1998 FIBA World Championship squads

The 1998 FIBA World Championship had the following teams.

Group A

Canada

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

Greece

Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Giorgos Kalaitzis	1976	Panathinaikos BC
5	Forward	Giorgos Balogiannis	1971	PAOK Thessaloniki B.C.
6	Guard	Nikos Boudouris	1971	PAOK Thessaloniki B.C.
7	Forward	Dimitrios Papanikolaou	1977	Olympiacos B.C.
8	Guard	Giorgos Sigalas	1971	Stefanel Milano
9	Guard	Aggelos Koronios	1969	Peristeri BC
10	Forward	Fragiskos Alvertis	1974	Panathinaikos BC
11	Forward	Nikos Ekonomou	1973	Panathinaikos BC
12	Center	Iakovos Tsakalidis	1979	AEK Athens B.C.
13	Center	Panagiotis Fasoulas	1963	Olympiacos B.C.
14	Center	Efthimios Rentzias	1976	FC Barcelona
15	Forward	Giorgos Karagoutis	1976	Panionios B.C.

Italy

Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Davide Bonora	1973	Benetton Treviso
5	Guard	Gianluca Basile	1975	CFM Reggio Emilia
6	Forward	Alessandro De Pol	1972	Pallacanestro Varese
7	Forward	Gregor Fučka	1977	Teamsystem Bologna
8	Guard	Gianmarco Pozzecco	1972	Pallacanestro Varese
9	Forward	Giacomo Galanda	1975	Teamsystem Bologna
10	Guard	Carlton Myers	1971	Teamsystem Bologna
11	Guard	Andrea Meneghin	1974	Pallacanestro Varese
12	Guard	Alessandro Abbio	1971	Kinder Bologna
13	Center	Alessandro Frosini	1972	Kinder Bologna
14	Center	Roberto Chiacig	1974	Teamsystem Bologna
15	Center	Marcelo Damiao	1975	CFM Reggio Emilia

Senegal

Head coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Samba Aly Ngoné Niang	1973	ASFO Dakar
5	Center	Omer Ba	1972	Brêmes
6	Forward	Bubacar Aw	1975	Georgetown Hoyas
7	Center	Makhtar N'Diaye	1973	North Carolina Tar Heels
8		Kader Malik Fall	1975	KSA
9	Guard	Vincent Da Sylva	1973	Wardie Rosaire Mansourieh
10		Mamadou Diouf	1977	University of Delaware
11	Guard	Raymond Carvalho	1969	JA Dakar
12	Guard	Mouhamadou Sow	1968	Asdouane Dakar
13	Center	Mamadou N'diaye	1975	Auburn Tigers
14	Forward	Cheikk Dia	1972
15	Center	Assane Ndiaye	1975	Club Sagesse

Group B

Japan

Head coach: Mototaka Kohama

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

Puerto Rico

Head coach: Carlos Morales

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

Russia

Head coach: Sergei Belov

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Vasily Karasev	1971	ALBA Berlin
5	Guard	Igor Kudelin	1972	PBC CSKA Moscow
6	Forward	Zakhar Pashutin	1974	Avtodor Saratov
7	Forward	Evgeni Kisurin	1969	KK Cibona
8	Guard	Dmitri Domani	1974	PBC CSKA Moscow
9	Forward	Valeri Tikhonenko	1964	PBC CSKA Moscow
10	Guard	Sergei Babkov	1967	Unicaja Málaga
11	Center	Mikhail Mikhailov	1971	Real Madrid
12	Forward	Nikita Morgunov	1975	Atletas Kaunas
13	Center	Igor Kourashov	1972	PBC CSKA Moscow
14	Forward	Sergei Panov	1970	PBC CSKA Moscow
15	Center	Vitaly Nossov	1968	KK Union Olimpija

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Željko Obradović

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

Group C

Brazil

Head coach: Hélio Rubens Garcia

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

Korea

Head coach: Chung Kwang-suk

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

Lithuania

Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	1976	Maryland Terrapins
5	Center	Eurelijus Žukauskas	1973	BC Žalgiris
6	Forward	Tomas Masiulis	1975	BC Žalgiris
7	Guard	Saulius Štombergas	1973	BC Žalgiris
8	Forward	Mindaugas Žukauskas	1975	BC Žalgiris
9	Guard	Tomas Pačėsas	1975	BC Odessa
10	Guard	Darius Lukminas	1968	Avtodor
11	Forward	Dainius Adomaitis	1974	BC Žalgiris
12	Forward	Artūras Karnišovas	1971	Olympiacos B.C.
13	Guard	Darius Maskoliūnas	1971	BC Žalgiris
14	Center	Gintaras Einikis	1969	Avtodor
15	Center	Virginijus Praškevičius	1979	Atletas

United States

Head coach: Rudy Tomjanovich

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

Group D

Argentina

Head coach: Julio Lamas

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

Australia

Head coach:

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

Nigeria

Head coach:

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

Spain

Head coach: Lolo Sainz

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

References

1998 FIBA World Championship at basket-stats.info

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