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.

Argentina
Head coach: Sergio Hernández

France
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
Head coach: Paul Coughter

Nigeria
Head Coach: Sanni Ahmed

Serbia and Montenegro
Head Coach: Dragan Šakota

Venezuela
Head Coach: Néstor Salazar

Angola
Head coach: Alberto de Carvalho

Germany
Head coach: Dirk Bauermann

Japan
Head coach: Željko Pavličević

New Zealand
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
Head coach: Guillermo Vecchio

Spain
Head coach: Pepu Hernández

Australia
Head coach: Brian Goorjian

Brazil
Head coach: Lula Ferreira

Greece
Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis

Lithuania
Head coach: Antanas Sireika

Qatar
Head Coach: Joseph Stiebing

Turkey
Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević

China
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
Head coach: Carlo Recalcati

Puerto Rico
Head coach: Julio Toro

Senegal
Head coach: Moustapha Gaye

Slovenia
Head coach: Aleš Pipan

United States
Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski