The 2006 FIBA World Championship had the following teams. 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 for submitting final squads.
Head coach: Paul Coughter
Head Coach: Sanni Ahmed
Head Coach: Dragan Šakota
Head Coach: Néstor Salazar
Head coach: Alberto de Carvalho
Head coach: Dirk Bauermann
Head coach: Željko Pavličević
Head coach: Tab Baldwin
NB: Ben Hill was put on standby when Mark Dickel tested positive for cannabis after a July match against Australia. However his suspension did not rule him out from any Championship games.
Head coach: Guillermo Vecchio
Head coach: Pepu Hernández
Head coach: Brian Goorjian
Head coach: Lula Ferreira
Head coach: Panagiotis Giannakis
Head coach: Antanas Sireika
Head coach: Joseph Stiebing
Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević
Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas
NB: Age discrepancies exist for at least two of these players. Yi's age is currently a subject of controversy, with several reports indicating that he was actually born in 1984. Wang Zhizhi's passport lists his year of birth as 1979, but the NBA, where he played for several years, lists him as having been born in 1977.