2006 FIBA World Championship squads

The winning team from Spain

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

Group A

Argentina

Head coach: Sergio Hernández

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Center	Luis Scola	1980	TAU Cerámica
5	Guard	Manu Ginóbili	1977	San Antonio Spurs
6	Guard	Pepe Sánchez	1977	Unicaja
7	Center	Fabricio Oberto	1975	San Antonio Spurs
8	Forward	Wálter Herrmann	1979	Charlotte Bobcats
9	Forward	Gabriel Fernández	1976	Whirlpool Varese
10	Guard	Carlos Delfino	1982	Detroit Pistons
11	Guard	Pablo Prigioni	1977	TAU Cerámica
12	Forward	Leonardo Gutiérrez	1978	Boca Juniors
13	Forward	Andrés Nocioni	1979	Chicago Bulls
14	Guard	Daniel Farabello	1976	Whirlpool Varese
15	Center	Rubén Wolkowyski	1973	Khimki

France

Head coach: Claude Bergeaud

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Joseph Gomis	1978	Grupo Capitol Valladolid
5	Forward	Mickaël Gelabale	1983	Seattle SuperSonics
6	Guard	Aymeric Jeanneau	1978	Cholet
7	Forward	Laurent Foirest	1973	ASVEL Villeurbanne
8	Guard	Mickaël Piétrus	1982	Golden State Warriors
9	Forward	Mamoutou Diarra	1980	Chalon-sur-Saône
10	Guard	Yannick Bokolo	1985	Le Mans
11	Forward	Florent Piétrus	1981	Unicaja
12	Center	Johan Petro	1986	Seattle SuperSonics
13	Forward	Boris Diaw	1982	Phoenix Suns
14	Forward	Ronny Turiaf	1983	Los Angeles Lakers
15	Center	Frédéric Weis	1977	Lagun Aro Bilbao

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

Lebanon

Head coach: Paul Coughter

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Jean Abdel-Nour	1983	Blue Stars
5	Center	Hussein Tawbe	1982	Al-Riyadhi
6	Guard	Ali Mahmoud	1983	Al-Riyadhi
7	Guard	Rony Fahed	1981	Blue Stars
8	Guard	Omar El Turk	1981	Al-Riyadhi
9	Forward	Brian Beshara	1977	Blue Stars
10	Forward	Bassem Balaa	1981	Club Sagesse
11	Center	Joe Vogel	1973	Al-Riyadhi
12	Forward	Ali Fakhreddine	1983	Al-Riyadhi
13	Forward	Sabah Khoury	1982	Champville
14	Center	Roy Samaha	1984	Blue Stars
15	Forward	Fadi El Khatib	1979	Club Sagesse

Nigeria

Head Coach: Sanni Ahmed

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Josh Akognon	1986	Washington State Cougars
5	Forward	Ekene Ibekwe	1985	Maryland Terrapins
6	Guard	Chamberlain Oguchi	1986	Oregon Ducks
7	Forward	Ime Udoka	1977	New York Knicks
8	Guard	Ebi Ere	1981	Liège
9	Guard	Jeff Varem	1983	Pau Orthez
10	Center	Julius Nwosu	1971	CSU Asesoft Ploiesti
11	Forward	Derrick Obasohan	1981	Hyéres-Toulon
12	Forward	Tunji Awojobi	1973	Hapoel Jerusalem
13	Forward	Gabe Muoneke	1978	Pınar Karşıyaka
14	Forward	Aloysius Anagonye	1981	DKV Joventut
15	Center	Ikenne Nwankwo	1973	Madeira

Serbia and Montenegro

Head Coach: Dragan Šakota

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Bojan Popović	1983	Dynamo Moscow
5	Forward	Branko Jorović	1981	Akasvayu Girona
6	Guard	Vule Avdalović	1981	Pamesa Valencia
7	Center	Miroslav Raičević	1981	Dynamo Moscow
8	Guard	Igor Rakočević	1978	TAU Cerámica
9	Center	Mile Ilić	1984	New Jersey Nets
10	Guard	Uroš Tripković	1986	Partizan
11	Center	Darko Miličić	1985	Orlando Magic
12	Center	Goran Nikolić	1976	MMT Estudiantes
13	Guard	Marko Marinović	1983	Akasvayu Girona
14	Forward	Ognjen Aškrabić	1979	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
15	Center	Kosta Perović	1985	Partizan

Venezuela

Head Coach: Néstor Salazar

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Forward	Víctor David Díaz	1968	Cocodrilos de Caracas
5	Center	Pablo Machado	1977	Guaros de Lara
6	Guard	Ernesto Mijares	1976	Marinos de Anzoátegui
7	Center	Richard Lugo	1973	Trotamundos de Carabobo
8	Forward	Tomás Aguilera	1977	Trotamundos de Carabobo
9	Forward	Óscar Torres	1976	BC Khimki
10	Guard	Carlos Cedeño	1985	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
11	Center	Miguel Ángel Marriaga	1984	Gaiteros del Zulia
12	Forward	Gregory Vallenilla	1980–2007	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
13	Forward	Alejandro Barrios	1979	Trotamundos de Carabobo
14	Center	Herbert Bayona	1978	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
15	Forward	Carlos Morris	1975-2015	Gatos de Monagas

Group B

Angola

Head coach: Alberto de Carvalho

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Olimpio Cipriano	1982	Primeiro de Agosto
5	Guard	Armando Costa	1983	Primeiro de Agosto
6	Guard	Carlos Morais	1985	Petro Atlético
7	Guard	Milton Barros	1984	Petro Atlético
8	Guard	Luis Costa	1978	Petro Atlético
9	Forward	Victor de Carvalho	1969	Petro Atlético
10	Forward	Joaquim Gomes	1980	EiffelTowers Den Bosch
11	Forward	Emanuel Neto	1984	ASA
12	Center	Abdel Bouckar	1980	Primeiro de Agosto
13	Guard	Carlos Almeida	1976	Primeiro de Agosto
14	Guard	Miguel Lutonda	1971	Primeiro de Agosto
15	Center	Eduardo Mingas	1979	Petro Atlético

Germany

Head coach: Dirk Bauermann

Germany (in black) playing against Lithuania

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Mithat Demirel	1978	Galatasaray
5	Forward	Ademola Okulaja	1975	Khimki
6	Forward	Sven Schultze	1978	Armani Jeans Milano
7	Forward	Robert Garrett	1977	GHP Bamberg
8	Guard	Johannes Herber	1983	ALBA Berlin
9	Guard	Steffen Hamann	1977	Climamio Bologna
10	Guard	Demond Greene	1979	ALBA Berlin
11	Guard	Pascal Roller	1976	Deutsche Bank Skyliners
12	Forward	Guido Grünheid	1982	RheinEnergie Köln
13	Center	Patrick Femerling	1975	Caja San Fernando
14	Forward	Dirk Nowitzki	1978	Dallas Mavericks
15	Center	Jan-Hendrik Jagla	1981	Turk Telekom Ankara

Japan

Head coach: Željko Pavličević

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Takuya Kawamura	1986	OSG Phoenix
5	Center	Daiji Yamada	1981	Toyota Alvark
6	Forward	Ryota Sakurai	1983	Toyota Alvark
7	Guard	Kei Igarashi	1980	Hitachi Sunrockers
8	Guard	Shinsuke Kashiwagi	1981	Aisin Seahorses
9	Guard	Takehiko Orimo	1970	Toyota Alvark
10	Forward	Kosuke Takeuchi	1985	Keio University
11	Forward	Tomoo Amino	1980	Aisin Seahorses
12	Guard	Takahiro Setsumasa	1972	Toshiba Brave
13	Forward	Satoru Furuta	1971	Toyota Alvark
14	Forward	Shunsuke Ito	1979	Toshiba Brave
15	Center	Joji Takeuchi	1985	Tokai University

New Zealand

Head coach: Tab Baldwin

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Mark Dickel	1976	Lokomotiv Rostov
5	Guard	Aaron Olson	1978	New Zealand Breakers
6	Guard	Kirk Penney	1980	Maccabi Tel Aviv
7	Guard	Paul Henare	1979	New Zealand Breakers
8	Guard	Phill Jones	1974	Vertical Vision Cantù
9	Guard	Paora Winitana	1976	G&H Hawks
10	Guard	Dillon Boucher	1975	Brisbane Bullets
11	Forward	Pero Cameron	1974	Bandirma Banvitspor
12	Forward	Mika Vukona	1982	Nelson Giants
13	Forward	Casey Frank	1977	Auckland Stars
14	Center	Craig Bradshaw	1983	Winthrop Eagles
15	Center	Tony Rampton	1976	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

Head coach: Guillermo Vecchio

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Center	Rubén Garcés	1973	Pamesa Valencia
5	Guard	Jair Peralta	1976	Panteras de Miranda
6	Guard	Rubén Douglas	1979	Pamesa Valencia
7	Guard	Maximiliano Gómez	1975	Los Toros del Chorrillo
8	Center	Kevin Daley	1976	Harlem Globetrotters
9	Center	Jamaal Levy	1983	Atlético Bigua
10	Forward	Dionisio Gómez	1980	Central Entrerriano
11	Guard	Michael Hicks	1976	Scavolini Pesaro
12	Guard	Ed Cota	1976	Hapoel Jerusalem
13	Forward	Antonio García	1976	Los Toros del Chorrillo
14	Forward	Jaime Lloreda	1980	Al-Ittihad
15	Center	Eric Cárdenas	1973	Defensor

Spain

Head coach: Pepu Hernández

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Center	Pau Gasol	1980	Memphis Grizzlies
5	Forward	Rudy Fernández	1985	DKV Joventut
6	Guard	Carlos Cabezas	1980	Unicaja
7	Guard	Juan Carlos Navarro	1980	FC Barcelona
8	Guard	José Manuel Calderón	1981	Toronto Raptors
9	Center	Felipe Reyes	1980	Real Madrid
10	Forward	Carlos Jiménez	1976	Estudiantes
11	Guard	Sergio Rodríguez	1986	Estudiantes
12	Guard	Berni Rodríguez	1980	Unicaja
13	Center	Marc Gasol	1985	FC Barcelona
14	Forward	Álex Mumbrú	1979	DKV Joventut
15	Forward	Jorge Garbajosa	1977	Unicaja

Group C

Australia

Head coach: Brian Goorjian

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Center	Andrew Bogut	1984	Milwaukee Bucks
5	Forward	David Barlow	1983	Sydney Kings
6	Forward	Sam Mackinnon	1976	Brisbane Bullets
7	Guard	Luke Kendall	1978	Sydney Kings
8	Forward	Brad Newley	1982	Townsville Crocodiles
9	Forward	C. J. Bruton	1978	Brisbane Bullets
10	Forward	Jason Smith	1974	Sydney Kings
11	Forward	Mark Worthington	1983	Sydney Kings
12	Forward	Daniel Kickert	1983	Saint Mary's Gaels
13	Center	Russell Hinder	1975	Sydney Kings
14	Guard	Aaron Bruce	1984	Baylor Bears
15	Center	Wade Helliwell	1979	Lottomatica Roma

Brazil

Head coach: Lula Ferreira

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Marcelo Machado	1975	Žalgiris Kaunas
5	Guard	Nezinho dos Santos	1985	COC Ribeirão Preto
6	Forward	Murilo Becker	1983	Franca
7	Center	Estevam Ferreira	1978	Unitri Uberlândia
8	Guard	Leandro Barbosa	1982	Phoenix Suns
9	Guard	Marcelinho Huertas	1983	DKV Joventut
10	Guard	Alex Garcia	1980	COC Ribeirão Preto
11	Forward	Anderson Varejão	1982	Cleveland Cavaliers
12	Forward	Guilherme Giovannoni	1980	Virtus Bologna
13	Center	Caio Torres	1987	MMT Estudiantes
14	Center	Andre Bambú	1979	Joinville
15	Center	Tiago Splitter	1985	TAU Cerámica

Greece

Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis

The Greek team, winners of the Silver Medal

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Theodoros Papaloukas	1977	CSKA Moscow
5	Center	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	1985	Olympiacos
6	Guard	Nikos Zisis	1983	Benetton Treviso
7	Guard	Vassilis Spanoulis	1982	Panathinaikos
8	Forward	Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	1984	Olympiacos
9	Forward	Antonis Fotsis	1981	Dynamo Moscow
10	Guard	Nikos Chatzivrettas	1977	Panathinaikos
11	Forward	Dimos Dikoudis	1977	Valencia
12	Forward	Kostas Tsartsaris	1979	Panathinaikos
13	Guard	Dimitris Diamantidis	1980	Panathinaikos
14	Center	Lazaros Papadopoulos	1980	Dynamo Moscow
15	Forward	Michalis Kakiouzis	1976	Barcelona

Lithuania

Head coach: Antanas Sireika

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Tomas Delininkaitis	1982	Lietuvos Rytas
5	Forward	Mindaugas Žukauskas	1975	Scavolini Pesaro
6	Guard	Arvydas Macijauskas	1980	Olympiacos
7	Forward	Darjuš Lavrinovič	1979	UNICS Kazan
8	Guard	Giedrius Gustas	1980	Dynamo Moscow
9	Forward	Darius Songaila	1978	Washington Wizards
10	Guard	Mantas Kalnietis	1986	Žalgiris Kaunas
11	Forward	Linas Kleiza	1985	Denver Nuggets
12	Center	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	1979	UNICS Kazan
13	Guard	Simas Jasaitis	1982	Maccabi Tel Aviv
14	Forward	Paulius Jankūnas	1984	Žalgiris Kaunas
15	Center	Robertas Javtokas	1980	Panathinaikos

Qatar

Head coach: Joseph Stiebing

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Khalid Masoud Al Nasr	1980	Al Arabi
5	Guard	Malek Saleem Abdullah	1985	Al Rayyan
6	Guard	Saad Abdulraham Ali	1985	As Saad
7	Guard	Daoud Musa	1982	Qatar Club
8	Forward	Khaled Suleyman	1987	As Saad
9	Forward	Ali Turki	1982	Al Jaysh
10	Forward	Baker Ahmad Mohammed	1986	Al Rayyan
11	Forward	Erfan Ali Saeed	1983	Al Rayyan
12	Center	Mohammed Saleem Abdulla	1982	Al Rayyan
13	Forward	Hammam Ismail	1983
14	Center	Hashim Zaidan	1980	Al-Ahli
15	Center	Omer Abgader Salem	1983	Al Rayyan

Turkey

Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Cenk Akyol	1987	Efes Pilsen
5	Center	Ermal Kurtoğlu	1980	Efes Pilsen
6	Guard	Engin Atsür	1984	North Carolina State Wolfpack
7	Guard	Ender Arslan	1983	Efes Pilsen
8	Forward	Ersan İlyasova	1987	Milwaukee Bucks
9	Guard	Serkan Erdoğan	1978	TAU Cerámica
10	Forward	İbrahim Kutluay	1974	Ülkerspor
11	Center	Fatih Solak	1980	Galatasaray
12	Center	Kerem Gönlüm	1977	Efes Pilsen
13	Center	Semih Erden	1986	Ülkerspor
14	Center	Kaya Peker	1980	TAU Cerámica
15	Guard	Hakan Demirel	1986	Ülkerspor

Group D

China

Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Chen Jianghua	1989	Guangdong Southern Tigers
5	Guard	Liu Wei	1980	Shanghai Sharks
6	Guard	Zhang Qingpeng	1985	Liaoning Hunters
7	Forward	Wang Shipeng	1983	Guangdong Southern Tigers
8	Forward	Zhu Fangyu	1983	Guangdong Southern Tigers
9	Guard	Sun Yue	1985	Beijing Aoshen Olympian
10	Center	Zhang Songtao	1985	Beijing Aoshen Olympian
11	Center	Yi Jianlian	1987	Guangdong Southern Tigers
12	Center	Mo Ke	1982	Bayi Rockets
13	Center	Yao Ming	1980	Houston Rockets
14	Center	Wang Zhizhi	1979	Bayi Rockets
15	Forward	Du Feng	1981	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

Head coach: Carlo Recalcati

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Fabio Di Bella	1978	VidiVici Bologna
5	Guard	Gianluca Basile	1975	FC Barcelona
6	Forward	Stefano Mancinelli	1983	Climamio Bologna
7	Guard	Matteo Soragna	1975	Benetton Treviso
8	Center	Denis Marconato	1975	FC Barcelona
9	Guard	Marco Belinelli	1986	Climamio Bologna
10	Guard	Andrea Pecile	1980	Montepaschi Siena
11	Forward	Andrea Michelori	1978	VidiVici Bologna
12	Forward	Mason Rocca	1977	Carpisa Napoli
13	Guard	Marco Mordente	1979	Benetton Treviso
14	Center	Luca Garri	1982	Lottomatica Roma
15	Forward	Angelo Gigli	1983	Benetton Treviso

Puerto Rico

Head coach: Julio Toro

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Center	Peter John Ramos	1985	Washington Wizards
5	Forward	Angelo Reyes	1982	Criollos de Caguas
6	Guard	Roberto Hatton	1977	Ponce Lions
7	Guard	Carlos Arroyo	1979	Orlando Magic
8	Guard	Rick Apodaca	1980	Polpak Świecie
9	Guard	Christian Dalmau	1975	Prokom Trefl Sopot
10	Guard	Larry Ayuso	1977	Arecibo Captains
11	Forward	Antonio Latimer	1978	San German Atlethics
12	Guard	Filiberto Rivera	1982	Criollos de Caguas
13	Center	Manuel Narvaez	1981	Ponce Lions
14	Forward	Carmelo Antrone Lee	1977	Guaynabo Conquistadores
15	Center	Daniel Santiago	1976	Unicaja Málaga

Senegal

Head coach: Moustapha Gaye

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Center	Makthar N'Diaye	1972	Levallois
5	Guard	El Kabir Pene	1984	Clermont-Ferrand
6	Guard	Pape Ibrahim Faye	1980	Al Rayyan
7	Guard	Babacar Cissé	1976	Le Havre
8	Forward	Sitapha Savané	1978	Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas
9	Forward	Maleye N'Doye	1980	Dijon
10	Guard	Mamadou Diouf	1983	Sendai 89ers
11	Forward	Souleymane Aw	1981	ASCC BOPP
12	Forward	Moustapha Niang	1977	Chorale Roanne
13	Center	Mamadou N'Diaye	1975	PAOK
14	Center	Ndongo N'Diaye	1977	Primeiro de Agosto
15	Forward	Malick Badiane	1984	Deutsche Bank Skyliners

Slovenia

Head coach: Aleš Pipan

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Forward	Goran Jurak	1977	Vertical Vision Cantù
5	Guard	Jaka Lakovič	1978	FC Barcelona
6	Guard	Sašo Ožbolt	1981	Olimpija Ljubljana
7	Guard	Sani Bečirovič	1981	Panathinaikos
8	Center	Radoslav Nesterović	1976	Toronto Raptors
9	Guard	Beno Udrih	1982	San Antonio Spurs
10	Forward	Boštjan Nachbar	1981	New Jersey Nets
11	Forward	Željko Zagorac	1981	Domžale
12	Guard	Marko Milič	1977	Olimpija Ljubljana
13	Guard	Goran Dragić	1986	Slovan Ljubljana
14	Center	Uroš Slokar	1983	Toronto Raptors
15	Center	Primož Brezec	1979	Charlotte Bobcats

USA

Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Joe Johnson	1981	Atlanta Hawks
5	Guard	Kirk Hinrich	1981	Chicago Bulls
6	Forward	LeBron James	1984	Cleveland Cavaliers
7	Forward	Antawn Jamison	1976	Washington Wizards
8	Forward	Shane Battier	1978	Houston Rockets
9	Guard	Dwyane Wade	1982	Miami Heat
10	Guard	Chris Paul	1985	New Orleans Hornets
11	Center	Chris Bosh	1984	Toronto Raptors
12	Center	Dwight Howard	1985	Orlando Magic
13	Center	Brad Miller	1976	Sacramento Kings
14	Forward	Elton Brand	1979	Los Angeles Clippers
15	Forward	Carmelo Anthony	1984	Denver Nuggets

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