| Basketball on 2008 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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12 teams of 12 people took part in men's basketball competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics .
The age and clubs of the players are indicated on August 10, 2008, when the competition began.
An abbreviation of positions and titles: RZ - point guard , AZ - attacking defender , Z - defender , LF - light forward , TF - heavy forward , F - forward , C - center , F / C - forward center , k - captain .
Group A
Australia
| Men's Australian Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| Ts | four | Chris Anstey | January 33 - 1, 1975 | 2.13 m |  Melbourne Tigers |
| RZ | five | Patrick Mills | August 19 - 11, 1988 | 1.83 m |  St marys |
| Ts | 6 | Andrew Bogut | November 23 - 28, 1984 | 2.13 m | Milwaukee Bucks |
| AZ | 7 | Joe Ingles | October 20 - 2, 1987 | 2.03 m | South dragons |
| AZ | eight | Brad Newley | February 23 - 18, 1985 | 2.01 m |  Panellinios |
| 3 | 9 | CJ Braton | December 32 - 13, 1975 | 1.88 m |  New Zealand Breakers |
| F | ten | David barlow | October 24 - 22, 1983 | 2.06 m | Melbourne Tigers |
| Lf | eleven | Mark Worthington | June 25 - 8, 1983 | 2.01 m | South dragons |
| AZ | 12 | Glen Saville | January 32 - 17, 1976 | 1.96 m | Wollongong Hawks |
| F / c | 13 | David andersen | June 28 - 23, 1980 | 2.11 m | Barcelona |
| F / c | 14 | Matt Nielsen ( k ) | February 30 - 3, 1978 | 2.08 m | Lietuvos Rytas |
| F | 15 | Sean Redhage | January 27 - 21, 1981 | 2.03 m | Perth Wildcats |
| Main coach: Brian Gourgen | |||||
Argentina
| Argentina Men's Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| F / c | four | Louis Skola ( C ) | April 28 - 30, 1980 | 2.06 m | Houston rockets |
| AZ | five | Manu Zhinobili | July 31 - 28, 1977 | 1.98 m | San antonio spurs |
| Ts | 6 | Roman Gonzalez | January 30 - 28, 1978 | 2.11 m | Peñarol |
| Ts | 7 | Fabricio Oberto | March 33 - 21, 1975 | 2.08 m | San antonio spurs |
| RZ | eight | Pablo Prigioni | May 31 - 17, 1977 | 1.93 m | Taugres |
| RZ | 9 | Antonio Porta | October 24 - 28, 1983 | 1.93 m | Spartak (St. Petersburg) |
| AZ | ten | Carlos Delfino | August 25 - 29, 1982 | 2.01 m | Khimki |
| RZ | eleven | Paolo Kinteros | January 29 - 15, 1979 | 1.88 m | Zaragoza |
| PF | 12 | Leonardo Gutierrez | May 30 - 16, 1978 | 2.01 m | Atenas |
| Lf | 13 | Andres Nosioni | November 28 - 30, 1979 | 2.01 m | Chicago bulls |
| Ts | 14 | Juan Pedro Gutierrez | October 24 - 10, 1983 | 2.06 m | Granada |
| Lf | 15 | Federico Cammerix | June 28 - 21, 1980 | 2.06 m | Regatas |
| Main coach: Sergio Hernandez | |||||
Iran
| Iranian Men's Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| F / c | four | Ali Dorahi | September 23 - 20, 1984 | 2.11 m | Petrochimi |
| RZ | five | Amir Amini | June 24 - 10, 1984 | 1.91 m | Kaveh |
| RZ | 6 | Javad Davari | April 25 - 25, 1983 | 1.85 m | Petrochimi |
| RZ | 7 | Mehdi Kamrani | June 26 - 1, 1982 | 1.80 m | Mahram |
| AZ | eight | Said Davarpanah | September 20 - 7, 1987 | 1.91 m | Kaveh |
| AZ | 9 | Iman zandy | September 26 - 19, 1981 | 1.88 m | BEEM |
| AZ | ten | Hamed Afah | February 25 - 1, 1983 | 1.93 m | Saba Battery |
| F / c | eleven | Hamed Sohrabnejad | May 25 - 7, 1983 | 2.06 m | Mahram |
| TF | 12 | Oshin Sahakyan | March 22 - 21, 1986 | 2.01 m | Goiter Ahan |
| Ts | 13 | Musa Nabipur | August 24 - 14, 1983 | 2.11 m | Kaveh |
| Lf | 14 | Samad Nikkhah Bahrami ( k ) | May 25 - 11, 1983 | 2.01 m | Mahram |
| Ts | 15 | Hamed Haddadi | May 23 - 19, 1985 | 2.18 m | Saba Battery |
| Main coach: Raiko Toroman | |||||
Lithuania
| Lithuanian men's basketball team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| RZ | four | Rimantas Caukenas | April 31 - 11, 1977 | 1.93 m | Siena Montepaschi |
| AZ | five | Mindaugas Lukauskis | May 29 - 19, 1979 | 1.98 m | Lietuvos Rytas |
| Lf | 6 | Jonas Maciulis | February 23 - 10, 1985 | 2.01 m | Альalgiris |
| Ts | 7 | Dariush Lavrynovych | November 28 - 1, 1979 | 2.11 m | UNICS |
| AZ | eight | Ramunas Siskauskas ( k ) | September 29 - 10, 1978 | 1.98 m | CSKA (Moscow) |
| 3 | 9 | Marius Prekevicius | May 24 - 22, 1984 | 1.96 m | Šiauliai |
| AZ | ten | Simas Jasaitis | March 26 - 26, 1982 | 2.03 m | Hoventut |
| F | eleven | Linas Cleise | January 23 - 3, 1985 | 2.03 m | Denver Nuggets |
| F / c | 12 | Krzysztof Lavrynovych | November 28 - 1, 1979 | 2.11 m | Siena Montepaschi |
| RZ | 13 | Sarunas Jasikyavichyus | March 32 - 5, 1976 | 1.93 m | Panathinaikos |
| F / c | 14 | Marionas Petravičius | October 28 - 24, 1979 | 2.06 m | Lietuvos Rytas |
| Ts | 15 | Robertas Javtokas | March 28 - 20, 1980 | 2.11 m | Dynam (Moscow) |
| Main coach: Ramunas Butautas | |||||
Russia
| Men's Russian Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| F | four | Andrey Vorontsevich | July 21 - 17, 1987 | 2.03 m | CSKA (Moscow) |
| RZ | five | John Robert Holden | August 31 - 10, 1976 | 1.85 m | CSKA (Moscow) |
| 3 | 6 | Sergey Bykov | February 25 - 26, 1983 | 1.91 m | Dynamo (Moscow) |
| F | 7 | Andrey Kirilenko ( k ) | February 27 - 18, 1981 | 2.08 m | Utah Jazz |
| Ts | eight | Nikita Morgunov | June 33 - 29, 1975 | 2.11 m | Lokomotiv-Rostov |
| RZ | 9 | Peter Samoilenko | February 31 - 7, 1977 | 1.88 m | Dynamo (Moscow) |
| F | ten | Victor Khryapa | August 25 - 3, 1982 | 2.06 m | CSKA (Moscow) |
| AZ | eleven | Zakhar Pashutin | May 34 - 3, 1974 | 1.96 m | Spartak (St. Petersburg) |
| Lf | 12 | Sergey Monya | April 25 - 15, 1983 | 2.03 m | Dynamo (Moscow) |
| AZ | 13 | Vitaliy Fridzon | October 22 - 14, 1985 | 1.96 m | Khimki |
| Ts | 14 | Alexey Savrasenko | February 29 - 28, 1979 | 2.16 m | CSKA (Moscow) |
| Lf | 15 | Victor Keyru | January 24 - January 31, 1984 | 2.01 m | CSKA (Moscow) |
| Main coach: David blatt | |||||
Croatia
| Croatian men's basketball team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| RZ | four | Roko Ukich | December 23 - 5, 1984 | 1.96 m | Toronto Raptors |
| 3 | five | Davor kus | June 30 - 21, 1978 | 1.93 m | Unicaja Malaga |
| RZ | 6 | Marko Popovich | June 26 - 12, 1982 | 1.85 m | UNICS |
| Lf | 7 | Marine Rozich | February 25 - 14, 1983 | 2.03 m | Cibona |
| F / c | eight | Nikola Prkachin ( k ) | November 32 - 15, 1975 | 2.08 m | Cibona |
| RZ | 9 | Marco Thomas | January 23 - 3, 1985 | 2.03 m | Real |
| AZ | ten | Zoran Planinic | September 25 - 12, 1982 | 2.01 m | CSKA (Moscow) |
| Ts | eleven | Sandro Nitsevich | June 32 - 16, 1976 | 2.11 m | Besiktas |
| F | 12 | Damian Rudezh | June 22 - 17, 1986 | 2.08 m | Olympia |
| TF | 13 | Marco Banich | August 23 - 31, 1984 | 2.06 m | Bilbao |
| TF | 14 | Kreshimir Lonchar | February 25 - 12, 1983 | 2.11 m | Lokomotiv-Rostov |
| Ts | 15 | Stanko Barach | August 21 - 13, 1986 | 2.16 m | Taugres |
| Main coach: Yasmine Repesh | |||||
Group B
Angola
| Angola Men's Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| Lf | four | Olympio cipriano | April 26—9 , 1982 | 1.93 m | Primeiro de Agosto |
| 3 | five | Armando Costa | June 25 - 3, 1983 | 1.93 m | Petroleos Luganda |
| AZ | 6 | Carlos Morais | January 22 - 16, 1985 | 1.91 m | Petroleos Luganda |
| RZ | 7 | Milton Barros | June 24 - 21, 1984 | 1.85 m | Petroleos Luganda |
| 3 | eight | Louis costa | June 30 - 7, 1978 | 1.93 m | Petroleos Luganda |
| 3 | 9 | Vladimir Geronimo | December 30 - 12, 1977 | 1.93 m | Primeiro de Agosto |
| F / c | ten | Joaquim Gomez | December 27 - 23, 1980 | 2.03 m | Primeiro de Agosto |
| F | eleven | Felizardo Ambrosio | December 20 - 25, 1987 | 2.01 m | Primeiro de Agosto |
| Ts | 12 | Abedl Aziz Mossa | April 28 - 8, 1980 | 2.03 m | Primeiro de Agosto |
| AZ | 13 | Carlos Almeida ( k ) | September 31 - 24, 1976 | 1.93 m | Primeiro de Agosto |
| F | 14 | Leonel Paulo | April 22 - 30, 1986 | 1.98 m | Petroleos Luganda |
| F | 15 | Eduardo Mingas | January 29 - 29, 1979 | 2.01 m | Petroleos Luganda |
| Main coach: Alberto Carvalho | |||||
Germany
| Men's German Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| F / c | four | Tim Olbrecht | August 19 - 30, 1988 | 2.11 m | Brose |
| Lf | five | Philip Zwiner | July 23 - 23, 1985 | 2.01 m | Alba |
| TF | 6 | Sven Schulze | July 30 - July 11, 1978 | 2.08 m | Olympia Larisa |
| AZ | 7 | Robert Garrett | March 31 - 18, 1977 | 1.93 m | Brose |
| Lf | eight | Konrad Wysocki | March 26 - 28, 1982 | 2.03 m | Frankfurt |
| 3 | 9 | Steffen Hamann | June 27 - 14, 1981 | 1.96 m | Brose |
| 3 | ten | Demond Green | June 29 - 15, 1979 | 1.85 m | Brose |
| RZ | eleven | Pascal Roller | November 31 - 20, 1976 | 1.80 m | Frankfurt |
| Ts | 12 | Chris Kaman | April 26 - 28, 1982 | 2.13 m | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Ts | 13 | Patrick Femerling | March 33 - 4, 1975 | 2.16 m | Alba |
| TF | 14 | Dirk Nowitzki ( C ) | June 30 - 19, 1978 | 2.13 m | Dallas mavericks |
| F / c | 15 | Jan Jagla | June 27 - 25, 1981 | 2.13 m | Hoventut |
| Main coach: Dirk Bauermann | |||||
Greece
| Men's Greek Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| RZ | four | Theodoros Papaloukas ( C ) | May 31 - 8, 1977 | 2.01 m | Olympiacos |
| F / c | five | Yannis Burusis | November 24 - 17, 1983 | 2.11 m | Olympiacos |
| 3 | 6 | Nikos Zisis | August 24 - 16, 1983 | 1.96 m | CSKA (Moscow) |
| 3 | 7 | Vasilis Spanulis | August 26 - 7, 1982 | 1.93 m | Panathinaikos |
| F | eight | Panagiotis Vasilopoulos | February 24 - 8, 1984 | 2.03 m | Olympiacos |
| TF | 9 | Antonis Fotsis | April 27 - 1, 1981 | 2.08 m | Panathinaikos |
| F | ten | Georgios Printezis | February 23 - 22, 1985 | 2.06 m | Olympiacos |
| Ts | eleven | Andreas Gliniadakis | August 26 - 26, 1981 | 2.16 m | Maroussi |
| F / c | 12 | Costas Tsarzaris | October 28 - 17, 1979 | 2.08 m | Panathinaikos |
| RZ | 13 | Dimitris Diamantidis | May 28 - 6, 1980 | 1.96 m | Panathinaikos |
| Ts | 14 | Sofoklis Skorzanitis | June 23 - 22, 1985 | 2.08 m | Olympiacos |
| AZ | 15 | Michalis Pelekanos | May 27 - 25, 1981 | 1.98 m | Olympiacos |
| Main coach: Panagiotis Yannakis | |||||
Spain
| Men's Spanish Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| F / c | four | Pau Gasol | June 28 - 6, 1980 | 2.16 m | Los angeles lakers |
| AZ | five | Rudy Fernandez | April 23 - 4, 1985 | 1.98 m | Portland Trail Blazers |
| RZ | 6 | Ricky Rubio | October 17 - 21, 1990 | 1.93 m | Hoventut |
| 3 | 7 | Juan Carlos Navarro | June 28 - 13, 1980 | 1.93 m | Barcelona |
| RZ | eight | Jose Manuel Calderon | September 26 - 28, 1981 | 1.91 m | Toronto Raptors |
| F / c | 9 | Felipe Reyes | March 28 - 16, 1980 | 2.06 m | Real |
| Lf | ten | Carlos Jimenez ( k ) | February 32 - 10, 1976 | 2.06 m | Unicaja Malaga |
| RZ | eleven | Raul Lopez | April 28 - 15, 1980 | 1.83 m | Real |
| AZ | 12 | Bernie Rodriguez | June 28 - 7, 1980 | 1.98 m | Unicaja Malaga |
| Ts | 13 | Mark Gasol | January 23 - 29, 1985 | 2.16 m | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Lf | 14 | Alex Mumbro | June 29 - 12, 1979 | 2.03 m | Real |
| TF | 15 | Jorge Garbajosa | December 30 - 19, 1977 | 2.06 m | Khimki |
| Main coach: Aito Garcia Reneses | |||||
China
| Men's Chinese Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| RZ | four | Chen Jianhua | March 19-12 , 1989 | 1.88 m | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| 3 | five | Liu Wei ( k ) | January 28 - 15, 1980 | 1.91 m | Shanghai Sharks |
| RZ | 6 | Zhang Qingping | January 23 - 23, 1985 | 1.91 m | Liaoning Hunters |
| AZ | 7 | Van shipan | April 25 - 6, 1983 | 1.98 m | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Lf | eight | Zhu Fangyu | January 25 - 5, 1983 | 2.01 m | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| 3 | 9 | Sun Yue | November 22 - 6, 1985 | 2.06 m | Los angeles lakers |
| Lf | ten | Li Nan | September 31 - 25, 1976 | 1.98 m | Bai rockets |
| F / c | eleven | And jianlian | October 20 - 27, 1987 | 2.13 m | New Jersey Nets |
| Lf | 12 | Wang Lei | August 21 - 12, 1986 | 2.01 m | Bai rockets |
| Ts | 13 | Yao Ming | September 27 - 12, 1980 | 2.29 m | Houston rockets |
| Ts | 14 | Wang Zhizhi | July 29 - 8, 1979 | 2.16 m | Bai rockets |
| F | 15 | Do feng | July 27 - 30, 1981 | 2.06 m | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Main coach: Jonas Kazlauskas | |||||
USA
| U.S. Men's Basketball Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | No. | Name | Age and date of birth | Growth | Club |
| F / c | four | Carlos Boozer | November 26 - 20, 1981 | 2.06 m | Utah Jazz |
| RZ | five | Jason Kidd ( C ) | March 35 - 23, 1973 | 1.93 m | Dallas mavericks |
| Lf | 6 | Lebron james | December 23 - 30, 1984 | 2.03 m | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| RZ | 7 | Deron Williams | March 24 - 24, 1984 | 1.91 m | Utah Jazz |
| AZ | eight | Michael redd | August 28 - 24, 1979 | 1.98 m | Milwaukee Bucks |
| AZ | 9 | Dwayne Wade | January 26 - 17, 1982 | 1.93 m | Miami hit |
| AZ | ten | Kobe Bryant | August 29 - 23, 1978 | 1.98 m | Los Angeles Lakers |
| F / c | eleven | Dwight Howard | December 22 - 8, 1985 | 2.11 m | Orlando Magic |
| F / c | 12 | Chris bosh | March 24 - 24, 1984 | 2.08 m | Toronto Raptors |
| RZ | 13 | Chris Paul | May 23 - 6, 1985 | 1.83 m | New Orleans Hornets |
| Lf | 14 | Taishon prince | February 28 - 28, 1980 | 2.06 m | Detroit Pistons |
| Lf | 15 | Carmelo Anthony | May 24 - 29, 1984 | 2.03 m | Denver Nuggets |
| Main coach: Mike Krzyzewski | |||||
Links
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