1998 FIBA World Championship squads

none May 2022 The 1998 FIBA World Championship squads were the squads of the 1998 FIBA World Championship. The list includes the 12-man rosters of the 16 participating countries, totaling 192 players. Group A Canada Canada men's national basketball team Head coach: Steve Konchalski #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Greece men's national basketball team Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Italy men's national basketball team Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Senegal men's national basketball team Head coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Japan men's national basketball team Head coach: Mototaka Kohama #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Puerto Rico men's national basketball team Head coach: Carlos Morales #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Russia men's national basketball team Head coach: Sergei Belov #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 FR Yugoslavia men's national basketball team Head coach: Željko Obradović #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Brazil men's national basketball team Head coach: Hélio Rubens Garcia #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Lithuania men's national basketball team Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 South Korea men's national basketball team Head coach: Chung Kwang-suk #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 United States men's national basketball team Head coach: Rudy Tomjanovich #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Argentina men's national basketball team Head coach: Julio Lamas #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Australia men's national basketball team Head coach: #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Nigeria men's national basketball team Head coach: #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 Spain men's national basketball team Head coach: Lolo Sainz #PosNameYear bornTeam 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 External links http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup page Category:FIBA Basketball World Cup squads squads