlando Magic
13CenterBrad Miller1976 Sacramento Kings
14ForwardElton Brand1979 Los Angeles Clippers
15ForwardCarmelo Anthony1984 Denver Nuggets