2006 Argentina World Championship Team
2006 ANGOLA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Olimpio CIPRIANO SF 1926'4" 09/04/82Luanda (ANG) Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG) 5Armando COSTA G 191 6'3" 03/06/83Luanda (ANG) Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG) 6Carlos MORAIS SG 190 6'3" 16/10/85Luanda (ANG) Petro Athletico Luanda (ANG) 7Milton BARROS PG 184 6'0" 21/06/84Cacongo (ANG) Petro Athletico Luanda (ANG) 8Luis COSTA SG 194 6'4" 07/06/78Benguela (ANG) Petro Athletico Luanda (ANG) 9Antonio CARVALHO SG 1936'4" 20/02/69Luanda (ANG) Petro Athletico Luanda (ANG) 10 Joaquim GOMES PF 202 6'8" 23/12/80 Luanda (ANG) Eiffel Towers (NED) 11 Emanuel NETO C 201 6'7" 15/05/84 Luanda (ANG) San Jacinto College, NCAA (USA) 12 Abdel Aziz BOUKAR C 202 6'8" 08/04/80 Luanda (CHA) San Jacinto College, NCAA (USA) 13 Carlos ALMEIDA SG 192 6'4" 24/09/76 Luanda (ANG) Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG) 14 Miguel LUTONDA G 186 6'1" 24/12/71 Luanda (ANG) Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG) 15 Eduardo MINGAS F 196 6'5" 29/01/79 Saurimo (ANG) Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG)
Average height: 194/6'4" Head coach: Alberto DE CARVALHO
2006 ARGENTINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4 Luis SCOLA PF 204 6'8" 30/04/80 Buenos Aires (ARG) Tau Vitoria, ACB (ESP) 5Manu GINOBILI SG 198 6'6" 28/07/77Bahia Blanca (ARG) San Antonio Spurs, NBA (USA) 6Juan Ignacio SANCHEZ PG 194 6'4" 08/05/77Bahia Blanca (ARG) Unicaja Malaga, ACB (ESP) 7Fabricio OBERTO C 208 6'10" 21/03/75Las Varillas (ARG) San Antonio Spurs, NBA (USA) 8Walter HERRMANN SF 203 6'8" 26/06/79Venado Tuerto (ARG) Unicaja Malaga, ACB (ESP) 9Gabriel FERNANDEZ PF 204 6'8" 23/10/76Burzaco (ARG) Varese, Lega (ITA) 10 Carlos DELFINO G 200 6'7" 29/08/82 Santa Fe (ARG) Detroit Pistons, NBA (USA) 11 Pablo PRIGIONI PG 186 6'1" 17/05/77 Rio Tercero (ARG) Tau Vitoria, ACB (ESP) 12 Leonardo GUTIERREZ F 201 6'7" 16/05/78 Marcos Juarez (ARG) Ben Hur, Liga A (ARG) 13 Andrés NOCIONI SF 201 6'7" 30/11/79 Santa Fe (ARG) Chicago Bulls, NBA (USA) 14 Daniel FARABELLO SG 194 6'4" 18/10/73 Colon (ARG) Varese, Lega (ITA) 15 Ruben WOLKOWISKY C 208 6'10" 30/09/73 Chaco (ARG) Khimky Moscow, Superleague (RUS)
Average height: 200/6'7" Head coach: Sergio HERNANDEZ 2006 AUSTRALIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Andrew BOGUT F/C 212 6'11" 28/11/84Melbourne (AUS) Milwaukee Bucks, NBA (USA) 5David BARLOW SF 205 6'9" 22/10/83Melbourne (AUS) Sydney City Comets, ABA (AUS) 6Sam MACKINNON G/F 197 6'6" 25/08/76Melbourne (AUS) Basket Rimini Crabs, Lega 2 (ITA) 7Luke KENDALL SG 193 6'4" 25/05/81Melbourne (AUS) Sydney Kings, NBL (AUS) 8Brad NEWLEY SF 200 6'7" 18/02/85Adelaide (AUS) Townsville Crocodiles, NBL (AUS) 9C.J. BRUTON PG 188 6'2" 13/12/75Wichita (USA) Sydney Kings, NBL (AUS) 10 Jason Omar SMITH G/F 194 6'4" 12/09/82 Melbourne (BAR) Sydney Kings, NBL (AUS) 11 Mark WORTHINGTON G/F 202 6'8" 08/06/83 Australind (AUS) Sydney Kings, NBL (AUS) 12 Daniel KICKERT PF 209 6'10" 29/05/83 Melbourne (AUS) St. Mary’s, NCAA (USA) 13 Russel HINDER PF 208 6'10" 10/07/79 Sydney (AUS) Hunter Valley Pirates, NBL (AUS) 14 Aaron BRUCE G 191 6'3" 19/12/84 Birchip (AUS) Baylor, NCAA (USA) 15 Wade HELLIWELL C 212 6'11" 10/05/78 Melbourne (AUS) Lottomatica Roma, Lega A (ITA)
Average height: 201/6'7" Head coach: Brian GOORJIAN
2006 BRAZIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4 Marcelo MAGALHAES MACHADO SF 200 6'7" 12/04/75 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) - 5 Welington Reginaldo DOS SANTOS PG 185 6'1" 21/01/81 Araraquara (BRA) Riberão Preto, BNL (BRA) 6 Murilo BECKER DA ROSA F/C 208 6'10" 14/07/83 Farropilha (BRA) Sao Paulo, BNL (BRA) 7 José Estevam FERREIRA JR. C 211 6'11" 24/07/78 Sete Lagoas (BRA) Unitri Uberlândia, BNL (BRA) 8 Leandro Mateus BARBOSA SG 192 6'4" 28/11/82 Sao Paulo (BRA) Phoenix Suns, NBA (USA) 9 Marcelo TIEPPO HUERTAS PG 190 6'3" 25/05/83 Sao Paulo (BRA) Joventut Badalona, ACB (ESP) 10 Alex RIBEIRO GARCIA G 189 6'2" 04/03/80 Sao Paulo (BRA) Ribeirao Preto, BNL (BRA) 11 Anderson França VAREJAO F/C 207 6'9" 28/09/82 Colatina (BRA) Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA (USA) 12 Guilherme GIOVANNONI SF 204 6'8" 02/06/80 Piracicaba (BRA) BC Kiev (UKR) 13 Caio TORRES C 211 6'11" 03/06/87 Sao Paulo (BRA) Rayet Guadalajara, ACB (ESP) 14 Andre Luiz QUIRINO PEREIRA - - - 04/08/79 - BRA Universo Ajax (BRA) 15 Tiago SPLITTER BEIMS F/C 210 6'11" 01/01/85 Joinville (BRA) Tau Vitoria, ACB (ESP)
Average height: 201/6'7" Head coach: Aluisio Xavier FERREIRA 'LULA' 2006 CHINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Jianghua CHEN - - - 12/03/89- CHN - 5Wei LIU G 190 6'3" 15/01/80Shanghai (CHN) Shanghai Sharks, CBA (CHN) 6Qingpeng ZHANG PG 190 6'3" 23/01/85- CHN Liaoning Hunters, CBA (CHN) 7Shipeng WANG G/F 197 6'6" 06/04/83- CHN Guangdong Southern Tigers, CBA (CHN) 8Fangyu ZHU SF 200 6'7" 05/01/83Guangxi (CHN) Guangdong Southern Tigers, CBA (CHN) 9Yue SUN PG 206 6'9" 06/11/85- CHN Beijing Aoshen Olympian, ABA (USA) 10 Songtao ZHANG C 212 6'11" 17/06/85 - CHN Beijing Aoshen Olympian, CBA (CHN) 11 Jianlian YI F/C 212 6'11" 27/10/87 Guangdong (CHN) Guangdong Southern Tigers, CBA (CHN) 12 Ke MO F/C 208 6'10" 08/09/82 Jilin (CHN) Bayi Army Rockets, CBA (CHN) 13 Ming YAO C 226 7'5" 12/09/80 Shanghai (CHN) Houston Rockets, NBA (USA) 14 Zhizhi WANG C 214 7'0" 08/07/79 Beijing (CHN) Bayi, CBA (CHN) 15 Feng DU F 203 6'8" 30/07/81 Xinjiang (CHN) Guangdong Southern Tigers , CBA (CHN)
Average height: 205/6'9" Head coach: Jonas KAZLAUSKAS
2006 FRANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Joseph GOMIS G 180 5'11" 02/07/78Evreux (FRA) Forum Valladolid, ACB (ESP) 5Mickael GELABALE SF 200 6'7" 22/05/83Pointe Noire (FRA) Real Madrid, ACB (ESP) 6Aymeric JEANNEAU PG 185 6'1" 10/10/78La Roche-sur-Yon (FRA) Strasbourg, ProA (FRA) 7Laurent FOIREST G/F 197 6'6" 18/09/73Marseille (FRA) Pau-Orthez, ProA (FRA) 8Mickael PIETRUS G/F 197 6'6" 07/02/82Les Abymes (FRA) Golden State Warriors, NBA (USA) 9Mamoutou DIARRA SF 198 6'6" 21/05/80Paris (FRA) Elan Chalon, Pro A (FRA) 10 Yannick BOKOLO SG 188 6'2" 19/06/85 Kinshasa (COD) Le Mans, ProA (FRA) 11 Florent PIETRUS PF 199 6'6" 19/01/81 Les Abymes (GUA) Unicaja Malaga, ACB (ESP) 12 Johan PETRO C 213 7'0" 27/01/86 Paris (FRA) Seattle Supersonics, NBA (USA) 13 Boris DIAW 1/3/5 203 6'8" 16/04/82 Cormeilles-en-Parisis (FRA) Phoenix Suns , NBA (USA) 14 Ronny TURIAF F/C 206 6'9" 13/01/83 Le Robert (FRA) Los Angeles Lakers, NBA (USA) 15 Frédéric WEIS C 218 7'2" 22/06/77 Thionville (FRA) Bilbao, ACB (ESP)
Average height: 199/6'6" Head coach: Claude BERGEAUD 2006 GERMANY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Mithat DEMIREL PG 181 5'11" 10/05/78Berlin (GER) Besiktas Istanbul, TBL (TUR) 5Ademola OKULAJA PF 202 6'8" 10/07/75Lagos (NGR) BC Khimky Moscow, Superleague (RUS) 6Sven SCHULTZE F 208 6'10" 11/07/78Bamberg (GER) Armani Jeans Milano, Lega A (ITA) 7Robert GARRETT SG 192 6'4" 18/03/77Ochsenfurt (GER) GHP Bamberg, Bundesliga (GER) 8Johannes HERBER G/F 197 6'6" 17/01/83Darmstadt (GER) West Virginia, NCAA (USA) 9Steffen HAMANN PG 186 6'1" 14/06/81Bamberg (GER) GHP Bamberg, Bundesliga (GER) 10 Demond GREENE SG 185 6'1" 15/06/79 Ford Hood (USA) Alba Berlin, Bundesliga (GER) 11 Pascal ROLLER PG 180 5'11" 20/11/76 Heidelberg (GER) Frankfurt Skyliners, Bundesliga (GER) 12 Guido GRüNHEID PF 206 6'9" 25/10/82 Jena (GER) Rheinenergie Köln, Bundesliga (GER) 13 Patrick FEMERLING C 215 7'1" 04/03/75 Hamburg (GER) Panathinaikos Athens, ESAK (GRE) 14 Dirk NOWITZKI PF 213 7'0" 19/06/78 Wurzburg (GER) Dallas Mavericks, NBA (USA) 15 Jan-Hendrik JAGLA F/C 213 7'0" 25/06/81 Berlin GER) Drac Inca Mallorca, LEB (ESP)
Average height: 198/6'6" Head coach: Dirk BAUERMANN
2006 GREECE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Theodoros PAPALOUKAS PG 200 6'7" 08/05/77Athens (GRE) CSKA MOSCOW, Russia-SuperLeague (RUS) 5Sofoklis SCHORTSANITIS F/C 206 6'9" 22/06/85Kavala (CMR) Olympiakos Pireus, Grrece-ESAKE (GRE) 6Nikos ZISIS G 195 6'5" 16/08/83 Thessaloniki (GRE) BENETTON TREVISO, Italy-Lega (ITA) 7 Vasileios SPANOULIS G 192 6'4" 07/08/82 Larissa (GRE) PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS, Greece (GRE) 8Panagiotis VASSILOPOULOS PF 203 6'8" 08/02/84 Athens (GRE) OLYMPIAKOS PIREUS, Greece-ESAKE 9Antonios FOTSIS PF 209 6'10" 01/04/81Athens (GRE) DYNAMO MOSCOW, Russia-Superleague 10 Dimosthenis NTIKOUDIS 207 6'9" 24/06/77 - GRE AEK BC ATHENS (GRE) 11 Nikolaos CHATZIVRETTAS - - 26/05/77- GRE PANATHINAIKOS BSA ATHENS (GRE) 12 Konstantinos TSARTSARIS F/C 205 6'9" 17/10/79 Veria (GRE) PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS, Greece-ESAKE 13 Dimitrios DIAMANTIDIS G 196 6'5" 06/05/80 Kozani (GRE) PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS, Greece-ESAKE 14 Lazaros PAPADOPOULOS C 210 6'11" 03/06/80 Krasnodar (RUS) DYNAMO MOSCOW, Russia-Superleague 15 Michail KAKIOUZIS PF 204 6'8" 29/11/76 Athens (GRE) WINTERTHUR F.C. BARCELONA, Spain-ACB
Average height: 202/6'8" Head coach: Panagiotis YANNAKIS 2006 ITALY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Marco Stefano BELINELLI SG 196 6'5" 25/03/86San Giovanni Persiceto (ITA) Climamio Bologna, Lega A (ITA) 5Gianluca BASILE SG 192 6'4" 24/01/75Ruvo di Puglia (ITA) F.C. Barcelona, ACB (ESP) 6Stefano MANCINELLI SF 203 6'8" 17/03/83Chieti (ITA) Climamio Bologna, Lega A (ITA) 7Matteo SORAGNA G/F 197 6'6" 26/12/75Mantova (ITA) Benetton Treviso, Lega A (ITA) 8Denis MARCONATO C 211 6'11" 29/07/75Treviso (ITA) F.C. Barcelona, ACB (ESP) 9Marco MORDENTE G 190 6'3" 07/01/79Teramo (ITA) Benetton Treviso, Lega A (ITA) 10 Andrea PECILE PG 187 6'2" 30/03/80 Trieste (ITA) Montepaschi Siena, Lega A (ITA) 11 Andrea MICHELORI F/C 203 6'8" 20/02/78 Milano (ITA) Vertical Vision Cantù, Lega A (ITA) 12 Richard Mason ROCCA C 204 6'8" 06/11/77 Evanston (USA) Carpisa Napoli, Lega A (ITA) 13 Fabio DI BELLA PG 187 6'2" 13/12/78 Pavia (ITA) Virtus Bologna, Lega A (ITA) 14 Luca GARRI C 207 6'9" 03/01/82 Asti (ITA) Angelico Biella, Lega A (ITA) 15 Angelo GIGLI PF 207 6'9" 04/06/83 St. Pietermaritzburg (RSA) Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia, Lega A (ITA)
Average height: 199/6'6" Head coach: Carlo RECALCATI 2006 JAPAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Takuya KAWAMURA SG 191 6'3" 24/04/86Iwate (JPN) Phoenix, JBL (JPN) 5Daiji YAMADA PF 200 6'7" 08/06/81Osaka (JPN) Alvark, JBL (JPN) 6Ryota SAKURAI SG 194 6'4" 13/03/83Mie (JPN) Alvark, JBL (JPN) 7Kei IGARASHI PG 180 5'11" 07/05/80Niigata (JPN) Sunrockers, JBL (JPN) 8Shinsuke KASHIWAGI G 183 6'0" 22/12/81Hokkaido (JPN) Sunrockers, JBL (JPN) 9Takehiko ORIMO SG 190 6'3" 14/05/70Saitama (JPN) Alvark, JBL (JPN) 10 Kosuke TAKEUCHI PF 205 6'9" 29/01/85 Osaka (JPN) Keio University (JPN) 11 Tomoo AMINO G/F 196 6'5" 25/09/80 Tokyo (JPN) Seahorses, JBL (JPN) 12 Takahiro SETSUMASA PG 180 5'11" 19/05/72 Kagoshima (JPN) Brave Thunders, JBL (JPN) 13 Satoru FURUTA F/C 199 6'6" 03/08/71 Aichi (JPN) Alvark, JBL (JPN) 14 Shunsuke ITO C 202 6'8" 27/06/79 Kyoto (JPN) Brave Thunders, JBL (JPN) 15 Joji TAKEUCHI PF 205 6'9" 29/01/85 Osaka (JPN) Tokai University (JPN)
Average height: 194/6'4" Head coach: Zeljko PAVLICEVIC 2006 LEBANON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Jean ABDEL-NOUR G/F 198 6'6" 29/11/83Beirut (LIB) Blue Stars (LIB) 5Hussein TAWBE PF 195 6'5" 26/07/82Nabatîyé (LIB) Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (LIB) 6Ali MAHMOUD PG 182 6'0" 28/05/83Ottawa (CAN) Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (LIB) 7Rony FAHED PG 183 6'0" 06/11/81Zouk Mikael (LIB) Blue Stars (LIB) 8Omar EL TURK PG 184 6'0" 30/09/81Beirut (LIB) Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (LIB) 9Brian Anthony FEGHALI F 204 6'8" 30/12/77Dallas (USA) Champville (LIB) 10 Roy SAMAHA C 205 6'9" 12/09/84 Zahle (LIB) Blue Stars (LIB) 11 Joseph VOGEL C 212 6'11" 15/09/73 North Platte (USA) Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (LIB) 12 Ali FAKHREDDINE F/C 202 6'8" 03/04/83 Beirut (LIB) Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (LIB) 13 Sabah KHOURY SG 196 6'5" 11/11/82 Koweit City (KUW) Champville (LIB) 14 Bassem BALAA F 198 6'6" 10/07/81 Beirut (LIB) Sagesse Beirut (LIB) 15 Fadi EL KHATIB G/F 198 6'6" 01/01/79 Chehim (LIB) Sagesse Beirut (LIB)
Average height: 196/6'5" Head coach: Paul COUGHTER
2006 LITHUANIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Tomas DELININKAITIS G/F 190 6'3" 11/06/82Klaipeda (LTU) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius, Lithuania-LKL (LTU) 5Mindaugas ZUKAUSKAS SF 201 6'7" 24/08/75Siauliai (LTU) Montepaschi Siena, Italy-Lega (ITA) 6Arvydas MACIJAUSKAS SG 192 6'4" 19/01/80Klaipeda (LTU) New Orleans Hornets, NBA (USA) 7Darjus LAVRINOVIC F/C 210 6'11" 01/11/79Vilnius (LTU) Zalgiris Kaunas, Lithuania-LKL (LTU) 8Giedrius GUSTAS PG 190 6'3" 04/03/80Kaunas (LTU) BK Barons/LU Riga, Latvia-LBL (LAT) 9Darius SONGAILA PF 204 6'8" 14/02/78Marijampole (LTU) Chicago Bulls, NBA (USA) 10 Mantas KALNIETIS - - - 06/09/86 - LTU BC ZALGIRIS KAUNAS (LTU) 11 Linas KLEIZA PF 203 6'8" 03/01/85 Kaunas (LTU) Denver Nuggets, NBA (USA) 12 Ksystof LAVRINOVIC F/C 210 6'11" 01/11/79 Vilnius (LTU) Unics Kazan, Russia-Superleague (RUS) 13 Simas JASAITIS G/F 200 6'7" 26/03/82 Vilnius (LTU) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius, Lithuania-LKL (LTU) 14 Paulius JANKUNAS PF 205 6'9" 29/04/84 Kaunas (LTU) Zalgiris Kaunas, Lithuania, LKL (LTU) 15 Robertas JAVTOKAS C 210 6'11" 20/03/80 Siauliai (LTU) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius, Lithuania-LKL (LTU)
Average height: 201/6'7" Head coach: Antanas SIREIKA 2006 NEW ZEALAND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Mark DICKEL PG 187 6'2" 21/12/76Dunedin (NZL) LOKOMOTIV ROSTOV, Russia-SuperLeague 5Aaron OLSON SG 195 6'5" 11/05/78Whitehorse(CAN) NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS, Australia- NBL 6Kirk PENNEY SG 196 6'5" 23/11/80Auckland (NZL) MACCABI TEL-AVIV, Israel-Premier League 7Paul HENARE PG 182 6'0" 04/03/79Napier (NZL) NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS, Australia-NBL 8Phillip JONES SG 197 6'6" 25/01/74Dunedin (NZL) VERTICAL VISION CANTU, Italy-Lega 9Paora WINITANA G/F 195 6'5" 06/12/76Hastings (NZL) HAWKES BAY HAWKS, New Zealand-NBL 10 Dillon BOUCHER SG 195 6'5" 27/12/75 New Plymouth (NZL) PERTH WILDCATS, Australia-NBL 11 Pero CAMERON PF 200 6'7" 05/06/74 Whangarie (NZL) BANVITSPOR, Turkey-TBL 12 Mika VUKONA PF 197 6'6" 13/05/82 Suva (FIJ) New Zealand Breakers, NBL (AUS) 13 Casey FRANK SF 205 6'9" 23/10/77 Port Jefferson (USA) NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS, Australia-NBL 14 Craig BRADSHAW PF 208 6'10" 28/07/83 Lower Hutt (NZL) Winthrop University, USA-NCAA 15 Tony RAMPTON C 213 7'0" 30/05/76 New Plymouth (NZL) WOLLONGONG HAWKS, Australia-NBL
Average height: 197/6'6" Head coach: Thomas Anthony "Tab" BALDWIN
2006 NIGERIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Josh AKOGNON SG 189 6'2" 10/02/86Petaluma (USA) Washington State, NCAA (USA) 5 Ekenechukwu Brian IBEKWE PF 206 6'9" 19/07/85 Los Angeles (USA) University Of Maryland, NCAA (USA) 6Chamberlain OGUCHI SG 196 6'5" 28/04/86Houston (USA) University Of Oregon, NCAA (USA) 7Ime UDOKA G/F 196 6'5" 09/08/77Portland (USA) New York Knicks, NBA (USA) 8Ebi ERE SG 196 6'5" 03/08/81Tulsa (USA) Liege Basket, BLB (BEL) 9Ngutor Jeff VAREM G/F 195 6'5" 16/07/83Gboko (NGR) Eb Pau-Orthez, Pro A (FRA) 10 Julius NWOSU C 208 6'10" 05/01/71 Owerri (NGR) Al Jalaa (SYR) 11 Derrick Osamuuyi OBASOHAN F 198 6'6" 18/04/81 Alief (USA) Belenenses (POR) 12 Tunji Femi AWOJOBI SF 198 6'6" 30/07/73 Lagos (NGR) Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan, 1st league (ISR) 13 Nnadubem Gabriel MUONEKE SF 200 6'7" 07/02/78 Ann Arbor (USA) Seoul Sk Knight (KOR) 14 Aloysius ANAGONYE PF 205 6'9" 10/02/81 Southfield (USA) DKV Joventut Badalona, ACB (ESP) 15 Ikenna NWANKWO C 209 6'10" 27/12/73 Lansing (USA) Ovarense (POR)
Average height: 200/6'7" Head coach: Sam VINCENT 2006 PANAMA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Ruben GARCES F/C 206 6'9" 17/10/73Colón (PAN) Pamesa Valencia, Spain-ACB (ESP) 5Jair PERALTA PG 179 5'10" 05/01/76Panama City (PAN) Panteras de Miranda, Venezuela-LPB 6Ruben DOUGLAS SG 193 6'4" 30/10/79Pasadena (USA) Dynamo Moscow, Russia-Superleague 7Maximiliano GOMEZ G/F 192 6'4" 18/12/75Panama City (PAN) Los Toros del Chorrillo, Panama-MetroBasket 8Kevin DALEY HEWITT C 205 6'9" 07/10/76- PAN - 9Jamaal LEVY F/C 206 6'9" 08/01/83Panama City (PAN) Atletico Bigua, Uruguay-LUB (URU) 10 Dionisio GOMEZ SF 203 6'8" 07/04/80 Panama City (PAN) Central Enterriano Gualeguaychu, ARG-Liga A 11 Michael HICKS SG 191 6'3" 04/08/76 Panama City (PAN) Imola, Italy-Lega due (ITA) 12 Eduardo COTA PG 187 6'2" 19/05/76 Los Angeles (USA) F.C. Barcelona, Spain-ACB (ESP) 13 Antonio GARCIA MURILLO F/C 203 6'8" 08/03/73Panama City (PAN) Estudiantes Olavarria, Argentina-Liga A 14 Jaime LLOREDA FERRON F/C 203 6'8" 10/11/80 Colón (PAN) Lokomotiv Rostov, Russia-Superleague 15 Eric CARDENAS C 206 6'9" 29/11/73 Panama City (PAN) Defensor Sporting Club, Uruguay-LUB
Average height: 198/6'6" Head coach: Guillermo VECCHIO
2006 PUERTO RICO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Peter John RAMOS C 222 7'3" 23/05/85Fajardo (PUR) Washington Wizards, NBA (USA) 5Angelo REYES F/C - - 18/09/81New York (USA) Titanes de Morovis, BSN (PUR) 6Roberto “B.J.” HATTON G 188 6'2" 11/10/76Ponce (PUR) Spartak St. Petersbourg, Super League (RUS) 7Carlos ARROYO PG 188 6'2" 30/07/79Fajardo (PUR) Orlando Magic, NBA (USA) 8Rick APODACA SG 195 6'5" 01/07/80North Bergen (USA) Polpak Swiecie, PLK (POL) 9Christian DALMAU G 192 6'4" 29/08/75Arecibo (PUR) Prokom Trefl Sopot, PLK (POL) 10 Elias AYUSO SG 192 6'4" 27/03/77 Bronx (USA) Zalgiris Kaunas, LKL (LTU) 11 Antonio LATIMER SF 200 6'7" 26/11/78 Rio Piedras (PUR) Maroatonistas de Coamo, BSN (PUR) 12 Filiberto RIVERA ISAAC PG 187 6'2" 28/09/82 Hato Rey (PUR) Artland Dragons, Bundesliga (GER) 13 Manuel NARVAEZ C 211 6'11" 18/12/81 Bayamón (PUR) Leones de Ponce, BSN (PUR) 14 Carmelo LEE SF 200 6'7" 07/06/77 Atlanta (USA) Conquistadores de Guaynabo, BSN (PUR) 15 Daniel SANTIAGO C 216 7'1" 24/06/76 Lubbock (USA) Unicaja Malaga, ACB (ESP)
Average height: 199/6'6" Head coach: Julio TORO 2006 QATAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Khalid Masoud AL NASR PG 1755'9" 10/09/80Doha (QAT) Al Arabi Sports Club (QAT) 5 Malek Saleem ABDULLAH ------6SaadvAbdulrahman ALI - - - 02/05/85- QAT - 7Daoud Mosa DAOUD G 1936'4" 02/02/82Doha (QAT) Qatar Sports Club (QAT) 8Suliman Abdi KHALID 1966'5" 07/02/87- QAT - 9Ali Turki ALI F 2006'7" 10/01/82Doha (QAT) Army team (QAT) 10 Baker Ahmad MOHAMMED SF 198 6'6" 11/08/86 Doha (QAT) Army team (QAT) 11 Ali Saeed ERFAN 198 6'6" 20/12/83 - QAT - 12 Mohammed Saleem ABDULLAH C2056'9" 17/07/82 Doha - QAT Al Rayyan Sports Club (QAT) 13 Omar Ismail HAMMAM 200 6'7" 15/09/83 - QAT - 14 Hashim ZAIDAN C 208 6'10" 13/08/80 Doha (QAT) Al Ahli Sports Club (QAT) 15 Omer Abdgader SALEM C 205 6'9" 01/10/83 Doha (QAT) Al Rayyan Sports Club (QAT)
Average height: 197/6'6" Head coach: Joseph Anthony STIEBING III
2006 SENEGAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Makhtar N'DIAYE C 208 6'10" 12/12/73Diourbel (SEN) Levallois Scb, Pro B (FRA) 5El Kabir PENE PG 190 6'3" 18/12/84Thiès (SEN) Ja Vichy Auvergne, Pro B (FRA) 6Cheick Ibrahim FAYE G 192 6'4" 19/05/87Pikine (SEN) Al Rayyan (QAT) 7Babacar CISSE PG 188 6'2" 02/12/75N’Doulo (SEN) Le Havre, Pro A (FRA) 8 Mouhamadou Moustapha NIANG F 206 6'9" 10/11/83 Rufisque (SEN) Roanne , Pro A (FRA) 9Maleye N'DOYE SF 203 6'8" 19/08/80Dakar (SEN) JDA Dijon, Pro A (FRA) 10 Mamadou DIOUF G/F 197 6'6" 12/06/76 Dakar (SEN) Sendai 89ers, JBL (JPN) 11 Jules Richard AW SF 201 6'7" 25/12/86 Ngoumsane (SEN) Al Arabi (QAT) 12 Sitapha Alfred SAVANE F 201 6'7" 20/08/78 Dakar (SEN) Gran Canaria, ACB (ESP) 13 Mamadou N'DIAYE C 213 7'0" 16/06/75 Dakar (SEN) Paok Thessaloniki, Esake (GRE) 14 Ndongo N'DIAYE C 214 7'0" 13/04/77 Dakar (SEN) Primero De Agosto (ANG) 15 Malick BADIANE PF 211 6'11" 01/01/84 Dakar (SEN) Frankfürt Skyliners, BBL (GER)
Average height: 202/6'8" Head coach: Tapha GAYE 2006 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Bojan POPOVIC PG 191 6'3" 13/02/83Belgrade (SCG) Dynamo Moscow, Superleague (RUS) 5Branko JOROVIC F/C 205 6'9" 27/11/81Cacak (SCG) FMP Zeleznik, YUBA (SCG) 6Vule AVDALOVIC PG 194 6'4" 24/11/81Gacko (BIH) Pamesa Valencia, ACB (ESP) 7Miroslav RAICEVIC PF 208 6'10" 13/07/81Vrbas (SCG) Red Star Belgrade, YUBA (SCG) 8 Igor RAKOCEVIC MAKRIS G 194 6'4" 29/03/78 Belgrade (SCG) REAL MADRID (ESP) 9Mile ILIC C 215 7'1" 02/06/84Tuzla (BIH) FMP Zeleznik, YUBA (SCG) 10 Uros TRIPKOVIC SG 195 6'5" 11/09/86 Cacak (SCG) Partizan Belgrade (SCG) 11 Darko MILICIC C 212 6'11" 20/06/85 Novi Sad (SCG) Orlando Magic, NBA (USA) 12 Goran NIKOLIC C 205 6'9" 01/07/76 Niksic (SCG) No team (UKR) 13 Marko MARINOVIC PG 183 6'0" 15/03/83 Cacak (SCG) FMP Zeleznik, YUBA (SCG) 14 Ognjen ASKRABIC F/C 207 6'9" 28/07/79 Sarajevo (BIH) Dynamo St Petersburg, SuperLeague (RUS) 15 Kosta PEROVIC C 217 7'1" 19/02/85 Osijek (CRO) Partizan Belgrade, YUBA (SCG)
Average height: 202/6'8" Head coach: Dragan SAKOTA 2006 SLOVENIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Goran JURAK PF 203 6'8" 03/04/77Celje (SLO) Vertical Vision Cantú, Lega (ITA) 5Jaka LAKOVIC PG 176 5'9" 09/07/78Ljubljana (SLO) Panathinaikos Athens, ESAKE (GRE) 6Saso OZBOLT G 189 6'2" 04/04/81Dubrovnik (CRO) Olimpija Ljubljana, 1A (SLO) 7Sani BECIROVIC G 195 6'5" 19/05/81Maribor (SLO) Climamio Bologna (ITA) 8 Radoslav NESTEROVIC MAKRIS C 214 7'0" 30/05/76 Ljubljana (SLO) San Antonio Spurs, NBA (USA) 9Beno UDRIH PG 195 6'5" 05/07/82Celje (SLO) San Antonio Spurs, NBA (USA) 10 Bostjan NACHBAR SF 207 6'9" 03/07/80 Slovenj Gradec (SLO) New Jersey Nets, NBA (USA) 11 Zelijko ZAGORAC F/C 204 6'8" 09/03/81 Gospic (CRO) Helios Domzale, 1A (SLO) 12 Marko MILIC SF 200 6'7" 07/05/77 Kranj (SLO) US Victoria Libertas Pesaro (ITA) 13 Goran DRAGIC PG 190 6'3" 06/05/86 Ljubljana (SLO) Slovan Ljubljana , 1A (SLO) 14 Uros SLOKAR C 209 6'10" 14/05/83 Ljubljana (SLO) Benetton Treviso, Lega (ITA) 15 Primoz BREZEC C 213 7'0" 02/10/79 Postojna (SLO) Charlotte Bobcats, NBA (USA)
Average height: 200/6'7" Head coach: Ales PIPAN 2006 SPAIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Pau GASOL F/C 215 7'1" 06/07/80Barcelona (ESP) Memphis Grizzlies, NBA (USA) 5Rudy FERNANDEZ SG 196 6'5" 04/04/85Palma de Mallorca (ESP) DKV Joventut Badalona, ACB (ESP) 6Carlos CABEZAS PG 187 6'2" 14/11/80Marbella (ESP) Unicaja Malaga, ACB (ESP) 7Juan-Carlos NAVARRO SG 191 6'3" 13/06/80Sant Feliú de Llobregat (ESP) Winterthur Barcelona, ACB (ESP) 8José-Manuel CALDERON PG 190 6'3" 28/09/81Villanueva de la Serena (ESP) Toronto Raptors, NBA (USA) 9Felipe REYES F/C 206 6'9" 16/03/80Cordoba (ESP) Real Madrid, ACB (ESP) 10 Carlos JIMéNEZ SF 204 6'8" 10/02/76 Madrid (ESP) Adecco Estudiantes Mardid, ACB (ESP) 11 Sergio RODRIGUEZ GOMEZ PG 189 6'2" 12/06/86 Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ESP) Adecco Estudiantes Madrid, ACB (ESP) 12 Berni RODRíGUEZ F 197 6'6" 07/06/80 Malaga (ESP) UNICAJA MALAGA (ESP) 13 Marc GASOL C 210 6'11" 29/01/85 Barcelona (ESP) FC BARCELONA (ESP) 14 Alex MUMBRú G/F 202 6'8" 12/06/79 Barcelona (ESP) DKV Joventut Badalona, ACB (ESP) 15 Jorge GARBAJOSA SF 207 6'9" 19/12/77 Torrejon de Ardoz (ESP) Unicaja Malaga, ACB (ESP)
Average height: 199/6'6" Head coach: José Vicente HERNÁNDEZ
2006 TURKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Cenk AKYOL SG 195 6'5" 16/04/87- TUR Efes Pilsen (Div 1) (TUR) 5Ermal KURTOGLU C 206 6'9" 12/02/80- ALB Efes Pilsen, Div 1 (TUR) 6Engin ATSÜR G 194 6'4" 02/04/84- TUR - 7Ender ARSLAN PG 188 6'2" 13/01/83- TUR Efes Pilsen, Div 1 (TUR) 8Ersan ILYASOVA F 208 6'10" 15/05/87- TUR Milwaukee Bucks, NBA (USA) 9Serkan ERDOGAN SG 194 6'4" 30/08/78- TUR Tau Ceramica, ACB (ESP) 10 Ibrahim KUTLUAY SG 198 6'6" 07/01/74 - TUR Tau Ceramica, ACB (ESP) 11 Fatih SOLAK C 214 7'0" 25/07/80 - TUR Galatasaray, Div 1 (TUR) 12 Kerem GÖNLÜM F 207 6'9" 22/11/77 - TUR EFES PILSEN ISTANBUL (TUR) 13 Semih ERDEN F/C 211 6'11" 28/07/86 - TUR Fenerbahce, Div 1 (TUR) 14 Kaya PEKER F/C 207 6'9" 02/08/80 - TUR Efes Pilsen, Div 1 (TUR) 15 Hakan Ismail DEMIREL PG 190 6'3" 07/05/86 - TUR Fenerbahce, Div 1 (TUR)
Average height: 201/6'7" Head coach: Bogdan TANJEVIC 2006 USA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Joe JOHNSON G/F 200 6'7" 29/07/81Little Rock (USA) Atlanta Hawks, NBA (USA) 5Kirk HINRICH PG 190 6'3" 02/01/81Sioux City (USA) Chicago Bulls, NBA (USA) 6 LeBron JAMES SF 203 6'8" 30/12/84 Akron (USA) Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA (USA) 7Antawn JAMISON PF 206 6'9" 12/06/73Shreveport (USA) Washington Wizards, NBA (USA) 8Shane BATTIER G/F 203 6'8" 09/09/78Birmingham (USA) Memphis Grizzlies, NBA (USA) 9Dwyane WADE SG 193 6'4" 17/01/82Chicago (USA) Miami Heat, NBA (USA) 10 Chris PAUL PG 183 6'0" 06/05/85 Winston-Salem (USA) New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, NBA (USA) 11 Chris BOSH F/C 208 6'10" 02/03/84 Dallas (USA) Toronto Raptors, NBA (CAN) 12 Dwight HOWARD F/C 211 6'11" 08/12/85 Atlanta (USA) Orlando Magic, NBA (USA) 13 Brad MILLER C 211 6'11" 12/04/76 Fort Wayne (USA) Sacramento Kings, NBA (USA) 14 Elton BRAND PF 203 6'8" 11/03/79 Cortland (USA) Los Angeles Clippers, NBA (USA) 15 Carmelo ANTHONY SF 205 6'9" 29/05/84 New York (USA) Denver Nuggets, NBA (USA)
Average height: 201/6'7" Head coach: Mike KRZYZEWSKI
2006 VENEZUELA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
NO NAME POS CMS HGT DOB BIRTHPLACE CURRENT CLUB 4Victor David DIAZ F 198 6'6" 04/02/68Caracas, VEN Cocodrilos (VEN) 5Pablo MACHADO C 207 6'9" 25/04/77Caracas, VEN Guaros, LPB (VEN) 6Ernesto MIJARES G 190 6'3" 30/09/76Táchira, VEN Marinos de Oriente (VEN) 7Richard LUGO C 209 6'10" 07/05/73Apure, VEN Trotamundos, LPB (VEN) 8Tomás AGUILERA F 197 6'6" 25/09/77Anzoátegui, VEN Trotamundos, LPB (VEN) 9Oscar TORRES G 195 6'5" 18/12/76Caracas, VEN Marinos, LPB (VEN) 10 Carlos CEDENO - 194 6'4" 23/10/85 Bolivar, VEN Guaiqueries, LPB (VEN) 11 Miguel Angel MARRIAGA C 205 6'9" 06/06/84 Zulia, VEN Gaiteros, LPB (VEN) 12 Gregory VALLENILLA - 198 6'6" 08/09/79 Anzoátegui, VEN Guaiqueries, LPB (VEN) 13 Alejandro BARRIOS - 205 6'9" 24/04/79 Miranda, VEN Trotamundos, LPB (VEN) 14 Heberth Alberto BAYONA REYES C211 6'11" 26/04/78San Antonio, VEN Guaiqueries, LPB (VEN) 15 Carlos MORRIS F 194 6'4" 10/11/75 Caracas, VEN Gatos, LPB (VEN)
Average height: 200/6'7" Head coach: Nestor SALAZAR