1998 FIBA World Championship squads


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">Canada national basketball team">Canada

Head coach: Steve Konchalski
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardJoey Vickery1967 Poissy-Chatou Basket
5GuardSherman Hamilton1972 Espoon Honka
6GuardDavid Daniels1971
7GuardGreg Francis1974 Worthing Bears
8ForwardWilliam Njoku1972 Illianbum Taka
9GuardRowan Barrett1972 Lucentum Alicante
10ForwardKory Hallas1969 Poissy-Chatou Basket
11CenterTodd MacCulloch1976 Washington Huskies
12CenterMartin Keane1969 Melilla Baloncesto
13ForwardPeter Guarasci1974 Scavolini Pesaro
14ForwardMichael Meeks1972 Brandt Hagen
15CenterGreg Newton1974 Siemens Gent

Greece">Greece national basketball team">Greece

Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardGiorgos Kalaitzis1976 Panathinaikos
5ForwardGiorgos Balogiannis1971 PAOK
6GuardNikos Boudouris1971 PAOK
7ForwardDimitrios Papanikolaou1977 Olympiacos
8GuardGiorgos Sigalas1971 Stefanel Milano
9GuardAngelos Koronios1969 Peristeri
10ForwardFragiskos Alvertis1974 Panathinaikos
11ForwardNikos Oikonomou1973 Panathinaikos
12CenterIakovos Tsakalidis1979 AEK Athens
13CenterPanagiotis Fasoulas1963 Olympiacos
14CenterEfthimios Rentzias1976 FC Barcelona
15ForwardGiorgos Karagkoutis1976 Panionios

Italy">Italy national basketball team">Italy

Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardDavide Bonora1973 Benetton Treviso
5GuardGianluca Basile1975 CFM Reggio Emilia
6ForwardAlessandro De Pol1972 Pallacanestro Varese
7ForwardGregor Fučka1977 Teamsystem Bologna
8GuardGianmarco Pozzecco1972 Pallacanestro Varese
9ForwardGiacomo Galanda1975 Teamsystem Bologna
10GuardCarlton Myers1971 Teamsystem Bologna
11GuardAndrea Meneghin1974 Pallacanestro Varese
12GuardAlessandro Abbio1971 Kinder Bologna
13CenterAlessandro Frosini1972 Kinder Bologna
14CenterRoberto Chiacig1974 Teamsystem Bologna
15CenterMarcelo Damiao1975 CFM Reggio Emilia

Senegal">Senegal national basketball team">Senegal

Head coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardSamba Aly Ngoné Niang1973 ASFO Dakar
5CenterOmar Ba1972 Brêmes
6ForwardBoubacar Aw1975 Georgetown Hoyas
7CenterMakhtar N'Diaye1973 North Carolina Tar Heels
8GuardKader Fall1975 KSA
9GuardVincent Da Sylva1973 Wardie Rosaire Mansourieh
10Guard/ForwardMamadou Diouf1977 University of Delaware
11GuardRaymond Carvalho1969 JA Dakar
12GuardMouhamadou Sow1968 Asdouane Dakar
13CenterMamadou N'diaye1975 Auburn Tigers
14ForwardCheikh Yaya Dia1974 Regatas San Nicolás
15CenterAssane Ndiaye1975 Club Sagesse

Group B

Japan">Japan national basketball team">Japan

Head coach: Mototaka Kohama
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4CenterAkifumi Yamasaki1968 Matsushita Electric
5ForwardTakeshi Yuki1968 Aisin Seahorses
6ForwardHiroshi Nagano1967 Isuzu Motor
7GuardKenichi Sako1970 Isuzu Motor
8GuardMakoto Hasegawa1971 Zexel
9GuardTakehiko Orimo1970 Toyota Alvark
10GuardTakahiro Setsumasa1972 Toshiba Brave Thunders
11GuardMakoto Minamiyama1973 Isuzu Motor
12ForwardMichael Takahashi1974 Isuzu Motor
13ForwardSatoru Furuta1971 Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins
14GuardSatoshi Sakumoto1972 Isuzu Motor
15CenterHiroyuki Tominaga1973 Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins

Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico national basketball team">Puerto Rico

Head coach: Carlos Morales
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4CenterJosé Ortiz1963 Aris
5GuardEddie Casiano1972 Atléticos de San Germán
6GuardCarmelo Travieso1975 Titanes de Morovis
7GuardEddin "Guayacán" Santiago1975 Cangrejeros de Santurce
8ForwardJerome Mincy1964 Vaqueros de Bayamón
9GuardJames Carter1964 Brujos de Guayama
10GuardJavier Antonio Colón1969 Leones de Ponce
11ForwardOrlando Vega1968 Piratas de Quebradillas
12ForwardRolando Hourruitiner1975 Gallitos de Isabela
13ForwardEdgar de León1971 Leones de Ponce
14CenterDaniel Santiago1976 Vaqueros de Bayamón
15ForwardEugenio Soto1973 Vaqueros de Bayamón

Russia">Russia national basketball team">Russia

Head coach: Sergei Belov
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardVasily Karasev1971 ALBA Berlin
5GuardIgor Kudelin1972 CSKA Moscow
6ForwardZakhar Pashutin1974 Avtodor Saratov
7ForwardEvgeni Kisurin1969 Cibona
8GuardDmitri Domani1974 CSKA Moscow
9ForwardValeri Tikhonenko1964 CSKA Moscow
10GuardSergei Babkov1967 Unicaja Málaga
11CenterMikhail Mikhailov1971 Real Madrid
12ForwardNikita Morgunov1975 Atletas Kaunas
13CenterIgor Kurashov1972 CSKA Moscow
14ForwardSergei Panov1970 CSKA Moscow
15CenterVitaly Nosov1968 Union Olimpija

FR Yugoslavia">FR Yugoslavia national basketball team">FR Yugoslavia

Head coach: Željko Obradović
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4ForwardDejan Bodiroga1973 Real Madrid
5GuardVlado Šćepanović1975 Budućnost Podgorica
6GuardSaša Obradović1969 Calze Pompea Roma
7ForwardNikola Lončar1972 PSG Racing
8GuardDragan Lukovski1975 Partizan
9GuardMiroslav Berić1973 TAU Cerámica
10GuardAleksandar Đorđević1967 FC Barcelona
11CenterŽeljko Rebrača1972 Benetton Treviso
12CenterPredrag Drobnjak1975 Partizan
13CenterNikola Bulatović1971 FMP Železnik
14ForwardDejan Tomašević1973 Partizan
15ForwardMilenko Topić1969 Crvena zvezda

Group C

Brazil">Brazil national basketball team">Brazil

Head coach: Hélio Rubens Garcia
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4ForwardMarcelo Machado1975 Corinthians
5GuardAndré Fonseca1969 Flamengo
6GuardCaio Cazziolato1974 Flamengo
7ForwardJoão Vianna1964 Flamengo
8CenterSandro Varejão1972 West Virginia Mountaineers
9GuardDemetrius Ferraciu1970 Franca
10GuardHélio Filho1975 Franca
11GuardMarco dos Santos1963 Franca
12CenterAristides dos Santos1970 COC-Ribeirão Preto
13ForwardClaudio Antonio Clemente1972 São Paulo
14ForwardRogério Klafke1971 Franca
15ForwardJoelcio Joerke1972 Flamengo

Korea">Korea national basketball team">Korea

Head coach: Chung Kwang-suk
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4ForwardChoo Seung-gyun1974 Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
5GuardKang Dong-hee1966 Busan Kia Enterprise
6GuardKim Hee-sun1973 Suwon Samsung Thunders
7GuardKim Byong-chul1976 Daegu Tongyang Orions
8Guard/ForwardCho Sang-hyun1976 Yonsei University
9ForwardHyun Joo-yup1975 Cheongju SK Knights
10GuardLee Sang-min1972 Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
11CenterSeo Jang-hoon1974 Cheongju SK Knights
12ForwardKim Sung-chul1976 Kyung Hee University
13ForwardYang Kyung-min1973 Sangmu
14ForwardMoon Kyung-eun1971 Suwon Samsung Thunders
15CenterKim Joo-sung1979 Chung-Ang University

Lithuania">Lithuania men's national basketball team">Lithuania

Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardŠarūnas Jasikevičius1976 Maryland Terrapins
5CenterEurelijus Žukauskas1973 Žalgiris
6ForwardTomas Masiulis1975 Žalgiris
7GuardSaulius Štombergas1973 Žalgiris
8ForwardMindaugas Žukauskas1975 Žalgiris
9GuardTomas Pačėsas1975 Odessa
10GuardDarius Lukminas1968 Avtodor
11ForwardDainius Adomaitis1974 Žalgiris
12ForwardArtūras Karnišovas1971 Olympiacos
13GuardDarius Maskoliūnas1971 Žalgiris
14CenterGintaras Einikis1969 Avtodor
15CenterVirginijus Praškevičius1979 Atletas

United States">United States men's national basketball team">United States

Head coach: Rudy Tomjanovich
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardTrajan Langdon1976 Duke Blue Devils
5GuardMichael Hawkins1972 Olympiacos
6GuardKiwane Garris1974 Grand Rapids Hoops
7ForwardJason Sasser1974 CSF Sevilla
8GuardJimmy King1973 Quad City Thunder
9ForwardBill Edwards1971 Calze Pompea Roma
10GuardJimmy Oliver1969 CB Ciudad de Huelva
11ForwardWendell Alexis1964 ALBA Berlin
12CenterGerard King1972 Fontanafredda Sienna
13ForwardDavid Wood1964 Unicaja Málaga
14CenterAshraf Amaya1971 Idaho Stampede
15CenterBrad Miller1976 Purdue Boilermakers

Group D

Argentina">Argentina national basketball team">Argentina

Head coach: Julio Lamas
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4ForwardMarcelo Nicola1971 FC Barcelona
5ForwardHugo Sconochini1971 Kinder Bologna
6GuardAlejandro Montecchia1972 Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
7ForwardEsteban de la Fuente1968 Boca Juniors
8GuardJuan Ignacio Sánchez1977 Temple Owls
9GuardMarcelo Milanesio1965 Atenas de Córdoba
10GuardJuan Espil1968 TAU Cerámica
11ForwardDiego Osella1969 Atenas de Córdoba
12CenterFabricio Oberto1975 Atenas de Córdoba
13GuardEmanuel Ginóbili1977 Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
14ForwardCarlos Simoni1971 Andino de La Rioja
15CenterRubén Wolkowyski1973 Boca Juniors

Australia">Australia men's national basketball team">Australia

Head coach:
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4ForwardTony Ronaldson1972 South East Melbourne Magic
5GuardBrett Maher1973 Adelaide 36ers
6ForwardScott Fisher1963 Perth Wildcats
7GuardFrank Drmic1978 South East Melbourne Magic
8ForwardSam Mackinnon1976 South East Melbourne Magic
9ForwardSimon Dwight1976 Canberra Cannons
10GuardAndrew Gaze1965 Melbourne Tigers
11GuardShane Heal1970 Sydney Kings
12CenterBen Melmeth1975 Newcastle Falcons
13CenterChris Anstey1975 Dallas Mavericks
14ForwardAndrew Vlahov1969 Perth Wildcats
15CenterPaul Rogers1973 Real Madrid

Nigeria">Nigeria national basketball team">Nigeria

Head coach:
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardKingsley Ogwudire1972 Montana State University – Northern
5GuardDominic Okon1976 Loyola Ramblers
6Guard/ForwardOlapido Ayinla1964 ALM Évreux Basket
7GuardDaniel Okonkwo1975 Plymouth Raiders
8ForwardMohammed Acha1973 Club Sagesse
9Forward/CenterGodwin Owinje1973 Dakota Wizards
10ForwardJulius Nwosu1971 Galatasaray
11CenterYinka Dare1972 New Jersey Nets/Orlando Magic
12ForwardTunji Awojobi1973 Kayseri Meysuspor,
PAO Limassol
13ForwardObinna Ekezie1975 Maryland Terrapins
14ForwardPeter Aluma1973 Toros de Aragua
15ForwardEmeka Okenwa1970 Belgrano de San Nicolás

Spain">Spain national basketball team">Spain

Head coach: Lolo Sainz
#PosNameYear BornTeam
4GuardAlberto Angulo1970 Real Madrid
5GuardNacho Rodilla1974 Pamesa Valencia
6GuardIgnacio Azofra1969 Adecco Estudiantes
7CenterJuan Antonio Orenga1966 Real Madrid
8GuardIgnacio Rodríguez1970 Unicaja Málaga
9ForwardCarlos Jiménez1976 Adecco Estudiantes
10ForwardRodrigo De la Fuente1976 FC Barcelona
11GuardAlberto Herreros1969 Real Madrid
12ForwardJosé Antonio Paraíso1971 Cáceres CB
13ForwardIgnacio de Miguel1973 Adecco Estudiantes
14ForwardAlfonso Reyes1971 Paris Basket Racing
15CenterRoberto Dueñas1975 FC Barcelona