The 1998 FIBA World Championship squads were the squads of the 1998 FIBA World Championship. The list includes the 12-men rosters of the 16 participating countries, totaling 192 players.
Head coach: Steve Konchalski
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Guard | Joey Vickery | 1967 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Sherman Hamilton | 1972 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | David Daniels | 1971 | |
7 | Guard | Greg Francis | 1974 | ![]() |
8 | Forward | William Njoku | 1972 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | Rowan Barrett | 1972 | ![]() |
10 | Forward | Kory Hallas | 1969 | ![]() |
11 | Center | Todd MacCulloch | 1976 | ![]() |
12 | Center | Martin Keane | 1969 | ![]() |
13 | Forward | Peter Guarasci | 1974 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Michael Meeks | 1972 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Greg Newton | 1974 | ![]() |
Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Guard | Giorgos Kalaitzis | 1976 | ![]() |
5 | Forward | Giorgos Balogiannis | 1971 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | Nikos Boudouris | 1971 | ![]() |
7 | Forward | Dimitrios Papanikolaou | 1977 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Giorgos Sigalas | 1971 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | Angelos Koronios | 1969 | ![]() |
10 | Forward | Fragiskos Alvertis | 1974 | ![]() |
11 | Forward | Nikos Oikonomou | 1973 | ![]() |
12 | Center | Iakovos Tsakalidis | 1979 | ![]() |
13 | Center | Panagiotis Fasoulas | 1963 | ![]() |
14 | Center | Efthimios Rentzias | 1976 | ![]() |
15 | Forward | Giorgos Karagkoutis | 1976 | ![]() |
Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Guard | Davide Bonora | 1973 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Gianluca Basile | 1975 | ![]() |
6 | Forward | Alessandro De Pol | 1972 | ![]() |
7 | Forward | Gregor Fučka | 1971 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Gianmarco Pozzecco | 1972 | ![]() |
9 | Forward | Giacomo Galanda | 1975 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Carlton Myers | 1971 | ![]() |
11 | Guard | Andrea Meneghin | 1974 | ![]() |
12 | Guard | Alessandro Abbio | 1971 | ![]() |
13 | Center | Alessandro Frosini | 1972 | ![]() |
14 | Center | Roberto Chiacig | 1974 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Marcelo Damiao | 1975 | ![]() |
Head coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Guard | Samba Aly Ngoné Niang | 1973 | ![]() |
5 | Center | Omar Ba | 1972 | ![]() |
6 | Forward | Boubacar Aw | 1975 | ![]() |
7 | Center | Makhtar N'Diaye | 1973 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Kader Fall | 1975 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | Vincent Da Sylva | 1973 | ![]() |
10 | Guard/Forward | Mamadou Diouf | 1977 | ![]() |
11 | Guard | Raymond Carvalho | 1969 | ![]() |
12 | Guard | Mouhamadou Sow | 1968 | ![]() |
13 | Center | Mamadou N'diaye | 1975 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Cheikh Yaya Dia | 1974 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Assane Ndiaye | 1975 | ![]() |
Head coach: Mototaka Kohama
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Center | Akifumi Yamasaki | 1968 | ![]() |
5 | Forward | Takeshi Yuki | 1968 | ![]() |
6 | Forward | Hiroshi Nagano | 1967 | ![]() |
7 | Guard | Kenichi Sako | 1970 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Makoto Hasegawa | 1971 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | Takehiko Orimo | 1970 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Takahiro Setsumasa | 1972 | ![]() |
11 | Guard | Makoto Minamiyama | 1973 | ![]() |
12 | Forward | Michael Takahashi | 1974 | ![]() |
13 | Forward | Satoru Furuta | 1971 | ![]() |
14 | Guard | Satoshi Sakumoto | 1972 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Hiroyuki Tominaga | 1973 | ![]() |
Head coach: Carlos Morales
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Center | José Ortiz | 1963 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Eddie Casiano | 1972 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | Carmelo Travieso | 1975 | ![]() |
7 | Guard | Eddin "Guayacán" Santiago | 1975 | ![]() |
8 | Forward | Jerome Mincy | 1964 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | James Carter | 1964 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Javier Antonio Colón | 1969 | ![]() |
11 | Forward | Orlando Vega | 1968 | ![]() |
12 | Forward | Rolando Hourruitiner | 1975 | ![]() |
13 | Forward | Edgar de León | 1971 | ![]() |
14 | Center | Daniel Santiago | 1976 | ![]() |
15 | Forward | Eugenio Soto | 1973 | ![]() |
Head coach: Sergei Belov
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Guard | Vasily Karasev | 1971 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Igor Kudelin | 1972 | ![]() |
6 | Forward | Zakhar Pashutin | 1974 | ![]() |
7 | Forward | Evgeni Kisurin | 1969 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Dmitri Domani | 1974 | ![]() |
9 | Forward | Valeri Tikhonenko | 1964 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Sergei Babkov | 1967 | ![]() |
11 | Center | Mikhail Mikhailov | 1971 | ![]() |
12 | Forward | Nikita Morgunov | 1975 | ![]() |
13 | Center | Igor Kurashov | 1972 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Sergei Panov | 1970 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Vitaly Nosov | 1968 | ![]() |
Head coach: Željko Obradović
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Forward | Dejan Bodiroga | 1973 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Vlado Šćepanović | 1975 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | Saša Obradović | 1969 | ![]() |
7 | Forward | Nikola Lončar | 1972 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Dragan Lukovski | 1975 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | Miroslav Berić | 1973 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Aleksandar Đorđević | 1967 | ![]() |
11 | Center | Željko Rebrača | 1972 | ![]() |
12 | Center | Predrag Drobnjak | 1975 | ![]() |
13 | Center | Nikola Bulatović | 1971 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Dejan Tomašević | 1973 | ![]() |
15 | Forward | Milenko Topić | 1969 | ![]() |
Head coach: Hélio Rubens Garcia
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Forward | Marcelo Machado | 1975 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | André Fonseca | 1969 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | Caio Cazziolato | 1974 | ![]() |
7 | Forward | João Vianna | 1964 | ![]() |
8 | Center | Sandro Varejão | 1972 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | Demetrius Ferraciu | 1970 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Hélio Filho | 1975 | ![]() |
11 | Guard | Marco dos Santos | 1963 | ![]() |
12 | Center | Aristides dos Santos | 1970 | ![]() |
13 | Forward | Claudio Antonio Clemente | 1972 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Rogério Klafke | 1971 | ![]() |
15 | Forward | Joelcio Joerke | 1972 | ![]() |
Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Guard | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 1976 | ![]() |
5 | Center | Eurelijus Žukauskas | 1973 | ![]() |
6 | Forward | Tomas Masiulis | 1975 | ![]() |
7 | Guard | Saulius Štombergas | 1973 | ![]() |
8 | Forward | Mindaugas Žukauskas | 1975 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | Tomas Pačėsas | 1975 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Darius Lukminas | 1968 | ![]() |
11 | Forward | Dainius Adomaitis | 1974 | ![]() |
12 | Forward | Artūras Karnišovas | 1971 | ![]() |
13 | Guard | Darius Maskoliūnas | 1971 | ![]() |
14 | Center | Gintaras Einikis | 1969 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Virginijus Praškevičius | 1979 | ![]() |
Head coach: Chung Kwang-suk
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Forward | Choo Seung-gyun | 1974 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Kang Dong-hee | 1966 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | Kim Hee-sun | 1973 | ![]() |
7 | Guard | Kim Byong-chul | 1976 | ![]() |
8 | Guard/Forward | Cho Sang-hyun | 1976 | ![]() |
9 | Forward | Hyun Joo-yup | 1975 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Lee Sang-min | 1972 | ![]() |
11 | Center | Seo Jang-hoon | 1974 | ![]() |
12 | Forward | Kim Sung-chul | 1976 | ![]() |
13 | Forward | Yang Kyung-min | 1973 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Moon Kyung-eun | 1971 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Kim Joo-sung | 1979 | ![]() |
Head coach: Rudy Tomjanovich
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Guard | Trajan Langdon | 1976 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Michael Hawkins | 1972 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | Kiwane Garris | 1974 | ![]() |
7 | Forward | Jason Sasser | 1974 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Jimmy King | 1973 | ![]() |
9 | Forward | Bill Edwards | 1971 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Jimmy Oliver | 1969 | ![]() |
11 | Forward | Wendell Alexis | 1964 | ![]() |
12 | Center | Gerard King | 1972 | ![]() |
13 | Forward | David Wood | 1964 | ![]() |
14 | Center | Ashraf Amaya | 1971 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Brad Miller | 1976 | ![]() |
Head coach: Julio Lamas
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Forward | Marcelo Nicola | 1971 | ![]() |
5 | Forward | Hugo Sconochini | 1971 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | Alejandro Montecchia | 1972 | ![]() |
7 | Forward | Esteban de la Fuente | 1968 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Juan Ignacio Sánchez | 1977 | ![]() |
9 | Guard | Marcelo Milanesio | 1965 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Juan Espil | 1968 | ![]() |
11 | Forward | Diego Osella | 1969 | ![]() |
12 | Center | Fabricio Oberto | 1975 | ![]() |
13 | Guard | Emanuel Ginóbili | 1977 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Carlos Simoni | 1971 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Rubén Wolkowyski | 1973 | ![]() |
Head coach:
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
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4 | Forward | Tony Ronaldson | 1972 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Brett Maher | 1973 | ![]() |
6 | Forward | Scott Fisher | 1963 | ![]() |
7 | Guard | Frank Drmic | 1978 | ![]() |
8 | Forward | Sam Mackinnon | 1976 | ![]() |
9 | Forward | Simon Dwight | 1976 | ![]() |
10 | Guard | Andrew Gaze | 1965 | ![]() |
11 | Guard | Shane Heal | 1970 | ![]() |
12 | Center | Ben Melmeth | 1975 | ![]() |
13 | Center | Chris Anstey | 1975 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Andrew Vlahov | 1969 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Paul Rogers | 1973 | ![]() |
Head coach:
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Guard | Kingsley Ogwudire | 1972 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Dominic Okon | 1976 | ![]() |
6 | Guard/Forward | Olapido Ayinla | 1964 | ![]() |
7 | Guard | Daniel Okonkwo | 1975 | ![]() |
8 | Forward | Mohammed Acha | 1973 | ![]() |
9 | Forward/Center | Godwin Owinje | 1973 | ![]() |
10 | Forward | Julius Nwosu | 1971 | ![]() |
11 | Center | Yinka Dare | 1972 | ![]() |
12 | Forward | Tunji Awojobi | 1973 | ![]() ![]() |
13 | Forward | Obinna Ekezie | 1975 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Peter Aluma | 1973 | ![]() |
15 | Forward | Emeka Okenwa | 1970 | ![]() |
Head coach: Lolo Sainz
# | Pos | Name | Year Born | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Guard | Alberto Angulo | 1970 | ![]() |
5 | Guard | Nacho Rodilla | 1974 | ![]() |
6 | Guard | Ignacio Azofra | 1969 | ![]() |
7 | Center | Juan Antonio Orenga | 1966 | ![]() |
8 | Guard | Ignacio Rodríguez | 1970 | ![]() |
9 | Forward | Carlos Jiménez | 1976 | ![]() |
10 | Forward | Rodrigo De la Fuente | 1976 | ![]() |
11 | Guard | Alberto Herreros | 1969 | ![]() |
12 | Forward | José Antonio Paraíso | 1971 | ![]() |
13 | Forward | Ignacio de Miguel | 1973 | ![]() |
14 | Forward | Alfonso Reyes | 1971 | ![]() |
15 | Center | Roberto Dueñas | 1975 | ![]() |
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