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The 2006 FIBA World Championship had the following teams. The list includes the 12-men rosters of the 24 participating countries, totaling 288 players.
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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
USA
Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski