2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament will be hosted in China and it will mark a new era for the competition as described. Rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, this edition will be the first FIBA Basketball World Cup since 1967 that will not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup, but a year following the latter. Also, the group stage will expand from 24 to 32 teams. The top 8 teams, including Japan as
2006 FIBA World Championship squads his year of birth as 1979, but the NBA, where he played for several years, lists him as having been born in 1977. Head coach: Carlo Recalcati Head coach: Julio Toro Head coach: Moustapha Gaye Head coach: Aleš Pipan Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski 2006 FIBA World Championship squads The 2006 FIBA World Championship squads were the squads of the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The list includes the 12-men rosters of the 24 participating countries, totaling 288 players. Head coach: Sergio Hernández Head coach: Claude Bergeaud NB: Diarra replaced Tony Parker, who suffered a broken finger, just before the 24-hour deadline