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The 2002 FIBA World Championship squads were the squads of the 2002 FIBA World Championship. The list includes the 12-men rosters of the 16 participating countries, totaling 192 players.

Group A

Angola

Angola men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 4 Victor Muzadi ? – (1978-06-22)22 June 1978 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Primeiro de Agosto PG 5 Walter Costa ? – (1973-03-25)25 March 1973 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Primeiro de Agosto SF 6 Angelo Victoriano 34 – (1968-02-08)8 February 1968 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Primeiro de Agosto SF 7 Gerson Monteiro 29 – (1973-07-12)12 July 1973 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Barreirense PF 8 Edmar Victoriano 26 – (1975-11-01)1 November 1975 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Primeiro de Agosto SG 9 Victor de Carvalho 33 – (1969-02-20)20 February 1969 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Petro Atletico C 10 Joaquim Gomes 21 – (1980-12-23)23 December 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Valparaiso Crusaders PF 11 Mario Belarmino 27 – (1974-09-22)22 September 1974 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Petro Atletico SG 12 Afonso Silva 28 – (1974-07-24)24 July 1974 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Primeiro de Agosto SG 13 Carlos Almeida 25 – (1976-09-24)24 September 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Primeiro de Agosto PG 14 Miguel Lutonda 30 – (1971-12-24)24 December 1971 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Primeiro de Agosto PF 15 Eduardo Mingas 23 – (1979-01-29)29 January 1979 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Interclube	Head coach Mario Palma Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

Canada

Canada men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Novell Thomas 26 – (1975-12-17)17 December 1975 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Saskatchewan Hawks PG 5 Sherman Hamilton 30 – (1972-04-23)23 April 1972 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) BC Zalgiris PG 6 Titus Channer 29 – (1973-02-04)4 February 1973 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Basket-club Boncourt SG 7 Prosper Karangwa 24 – (1978-05-17)17 May 1978 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Siena Saints SG 8 Shawn Swords 28 – (1973-12-27)27 December 1973 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Euro Nokia Roseto SF 9 Rowan Barrett 29 – (1972-11-24)24 November 1972 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion SF 10 Greg Meldrum 29 – (1973-06-01)1 June 1973 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Thames Valley Tigers SF 11 Dave Thomas 25 – (1976-12-04)4 December 1976 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Canberra Cannons SF 12 Steve Ross 21 – (1980-10-11)11 October 1980 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Santa Clara SF 13 Richard Elias Anderson 24 – (1977-11-30)30 November 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mattersburg 49ers PF 14 Michael Meeks 30 – (1972-02-23)23 February 1972 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Fabriano Basket C 15 Kevin Jobity 27 – (1974-11-21)21 November 1974 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Anibal Zahle	Head coach Jay Triano Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

Spain

Spain men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Pau Gasol 22 – (1980-07-06)6 July 1980 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Memphis Grizzlies C 5 Oriol Junyent 26 – (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Granada G 6 Carles Marco 27 – (1974-09-23)23 September 1974 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) CB Valladolid G 7 Juan Carlos Navarro 22 – (1980-06-13)13 June 1980 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet G 8 Ignacio Rodríguez 31 – (1970-09-02)2 September 1970 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet F 9 Felipe Reyes 22 – (1980-03-16)16 March 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Adecco Estudiantes F 10 Carlos Jiménez 26 – (1976-02-10)10 February 1976 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Adecco Estudiantes F 11 Lucio Angulo 29 – (1973-04-09)9 April 1973 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto F 12 José Antonio Paraíso 31 – (1971-04-20)20 April 1971 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Baloncesto Fuenlabrada G 13 José Manuel Calderón 20 – (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Pamesa Valencia C 14 Alfonso Reyes 30 – (1971-09-19)19 September 1971 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Adecco Estudiantes F 15 Jorge Garbajosa 24 – (1977-12-19)19 December 1977 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Benetton Treviso	Head coach Javier Imbroda Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 13 August 2002 Injured

FR Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 3 Aleksandar Smiljanić 26 – (1976-03-08)8 March 1976 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Budućnost G 4 Dejan Bodiroga (C) 29 – (1973-03-02)2 March 1973 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Panathinaikos C 5 Dejan Koturović 30 – (1972-07-28)28 July 1972 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Bologna C 6 Žarko Čabarkapa 21 – (1981-05-21)21 May 1981 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Budućnost G 7 Igor Rakočević 24 – (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Minnesota Timberwolves F 8 Predrag Stojaković 25 – (1977-06-09)9 June 1977 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Sacramento Kings G 9 Vladimir Radmanović 21 – (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Seattle SuperSonics G 10 Marko Jarić 23 – (1978-11-24)24 November 1978 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Los Angeles Clippers F 11 Predrag Drobnjak 26 – (1975-10-27)27 October 1975 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Seattle SuperSonics C 12 Vlade Divac 34 – (1968-07-25)25 July 1968 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Sacramento Kings G 13 Miloš Vujanić 21 – (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Partizan C 14 Dejan Tomašević 29 – (1973-05-06)6 May 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) TAU Ceramica F 15 Milan Gurović 27 – (1976-11-15)15 November 1976 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Unicaja	Head coach Svetislav Pešić Assistant coach(es) Stevan Karadžić Aleksandar Petrović Legend (C) Team captain *nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2002 Injured

Group B

Brazil

Brazil men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Marcelo Machado 27 – (1975-04-12)April 12, 1975 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Rimini Crabs SF 5 Alex Garcia 22 – (1980-03-04)4 March 1980 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) COC Ribeirao Preto SF 6 Vanderlei Mazzuchini 29 – (1972-09-24)24 September 1972 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Tilibra\Bauru C 7 Tiago Splitter 17 – (1985-01-01)January 1, 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Tau Ceramica C 8 Sandro Varejão 30 – (1972-04-09)9 April 1972 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Vasco da Gama SG 9 Demetrius Ferracciu 29 – (1973-07-17)17 July 1973 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Minas PG 10 Helio Rubens Garcia Filho 27 – (1975-05-12)12 May 1975 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Franca São Paulo C 11 Anderson Varejão 19 – (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Barcelona PF 12 Guilherme Giovannoni 22 – (1980-06-02)2 June 1980 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) COC Ribeirao Preto SG 13 Leandro Barbosa 19 – (1982-11-28)28 November 1982 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Tilibra\Bauru SF 14 Rogério Klafke 31 – (1971-03-26)26 March 1971 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Vasco da Gama C 15 Rafael Araujo 22 – (1980-08-12)12 August 1980 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) BYU	Head coach Helio Rubens Garcia Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

Lebanon

Lebanon men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Walid Doumiati 34 – (1968-07-16)16 July 1968 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) ] SG 5 Charles Bardawil 22 – (1980-01-02)2 January 1980 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Hekmeh BC SG 6 Bader Makki 31 – (1970-10-27)27 October 1970 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Hekmeh BC PG 7 Rony Fahed 20 – (1981-11-06)6 November 1981 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ] PG 8 George Chibani 28 – (1974-07-01)1 July 1974 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) ] SF 9 Yasser El-Hajj 32 – (1970-08-18)18 August 1970 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ] C 10 Roy Samaha 17 – (1984-09-12)12 September 1984 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Hekmeh BC C 11 Paul Afeaki Khoury 34 – (1968-04-27)27 April 1968 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) ] SF 12 Ghazi El Boustani 34 – (1967-10-03)3 October 1967 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) ] SG 13 Elie Mechantaf 31 – (1970-10-05)5 October 1970 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Hekmeh BC C 14 Joe Vogel 28 – (1973-09-15)15 September 1973 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) ] SF 15 Fadi El Khatib 23 – (1979-01-01)1 January 1979 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Hekmeh BC	Head coach John Neumann Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

Puerto Rico

• José Ortiz
• Rick Apodaca
• Luis Ruiz
• Carlos Arroyo
• Christian Dalmau
• Elías Larry Ayuso
• Antonio Latimer
• Rolando Hourruitiner
• Félix Javier Pérez
• Richie Dalmau
• Daniel Santiago
• Jerome Mincy

coach: ?

Turkey

Turkey men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Kerem Tunçeri 23 – (1979-04-14)14 April 1979 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Efes Pilsen F 5 Hidayet Türkoğlu 23 – (1979-03-19)19 March 1979 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Sacramento Kings F 6 Mirsad Türkcan 26 – (1976-06-07)7 June 1976 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CSKA Moscow G 7 Hakan Köseoğlu 20 – (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Darüşşafaka C 8 Asım Pars 26 – (1976-04-01)1 April 1976 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Ülkerspor F 9 Harun Erdenay (C) 34 – (1968-05-27)27 May 1968 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Ülkerspor G 10 İbrahim Kutluay 28 – (1974-01-07)7 January 1974 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Panathinaikos F 11 Kaya Peker 22 – (1980-08-02)2 August 1980 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Efes Pilsen C 12 Hüseyin Beşok 27 – (1975-08-02)2 August 1975 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv C 13 Mehmet Okur 23 – (1979-05-26)26 May 1979 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Detroit Pistons F 14 Haluk Yıldırım 30 – (1972-06-25)25 June 1972 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Ülkerspor G 15 Ömer Onan 24 – (1978-04-02)2 April 1978 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Efes Pilsen	Head coach Aydın Örs Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2002 Injured

Group C

Algeria

Algeria men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Sofiane Boulahia 29 – (1973-03-20)20 March 1973 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Unknown club G 5 Samir Mehenaoui 38 – (1964-08-21)21 August 1964 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Unknown club G 6 Farid Belhimeur 18 – (1984-05-08)8 May 1984 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Unknown club G 7 Nabil Mebarki 23 – (1979-07-08)8 July 1979 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Unknown club F 8 Nabil El Bekeye Boudissa 21 – (1981-07-12)12 July 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Unknown club G 9 Miloud Doubal 20 – (1981-12-02)2 December 1981 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Olympique Antibes C 10 Nasser Ramdane Haif 25 – (1977-08-09)9 August 1977 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Unknown club F 11 Nadjim Ouali 31 – (1971-02-28)28 February 1971 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Unknown club F 12 Moured Boughedir 25 – (1976-10-01)1 October 1976 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Unknown club G 13 Amine Benramdane 29 – (1973-04-27)27 April 1973 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Unknown club G 14 Abdelhalim Sayah 27 – (1975-08-23)23 August 1975 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Unknown club C 15 Tarek Oukid 22 – (1979-12-13)13 December 1979 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Unknown club	Head coach Faid Bilal Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

China

China men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Guo Shiqiang 27 – (1975-07-08)8 July 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Liaoning Hunters PG 5 Liu Wei 22 – (1980-01-15)15 January 1980 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Shanghai Sharks PF 6 Gong Xiaobin 32 – (1969-11-23)23 November 1969 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Shandong Flaming Bulls SG 7 Zhang Cheng 24 – (1978-08-01)1 August 1978 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Jiangsu Dragons SG 8 Hu Weidong 32 – (1970-01-03)3 January 1970 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Jiangsu Dragons SF 9 Chen Ke 23 – (1979-05-16)16 May 1979 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Bayi Rockets G/F 10 Li Nan 25 – (1976-09-25)25 September 1976 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bayi Rockets PF 11 Liu Yudong 32 – (1970-03-23)23 March 1970 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Bayi Rockets SF 12 Zhu Fangyu 19 – (1983-01-05)5 January 1983 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers C 13 Yao Ming 21 – (1980-09-12)12 September 1980 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) Houston Rockets C 14 Mengke Bateer 26 – (1975-11-20)20 November 1975 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets PF 15 Du Feng 21 – (1981-07-30)30 July 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers	Head coach Wang Fei Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

Germany

Germany men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Mithat Demirel 24 – (1978-05-10)10 May 1978 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Alba Berlin F 5 Ademola Okulaja 27 – (1975-07-10)10 July 1975 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona F 6 Jörg Lütcke 26 – (1975-12-12)12 December 1975 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Alba Berlin G 7 Marko Pešić 25 – (1976-12-06)6 December 1976 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Alba Berlin G 8 Pascal Roller 25 – (1976-11-20)20 November 1976 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Opel Skyliners Frankfurt G 9 Henrik Rödl 33 – (1969-03-04)4 March 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Alba Berlin G 10 Misan Nikagbatse 20 – (1982-07-07)7 July 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Olympiacos G 11 Stefano Garris 23 – (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Alba Berlin C 12 Stephen Arigbabu 30 – (1972-02-15)15 February 1972 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) RheinEnergie Köln C 13 Patrick Femerling 27 – (1975-03-04)4 March 1975 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) FC Barcelona F 14 Dirk Nowitzki 24 – (1978-06-19)19 June 1978 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Dallas Mavericks C 15 Robert Maras 21 – (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Opel Skyliners Frankfurt	Head coach Henrik Dettmann Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes current pro club nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 13, 2002 Injured

United States

United States men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Michael Finley 29 – (1973-03-06)6 March 1973 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Dallas Mavericks G 5 Baron Davis 23 – (1979-04-13)13 April 1979 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) New Orleans Hornets G 6 Andre Miller 26 – (1976-03-19)19 March 1976 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Los Angeles Clippers F 7 Jermaine O'Neal 23 – (1978-10-13)13 October 1978 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Indiana Pacers F 8 Antonio Davis 33 – (1968-10-31)31 October 1968 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Toronto Raptors F 9 Paul Pierce 24 – (1977-10-13)13 October 1977 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Boston Celtics G 10 Reggie Miller 36 – (1965-08-24)24 August 1965 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Indiana Pacers F 11 Shawn Marion 24 – (1978-05-07)7 May 1978 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Phoenix Suns G 12 Jay Williams 20 – (1981-09-10)10 September 1981 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Chicago Bulls C 13 Ben Wallace 27 – (1974-09-10)10 September 1974 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Detroit Pistons F 14 Elton Brand 23 – (1979-03-11)11 March 1979 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Los Angeles Clippers C 15 Raef LaFrentz 26 – (1976-05-29)29 May 1976 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets	Head coach George Karl Legend (C) Team captain *nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2002 Injured

Group D

Argentina

Argentina men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Juan Ignacio Sánchez 25 – (1977-05-08)8 May 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Panathinaikos SG 5 Manu Ginóbili 25 – (1977-07-28)28 July 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Kinder Bologna PG 6 Alejandro Montecchia 30 – (1972-01-01)1 January 1972 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Viola Reggio C 7 Fabricio Oberto 27 – (1975-03-21)21 March 1975 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Tau Ceramica SG 8 Lucas Victoriano 24 – (1977-11-05)5 November 1977 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Caprabo Lleida C 9 Gabriel Fernández 25 – (1976-10-23)23 October 1976 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Tau Ceramica SF 10 Hugo Sconochini 31 – (1971-04-10)10 April 1971 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Tau Ceramica PF 11 Luis Scola 22 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Tau Ceramica PF 12 Leonardo Gutiérrez 24 – (1978-05-16)16 May 1978 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Atenas SF 13 Andrés Nocioni 23 – (1979-01-30)30 January 1979 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Tau Ceramica SF 14 Leandro Palladino 26 – (1976-01-13)13 January 1976 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Napoli C 15 Rubén Wolkowyski 28 – (1973-09-30)30 September 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) CSKA Moscow	Head coach Ruben Magnano Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

New Zealand

New Zealand men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Mark Dickel 25 – (1976-12-21)21 December 1976 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Wellington Saints PG 5 Judd Flavell 28 – (1973-12-31)December 31, 1973 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Nelson Giants SG 6 Kirk Penney 21 – (1980-11-23)23 November 1980 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Wisconsin PG 7 Paul Henare 23 – (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Hawke's Bay Hawks SG 8 Phill Jones 28 – (1974-01-25)25 January 1974 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Cantu SG 9 Paora Winitana 25 – (1976-12-06)6 December 1976 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Harbour Kings SF 10 Dillon Boucher 26 – (1975-12-27)27 December 1975 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Waikato Titans PF 11 Pero Cameron 28 – (1974-06-05)5 June 1974 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Chester Jets PF 12 Damon Rampton 23 – (1978-12-18)18 December 1978 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Nelson Giants C 13 Ed Book 31 – (1970-09-23)23 September 1970 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Nelson Giants C 14 Sean Marks 27 – (1975-08-25)25 August 1975 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Miami Heat C 15 Robert Hickey 28 – (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Hawke's Bay Hawks	Head coach Tab Baldwin Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

Russia

Russia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Vasily Karasev 31 – (1971-04-14)14 April 1971 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Ural C 5 Aleksandr Bashminov 24 – (1978-05-07)7 May 1978 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Ural SF 6 Sergei Panov 32 – (1970-06-30)30 June 1970 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Ural SG 7 Igor Kudelin 30 – (1972-08-10)10 August 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow SG 8 Sergei Chikalkin 26 – (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Benetton PF 9 Nikita Morgunov 27 – (1975-06-29)29 June 1975 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Avtodor PG 10 Evgeniy Pashutin 33 – (1969-02-06)6 February 1969 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) UNICS SG 11 Zakhar Pashutin 28 – (1974-05-03)3 May 1974 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow PF 12 Victor Khryapa 20 – (1982-08-03)August 3, 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Avtodor SF 13 Andrei Kirilenko 21 – (1981-02-18)18 February 1981 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Utah Jazz SF 14 Ruslan Avleev 26 – (1976-06-04)4 June 1976 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) UNICS C 15 Alexey Savrasenko 23 – (1979-02-28)28 February 1979 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Olympiacos	Head coach Stanislav Yeryomin Legend (C) Team captain *Club field describes country of last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 August 2002 Injured

Venezuela

• Víctor Díaz
• Pablo Ezequiel Machado
• Yumerving Ernesto Mijares
• Richard Lugo
• Alejandro Jose Quiroz
• Óscar Torres
• Diego Guevara
• Carl Herrera
• Héctor Romero
• Vladimir Heredia
• Tomás Aguilera
• Carlos Morris

coach:James Calvin

References

1. Angola
2. Spain
3. Puerto Rico
4. Algeria
5. New Zealand

External links

• FIBA official website
• EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page

• 2002 FIBA World Championship
• FIBA Basketball World Cup squads