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.

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 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Phoenix Suns G 5 Ginóbili, Manu – (1977-07-28)28 July 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) San Antonio Spurs F 6 Mata, Marcos – (1986-08-01)1 August 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Peñarol de Mar del Plata G 7 Campazzo, Facundo – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Peñarol de Mar del Plata G 8 Prigioni, Pablo – (1977-05-17)17 May 1977 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) New York Knicks C 9 Gutiérrez, Juan Pedro – (1983-10-10)10 October 1983 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Obras Sanitarias G 10 Delfino, Carlos – (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Milwaukee Bucks C 11 Leiva, Martín – (1980-04-23)23 April 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Peñarol de Mar del Plata F 12 Gutiérrez, Leonardo – (1978-05-16)16 May 1978 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Peñarol de Mar del Plata F 13 Nocioni, Andrés – (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Caja Laboral F 14 Jasen, Hernán – (1978-02-04)4 February 1978 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Sevilla F 15 Kammerichs, Federico – (1980-06-21)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.

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 – (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Washington Wizards F 5 Batum, Nicolas – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Portland Trail Blazers G 6 Causeur, Fabien – (1987-06-16)16 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Caja Laboral F 7 Diawara, Yakhouba – (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pallacanestro Varese F/C 8 Traore, Ali – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar G 9 Parker, Tony – (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Antonio Spurs G 10 Bokolo, Yannick – (1985-06-19)19 June 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BCM Gravelines F 11 Piétrus, Florent – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Valencia BC G 12 De Colo, Nando – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Antonio Spurs F 13 Diaw, Boris – (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) San Antonio Spurs C 14 Turiaf, Ronny – (1981-06-18)18 June 1981 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Los Angeles Clippers F 15 Gelabale, Mickaël – (1983-05-22)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.

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 – (1977-04-11)11 April 1977 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Mens Sana Basket G 5 Kalnietis, Mantas – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris F 6 Mačiulis, Jonas – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mens Sana Basket G 7 Pocius, Martynas – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto G 8 Seibutis, Renaldas – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Lietuvos rytas F 9 Songaila, Darius – (1978-02-14)14 February 1978 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Valladolid G 10 Jasaitis, Simas – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Türk Telekom B.K. F 11 Kleiza, Linas (C) – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Toronto Raptors C 12 Kavaliauskas, Antanas – (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) BK VEF Rīga G 13 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas – (1976-03-05)5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Panathinaikos B.C. C 14 Valančiūnas, Jonas – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Lietuvos rytas F 15 Jankūnas, Paulius – (1984-04-29)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.

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 – (1983-02-08)February 8, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ironi Ashkelon F 5 Ibekwe, Ekene – (1985-07-19)July 19, 1985 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) BBC Bayreuth F 6 Diogu, Ike – (1983-09-11)September 11, 1983 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Capitanes de Arecibo F 7 Aminu, Al-Farouq – (1990-09-21)September 21, 1990 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans Hornets G 8 Dagunduro, Ade – (1986-05-22)May 22, 1986 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Stella Artois Leuven Bears G 9 Oguchi, Chamberlain – (1986-04-28)April 28, 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Panteras de Miranda F 10 Archibong, Koko – (1981-10-05)October 5, 1981 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) LTi Giessen 46ers G 11 Oruche, Richard – (1987-08-30)August 30, 1987 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Académica Coimbra F 12 Ugboaja, Ejike – (1985-05-28)May 28, 1985 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Jahesh Tarabar Qom G 13 Obasohan, Derrick – (1981-04-18)April 18, 1981 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Joventut Badalona C 14 Aminu, Alade – (1987-09-14)September 14, 1987 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Élan Chalon C 15 Oyedeji, Olumide – (1981-05-11)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.

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 – (1980-08-16)16 August 1980 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Nasr Dubai G 5 Laghnej, Marouan – (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) JS Kairouan G 6 Knioua, Nizar – (1983-06-08)8 June 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Stade Nabeulien G 7 El Mabrouk, Mourad – (1986-10-19)19 October 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ezzahra Sport Rades G 8 Kechrid, Marouan – (1981-06-02)2 June 1981 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) US Monastir F 9 Hdidane, Mohamed – (1986-04-27)27 April 1986 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Stade Nabeulien F 10 Hafsi, Mehdi – (1978-02-23)23 February 1978 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ESSM Le Portel C 11 Ghyaza, Mokhtar – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ezzahra Sport Rades F 12 Ben Romdhane, Makrem – (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel F 13 Rzig, Amine – (1980-08-25)25 August 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel F 14 Gaddour, Youssef – (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) US Monastir C 15 Mejri, Salah – (1986-06-15)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

Main article: 2012 United States men's Olympic basketball team

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

United States men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club C 4 Chandler, Tyson – (1982-10-02)October 2, 1982 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) New York Knicks F 5 Durant, Kevin – (1988-09-29)September 29, 1988 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Oklahoma City Thunder F 6 James, LeBron – (1984-12-30)December 30, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Miami Heat G 7 Westbrook, Russell – (1988-11-12)November 12, 1988 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Oklahoma City Thunder G 8 Williams, Deron – (1984-07-26)July 26, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Brooklyn Nets G/F 9 Iguodala, Andre – (1984-01-28)January 28, 1984 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Philadelphia 76ers G/F 10 Bryant, Kobe – (1978-08-23)August 23, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Los Angeles Lakers F/C 11 Love, Kevin – (1988-09-07)September 7, 1988 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Minnesota Timberwolves G/F 12 Harden, James – (1989-08-26)August 26, 1989 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Oklahoma City Thunder PG 13 Paul, Chris – (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Los Angeles Clippers F/C 14 Davis, Anthony – (1993-03-11)March 11, 1993 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) New Orleans Hornets F 15 Anthony, Carmelo – (1984-05-29)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.

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 – (1979-11-06)6 November 1979 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Townsville Crocodiles PG 5 Mills, Patty – (1988-08-11)11 August 1988 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) San Antonio Spurs PG 6 Gibson, Adam – (1986-10-30)30 October 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Adelaide 36ers SF 7 Ingles, Joe – (1987-10-02)2 October 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona Basquet G/F 8 Newley, Brad – (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Gran Canaria SG 9 Dellavedova, Matthew – (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Saint Mary's College of California SF 10 Barlow, David – (1983-10-22)22 October 1983 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Murcia PF 11 Worthington, Mark – (1983-06-08)8 June 1983 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Radnički Kragujevac F/C 12 Baynes, Aron – (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ikaros Kallitheas B.C. C 13 Andersen, David – (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Fenerbahçe Ülker PF 14 Nielsen, Matthew (C) – (1978-02-03)3 February 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Khimki C 15 Marić, Aleks – (1984-10-22)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.

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 – (1989-10-27)27 October 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Zhejiang Golden Bulls PG 5 Liu Wei (C) – (1980-01-15)15 January 1980 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Shanghai Sharks SF 6 Yi Li – (1985-11-07)7 November 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Jiangsu Dragons SG 7 Wang Shipeng – (1983-04-06)6 April 1983 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers SF 8 Zhu Fangyu – (1983-01-05)5 January 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers SG 9 Sun Yue – (1985-11-06)6 November 1985 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Beijing Olympians C 10 Zhang Zhaoxu – (1987-11-18)18 November 1987 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Shanghai Sharks PF 11 Yi Jianlian – (1987-10-27)27 October 1987 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Dallas Mavericks PG 12 Guo Ailun – (1993-11-14)14 November 1993 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Liaoning Dinosaurs PG 13 Chen Jianghua – (1989-03-12)12 March 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers C 14 Wang Zhizhi – (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Bayi Rockets SF 15 Zhou Peng – (1989-10-11)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.

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 – (1983-07-03)3 July 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Assignia Manresa PG 5 Lawrence, Andrew – (1990-06-04)4 June 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) College of Charleston SG 6 Lenzly, Mike – (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) ČEZ Nymburk F/C 7 Mensah-Bonsu, Pops – (1983-09-07)7 September 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Beşiktaş Milangaz SF 8 Sullivan, Andrew – (1980-02-12)12 February 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Leicester Riders SF 9 Deng, Luol – (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Chicago Bulls C 10 Archibald, Robert – (1980-03-29)29 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) CAI Zaragoza PF 11 Freeland, Joel – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Portland Trail Blazers PG 12 Reinking, Nate – (1973-12-12)12 December 1973 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sheffield Sharks PF 13 Clark, Daniel – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) CB Estudiantes SG 14 Johnson, Kyle – (1988-12-31)31 December 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) APOEL B.C. C 15 Boateng, Eric – (1985-11-20)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.

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 – (1988-12-16)16 December 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Minnesota Timberwolves C 5 Mozgov, Timofey – (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Denver Nuggets G 6 Karasev, Sergey – (1993-10-26)26 October 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Triumph Lyubertsy G 7 Fridzon, Vitaly – (1985-10-14)14 October 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Khimki C 8 Kaun, Alexander – (1985-05-08)8 May 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PBC CSKA Moscow G 9 Voronov, Evgeny – (1986-05-07)7 May 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC CSKA Moscow F 10 Khryapa, Victor – (1982-08-03)3 August 1982 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow F 11 Antonov, Semyon – (1989-07-18)18 July 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod F 12 Monia, Sergei – (1983-04-15)15 April 1983 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Khimki G 13 Khvostov, Dmitri – (1989-08-21)21 August 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Khimki G 14 Ponkrashov, Anton – (1986-04-23)23 April 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow F 15 Kirilenko, Andrei – (1981-02-18)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.

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 – (1980-07-06)6 July 1980 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Los Angeles Lakers SF 5 Fernández, Rudy – (1985-04-04)4 April 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto PG 6 Rodríguez, Sergio – (1986-06-12)12 June 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto SG 7 Navarro, Juan Carlos (C) – (1980-06-13)13 June 1980 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet PG 8 Calderón, José – (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Toronto Raptors C 9 Reyes, Felipe – (1980-03-16)16 March 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto SF 10 Claver, Víctor – (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Portland Trail Blazers SF 11 San Emeterio, Fernando – (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Caja Laboral Baskonia SG 12 Llull, Sergio – (1987-11-15)15 November 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto C 13 Gasol, Marc – (1985-01-29)29 January 1985 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Memphis Grizzlies PF 14 Ibaka, Serge – (1989-07-18)18 July 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Oklahoma City Thunder PG 15 Sada, Víctor – (1984-03-08)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