The 2006 FIBA World Championship squads were the squads of the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The list includes the 12-men rosters of the 24 participating countries, totaling 288 players. Group A 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 Group B 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 Group C 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 Group D 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 United States Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski External links squads FIBA Basketball World Cup squads