Basketball World Cup 2010 / squad

This is an overview of the team roster at the 2010 World Basketball Championship . Each squad consists of twelve players. The deadline for specifying the club membership is August 28, 2010, the start of the tournament.

Before the tournament, many NBA players canceled, citing the high level of physical strain during the season, including the full 2008 Olympic team in the United States with players like Dwyane Wade , Kobe Bryant , LeBron James and Dwight Howard . Also the MVPs of the two previous world championships, the Spaniard Pau Gasol and the German Dirk Nowitzki , as well as the NBA all-stars Tony Parker (France), Manu Ginóbili (Argentina), Andrei Kirilenko (Russia) and Chris Kaman(Germany) did not take part in the World Cup. In addition, there were the cancellations of important players in European club basketball, such as Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Ramūnas Šiškauskas (both Lithuania) and Theodoros Papaloukas (Greece), and the injury-related absence of u. a. Yao Ming (China), Mehmet Okur (Turkey), Andrew Bogut (Australia), José Calderón (Spain), Nenê (Brazil) and Andrés Nocioni (Argentina).

Group A

Angola

Head coach: Luís Magalhães

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Olímpio Cipriano	1982	Recreativo Libolo
5	Guard	Roberto Fortes	1984	Petróleos Luanda
6th	Forward	Carlos Morais	1985	Primeiro de Agosto
7th	Guard	Domingos Bonifácio	1984	Recreativo Libolo
8th	Forward	Leonel Paulo	1986	Recreativo Libolo
9	Guard	Vladimir Jerónimo	1977	Primeiro de Agosto
10	center	Joaquim Gomes	1980	Primeiro de Agosto
11	center	Divaldo Mbunga	1985	Petróleos Luanda
12	Forward	Felizardo Ambrósio	1987	Primeiro de Agosto
13	Forward	Carlos Almeida	1976	Primeiro de Agosto
14th	Guard	Miguel Lutonda	1971	Primeiro de Agosto
15th	center	Eduardo Mingas	1979	Primeiro de Agosto

Argentina

Head coach: Sergio Hernández

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Forward	Luis Scola	1980	Houston Rockets
5	Guard	Pablo Prigioni	1977	real Madrid
6th	center	Roman González	1978	Asociación Atlética Quimsa
7th	center	Fabricio Oberto	1975	Washington Wizards
8th	center	Juan Pedro Gutiérrez	1983	Obras Sanitarias
9	Guard	Luis Cequeira	1985	Obras Sanitarias
10	Guard	Carlos Delfino	1982	Milwaukee Bucks
11	Guard	Paolo Quinteros	1979	CAI Zaragoza
12	Forward	Leonardo Gutiérrez	1978	Peñarol Mar del Plata
13	Forward	Marcos Mata	1986	Peñarol Mar del Plata
14th	Guard	Hernán Jasen	1978	Asefa Estudiantes
15th	Forward	Federico Kammerichs	1980	Regatas

Australia

Head Coach: Brett Brown

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Damian Martin	1984	Perth Wildcats
5	Guard	Patty Mills	1988	Portland Trail Blazers
6th	Guard	Adam Gibson	1986	Gold Coast Blaze
7th	Forward	Joe Ingles	1987	CB Granada
8th	Guard	Brad Newley	1985	BC Lietuvos Rytas
9	Guard	Steven Marković	1985	KK Red Star Belgrade
10	Forward	David Barlow	1983	CAI Zaragoza
11	Forward	Mark Worthington	1983	Brose Baskets
12	center	Aron Baynes	1986	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
13	Forward	David Andersen	1980	Toronto Raptors
14th	Forward	Matt Nielsen	1978	Olympiacos Piraeus
15th	center	Aleks Marić	1984	Panathinaikos Athens

Germany

Head coach: Dirk Bauermann

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Lucca Staiger	1988	ALBA Berlin
5	Guard	Heiko Schaffartzik	1984	Türk Telekomspor
6th	Guard	Per Günther	1988	Ratiopharm Ulm
7th	center	Tibor Pleiß	1989	Brose Baskets
8th	center	Christopher McNaughton	1982	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
9	Guard	Steffen Hamann	1981	FC Bayern Munich
10	Guard	Demond Greene	1979	FC Bayern Munich
11	center	Tim Ohlbrecht	1988	Telekom Baskets Bonn
12	Forward	Elias Harris	1989	Gonzaga University
13	Forward	Philipp Schwethelm	1989	Polar bears Bremerhaven
14th	Forward	Robin Benzing	1989	Ratiopharm Ulm
15th	Forward	Jan-Hendrik Jagla	1981	Asseco Prokom Gdynia

Jordan

Head coach: Mário Palma

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Fadel Al-Najjar	1985	Zain Club
5	Guard	Rasheim Wright	1981	Say Beirut
6th	Guard	Zaid Abbas	1983	ASU Sports Club
7th	Guard	Mousa Al-Awadi	1985	Zain Club
8th	Forward	Mohammad Hamdan	1984	ASU Sports Club
9	Forward	Enver Soobzokov	1978	Zain Club
10	Guard	Sam Daghlas	1979	Zain Club
11	Guard	Wesam Al-Sous	1983	ASU Sports Club
12	Forward	Ali Jamal Zaghab	1988	Ryadi
13	center	Zaid Al-Khas	1976	Zain Club
14th	center	Mohammad Shaker Hussein	1990	Zain Club
15th	center	Ayman Idais	1978	Orthodox

Serbia

Head coach: Dušan Ivković

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Miloš Teodosić	1987	Olympiacos Piraeus
5	Guard	Milenko Tepic	1987	Panathinaikos Athens
6th	Guard	Aleksandar Rašić	1984	KK Partizan Belgrade
7th	Guard	Ivan Paunić	1987	Aris Saloniki
8th	Forward	Nemanja Bjelica	1988	Caja Laboral
9	Guard	Stefan Marković	1988	Benetton Treviso
10	Forward	Duško Savanović	1983	Power Electronics Valencia
11	Forward	Marko Kešelj	1988	Olympiacos Piraeus
12	center	Nenad Krstić	1983	Oklahoma City Thunder
13	center	Kosta Perović	1985	FC Barcelona
14th	Forward	Novica Veličković	1986	real Madrid
15th	Forward	Milan Macvan	1989	KK Hemofarm

Group B

Brazil

Head coach: Rubén Magnano

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Forward	Marcelo Machado	1975	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
5	Guard	Nezinho dos Santos	1985	Universo de Brasília
6th	center	Murilo Becker	1984	São José
7th	Guard	Raul Togni Neto	1992	Minas
8th	Forward	Alex Garcia	1980	Universo de Brasília
9	Guard	Marcelo Huertas	1983	Caja Laboral
10	Guard	Leandro Barbosa	1982	Toronto Raptors
11	Forward	Anderson Varejão	1982	Cleveland Cavaliers
12	Forward	Guilherme Giovannoni	1980	Universo de Brasília
13	center	João Paulo Batista	1981	Le Mans
14th	Forward	Marcus Vinicius	1984	EC Pinheiros
15th	center	Tiago splinters	1985	San Antonio Spurs

Iran

Head coach: Veselin Matic

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	center	Mousa Nabipour	1983	Azad University Tehran
5	Guard	Aren Davoudi	1986	Zob Ahan Isfahan
6th	Guard	Javad Davari	1983	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
7th	Guard	Mehdi Kamrani	1982	Mahram Tehran
8th	Guard	Saman Veisi	1982	Shahrdari Gorgan
9	Guard	Iman Zandi	1981	Louleh as Bond Shiraz
10	Forward	Mohammad Hassanzadeh	1990	Saba More Qazvin
11	Forward	Oshin Sahakian	1986	Zob Ahan Isfahan
12	Forward	Arsalan Kazemi	1990	Rice University
13	center	Asghar Kardoust	1986	Azad University Tehran
14th	Guard	Saeid Davarpanah	1987	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
15th	center	Hamed Haddadi	1985	Memphis grizzlies

Croatia

Head coach: Josip Vranković

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Rococo Leni Ukić	1984	Fenerbahçe Ülker
5	Guard	Before that Kus	1978	Benetton Treviso
6th	Guard	Marko Popović	1982	UNICS Kazan
7th	Forward	Bojan Bogdanović	1989	KK Cibona
8th	Guard	Rok Stipčević	1986	KK Zadar
9	Forward	Marko Tomas	1985	Fenerbahçe Ülker
10	Guard	Zoran Planinić	1982	CSKA Moscow
11	center	Ante Tomić	1987	real Madrid
12	center	Krešimir Lončar	1983	UNICS Kazan
13	Forward	Marko Banić	1984	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
14th	center	Luka Žorić	1984	KK Zagreb
15th	Forward	Lukša Andrić	1985	Galatasaray Cafe Crown

Slovenia

Head coach: Memi Bečirovič

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Forward	Uroš Slokar	1983	Montepaschi Siena
5	Guard	Jaka Lakovič	1978	FC Barcelona
6th	Forward	Hasan Rizvić	1984	Union Olimpija
7th	Guard	Sani Bečirovič	1981	Armani Jeans Milano
8th	Guard	Jaka Klobučar	1987	KK Partizan Belgrade
9	Guard	Samo Udrih	1979	KK Cibona
10	Forward	Boštjan neighbor	1980	Efes Pilsen Istanbul
11	Guard	Goran Dragic	1986	Phoenix Suns
12	Forward	Goran Jagodnik	1974	Union Olimpija
13	center	Miha Zupan	1982	AS Trikala 2000
14th	center	Gašper Vidmar	1987	Fenerbahçe Ülker
15th	center	Primož Brezec	1979	Milwaukee Bucks

Tunisia

Head coach: Adel Tlatli

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Forward	Radhouane Slimane	1980	To Nasr
5	Guard	Marouan Laghnej	1986	JS Kairouanaise
6th	Guard	Nizar Knioua	1983	Stade Nabeulia
7th	Forward	Naim Dhifallah	1982	Egypt Assurance
8th	Guard	Marouan Kechrid	1981	IR Tangier
9	Forward	Mohamed Hdidane	1986	Stade Nabeulia
10	Forward	Atef Maoua	1981	JS Kairouanaise
11	center	Mokhtar Ghyaza	1986	ÉS Rades
12	Forward	Makrem Ben Romdhane	1989	ÉS Sahel
13	Guard	Amine Rzig	1980	El Geish
14th	center	Hamdi Braa	1986	ÉS Sahel
15th	center	Salah Mejri	1986	ÉS Sahel

United States

Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Chauncey Billups	1976	Denver nuggets
5	Forward	Kevin Durant	1988	Oklahoma City Thunder
6th	Guard	Derrick Rose	1988	Chicago Bulls
7th	Guard	Russell Westbrook	1988	Oklahoma City Thunder
8th	Forward	Rudy Gay	1986	Memphis grizzlies
9	Guard	Andre Iguodala	1984	Philadelphia 76ers
10	Forward	Danny Granger	1983	Indiana Pacers
11	Guard	Stephen Curry	1988	Golden State Warriors
12	Guard	Eric Gordon	1988	Los Angeles Clippers
13	Forward	Kevin Love	1988	Minnesota Timberwolves
14th	Forward	Lamar Odom	1979	Los Angeles Lakers
15th	center	Tyson Chandler	1982	Dallas Mavericks

Group C

People's Republic of China

Head coach: Bob Donewald

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	center	Ding Jinhui	1989	Wanma Cyclones
5	Guard	Liu Wei	1980	Shanghai Sharks
6th	Guard	Yu Shulong	1990	Northeast Tigers
7th	Guard	Wang Shipeng	1983	Guangdong Southern Tigers
8th	Guard	Jin Lipeng	1978	Guangsha Lions
9	Guard	Sun Yue	1985	Beijing Olympians
10	center	Zhang Zhaoxu	1987	University of California, Berkeley
11	Forward	Yi Jianlian	1987	Washington Wizards
12	Guard	Guo Ailun	1993	Panpan Hunters
13	center	Su Wei	1989	Guangdong Southern Tigers
14th	center	Wang Zhizhi	1977	Bayi Rockets
15th	Forward	Zhou Peng	1989	Guangdong Southern Tigers

Ivory Coast

Head coach: Randoald Dessarzin

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Pape-Philippe Amagou	1985	EK Kavalas
5	Guard	Errick Craven	1983	Stade Clermontois BA
6th	Forward	Charles Abouo	1989	Brigham Young University
7th	Guard	Issife Soumahoro	1988	Strasbourg IG
8th	Guard	Kinidinnin Konate	1980	Abidjan
9	Guard	Mouloukou Diabate	1987	JDA Dijon
10	Forward	Ismaël N'Diaye	1982	Lausanne MB
11	Forward	Wilfrid Aka	1979	Paris-Levallois Basket
12	Forward	Jonathan Kale	1985	Phoenix Hagen
13	Forward	Didier tape	1981	Stade Rodez Aveyron
14th	center	Namori Meite	1988	ALM Evreux Basket
15th	center	Mohamed Kone	1981	Lagun Aro GBC

Greece

Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	center	Ian Vougioukas	1985	Panathinaikos Athens
5	center	Ioannis Bourousis	1983	Olympiacos Piraeus
6th	Guard	Nikolaos Zisis	1983	Montepaschi Siena
7th	Guard	Vasilios Spanoulis	1982	Olympiacos Piraeus
8th	Guard	Nick Calathes	1989	Panathinaikos Athens
9	Forward	Antonios Fotsis	1981	Panathinaikos Athens
10	Forward	Georgios Printezis	1985	Unicaja Málaga
11	Forward	Efstratios Perperoglou	1984	Panathinaikos Athens
12	Forward	Konstantinos Tsartsaris	1979	Panathinaikos Athens
13	Guard	Dimitrios Diamantidis	1980	Panathinaikos Athens
14th	Forward	Konstantinos Kaimakoglou	1983	Panathinaikos Athens
15th	center	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	1985	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Puerto Rico

Head coach: Manolo Cintrón

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	center	Peter John Ramos	1985	Fujian SBS Xunxing
5	Guard	JJ Barea	1984	Dallas Mavericks
6th	Guard	Filiberto Rivera	1982	Gallitos de Isabela
7th	Guard	Carlos Arroyo	1979	Miami Heat
8th	Forward	Carmelo Lee	1977	Vaqueros de Bayamón
9	Guard	David Huertas	1987	Piratas de Quebradillas
10	Guard	Guillermo Díaz	1985	Pepsi Caserta
11	Forward	Nathan Peavy	1985	Artland Dragons
12	Forward	Ángel Daniel Vassallo	1986	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
13	Forward	Renaldo Balkman	1984	Denver nuggets
14th	Forward	Ricky Sánchez	1987	Cangrejeros de Santurce
15th	center	Daniel Santiago	1976	Efes Pilsen Istanbul

Russia

Head coach: / David Blatt

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Forward	Andrei Vorontsevich	1987	CSKA Moscow
5	Guard	Yevgeny Kolesnikov	1985	BK Spartak Saint Petersburg
6th	Guard	Sergei Bykov	1983	CSKA Moscow
7th	Guard	Vitali Fridson	1985	BK Khimki
8th	center	Alexander Kaun	1985	CSKA Moscow
9	Forward	Alexei Schukanenko	1986	Dynamo Moscow
10	Forward	Viktor Kryapa	1982	CSKA Moscow
11	Guard	Anton Ponkraschow	1986	BK Spartak Saint Petersburg
12	Forward	Sergei Monja	1983	Dynamo Moscow
13	Guard	Dmitri Chvostov	1989	Dynamo Moscow
14th	Guard	Yevgeny Voronov	1986	Krasnye Krylja Samara
15th	center	Timofei Mosgow	1986	New York Knicks

Turkey

Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Forward	Cenk Akyol	1987	Air Avellino
5	Guard	Sinan Guler	1983	Efes Pilsen Istanbul
6th	Guard	Barış Ermiş	1985	Banvit BK
7th	Guard	Ömer Onan	1978	Fenerbahçe Ülker
8th	Forward	Ersan İlyasova	1987	Milwaukee Bucks
9	center	Semih earth	1986	Boston Celtics
10	Guard	Kerem Tunçeri	1979	Efes Pilsen Istanbul
11	center	Oğuz Savaş	1987	Fenerbahçe Ülker
12	Forward	Kerem Gönlüm	1977	Efes Pilsen Istanbul
13	Guard	Ender Arslan	1983	Efes Pilsen Istanbul
14th	center	Ömer Aşık	1986	Chicago Bulls
15th	Forward	Hedo Türkoğlu	1979	Phoenix Suns

Group D

France

Head Coach: Vincent Collet

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Andrew Albicy	1990	Paris-Levallois Basket
5	Forward	Nicolas Batum	1988	Portland Trail Blazers
6th	Guard	Fabien Causeur	1987	Cholet Basket
7th	Forward	Alain Koffi	1983	Le Mans Sarthe Basket
8th	center	Ian Mahinmi	1986	Dallas Mavericks
9	Guard	Edwin Jackson	1989	SPO Rouen Basket
10	Guard	Yannick Bokolo	1985	BCM Gravelines
11	Forward	Florent Pietrus	1981	Power Electronics Valencia
12	Guard	Nando de Colo	1987	Power Electronics Valencia
13	Forward	Boris Diaw	1982	Charlotte Bobcats
14th	Forward	Mickaël Gelabale	1983	Cholet Basket
15th	Forward	Ali Traore	1985	Lottomatica Roma

Canada

Head coach: Leo Rautins

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Jermaine Anderson	1983	Triumph Lyubertsy
5	Forward	Kelly Olynyk	1991	Gonzaga University
6th	Guard	Ryan Bell	1984	Espoon Honka
7th	Forward	Jermaine Bucknor	1983	Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket
8th	Guard	Denham Brown	1983	Barangay Ginebra Kings
9	Forward	Olu Famutimi	1984	Oyak Renault
10	Guard	Andy Rautins	1986	New York Knicks
11	Forward	Aaron Doornekamp	1985	Pepsi Caserta
12	center	Robert Sacre	1989	Gonzaga University
13	Forward	Jevohn Shepherd	1986	GiroLive-Ballers Osnabrück
14th	Forward	Levon Kendall	1984	Obradoiro CAB
15th	center	Joel Anthony	1982	Miami Heat

Lebanon

Head Coach: / Tab Baldwin

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Jean Abdelnour	1983	Al-Riyadi
5	center	Jackson Vroman	1981	Mahram Tehran
6th	Guard	Ali Mahmoud	1983	Al-Riyadi
7th	Guard	Rony Fahed	1981	Tianjin Ronggang
8th	Forward	Elie Rustom	1987	Al-Mouttahed
9	Guard	Elie Estephane	1986	Champville
10	center	Ali Kanaan	1985	University of Massachusetts-Lowell
11	Guard	Rodrigue Akl	1985	Al-Riyadi
12	Forward	Ali Fakhredine	1983	Al-Riyadi
13	Forward	Matt Freije	1981	Mets de Guaynabo
14th	Guard	Ghaleb Rida	1981	Champville
15th	Forward	Fadi El Khatib	1979	Champville

Lithuania

Head coach: Kęstutis Kemzūra

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Renaldas Seibutis	1985	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
5	Guard	Mantas Kalnietis	1986	Žalgiris Kaunas
6th	Forward	Jonas Mačiulis	1985	Armani Jeans Milano
7th	Guard	Martynas Pocius	1986	Žalgiris Kaunas
8th	Guard	Martynas Gecevičius	1988	BC Lietuvos Rytas
9	Guard	Tomas Delininkaitis	1982	PAOK Thessaloniki
10	Forward	Simas Jasaitis	1982	Galatasaray Cafe Crown
11	Forward	Linas Kleiza	1985	Toronto Raptors
12	Forward	Tadas Klimavičius	1982	Žalgiris Kaunas
13	Forward	Paulius Jankūnas	1984	Žalgiris Kaunas
14th	center	Martynas Andriuškevičius	1986	Meridiano Alicante
15th	center	Robertas Javtokas	1980	Power Electronics Valencia

New Zealand

Head coach: / Nenad Vučinić

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Guard	Lindsay Tait	1982	Wellington Saints
5	Guard	Michael Fitchett	1982	Nelson Giants
6th	Guard	Kirk Penney	1980	New Zealand Breakers
7th	Forward	Mika Vukona	1982	New Zealand Breakers
8th	Forward	Phillip Jones	1974	Cairns Taipans
9	Guard	Jeremy Kench	1984	Christchurch Cougars
10	Forward	Benny Anthony	1988	New Zealand Breakers
11	Forward	Pero Cameron	1974	Gold Coast Blaze
12	Forward	Thomas Abercrombie	1987	New Zealand Breakers
13	Forward	Casey Frank	1977	Wellington Saints
14th	Forward	Craig Bradshaw	1983	Gold Coast Blaze
15th	center	Alex Pledger	1987	New Zealand Breakers

Spain

Head coach: Sergio Scariolo

#	Item	Surname	Year of birth	society
4th	Forward	Fernando San Emeterio	1984	Caja Laboral
5	Guard	Rudy Fernández	1985	Portland Trail Blazers
6th	Guard	Ricky Rubio	1990	FC Barcelona
7th	Guard	Juan Carlos Navarro	1980	FC Barcelona
8th	Guard	Raúl López	1980	BK Khimki
9	Forward	Felipe Reyes	1980	real Madrid
10	Forward	Víctor Claver	1988	Power Electronics Valencia
11	center	Fran Vázquez	1983	FC Barcelona
12	Guard	Sergio Llull	1987	real Madrid
13	center	Marc Gasol	1985	Memphis grizzlies
14th	Forward	Álex Mumbrú	1979	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
15th	Forward	Jorge Garbajosa	1977	real Madrid

Web links

• List of players on the official website of the World Cup