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. Spain won the championship beating Greece.

Group A

Argentina

Head coach: Sergio Hernández #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 ForwardWálter Herrmann1979 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 #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Fahed1981 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Ploieşti 11 Forward Derrick Obasohan 1981 Hyères-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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Guaiqueríes de Margarita 13 Forward Alejandro Barrios 1979 Trotamundos de Carabobo 14 Center Heberth Bayona 1978 Guaiqueríes de Margarita 15 Forward Carlos Morris 1975 Gatos de Monagas

Group B

Angola

Head coach: Alberto de Carvalho

#PosNameYear bornTeam 4 Guard Olímpio 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Hawke's Bay 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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 #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Akasvayu Girona 14 Forward Álex Mumbrú 1979 DKV Joventut 15 Forward Jorge Garbajosa 1977 Unicaja

Group C

Australia

Head coach: Brian Goorjian

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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 André Bambu 1979 Joinville 15 Center Tiago Splitter 1985 TAU Cerámica

Greece

Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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 #PosNameYear bornTeam 4 Guard Khalid Masoud Al Nasr 1980 Al-Arabi 5 Guard Malek Saleem 1985 Al-Rayyan 6 Guard Saad Abdulrahman 1985 Al-Sadd 7 Guard Daoud Musa 1982 Qatar Club 8 Forward Khalid Suliman 1987 Al-Sadd 9 Forward Ali Turki 1982 Al Jaysh 10 Forward Baker Ahmad 1986 Al-Rayyan 11 Forward Erfan Ali Saeed 1983 Al-Rayyan 12 Center Mohammed Saleem 1982 Al-Rayyan 13 Forward Hammam Omer 1983 Al-Wakrah 14 Center Hashim Zaidan 1980 Al-Ahli 15 Center Omer Abdelqader 1983 Al-Rayyan

Turkey

Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević

#PosNameYear bornTeam 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

#PosNameYear bornTeam4 Guard Chen Jianghua 1989 Guangdong Southern Tigers5 Guard Liu Wei 1980 Shanghai Sharks6 Guard Zhang Qingpeng 1985 Liaoning Hunters7 Forward Wang Shipeng 1983 Guangdong Southern Tigers8 Forward Zhu Fangyu 1983 Guangdong Southern Tigers9 Guard Sun Yue 1985 Beijing Aoshen Olympian10 Center Zhang Songtao 1985 Beijing Aoshen Olympian11 Center Yi Jianlian 1987 Guangdong Southern Tigers12 Center Mo Ke 1982 Bayi Rockets13 Center Yao Ming 1980 Houston Rockets14 Center Wang Zhizhi 1979 Bayi Rockets15 Forward Du Feng 1981 Guangdong Southern Tigers