EuroBasket 1997 squads

Main article: EuroBasket 1997

The following is the list of squads for each of the 16 teams competing in the EuroBasket 1997 , held in Spain between 24 June and 6 July 1997. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.

Group A

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Nenad Marković 29 – (1968-06-06)6 June 1968 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Limoges CSP F 5 Gordan Firić 26 – (1970-09-01)1 September 1970 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Pallacanestro Trieste PG 6 Adis Bećiragić 27 – (1970-06-18)18 June 1970 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Ülkerspor PF 7 Samir Lerić 23 – (1973-09-12)12 September 1973 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) KD Slovan F 8 Azur Korlatović 26 – (1971-02-01)1 February 1971 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Sloboda Tuzla C 9 Sejo Bukva 30 – (1966-09-16)16 September 1966 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) BK Inter Bratislava PG 10 Samir Selešković 27 – (1970-04-10)10 April 1970 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Türk Telekom B.K. PF 11 Samir Avdić 30 – (1967-03-21)21 March 1967 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Tofaş S.K. PF 12 Elvir Ovčina 20 – (1976-07-16)16 July 1976 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Syracuse University C 13 Dževad Alihodžić 28 – (1969-02-13)13 February 1969 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Cibona G 14 Adnan Hodžić 26 – (1971-04-27)27 April 1971 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Sloboda Tuzla F 15 Haris Mujezinović 23 – (1974-01-21)21 January 1974 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Indiana University	Head coach Sabit Hadžić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Greece

Greece men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Georgios Kalaitzis 20 – (1976-08-29)29 August 1976 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Panionios PG 5 Kostas Patavoukas 31 – (1966-02-03)3 February 1966 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Virtus Bologna PG 6 Nikos Boudouris 25 – (1971-09-25)25 September 1971 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) P.A.O.K. F 7 Dimitrios Papanikolaou 20 – (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympiacos G 8 Giorgos Sigalas 25 – (1971-07-31)31 July 1971 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Olympiacos PG 9 Angelos Koronios 28 – (1969-03-16)16 March 1969 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Peristeri F 10 Fragiskos Alvertis 23 – (1974-06-11)11 June 1974 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Panathinaikos PF 11 Nikos Oikonomou 24 – (1973-02-19)19 February 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Panathinaikos PF 12 Christos Myriounis 26 – (1971-06-15)15 June 1971 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Apollon Patras C 13 Giannis Giannoulis 21 – (1976-06-05)5 June 1976 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) P.A.O.K. C 14 Efthimios Rentzias 21 – (1976-01-11)11 January 1976 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) P.A.O.K. F 15 Fanis Christodoulou 32 – (1965-05-22)22 May 1965 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Panionios	Head coach Panagiotis Giannakis Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Russia

Russia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Vasily Karasev 26 – (1971-04-14)14 April 1971 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Efes Pilsen G 5 Igor Kudelin 24 – (1972-08-10)10 August 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC CSKA Moscow C 6 Igor Kurashov 25 – (1972-04-02)2 April 1972 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow PF 7 Evgeni Kisurin 28 – (1969-01-28)28 January 1969 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) KK Cibona PG 8 Evgeniy Pashutin 28 – (1969-06-02)2 June 1969 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Avtodor Saratov G 9 Dmitry Shakulin 29 – (1968-05-11)11 May 1968 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC CSKA Moscow G 10 Sergei Babkov 30 – (1967-06-05)5 June 1967 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) CB Málaga C 11 Mikhail Mikhaylov 26 – (1971-05-17)17 May 1971 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid G 12 Zakhar Pashutin 23 – (1974-05-03)3 May 1974 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Avtodor Saratov PF 13 Andrei Fetisov 24 – (1973-01-19)19 January 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Dynamo Moscow F 14 Sergei Panov 26 – (1970-06-30)30 June 1970 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow C 15 Vitaliy Nosov 29 – (1968-02-01)1 February 1968 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Union Olimpija	Head coach Sergei Belov Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Turkey

Turkey men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PF 4 Murat Konuk 25 – (1972-02-18)18 February 1972 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Tofaş S.K. PG 5 Kerem Tunçeri 18 – (1979-04-14)14 April 1979 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray PF 6 Mirsad Türkcan 21 – (1976-06-07)7 June 1976 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Efes Pilsen PG 7 Orhun Ene 30 – (1967-02-01)1 February 1967 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Ülkerspor F 8 Volkan Aydın 28 – (1969-01-11)11 January 1969 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Efes Pilsen G 9 Harun Erdenay 29 – (1968-05-27)27 May 1968 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ülkerspor G 10 İbrahim Kutluay 23 – (1974-01-07)7 January 1974 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Fenerbahçe PG 11 Murat Evliyaoğlu 28 – (1969-06-02)2 June 1969 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Efes Pilsen C 12 Hüseyin Beşok 21 – (1975-08-02)2 August 1975 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Efes Pilsen C 13 Tamer Oyguç 31 – (1966-01-11)11 January 1966 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Efes Pilsen F 14 Tunç Girgin 27 – (1969-09-15)15 September 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Türk Telekom B.K. F 15 Ufuk Sarıca 25 – (1972-06-13)13 June 1972 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Efes Pilsen	Head coach Ercüment Sunter Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Group B

France

France men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Laurent Pluvy 23 – (1973-07-12)12 July 1973 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ASVEL Basket C 5 Jérôme Moïso 19 – (1978-06-15)15 June 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Milford Academy PF 6 Fabien Dubos 19 – (1977-11-10)10 November 1977 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Pau-Orthez G 7 Laurent Foirest 23 – (1973-09-18)18 September 1973 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Pau-Orthez F 8 Yann Bonato 25 – (1972-03-04)4 March 1972 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Victoria Libertas Pesaro PG 9 Frédéric Fauthoux 24 – (1972-12-06)6 December 1972 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Pau-Orthez F 10 Stéphane Risacher 24 – (1972-08-26)26 August 1972 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Paris Basket Racing PF 11 Thierry Gadou 28 – (1969-01-13)13 January 1969 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Pau-Orthez C 12 Cyril Julian 23 – (1974-03-29)29 March 1974 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) SLUC Nancy Basket G 13 Georges Adams 30 – (1967-03-09)9 March 1967 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) ASVEL Basket PG 14 Laurent Sciarra 23 – (1973-08-08)8 August 1973 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CB Ciudad de Huelva PF 15 Rémi Rippert 25 – (1971-07-16)16 July 1971 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) ASVEL Basket	Head coach Jean-Pierre de Vincenzi Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Israel

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F 4 Nadav Henefeld 29 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. PG 5 Lior Arditty 29 – (1967-12-16)16 December 1967 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Bnei Herzliya G 6 Shalom Turgeman 27 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. PF 7 Amir Muchtari 25 – (1972-06-12)12 June 1972 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon PF 8 David Bernsley 28 – (1969-05-06)6 May 1969 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Givat Shmuel PG 9 Oren Aharoni 23 – (1973-11-12)12 November 1973 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Ramat Gan B.C. PG 10 Oded Kattash 22 – (1974-10-10)10 October 1974 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. G 11 Doron Sheffer 25 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. F 12 Gur Shelef 23 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon F 13 Uri Cohen-Mintz 23 – (1973-08-01)1 August 1973 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Ironi Ramat Gan C 14 Tomer Steinhauer 30 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. C 15 Ofer Fleisher 31 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Bnei Herzliya	Head coach Zvi Sherf Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Lithuania

Lithuania men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 21 – (1976-03-05)5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) University of Maryland PF 5 Andrius Jurkūnas 21 – (1976-05-21)21 May 1976 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Clemson University PF 6 Kęstutis Šeštokas 21 – (1976-04-15)15 April 1976 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Žalgiris F 7 Mindaugas Timinskas 23 – (1974-03-28)28 March 1974 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Strasbourg IG F 8 Saulius Štombergas 23 – (1973-12-14)14 December 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Atletas Kaunas C 9 Eurelijus Žukauskas 23 – (1973-08-22)22 August 1973 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) BC Neptūnas G 10 Darius Lukminas 29 – (1968-02-09)9 February 1968 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Avtodor Saratov G 11 Dainius Adomaitis 23 – (1974-01-19)19 January 1974 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris F 12 Artūras Karnišovas 26 – (1971-04-27)27 April 1971 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet PG 13 Darius Maskoliūnas 26 – (1971-01-06)6 January 1971 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris PF 14 Gintaras Einikis 27 – (1969-09-30)30 September 1969 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Avtodor Saratov PF 15 Virginijus Praškevičius 23 – (1974-04-03)3 April 1974 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Minnesota Timberwolves	Head coach Jonas Kazlauskas Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Slovenia

Slovenia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Walter Jeklin 27 – (1969-09-27)27 September 1969 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Krka F 5 Goran Jagodnik 23 – (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KD Hopsi Polzela PG 6 Jaka Daneu 26 – (1971-02-03)3 February 1971 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Union Olimpija C 7 Radoslav Nesterovič 21 – (1976-05-30)30 May 1976 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) KK Union Olimpija C 8 Aleš Kunc 23 – (1973-07-13)13 July 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KD Slovan PG 9 Jure Zdovc 30 – (1966-12-13)13 December 1966 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Tofaş S.K. PF 10 Marko Tušek 21 – (1975-07-17)17 July 1975 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Union Olimpija PF 11 Teoman Alibegović 30 – (1967-01-11)11 January 1967 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Pallacanestro Trieste F 12 Marko Milič 20 – (1977-05-07)7 May 1977 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Union Olimpija F 13 Boris Gorenc 23 – (1973-12-03)3 December 1973 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Strasbourg IG PF 14 Ivica Jurković 24 – (1973-03-26)26 March 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Union Olimpija F 15 Radovan Trifunović 24 – (1973-01-25)25 January 1973 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Shaw University	Head coach Andrej Urlep Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Group C

Italy

Italy men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Claudio Coldebella 28 – (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) A.E.K. Athens PG 5 Davide Bonora 24 – (1973-02-05)5 February 1973 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Benetton Treviso PF 6 Gregor Fučka 25 – (1971-08-07)7 August 1971 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Olimpia Milano F 7 Riccardo Pittis 28 – (1968-12-18)18 December 1968 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Benetton Treviso C 8 Denis Marconato 21 – (1975-07-29)29 July 1975 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Benetton Treviso PF 9 Giacomo Galanda 22 – (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Scaligera Verona G 10 Carlton Myers 26 – (1971-03-30)30 March 1971 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Fortitudo Bologna F 11 Paolo Moretti 26 – (1970-06-30)30 June 1970 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Peristeri G 12 Alessandro Abbio 26 – (1971-03-13)13 March 1971 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna C 13 Alessandro Frosini 24 – (1972-09-22)22 September 1972 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Fortitudo Bologna C 14 Flavio Carera 34 – (1963-01-18)18 January 1963 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Virtus Bologna PF 15 Dan Gay 35 – (1961-07-20)20 July 1961 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Fortitudo Bologna	Head coach Ettore Messina Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Latvia

Latvia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PF 4 Uvis Helmanis 25 – (1972-06-10)10 June 1972 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Metropole/I.O.S. C 5 Jānis Āzacis 26 – (1971-05-08)8 May 1971 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Brocēni/LMT PG 6 Edmunds Valeiko 25 – (1972-06-22)22 June 1972 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BK Baltika G 7 Roberts Štelmahers 22 – (1974-11-19)19 November 1974 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Brocēni/LMT F 8 Kārlis Muižnieks 33 – (1964-05-25)25 May 1964 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BK Baltika F 9 Edgars Šneps 25 – (1972-04-13)13 April 1972 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Brocēni/LMT PG 10 Raimonds Miglinieks 26 – (1970-07-16)16 July 1970 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Brocēni/LMT F 11 Ainārs Bagatskis 30 – (1967-03-29)29 March 1967 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Brocēni/LMT PF 12 Ivars Liepa 32 – (1965-06-04)4 June 1965 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BK Baltika PF 13 Ralfs Jansons 25 – (1971-08-07)7 August 1971 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) LainERS C 14 Andrejs Bondarenko 33 – (1963-10-22)22 October 1963 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) BK Baltika C 15 Igors Meļņiks 34 – (1962-08-14)14 August 1962 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Spartak Moscow	Head coach Igors Miglinieks Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Poland

Poland men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Robert Kościuk 28 – (1969-01-17)17 January 1969 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Anwil PG 5 Andrzej Pluta 23 – (1974-04-26)26 April 1974 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Bobry Bytom PG 6 Krzysztof Mila 27 – (1970-06-06)6 June 1970 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Polonia Przemyśl G 7 Jarosław Darnikowski 25 – (1971-07-03)3 July 1971 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) AZS UMK Toruń F 8 Dominik Tomczyk 23 – (1974-04-15)15 April 1974 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Śląsk Wrocław G 9 Maciej Zieliński 26 – (1971-01-05)5 January 1971 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Śląsk Wrocław PF 10 Adam Wójcik 27 – (1970-04-20)20 April 1970 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Spirou Charleroi PF 11 Tomasz Jankowski 24 – (1972-07-25)25 July 1972 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) WTK Anwil Włocławek C 12 Piotr Szybilski 24 – (1973-05-02)2 May 1973 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Znicz Pruszków C 13 Rafał Bigus 20 – (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Villanova University F 14 Mariusz Bacik 25 – (1972-01-04)4 January 1972 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Bobry Bytom C 15 Krzysztof Dryja 23 – (1974-01-04)4 January 1974 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Znicz Pruszków	Head coach Eugeniusz Kijewski Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

FR Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F 4 Dejan Bodiroga 24 – (1973-03-02)2 March 1973 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid G 5 Predrag Danilović 27 – (1970-02-26)26 February 1970 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Dallas Mavericks PG 6 Saša Obradović 28 – (1969-01-29)29 January 1969 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Alba Berlin F 7 Nikola Lončar 25 – (1972-05-31)31 May 1972 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Pallacanestro Varese G 8 Miroslav Radošević 24 – (1973-01-01)1 January 1973 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Borac Čačak G 9 Miroslav Berić 24 – (1973-01-20)20 January 1973 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Partizan PG 10 Aleksandar Đorđević 29 – (1967-08-26)26 August 1967 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet C 11 Željko Rebrača 25 – (1972-04-09)9 April 1972 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Benetton Treviso C 12 Nikola Bulatović 25 – (1971-08-28)28 August 1971 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) FMP PF 13 Zoran Savić 30 – (1966-11-18)18 November 1966 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Virtus Bologna PF 14 Dejan Tomašević 24 – (1973-05-06)6 May 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Partizan PF 15 Milenko Topić 28 – (1969-03-06)6 March 1969 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) KK BFC Beočin	Head coach Želimir Obradović Assistant coach(es) Miroslav Nikolić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Group D

Croatia

Croatia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Josip Sesar 19 – (1978-01-17)17 January 1978 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Zagreb PG 5 Damir Mulaomerović 22 – (1974-09-19)19 September 1974 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Cibona G 6 Gordan Giriček 20 – (1977-06-20)20 June 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Cibona PG 7 Damir Milačić 22 – (1975-02-25)25 February 1975 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) KK Zagreb PG 8 Vladan Alanović 29 – (1967-07-03)3 July 1967 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Tofaş S.K. G 9 Slaven Rimac 22 – (1974-12-19)19 December 1974 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Cibona C 10 Emilio Kovačić 29 – (1968-01-11)11 January 1968 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Zrinjevac C 11 Davor Pejčinović 26 – (1971-03-28)28 March 1971 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Cibona PF 12 Siniša Kelečević 27 – (1970-04-10)10 April 1970 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Telekom Baskets Bonn PF 13 Nikola Prkačin 21 – (1975-11-15)15 November 1975 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Split C 14 Ivan Grgat 22 – (1974-09-22)22 September 1974 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Dubrava F 15 Davor Marcelić 28 – (1969-05-25)25 May 1969 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Cibona	Head coach Petar Skansi Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Germany

Germany men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Henrik Rödl 28 – (1969-03-04)4 March 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Alba Berlin G 5 Jörg Lütcke 21 – (1975-12-12)12 December 1975 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Alba Berlin PF 6 Gerrit Terdenge 22 – (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) California State University, Fresno G 7 Vladimir Bogojević 21 – (1976-01-01)1 January 1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Gießen 46ers G 8 Denis Wucherer 24 – (1973-05-07)7 May 1973 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Bayer Giants Leverkusen F 9 Henning Harnisch 29 – (1968-04-15)15 April 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Alba Berlin C 10 Sascha Hupmann 27 – (1970-04-21)21 April 1970 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Alba Berlin C 11 Jürgen Malbeck 23 – (1974-04-05)5 April 1974 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Hawaii Pacific University C 12 Patrick Femerling 22 – (1975-03-04)4 March 1975 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) University of Washington PF 13 Ademola Okulaja 21 – (1975-07-10)10 July 1975 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill C 14 Tim Nees 25 – (1971-10-30)30 October 1971 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Bayer Giants Leverkusen C 15 Alexander Kühl 24 – (1973-01-07)7 January 1973 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Head coach Vladislav Lučić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Spain

Spain men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Alberto Angulo 27 – (1970-06-12)12 June 1970 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Madrid PG 5 José Luis Galilea 24 – (1972-07-09)9 July 1972 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) FC Barcelona PG 6 Tomás Jofresa 27 – (1970-01-25)25 January 1970 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) CB Málaga C 7 Juan Antonio Orenga 30 – (1966-07-29)29 July 1966 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid PG 8 Ignacio Rodríguez 26 – (1970-09-02)2 September 1970 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) CB Málaga F 9 Mike Smith 33 – (1963-09-10)10 September 1963 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid G 10 Roger Esteller 24 – (1972-07-06)6 July 1972 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) FC Barcelona F 11 Alberto Herreros 28 – (1969-04-20)20 April 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Real Madrid F 12 José Antonio Paraíso 26 – (1971-04-20)20 April 1971 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Cáceres CB C 13 Ferran Martínez 29 – (1968-04-25)25 April 1968 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Panathinaikos C 14 Alfonso Reyes 25 – (1971-09-19)19 September 1971 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Málaga C 15 Roberto Dueñas 21 – (1975-11-01)1 November 1975 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) FC Barcelona	Head coach Lolo Sainz Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Ukraine

Ukraine men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club C 4 Oleksandr Okunsky 25 – (1971-07-13)13 July 1971 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) C 5 Grigorij Khizhnyak 22 – (1974-07-16)16 July 1974 PF 6 Leonid Laylo 23 – (1973-08-31)31 August 1973 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) PF 7 Ihor Molchanov 27 – (1969-09-06)6 September 1969 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) C 8 Victor Savchenko 27 – (1970-02-16)16 February 1970 PF 9 Alexander Lokhmanchuk 24 – (1973-05-28)28 May 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Budivelnyk F 10 Denis Zhuravlov 26 – (1971-04-30)30 April 1971 F 11 Roman Rubchenko 23 – (1974-01-06)6 January 1974 G 12 Vadym Pudzyrey 27 – (1969-11-05)5 November 1969 G 13 Yevheniy Murzin 31 – (1965-09-24)24 September 1965 PG 14 Dmytro Bazelevsky 26 – (1970-12-28)28 December 1970 PG 15 Ihor Kharchenko 28 – (1969-05-11)11 May 1969	Head coach Zaurbek Khromaev Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

References

• 1997 European Championship for Men, FIBA.com.
• European Championship 1997 - National Squads ^{[ usurped ]}, LinguaSport.com.