Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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This is a list of players named to participate in the men's basketball competition at the Games of the XXX Olympiad.

Group A

 Argentina

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Argentina men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Scola, Luis 32 – 30 April 1980 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Phoenix Suns G 5 Ginóbili, Manu 35 – 28 July 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) San Antonio Spurs F 6 Mata, Marcos 25 – 1 August 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Peñarol de Mar del Plata G 7 Campazzo, Facundo 21 – 23 March 1991 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Peñarol de Mar del Plata G 8 Prigioni, Pablo 35 – 17 May 1977 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) New York Knicks C 9 Gutiérrez, Juan Pedro 28 – 10 October 1983 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Obras Sanitarias G 10 Delfino, Carlos 29 – 29 August 1982 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Milwaukee Bucks C 11 Leiva, Martín 32 – 23 April 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Peñarol de Mar del Plata F 12 Gutiérrez, Leonardo 34 – 16 May 1978 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Peñarol de Mar del Plata F 13 Nocioni, Andrés 32 – 30 November 1979 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Caja Laboral F 14 Jasen, Hernán 34 – 4 February 1978 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Sevilla F 15 Kammerichs, Federico 32 – 21 June 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Regatas Corrientes	Head coach Julio Lamas Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 France

The following is the France roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

France men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C 4 Seraphin, Kevin 22 – 7 December 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Washington Wizards F 5 Batum, Nicolas 23 – 14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Portland Trail Blazers G 6 Causeur, Fabien 25 – 16 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Caja Laboral F 7 Diawara, Yakhouba 29 – 29 August 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pallacanestro Varese F/C 8 Traore, Ali 27 – 28 February 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar G 9 Parker, Tony 30 – 17 May 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Antonio Spurs G 10 Bokolo, Yannick 27 – 19 June 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BCM Gravelines F 11 Piétrus, Florent 31 – 19 January 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Valencia BC G 12 De Colo, Nando 25 – 23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Antonio Spurs F 13 Diaw, Boris 30 – 16 April 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) San Antonio Spurs C 14 Turiaf, Ronny 31 – 18 June 1981 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Los Angeles Clippers F 15 Gelabale, Mickaël 29 – 22 May 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Khimki	Head coach Vincent Collet Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 Lithuania

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Kaukėnas, Rimantas 35 – 11 April 1977 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Mens Sana Basket G 5 Kalnietis, Mantas 25 – 6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris F 6 Mačiulis, Jonas 27 – 10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mens Sana Basket G 7 Pocius, Martynas 26 – 28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto G 8 Seibutis, Renaldas 27 – 23 July 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Lietuvos rytas F 9 Songaila, Darius 34 – 14 February 1978 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Valladolid G 10 Jasaitis, Simas 30 – 26 March 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Türk Telekom B.K. F 11 Kleiza, Linas (C) 27 – 3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Toronto Raptors C 12 Kavaliauskas, Antanas 27 – 19 September 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) BK VEF Rīga G 13 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 36 – 5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Panathinaikos B.C. C 14 Valančiūnas, Jonas 20 – 6 May 1992 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Lietuvos rytas F 15 Jankūnas, Paulius 28 – 29 April 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Žalgiris	Head coach Kęstutis Kemzūra Assistant coach(es) Valdemaras Chomičius Robertas Kuncaitis Donaldas Kairys Team manager Antanas Guoga Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012 (C) – team captain

 Nigeria

The following is the Nigeria roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Nigeria men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Skinn, Tony 29 – February 8, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ironi Ashkelon F 5 Ibekwe, Ekene 27 – July 19, 1985 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) BBC Bayreuth F 6 Diogu, Ike 28 – September 11, 1983 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Capitanes de Arecibo F 7 Aminu, Al-Farouq 21 – September 21, 1990 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans Hornets G 8 Dagunduro, Ade 26 – May 22, 1986 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Stella Artois Leuven Bears G 9 Oguchi, Chamberlain 26 – April 28, 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Panteras de Miranda F 10 Archibong, Koko 30 – October 5, 1981 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) LTi Giessen 46ers G 11 Oruche, Richard 24 – August 30, 1987 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Académica Coimbra F 12 Ugboaja, Ejike 27 – May 28, 1985 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Jahesh Tarabar Qom G 13 Obasohan, Derrick 31 – April 18, 1981 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Joventut Badalona C 14 Aminu, Alade 24 – September 14, 1987 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Élan Chalon C 15 Oyedeji, Olumide 31 – May 11, 1981 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Qingdao Double Star	Head coach Ayo Bakare Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 Tunisia

The following is the Tunisia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Tunisia men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Slimane, Radhouane 31 – 16 August 1980 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Nasr Dubai G 5 Laghnej, Marouan 26 – 22 April 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) JS Kairouan G 6 Knioua, Nizar 29 – 8 June 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Stade Nabeulien G 7 El Mabrouk, Mourad 25 – 19 October 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ezzahra Sport Rades G 8 Kechrid, Marouan 31 – 2 June 1981 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) US Monastir F 9 Hdidane, Mohamed 26 – 27 April 1986 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Stade Nabeulien F 10 Hafsi, Mehdi 34 – 23 February 1978 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ESSM Le Portel C 11 Ghyaza, Mokhtar 25 – 15 November 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ezzahra Sport Rades F 12 Ben Romdhane, Makrem 23 – 27 March 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel F 13 Rzig, Amine 31 – 25 August 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel F 14 Gaddour, Youssef 22 – 15 March 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) US Monastir C 15 Mejri, Salah 26 – 15 June 1986 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Head coach Adel Tlatli Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 United States

The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6]

United States men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club C 4 Chandler, Tyson 29 – October 2, 1982 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) New York Knicks F 5 Durant, Kevin 23 – September 29, 1988 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Oklahoma City Thunder F 6 James, LeBron 27 – December 30, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Miami Heat G 7 Westbrook, Russell 23 – November 12, 1988 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Oklahoma City Thunder G 8 Williams, Deron 28 – July 26, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Brooklyn Nets G/F 9 Iguodala, Andre 28 – January 28, 1984 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Philadelphia 76ers G/F 10 Bryant, Kobe 33 – August 23, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Los Angeles Lakers F/C 11 Love, Kevin 23 – September 7, 1988 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Minnesota Timberwolves G/F 12 Harden, James 22 – August 26, 1989 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Oklahoma City Thunder PG 13 Paul, Chris 27 – May 6, 1985 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Los Angeles Clippers F/C 14 Davis, Anthony 19 – March 11, 1993 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) New Orleans Hornets F 15 Anthony, Carmelo 28 – May 29, 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) New York Knicks	Head coach Mike Krzyzewski Assistant coach(es) Jim Boeheim Mike D'Antoni Nate McMillan Jerry Colangelo (executive director) Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on July 29, 2012

Note: Some players had been fielded on playing for multiple positions on different occasions

Group B

 Australia

The following is the Australia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Australia men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. SG 4 Crawford, Peter 32 – 6 November 1979 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Townsville Crocodiles PG 5 Mills, Patty 23 – 11 August 1988 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) San Antonio Spurs PG 6 Gibson, Adam 25 – 30 October 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Adelaide 36ers SF 7 Ingles, Joe 24 – 2 October 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona Basquet SG 8 Newley, Brad 27 – 18 February 1985 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Gran Canaria SG 9 Dellavedova, Matthew 21 – 8 September 1990 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Saint Mary's College of California SF 10 Barlow, David 28 – 22 October 1983 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Murcia SF 11 Worthington, Mark 29 – 8 June 1983 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Radnički Kragujevac PF 12 Baynes, Aron 25 – 9 December 1986 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ikaros Kallitheas B.C. C 13 Andersen, David 32 – 23 June 1980 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Fenerbahçe Ülker PF 14 Nielsen, Matthew (C) 34 – 3 February 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Khimki C 15 Marić, Aleks 27 – 22 October 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	Head coach Brett Brown Assistant coach(es) Andrej Lemanis Marty Clarke Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 China

The following is the China roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[8]

China men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PF 4 Ding Jinhui 22 – 27 October 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Zhejiang Golden Bulls PG 5 Liu Wei (C) 32 – 15 January 1980 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Shanghai Sharks SF 6 Yi Li 26 – 7 November 1985 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Jiangsu Dragons SG 7 Wang Shipeng 29 – 6 April 1983 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers SF 8 Zhu Fangyu 29 – 5 January 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers SG 9 Sun Yue 26 – 6 November 1985 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Beijing Olympians C 10 Zhang Zhaoxu 24 – 18 November 1987 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Shanghai Sharks PF 11 Yi Jianlian 24 – 27 October 1987 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Dallas Mavericks PG 12 Guo Ailun 18 – 14 November 1993 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Liaoning Dinosaurs PG 13 Chen Jianghua 23 – 12 March 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers C 14 Wang Zhizhi 35 – 8 July 1977 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Bayi Rockets SF 15 Zhou Peng 22 – 11 October 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers	Head coach Bob Donewald Assistant coach(es) Li Nan Peter Philo Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 Great Britain

The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Great Britain men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PF 4 Achara, Kieron 29 – 3 July 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Assignia Manresa PG 5 Lawrence, Andrew 22 – 4 June 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) College of Charleston SG 6 Lenzly, Mike 31 – 1 May 1981 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) ČEZ Nymburk F/C 7 Mensah-Bonsu, Pops 28 – 7 September 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Beşiktaş Milangaz SF 8 Sullivan, Andrew 31 – 12 February 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Leicester Riders SF 9 Deng, Luol 27 – 16 April 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Chicago Bulls C 10 Archibald, Robert 32 – 29 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) CAI Zaragoza PF 11 Freeland, Joel 25 – 7 February 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Portland Trail Blazers PG 12 Reinking, Nate 38 – 12 December 1973 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sheffield Sharks PF 13 Clark, Daniel 23 – 16 September 1988 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) CB Estudiantes SG 14 Johnson, Kyle 23 – 31 December 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) APOEL B.C. C 15 Boateng, Eric 26 – 20 November 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Peristeri B.C.	Head coach Chris Finch Assistant coach(es) Paul Mokeski Nick Nurse Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 Russia

The following is the Russia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Russia men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Shved, Alexey 23 – 16 December 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Minnesota Timberwolves C 5 Mozgov, Timofey 26 – 16 July 1986 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Denver Nuggets G 6 Karasev, Sergey 18 – 26 October 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Triumph Lyubertsy G 7 Fridzon, Vitaly 26 – 14 October 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Khimki C 8 Kaun, Alexander 27 – 8 May 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PBC CSKA Moscow G 9 Voronov, Evgeny 26 – 7 May 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC CSKA Moscow F 10 Khryapa, Victor 29 – 3 August 1982 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow F 11 Antonov, Semyon 23 – 18 July 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod F 12 Monia, Sergei 29 – 15 April 1983 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Khimki G 13 Khvostov, Dmitri 22 – 21 August 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Khimki G 14 Ponkrashov, Anton 26 – 23 April 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow F 15 Kirilenko, Andrei 31 – 18 February 1981 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Minnesota Timberwolves	Head coach David Blatt Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

 Spain

The following is the Spain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Spain men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PF 4 Gasol, Pau 32 – 6 July 1980 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Los Angeles Lakers SF 5 Fernández, Rudy 27 – 4 April 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto PG 6 Rodríguez, Sergio 26 – 12 June 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto SG 7 Navarro, Juan Carlos (C) 32 – 13 June 1980 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet PG 8 Calderón, José 30 – 28 September 1981 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Toronto Raptors C 9 Reyes, Felipe 32 – 16 March 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto SF 10 Claver, Víctor 23 – 30 August 1988 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Portland Trail Blazers SF 11 San Emeterio, Fernando 28 – 1 January 1984 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Caja Laboral Baskonia SG 12 Llull, Sergio 24 – 15 November 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto C 13 Gasol, Marc 27 – 29 January 1985 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Memphis Grizzlies PF 14 Ibaka, Serge 23 – 18 July 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Oklahoma City Thunder PG 15 Sada, Víctor 28 – 8 March 1984 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet	Head coach Sergio Scariolo Assistant coach(es) Juan Antonio Orenga Quim Costa Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

References

1. "ARG - Mata, Campazzo make the cut". FIBA. 17 July 2012.
2. "FRA - Diawara replaces Kahudi". FIBA. 12 July 2012.
3. "LTU - Jasaitas, Seibutis replace Delininkaitis, Dulkys". FIBA. 18 July 2012.
4. "NGA - Roster". FIBA. 2012-07-18.
5. "TUN - Roster". FIBA. 2012-07-18.
6. "USA - Roster". FIBA. July 18, 2012. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012.
7. "AUS - Dellavedova makes Boomers' squad for London". FIBA. 2012-06-22.
8. "CHN - Donewald leans heavily on experienced players". FIBA. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
9. "GBR - Roster". FIBA. 2012-07-18.
10. "RUS - Roster". FIBA. 18 July 2012.
11. "ESP - Sergio is back for Spain". FIBA. 20 June 2012.