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[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Head coach: Sergio Hernández

France[edit]

Head coach: Claude Bergeaud

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

Lebanon[edit]

Head coach: Paul Coughter

Nigeria[edit]

Head Coach: Sanni Ahmed

Serbia and Montenegro[edit]

Head Coach: Dragan Šakota

Venezuela[edit]

Head Coach: Néstor Salazar

Group B[edit]

Angola[edit]

Head coach: Alberto de Carvalho

Germany[edit]

Head coach: Dirk Bauermann

Japan[edit]

Head coach: Željko Pavličević

New Zealand[edit]

Head coach: Tab Baldwin

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[edit]

Head coach: Guillermo Vecchio

Spain[edit]

Head coach: Pepu Hernández

Group C[edit]

Australia[edit]

Head coach: Brian Goorjian

Brazil[edit]

Head coach: Lula Ferreira

Greece[edit]

Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis

Lithuania[edit]

Head coach: Antanas Sireika

Qatar[edit]

Head Coach: Joseph Stiebing

Turkey[edit]

Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević

Group D[edit]

China[edit]

Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas

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[edit]

Head coach: Carlo Recalcati

Puerto Rico[edit]

Head coach: Julio Toro

Senegal[edit]

Head coach: Moustapha Gaye

Slovenia[edit]

Head coach: Aleš Pipan

United States[edit]

Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski

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