Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Competing teams.

This is a list of the players who were on the rosters of the given teams who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Men's Basketball.

Group A

Argentina

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Argentina men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F/C 4 Scola, Luis (C) – (1980-04-30)April 30, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Houston Rockets SG 5 Ginóbili, Manu – (1977-07-28)July 28, 1977 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Antonio Spurs C 6 González, Román – (1978-01-28)January 28, 1978 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Peñarol C 7 Oberto, Fabricio – (1975-03-21)March 21, 1975 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) San Antonio Spurs PG 8 Prigioni, Pablo – (1977-05-17)May 17, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) TAU Cerámica PG 9 Porta, Antonio – (1983-10-28)October 28, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Spartak Saint Petersburg SG 10 Delfino, Carlos – (1982-08-29)August 29, 1982 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Khimki PG 11 Quinteros, Paolo – (1979-01-15)January 15, 1979 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Basket Zaragoza PF 12 Gutiérrez, Leonardo – (1978-05-16)May 16, 1978 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Atenas SF 13 Nocioni, Andrés – (1979-11-30)November 30, 1979 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Chicago Bulls C 14 Gutiérrez, Juan Pedro – (1983-10-10)October 10, 1983 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Granada SF 15 Kammerichs, Federico – (1980-06-21)June 21, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Regatas	Head coach Sergio Hernández Assistant coach(es) Julio Lamas Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Australia

The following is the Australia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Australia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C 4 Anstey, Chris – (1975-01-01)January 1, 1975 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Melbourne Tigers PG 5 Mills, Patrick – (1988-08-11)August 11, 1988 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Saint Mary's C 6 Bogut, Andrew – (1984-11-28)November 28, 1984 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Milwaukee Bucks G/F 7 Ingles, Joe – (1987-10-02)October 2, 1987 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) South Dragons G/F 8 Newley, Brad – (1985-02-18)February 18, 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Panellinios G 9 Bruton, C. J. – (1975-12-13)December 13, 1975 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) New Zealand Breakers F 10 Barlow, David – (1983-10-22)October 22, 1983 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Melbourne Tigers SF 11 Worthington, Mark – (1983-06-08)June 8, 1983 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) South Dragons G/F 12 Saville, Glen – (1976-01-17)January 17, 1976 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Wollongong Hawks F/C 13 Andersen, David – (1980-06-23)June 23, 1980 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) FC Barcelona F/C 14 Nielsen, Matthew (C) – (1978-02-03)February 3, 1978 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) BC Lietuvos Rytas F 15 Redhage, Shawn – (1981-01-21)January 21, 1981 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Perth Wildcats	Head coach Brian Goorjian Assistant coach(es) Brendan Joyce Gordon McLeod Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Croatia

The following is the Croatia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Croatia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Ukić, Roko – (1984-12-05)December 5, 1984 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Toronto Raptors G 5 Kus, Davor – (1978-07-21)July 21, 1978 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Unicaja Málaga PG 6 Popović, Marko – (1982-06-12)June 12, 1982 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) BC Žalgiris SF 7 Rozić, Marin – (1983-02-14)February 14, 1983 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) KK Cibona F/C 8 Prkačin, Nikola – (1975-11-15)November 15, 1975 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Cibona G/F 9 Tomas, Marko – (1985-01-03)January 3, 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Real Madrid G 10 Planinić, Zoran – (1982-09-12)September 12, 1982 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow C 11 Nicević, Sandro – (1976-06-16)June 16, 1976 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Beşiktaş F 12 Rudež, Damjan – (1986-06-17)June 17, 1986 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Union Olimpija PF 13 Banić, Marko – (1984-08-31)August 31, 1984 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) iurbentia Bilbao PF 14 Lončar, Krešimir – (1983-02-12)February 12, 1983 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Lokomotiv Rostov C 15 Barać, Stanko – (1986-08-13)August 13, 1986 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) TAU Ceramica	Head coach Jasmin Repeša Assistant coach(es) Dražen Anzulović Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Iran

The following is the Iran roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Iran men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F/C 4 Doraghi, Ali – (1984-09-20)September 20, 1984 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Petrochimi PG 5 Amini, Amir – (1984-06-10)June 10, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Kaveh PG 6 Davari, Javad – (1983-04-25)April 25, 1983 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Petrochimi PG 7 Kamrani, Mehdi – (1982-06-01)June 1, 1982 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Mahram SG 8 Davarpanah, Saeid – (1987-09-07)September 7, 1987 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Kaveh SG 9 Zandi, Iman – (1981-09-19)September 19, 1981 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) BEEM SG 10 Afagh, Hamed – (1983-02-01)February 1, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saba Battery F/C 11 Sohrabnejad, Hamed – (1983-05-07)May 7, 1983 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Mahram PF 12 Sahakian, Oshin – (1986-03-21)March 21, 1986 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Zob Ahan C 13 Nabipour, Mousa – (1983-08-14)August 14, 1983 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Kaveh SF 14 Nikkhah Bahrami, Samad (C) – (1983-05-11)May 11, 1983 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Mahram C 15 Haddadi, Hamed – (1985-05-19)May 19, 1985 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) Saba Battery	Head coach Rajko Toroman Assistant coach(es) Mehran Hatami Srđan Petković Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Lithuania

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Kaukėnas, Rimantas – (1977-04-11)April 11, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Montepaschi Siena SG 5 Lukauskis, Mindaugas – (1979-05-19)May 19, 1979 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Lietuvos Rytas SF 6 Mačiulis, Jonas – (1985-02-10)February 10, 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) BC Žalgiris C 7 Lavrinovič, Darjuš – (1979-11-01)November 1, 1979 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) UNICS Kazan G/F 8 Šiškauskas, Ramūnas (C) – (1978-09-10)September 10, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow G 9 Prekevičius, Marius – (1984-05-22)May 22, 1984 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) BC Šiauliai G/F 10 Jasaitis, Simas – (1982-03-26)March 26, 1982 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Joventut Badalona F 11 Kleiza, Linas – (1985-01-03)January 3, 1985 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Denver Nuggets F/C 12 Lavrinovič, Kšyštof – (1979-11-01)November 1, 1979 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Montepaschi Siena PG 13 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas – (1976-03-05)March 5, 1976 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Panathinaikos BC F/C 14 Petravičius, Marijonas – (1979-10-24)October 24, 1979 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Lietuvos Rytas C 15 Javtokas, Robertas – (1980-03-20)March 20, 1980 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Dynamo Moscow	Head coach Ramūnas Butautas Assistant coach(es) Rimas Kurtinaitis Robertas Kuncaitis Virginijus Mikalauskas Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Russia

The following is the Russia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Russia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Vorontsevich, Andrey – (1987-07-17)July 17, 1987 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) CSKA Moscow PG 5 Holden, Jon Robert – (1976-08-10)August 10, 1976 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CSKA Moscow G 6 Bykov, Sergei – (1983-02-26)February 26, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Dynamo Moscow F 7 Kirilenko, Andrei (C) – (1981-02-18)February 18, 1981 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Utah Jazz C 8 Morgunov, Nikita – (1975-06-29)June 29, 1975 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Lokomotiv Rostov PG 9 Samoylenko, Petr – (1977-02-07)February 7, 1977 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Dynamo Moscow F 10 Khryapa, Victor – (1982-08-03)August 3, 1982 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CSKA Moscow SG 11 Pashutin, Zakhar – (1974-05-03)May 3, 1974 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Spartak Saint Petersburg SF 12 Monia, Sergei – (1983-04-15)April 15, 1983 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Dynamo Moscow SG 13 Fridzon, Vitaly – (1985-10-14)October 14, 1985 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) BC Khimki C 14 Savrasenko, Aleksey – (1979-02-28)February 28, 1979 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) CSKA Moscow SF 15 Keirou, Viktor – (1984-01-31)January 31, 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) CSKA Moscow	Head coach David Blatt Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group B

Angola

The following is the Angola roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Angola men's national basketball team roster – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. SF 4 Cipriano, Olimpio – (1982-04-09)April 9, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Primeiro de Agosto G 5 Costa, Armando – (1983-06-03)June 3, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Petro Atlético SG 6 Morais, Carlos – (1985-10-16)October 16, 1985 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Petro Atlético PG 7 Barros, Milton – (1984-06-21)June 21, 1984 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Petro Atlético G 8 Costa, Luis – (1978-06-07)June 7, 1978 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Petro Atlético G 9 Geronimo, Vladimir – (1977-12-12)December 12, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Primeiro de Agosto F/C 10 Gomes, Joaquim – (1980-12-23)December 23, 1980 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Primeiro de Agosto F 11 Ambrosio, Felizardo – (1987-12-25)December 25, 1987 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Primeiro de Agosto C 12 Moussa, Abdel Aziz – (1980-04-08)April 8, 1980 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Primeiro de Agosto SG 13 Almeida, Carlos (C) – (1976-09-24)September 24, 1976 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Primeiro de Agosto F 14 Paulo, Leonel – (1986-04-30)April 30, 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Petro Atlético F 15 Mingas, Eduardo – (1979-01-29)January 29, 1979 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Petro Atlético	Head coach Alberto de Carvalho Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

China

The following is the China roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

China men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Chen Jianghua – (1989-03-12)March 12, 1989 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Guangdong Southern Tigers G 5 Liu Wei (C) – (1980-01-15)January 15, 1980 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Shanghai Sharks PG 6 Zhang Qingpeng – (1985-01-23)January 23, 1985 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Liaoning Hunters G/F 7 Wang Shipeng – (1983-04-06)April 6, 1983 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Guangdong Southern Tigers SF 8 Zhu Fangyu – (1983-01-05)January 5, 1983 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Guangdong Southern Tigers G 9 Sun Yue – (1985-11-06)November 6, 1985 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Los Angeles Lakers SF 10 Li Nan – (1976-09-25)September 25, 1976 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Bayi Rockets F/C 11 Yi Jianlian – (1987-10-27)October 27, 1987 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) New Jersey Nets SF 12 Wang Lei – (1986-08-12)August 12, 1986 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Bayi Rockets C 13 Yao Ming – (1980-09-12)September 12, 1980 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Houston Rockets C 14 Wang Zhizhi – (1979-07-08)July 8, 1979 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Bayi Rockets F 15 Du Feng – (1981-07-30)July 30, 1981 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Guangdong Southern Tigers	Head coach Jonas Kazlauskas Assistant coach(es) Donnie Nelson Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Germany

The following is the Germany roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Germany men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F/C 4 Ohlbrecht, Tim – (1988-08-30)August 30, 1988 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Brose Baskets SF 5 Zwiener, Philip – (1985-07-23)July 23, 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) ALBA Berlin PF 6 Schultze, Sven – (1978-07-11)July 11, 1978 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Olympia Larissa BC SG 7 Garrett, Robert – (1977-03-18)March 18, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Brose Baskets SF 8 Wysocki, Konrad – (1982-03-28)March 28, 1982 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Deutsche Bank Skyliners G 9 Hamann, Steffen – (1981-06-14)June 14, 1981 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Brose Baskets G 10 Greene, Demond – (1979-06-15)June 15, 1979 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Brose Baskets PG 11 Roller, Pascal – (1976-11-20)November 20, 1976 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Deutsche Bank Skyliners C 12 Kaman, Chris – (1982-04-28)April 28, 1982 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Los Angeles Clippers C 13 Femerling, Patrick – (1975-03-04)March 4, 1975 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) ALBA Berlin PF 14 Nowitzki, Dirk (C) – (1978-06-19)June 19, 1978 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Dallas Mavericks F/C 15 Jagla, Jan – (1981-06-25)June 25, 1981 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Joventut Badalona	Head coach Dirk Bauermann Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Greece

The following is the Greece roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Greece men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Papaloukas, Theo (C) – (1977-05-08)May 8, 1977 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Olympiacos B.C. F/C 5 Bourousis, Ioannis – (1983-11-17)November 17, 1983 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Olympiacos B.C. PG 6 Zisis, Nikos – (1983-08-16)August 16, 1983 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) PBC CSKA Moscow PG 7 Spanoulis, Vassilis – (1982-08-07)August 7, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Panathinaikos BC F 8 Vasilopoulos, Panagiotis – (1984-02-08)February 8, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Olympiacos B.C. PF 9 Fotsis, Antonis – (1981-04-01)April 1, 1981 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Panathinaikos BC F 10 Printezis, Giorgos – (1985-02-22)February 22, 1985 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Olympiacos B.C. C 11 Glyniadakis, Andreas – (1981-08-26)August 26, 1981 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Maroussi BC F/C 12 Tsartsaris, Kostas – (1979-10-17)October 17, 1979 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Panathinaikos BC G 13 Diamantidis, Dimitris – (1980-05-06)May 6, 1980 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Panathinaikos BC C 14 Schortsanitis, Sofoklis – (1985-06-22)June 22, 1985 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Olympiacos B.C. G/F 15 Pelekanos, Michalis – (1981-05-25)May 25, 1981 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Olympiacos B.C.	Head coach Panagiotis Giannakis Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Spain

The following is the Spain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Spain men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F/C 4 Gasol, Pau – (1980-07-06)July 6, 1980 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Los Angeles Lakers G/F 5 Fernández, Rudy – (1985-04-04)April 4, 1985 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Portland Trail Blazers PG 6 Rubio, Ricky – (1990-10-21)October 21, 1990 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Joventut Badalona G 7 Navarro, Juan Carlos – (1980-06-13)June 13, 1980 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FC Barcelona PG 8 Calderón, José – (1981-09-28)September 28, 1981 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Toronto Raptors F/C 9 Reyes, Felipe – (1980-03-16)March 16, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Real Madrid SF 10 Jiménez, Carlos (C) – (1976-02-10)February 10, 1976 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CB Málaga PG 11 López, Raúl – (1980-04-15)April 15, 1980 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Real Madrid SG 12 Rodríguez, Berni – (1980-06-07)June 7, 1980 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) CB Málaga C 13 Gasol, Marc – (1985-01-29)January 29, 1985 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Memphis Grizzlies SF 14 Mumbrú, Álex – (1979-06-12)June 12, 1979 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Real Madrid PF 15 Garbajosa, Jorge – (1977-12-19)December 19, 1977 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Khimki BC	Head coach Aíto García Reneses Assistant coach(es) Juan Antonio Orenga Quim Costa Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

United States

The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

United States men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PF 4 Boozer, Carlos – (1981-11-20)November 20, 1981 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Utah Jazz PG 5 Kidd, Jason – (1973-03-23)March 23, 1973 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Dallas Mavericks SF 6 James, LeBron – (1984-12-30)December 30, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Cleveland Cavaliers PG 7 Williams, Deron – (1984-03-24)March 24, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Utah Jazz SG 8 Redd, Michael – (1979-08-24)August 24, 1979 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Milwaukee Bucks SG 9 Wade, Dwyane – (1982-01-17)January 17, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Miami Heat SG 10 Bryant, Kobe (C) – (1978-08-23)August 23, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Los Angeles Lakers C 11 Howard, Dwight – (1985-12-08)December 8, 1985 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Orlando Magic PF 12 Bosh, Chris – (1984-03-24)March 24, 1984 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Toronto Raptors PG 13 Paul, Chris – (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) New Orleans Hornets SF 14 Prince, Tayshaun – (1980-02-28)February 28, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Detroit Pistons SF 15 Anthony, Carmelo – (1984-05-29)May 29, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Denver Nuggets	Head coach Mike Krzyzewski Assistant coach(es) Jim Boeheim Nate McMillan Mike D'Antoni Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

See also

• Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Rosters