2006 FIBA World Championship for Women squads

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The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women held in Brazil had the following squads. The list includes the 12-women rosters of 8 teams of the 16 participating countries, totaling 172 players.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Group A

Argentina

Head coach: Eduardo Pinto

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Laura Betiana Nicolli	1.76	1975	Union Florida
5	Forward/Guard	Verónica Liliana Soberón	1.78	1977	Union Florida
6	Guard	Cecília Alejandra Peters Lineira	1.80	1986	Lanús
7	Guard	Natalia Romina Ríos	1.76	1980	Lenzi Prof. Bolzano
8	Forward	Sandra Carolina Pavón	1.71	1985	Vélez Sársfield
9	Guard	Alejandra Ethel Chesta	1.86	1982	C. B. Olesa
10	Forward/Guard	Paula Erica Gatti	1.73	1978	Vélez Sársfield
11	Guard	Marcela Julia Paoletta	1.64	1979	Vélez Sársfield
12	Center	María Alejandra Fernández	1.86	1976	Vélez Sársfield
13	Center	María Gimena Landra	1.88	1983	Lanús
14	Center	Erica Carolina Sánchez	1.83	1976	Vagos
15	Center	Gisela Verónica Vega	1.88	1982	Real Canoe

Brazil

Head coach: Antônio Carlos Barbosa

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Adriana Moisés Pinto	1.70	1979	no club
5	Guard	Helen Cristina Santos Luz	1.76	1972	Barcelona
6	Forward	Karen Gustavo Rocha	1.77	1984	Ourinhos
7	Forward	Micaela Martins Jacintho	1.80	1979	MTK Polfa Pabiance
8	Forward/Guard	Iziane Castro Marques	1.82	1982	Seattle Storm
9	Forward	Janeth dos Santos Arcain	1.82	1969	no club
10	Forward	Sílvia Cristina Gustavo Rocha	1.83	1982	Ponte Preta
11	Center	Soeli Garvão Zakrzeski	1.87	1977	São Caetano
12	Center	Érika Cristina de Souza	1.97	1982	Ros Casares Valencia
13	Center	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira	2.01	1973	Woori Bank
14	Center	Cíntia Silva dos Santos	1.94	1975	Famila Schio
15	Center	Kelly da Silva Santos	1.92	1979	Santo André

Senegal

Head coach: Maguette Diop

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Fatou Dieng	1.67	1983
5	Guard	Nene Diame	1.70	1986
6	Forward	Oumoul Khairy Sarr	1.88	1984
7	Forward	Aya Traoré	1.83	1983
8	Forward	Mame Diodio Diouf	1.70	1984
9	Forward	Salimata Diatta	1.84	1981	BC ICIM Arad
10	Forward	Astou Traoré	1.85	1981
11	Center	Mariame Dia		1978
12	Center	Awa Doumbia	1.82	1979	Jeanne d’Arc Dakar
13	Center	Ndèye Ndiaye	1.89	1979
14	Center	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta	1.89	1973
15	Center	Khady Yacine Ngom	1.79	1979	Brunnen Basket

South Korea

Head coach: Soo Jong Yoo

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Center	Kang Young-suk	1.87	1981	Shinham Bank
5	Guard	Choi Youn-ah	1.70	1985	no club
6	Forward	Kim Se-long	1.77	1986	Samsung Life
7	Forward	Kim Eun-hye	1.82	1982	Woori Bank
8	Guard	Lee Ktung-eun	1.76	1987	Woori Bank
9	Guard	Park Sun-young	1.75	1980	Shinham Bank
10	Forward	Beon Yeon-ha	1.80	1980	Samsung Life
11	Center	Sin Jung-ja	1.84	1980	BK Kookmin Bank
12	Center	Hong Hyun-hee	1.91	1982	Woori Bank
13	Forward	Kim Jung-eun	1.81	1987	Shinsegae
14	Center	Kim Kwe-ryong	1.90	1979	Woori Bank
15	Center	Kang Ji-sook	1.98	1979	Shinham Bank

Spain

Head coach: Domingo Díaz

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Forward/Center	María Pina	1.87	1987	Adecco Estudiantes
5	Forward/Guard	Marta Fernández	1.79	1981	Los Angeles Sparks
6	Forward/Guard	Laia Palau	1.78	1979	CJM Bourges Basket
7	Forward/Guard	Isabel Sánchez	1.79	1976	Acís León
8	Guard	Sílvia Domínguez	1.65	1987	Barcelona
9	Center	Paula Seguí	1.88	1982	Celta de Vigo
10	Guard	Elisa Aguilar	1.70	1976	Ros Casares Valencia
11	Guard	Núria Martínez	1.75	1984	Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca
12	Center	Anna Montañana	1.85	1980	Ros Casares Valencia
13	Forward/Center	Amaya Valdemoro	1.84	1976	VBM-SGAU Samara
14	Center	Eva Montesdeoca	1.95	1981	Gran Canaria
15	Center	Lucila Pascua	1.92	1983	Acís León

Group B

Australia

Head coach: Jan Stirling

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Erin Phillips	1.73	1985	Connecticut Sun
5	Guard	Tully Bevilaqua	1.64	1972	Canberra Capitals
6	Guard	Jennifer Screen	1.80	1982	Adelaide Fellas
7	Forward	Penny Taylor	1.85	1981	Phoenix Mercury
8	Center	Emma Randall	1.88	1985	Dandenong Rangers
9	Center	Hollie Grima	1.90	1983	Bulleen Boomers
10	Guard	Kristi Harrower	1.63	1975	Valenciennes
11	Center	Laura Summerton	1.88	1983	AIS
12	Forward	Belinda Snell	1.80	1981	Phoenix Mercury
13	Center	Jenny Whittle (Capt)	1.97	1973	Canberra Capitals
14	Forward	Emily McInerny	1.84	1978	Dandenong Rangers
15	Forward/Center	Lauren Jackson	1.95	1981	Seattle Storm

Canada

Head coach: Allison McNeill

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Sheila Mae Townsend	1.76	1980	BG Dorsten
5	Guard	Teresa Gabriele	1.65	1979
6	Forward	Kelsey Alexa Adrian	1.86	1989	Brookswood Secondary School
7	Forward	Isabelle Grenier	1.80	1978	BG Dorsten
8	Guard/Forward	Kim Gaucher	1.85	1984	Sacramento Monarchs
9	Forward	Sarah Jane Crooks	1.85	1984	University of Saskatchewan
10	Guard	Carrie Michelle Watson	1.78	1981
11	Center	Amanda Claire Brown	1.95	1984	Pennsylvania State University
12	Forward	Claudia Melati Brassard-Riebesehl	1.82	1975	Townsville Fire
13	Forward	Nicole Anne Johnson	1.80	1975	BG Dorsten
14	Forward	Chelsea Aubry	1.88	1984	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
15	Center	Tamara Kim Sutton-Brown	1.93	1978	Fenerbahçe

Group C

USA

Head coach: Anne Donovan

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Alana Beard	1.81	1982	Washington Mystics Canberra Capitals
5	Forward	Seimone Augustus	1.86	1984	Minnesota Lynx
6	Guard	Sue Bird	1.76	1980	Seattle Storm Dynamo Moscow
7	Forward	Sheryl Swoopes	1.83	1971	Houston Comets Taranto Cras Basket
8	Forward	DeLisha Milton-Jones	1.85	1974	Washington Mystics BK Brno
9	Center	Cheryl Ford	1.91	1981	Detroit Shock
10	Forward	Tamika Catchings	1.83	1979	Indiana Fever
11	Forward	Tina Thompson	1.89	1975	Houston Comets
12	Guard/Forward	Diana Taurasi	1.83	1982	Phoenix Mercury Dynamo Moscow
13	Center	Michelle Snow	1.96	1980	Houston Comets ASD Basket Parma
14	Guard	Katie Smith	1.81	1974	Detroit Shock
15	Forward/Center	Candace Parker	1.93	1986	University of Tennessee

Group D

France

Head coach: Alain Jardel

#	Pos	Name	Height(m)	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Clémence Beikes	1.78	1983	Tarbes GB
5	Forward	Sandra Le Dréan	1.87	1977	USK Prague
6	Guard	Céline Dumerc	1.69	1982	CJM Bourges Basket
7	Center	Sandrine Gruda	1.92	1987	Valenciennes
8	Forward	Emmanuelle Hermouet	1.83	1979	Valenciennes
9	Guard	Audrey Sauret-Gillespie (cap.)	1.78	1976	UMMC Ekaterinburg
10	Center	Nathalie Lesdema	1.90	1973	Acís León
11	Guard	Émilie Gomis	1.80	1983	Valenciennes New York Liberty
12	Forward	Krissy Badé	1.82	1980	Valenciennes
13	Center	Sandra Dijon	1.95	1976	Lattes-Montpellier
14	Center	Emmeline NDongué	1.94	1983	CJM Bourges Basket Los Angeles Sparks
15	Center	Élodie Godin	1.90	1985	Valenciennes

v t e FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Tournaments	Chile 1953 Brazil 1957 Soviet Union 1959 Peru 1964 Czechoslovakia 1967 Brazil 1971 Colombia 1975 South Korea 1979 Brazil 1983 Soviet Union 1986 Malaysia 1990 Australia 1994 Germany 1998 China 2002 Brazil 2006 Czech Republic 2010 Turkey 2014 Spain 2018 Australia 2022 Germany 2026
Finals	1953 1957 1959 1964 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Squads	1953 1957 1959 1964 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Qualification	2022 2026 Pre-qualifying Qualifying
Qualifying tournaments	Africa Americas Asia and Oceania Europe Olympics
Team appearances Awards All-Tournament Team Most Valuable Player

References

Senegal at the 2006 World Championship for Women on Fiba.com

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