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1998 FIBA World Championship squads

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The 1998 FIBA World Championship squads were the squads of the 1998 FIBA World Championship. The list includes the 12-men rosters of the 16 participating countries, totaling 192 players.

Group A

Canada

Main article: Canada men's national basketball team

Head coach: Steve Konchalski

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Joey Vickery	1967	FRA Poissy-Chatou Basket
5	Guard	Sherman Hamilton	1972	Finland Espoon Honka
6	Guard	David Daniels	1971
7	Guard	Greg Francis	1974	UK Worthing Bears
8	Forward	William Njoku	1972	POR Illianbum Taka
9	Guard	Rowan Barrett	1972	ESP Lucentum Alicante
10	Forward	Kory Hallas	1969	FRA Poissy-Chatou Basket
11	Center	Todd MacCulloch	1976	USA Washington Huskies
12	Center	Martin Keane	1969	ESP Melilla Baloncesto
13	Forward	Peter Guarasci	1974	ITA Scavolini Pesaro
14	Forward	Michael Meeks	1972	GER Brandt Hagen
15	Center	Greg Newton	1974	BEL Siemens Gent

Greece

Main article: Greece men's national basketball team

Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Giorgos Kalaitzis	1976	GRE Panathinaikos
5	Forward	Giorgos Balogiannis	1971	GRE PAOK
6	Guard	Nikos Boudouris	1971	GRE PAOK
7	Forward	Dimitrios Papanikolaou	1977	GRE Olympiacos
8	Guard	Giorgos Sigalas	1971	ITA Stefanel Milano
9	Guard	Angelos Koronios	1969	GRE Peristeri
10	Forward	Fragiskos Alvertis	1974	GRE Panathinaikos
11	Forward	Nikos Oikonomou	1973	GRE Panathinaikos
12	Center	Iakovos Tsakalidis	1979	GRE AEK Athens
13	Center	Panagiotis Fasoulas	1963	GRE Olympiacos
14	Center	Efthimios Rentzias	1976	ESP FC Barcelona
15	Forward	Giorgos Karagkoutis	1976	GRE Panionios

Italy

Main article: Italy men's national basketball team

Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Davide Bonora	1973	ITA Benetton Treviso
5	Guard	Gianluca Basile	1975	ITA CFM Reggio Emilia
6	Forward	Alessandro De Pol	1972	ITA Pallacanestro Varese
7	Forward	Gregor Fučka	1971	ITA Teamsystem Bologna
8	Guard	Gianmarco Pozzecco	1972	ITA Pallacanestro Varese
9	Forward	Giacomo Galanda	1975	ITA Teamsystem Bologna
10	Guard	Carlton Myers	1971	ITA Teamsystem Bologna
11	Guard	Andrea Meneghin	1974	ITA Pallacanestro Varese
12	Guard	Alessandro Abbio	1971	ITA Kinder Bologna
13	Center	Alessandro Frosini	1972	ITA Kinder Bologna
14	Center	Roberto Chiacig	1974	ITA Teamsystem Bologna
15	Center	Marcelo Damiao	1975	ITA CFM Reggio Emilia

Senegal

Main article: Senegal men's national basketball team

Head coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Samba Aly Ngoné Niang	1973	SEN ASFO Dakar
5	Center	Omar Ba	1972	FRA Brêmes
6	Forward	Boubacar Aw	1975	USA Georgetown Hoyas
7	Center	Makhtar N'Diaye	1973	USA North Carolina Tar Heels
8	Guard	Kader Fall	1975	SAU KSA
9	Guard	Vincent Da Sylva	1973	LIB Wardie Rosaire Mansourieh
10	Guard/Forward	Mamadou Diouf	1977	USA University of Delaware
11	Guard	Raymond Carvalho	1969	SEN JA Dakar
12	Guard	Mouhamadou Sow	1968	SEN Asdouane Dakar
13	Center	Mamadou N'diaye	1975	USA Auburn Tigers
14	Forward	Cheikh Yaya Dia	1974	ARG Regatas San Nicolás
15	Center	Assane Ndiaye	1975	LIB Club Sagesse

Group B

Japan

Main article: Japan men's national basketball team

Head coach: Mototaka Kohama

	#		Pos
4	Center	Akifumi Yamasaki	1968	Japan Matsushita Electric
5	Forward	Takeshi Yuki	1968	Japan Aisin Seahorses
6	Forward	Hiroshi Nagano	1967	Japan Isuzu Motor
7	Guard	Kenichi Sako	1970	Japan Isuzu Motor
8	Guard	Makoto Hasegawa	1971	Japan Zexel
9	Guard	Takehiko Orimo	1970	Japan Toyota Alvark
10	Guard	Takahiro Setsumasa	1972	Japan Toshiba Brave Thunders
11	Guard	Makoto Minamiyama	1973	Japan Isuzu Motor
12	Forward	Michael Takahashi	1974	Japan Isuzu Motor
13	Forward	Satoru Furuta	1971	Japan Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins
14	Guard	Satoshi Sakumoto	1972	Japan Isuzu Motor
15	Center	Hiroyuki Tominaga	1973	Japan Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins

Puerto Rico

Main article: Puerto Rico men's national basketball team

Head coach: Carlos Morales

	#		Pos
4	Center	José Ortiz	1963	GRE Aris
5	Guard	Eddie Casiano	1972	Puerto Rico Atléticos de San Germán
6	Guard	Carmelo Travieso	1975	Puerto Rico Titanes de Morovis
7	Guard	Eddin "Guayacán" Santiago	1975	Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce
8	Forward	Jerome Mincy	1964	Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón
9	Guard	James Carter	1964	Puerto Rico Brujos de Guayama
10	Guard	Javier Antonio Colón	1969	Puerto Rico Leones de Ponce
11	Forward	Orlando Vega	1968	Puerto Rico Piratas de Quebradillas
12	Forward	Rolando Hourruitiner	1975	Puerto Rico Gallitos de Isabela
13	Forward	Edgar de León	1971	Puerto Rico Leones de Ponce
14	Center	Daniel Santiago	1976	Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón
15	Forward	Eugenio Soto	1973	Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón

Russia

Main article: Russia men's national basketball team

Head coach: Sergei Belov

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Vasily Karasev	1971	GER ALBA Berlin
5	Guard	Igor Kudelin	1972	RUS CSKA Moscow
6	Forward	Zakhar Pashutin	1974	RUS Avtodor Saratov
7	Forward	Evgeni Kisurin	1969	CRO Cibona
8	Guard	Dmitri Domani	1974	RUS CSKA Moscow
9	Forward	Valeri Tikhonenko	1964	RUS CSKA Moscow
10	Guard	Sergei Babkov	1967	ESP Unicaja Málaga
11	Center	Mikhail Mikhailov	1971	ESP Real Madrid
12	Forward	Nikita Morgunov	1975	LIT Atletas Kaunas
13	Center	Igor Kurashov	1972	RUS CSKA Moscow
14	Forward	Sergei Panov	1970	RUS CSKA Moscow
15	Center	Vitaly Nosov	1968	SLO Union Olimpija

FR Yugoslavia

Main article: FR Yugoslavia men's national basketball team

Head coach: Željko Obradović

	#		Pos
4	Forward	Dejan Bodiroga	1973	ESP Real Madrid
5	Guard	Vlado Šćepanović	1975	FR Yugoslavia Budućnost Podgorica
6	Guard	Saša Obradović	1969	ITA Calze Pompea Roma
7	Forward	Nikola Lončar	1972	FRA PSG Racing
8	Guard	Dragan Lukovski	1975	FR Yugoslavia Partizan
9	Guard	Miroslav Berić	1973	ESP TAU Cerámica
10	Guard	Aleksandar Đorđević	1967	ESP FC Barcelona
11	Center	Željko Rebrača	1972	ITA Benetton Treviso
12	Center	Predrag Drobnjak	1975	FR Yugoslavia Partizan
13	Center	Nikola Bulatović	1971	FR Yugoslavia FMP Železnik
14	Forward	Dejan Tomašević	1973	FR Yugoslavia Partizan
15	Forward	Milenko Topić	1969	FR Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda

Group C

Brazil

Main article: Brazil men's national basketball team

Head coach: Hélio Rubens Garcia

	#		Pos
4	Forward	Marcelo Machado	1975	BRA Corinthians
5	Guard	André Fonseca	1969	BRA Flamengo
6	Guard	Caio Cazziolato	1974	BRA Flamengo
7	Forward	João Vianna	1964	BRA Flamengo
8	Center	Sandro Varejão	1972	USA West Virginia Mountaineers
9	Guard	Demetrius Ferraciu	1970	BRA Franca
10	Guard	Hélio Filho	1975	BRA Franca
11	Guard	Marco dos Santos	1963	BRA Franca
12	Center	Aristides dos Santos	1970	BRA COC-Ribeirão Preto
13	Forward	Claudio Antonio Clemente	1972	BRA São Paulo
14	Forward	Rogério Klafke	1971	BRA Franca
15	Forward	Joelcio Joerke	1972	BRA Flamengo

Lithuania

Main article: Lithuania men's national basketball team

Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	1976	USA Maryland Terrapins
5	Center	Eurelijus Žukauskas	1973	LIT Žalgiris
6	Forward	Tomas Masiulis	1975	LIT Žalgiris
7	Guard	Saulius Štombergas	1973	LIT Žalgiris
8	Forward	Mindaugas Žukauskas	1975	LIT Žalgiris
9	Guard	Tomas Pačėsas	1975	UKR Odesa
10	Guard	Darius Lukminas	1968	RUS Avtodor
11	Forward	Dainius Adomaitis	1974	LIT Žalgiris
12	Forward	Artūras Karnišovas	1971	GRE Olympiacos
13	Guard	Darius Maskoliūnas	1971	LIT Žalgiris
14	Center	Gintaras Einikis	1969	RUS Avtodor
15	Center	Virginijus Praškevičius	1979	LIT Atletas

South Korea

Main article: South Korea men's national basketball team

Head coach: Chung Kwang-suk

	#		Pos
4	Forward	Choo Seung-gyun	1974	KOR Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
5	Guard	Kang Dong-hee	1966	KOR Busan Kia Enterprise
6	Guard	Kim Hee-sun	1973	KOR Suwon Samsung Thunders
7	Guard	Kim Byong-chul	1976	KOR Daegu Tongyang Orions
8	Guard/Forward	Cho Sang-hyun	1976	KOR Yonsei University
9	Forward	Hyun Joo-yup	1975	KOR Cheongju SK Knights
10	Guard	Lee Sang-min	1972	KOR Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
11	Center	Seo Jang-hoon	1974	KOR Cheongju SK Knights
12	Forward	Kim Sung-chul	1976	KOR Kyung Hee University
13	Forward	Yang Kyung-min	1973	KOR Sangmu
14	Forward	Moon Kyung-eun	1971	KOR Suwon Samsung Thunders
15	Center	Kim Joo-sung	1979	KOR Chung-Ang University

United States

Main article: United States men's national basketball team

Head coach: Rudy Tomjanovich

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Trajan Langdon	1976	USA Duke Blue Devils
5	Guard	Michael Hawkins	1972	GRE Olympiacos
6	Guard	Kiwane Garris	1974	USA Grand Rapids Hoops
7	Forward	Jason Sasser	1974	ESP CSF Sevilla
8	Guard	Jimmy King	1973	USA Quad City Thunder
9	Forward	Bill Edwards	1971	ITA Calze Pompea Roma
10	Guard	Jimmy Oliver	1969	ESP CB Ciudad de Huelva
11	Forward	Wendell Alexis	1964	GER ALBA Berlin
12	Center	Gerard King	1972	ITA Fontanafredda Siena
13	Forward	David Wood	1964	ESP Unicaja Málaga
14	Center	Ashraf Amaya	1971	USA Idaho Stampede
15	Center	Brad Miller	1976	USA Purdue Boilermakers

Group D

Argentina

Main article: Argentina men's national basketball team

Head coach: Julio Lamas

	#		Pos
4	Forward	Marcelo Nicola	1971	ESP FC Barcelona
5	Forward	Hugo Sconochini	1971	ITA Kinder Bologna
6	Guard	Alejandro Montecchia	1972	ARG Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
7	Forward	Esteban de la Fuente	1968	ARG Boca Juniors
8	Guard	Juan Ignacio Sánchez	1977	USA Temple Owls
9	Guard	Marcelo Milanesio	1965	ARG Atenas de Córdoba
10	Guard	Juan Espil	1968	ESP TAU Cerámica
11	Forward	Diego Osella	1969	ARG Atenas de Córdoba
12	Center	Fabricio Oberto	1975	ARG Atenas de Córdoba
13	Guard	Emanuel Ginóbili	1977	ARG Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
14	Forward	Carlos Simoni	1971	ARG Andino de La Rioja
15	Center	Rubén Wolkowyski	1973	ARG Boca Juniors

Australia

Main article: Australia men's national basketball team

Head coach:

	#		Pos
4	Forward	Tony Ronaldson	1972	AUS South East Melbourne Magic
5	Guard	Brett Maher	1973	AUS Adelaide 36ers
6	Forward	Scott Fisher	1963	AUS Perth Wildcats
7	Guard	Frank Drmic	1978	AUS South East Melbourne Magic
8	Forward	Sam Mackinnon	1976	AUS South East Melbourne Magic
9	Forward	Simon Dwight	1976	AUS Canberra Cannons
10	Guard	Andrew Gaze	1965	AUS Melbourne Tigers
11	Guard	Shane Heal	1970	AUS Sydney Kings
12	Center	Ben Melmeth	1975	AUS Newcastle Falcons
13	Center	Chris Anstey	1975	USA Dallas Mavericks
14	Forward	Andrew Vlahov	1969	AUS Perth Wildcats
15	Center	Paul Rogers	1973	ESP Real Madrid

Nigeria

Main article: Nigeria men's national basketball team

Head coach:

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Kingsley Ogwudire	1972	USA Montana State University – Northern
5	Guard	Dominic Okon	1976	USA Loyola Ramblers
6	Guard/Forward	Olapido Ayinla	1964	FRA ALM Évreux Basket
7	Guard	Daniel Okonkwo	1975	ENG Plymouth Raiders
8	Forward	Mohammed Acha	1973	LIB Club Sagesse
9	Forward/Center	Godwin Owinje	1973	USA Dakota Wizards
10	Forward	Julius Nwosu	1971	TUR Galatasaray
11	Center	Yinka Dare	1972	USA New Jersey Nets/Orlando Magic
12	Forward	Tunji Awojobi	1973	TUR Kayseri Meysuspor,
CYP PAO Limassol
13	Forward	Obinna Ekezie	1975	USA Maryland Terrapins
14	Forward	Peter Aluma	1973	VEN Toros de Aragua
15	Forward	Emeka Okenwa	1970	ARG Belgrano de San Nicolás

Spain

Main article: Spain men's national basketball team

Head coach: Lolo Sainz

	#		Pos
4	Guard	Alberto Angulo	1970	ESP Real Madrid
5	Guard	Nacho Rodilla	1974	ESP Pamesa Valencia
6	Guard	Ignacio Azofra	1969	ESP Adecco Estudiantes
7	Center	Juan Antonio Orenga	1966	ESP Real Madrid
8	Guard	Ignacio Rodríguez	1970	ESP Unicaja Málaga
9	Forward	Carlos Jiménez	1976	ESP Adecco Estudiantes
10	Forward	Rodrigo De la Fuente	1976	ESP FC Barcelona
11	Guard	Alberto Herreros	1969	ESP Real Madrid
12	Forward	José Antonio Paraíso	1971	ESP Cáceres CB
13	Forward	Ignacio de Miguel	1973	ESP Adecco Estudiantes
14	Forward	Alfonso Reyes	1971	FRA Paris Basket Racing
15	Center	Roberto Dueñas	1975	ESP FC Barcelona

References

1998 FIBA World Championship at basket-stats.info

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