by brod » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:09 pm
GROUP B
Angola
Olimpio CIPRIANO (F,6'4") Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG)
Joaquim GOMES (F, 6'8") Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG)
Eduardo MINGAS (F, 6'7") Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG)
Carlos ALMEIDA (G, 6'4") Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG)
Felizardo AMBROSIO (F, 6'7") Primero De Agosto Luanda (ANG)
Milton BARROS (G, 6'0") Petro Athletico Luanda (ANG)
Abdel aziz BOUKAR
Armando COSTA (G, 6'3") Primero de Agosto Luanda (ANG)
Luis COSTA (G, 6'4") Petro Athletico Luanda (ANG)
António Agostinho GERÓNIMO Inter Clube (ANG)
Carlos MORAIS (G, 6'3") Petro Athletico Luanda (ANG)
Leonel PAULO (F, 6'6") Petro Atletico Luanda (ANG)
Angola warmed up for the Olympics by winning all three games in the Borislav Stankovic Cup in China, beating Russia B (89-70), China (72-70) and Serbia U-20 (68-60). Angola also compteted in the Diamond Cup, going down to the Boomers (78-81)
China
Qingpeng ZHANG (G, 6'3") Liaoning Hunters, CBA (CHN)
Wei LIU (G, 6'3") Shanghai Sharks, CBA (CHN)
Fangyu ZHU (F, 6'7") Guangdong (CHN)
Nan LI (F, 6'6") Bayi Army, CBA (CHN)
Jianlian YI (F/C, 6'11") New Jersey Nets, NBA (USA)
Ming YAO (C, 7'5") Houston Rockets, NBA (USA)
Feng DU (F, 6'8") Guangdong (CHN)
Zhizhi WANG (C, 7'0" Bayi Army, CBA (CHN)
Jianghua CHEN (G, 6'1") Guangdong Southern Tigers, CBA (CHN)
Yue SUN (G, 6'9") Beijing Aoshen Olympian, ABA (USA)
Lei WANG (F, 6'6") Bayi Army, CBA (CHN)
Shipeng WANG (F, 6'6") Guangdong (CHN)
China competed in the Borislav Stankovoc Cup in China last month, defeating Russia B (72-50), Serbia U20, but lost to Angola (70-72). Yao Ming was rested from this competition.
Germany
Robert GARRETT (G, 6'4") BROSE BASKETS BAMBERG (GER)
Pascal ROLLER (G, 5'11") Frankfurt Skyliners (GER)
Sven SCHULTZE (F, 6'10") Amatori Snaidero Udine (ITA)
Demond GREENE (G, 6'1") BROSE BASKETS BAMBERG (GER)
Patrick FEMERLING (C, 7'1") ALBA BERLIN BASKETBALLTEAM EV (GER)
Dirk NOWITZKI (F, 7'0") Dallas Mavericks, NBA (USA)
Steffen HAMANN (G, 6'1") BROSE BASKETS BAMBERG (GER)
Jan-Hendrik JAGLA (C, 6'11") DKV JOVENTUT BADALONA (ESP)
Chris KAMAN (C, 7'0") Los Angeles Clippers, NBA (USA)
Tim OHLBRECHT (F, 6'11") Bros Baskets Bamberg (GER)
Konrad WYSOCKI (F, 6'8") Ratiopharm Ulm (GER)
Philip ZWIENER (F, 6'7") ALBA Berlin (GER)
Since winning qualification for the Olympic Games only last month, Germany have played only one warm up match, defeating Finland (78-67), with NBA star Kaman (13) and Nowitzki (11) leading the scoring.
Greece
Dimitris DIAMANTIDIS (G, 6'6") PANATHINAIKOS BSA ATHENS (GRE)
Theo PAPALOUKAS (G, 6'7") CSKA MOSCOW (RUS)
Nikos ZISIS (G, 6'6") CSKA MOSCOW (RUS)
Antonis FOTSIS (F, 6'10") DYNAMO MOSCOW (RUS)
Vassilis SPANOULIS (G, 6'4") PANATHINAIKOS BSA ATHENS (GRE)
Ioannis BOUROUSSIS (C, 6'11") OLYMPIAKOS BC PIRAEUS (GRE)
Andreas GLINIADAKIS (C, 7'1") MAROUSSI COSTA COFFEE (GRE)
Michalis PELEKANOS (G, 6'6") REAL MADRID (ESP)
Giorgos PRINTEZIS (F, 6'9") Olympiakos (GRE)
Sofoklis SCHORTSIANITIS (C, 6'9") OLYMPIAKOS BC PIRAEUS (GRE)
Kostas TSARTSARIS (C, 6'10") PANATHINAIKOS BSA ATHENS (GRE)
Panagiotis VASSILOPOULOS (F, 6'8") OLYMPIAKOS BC PIRAEUS (GRE)
Greece had to wait to defeat Puerto Rico (88-63) in the Olympic Qualifiying Tournament to claim the final place in the Olympics. Prior to the tournament the Greeks had defeated the Australians easily (89-69) in Greece.
Spain
Pau GASOL (F, 7'1") Los Angeles Lakers, NBA (USA)
Rudy FERNANDEZ (G, 6'5") DKV Joventut Badalona, ACB (ESP)
Juan-Carlos NAVARRO (G, 6'3") FC Barcelona Bàsquet (ESP)
José-Manuel CALDERON (G, 6'3") Toronto Raptors, NBA (USA)
Felipe REYES (F, 6'8") Real Madrid, ACB (ESP)
Carlos JIMENEZ (F, 6'9") Unicaja Malaga (ESP)
Jorge GARBAJOSA (F, 6'9") Toronto Raptors, NBA (USA)
Víctor CLAVER (F, 6'9") Pamesa Valencia (ESP)
Marc GASOL (C, 7'0") Akasvayu Girona (ESP)
Alex MUMBRU (F, 6'8") Real Madrid (ESP)
Berni RODRIGUEZ (G, 6'6") Unicaja Malaga (ESP)
Ricard RUBIO (G, 6'3") DKV Joventut Badalona (ESP)
Victor SADA (G, 6'4") Akasvayu Girona (ESP)
Juanjo TRIGUERO (C, 6'10") Polaris World CB Murcia (ESP)
Spain warmed up for the Olympics by competeing and dominating the Torneo de Ourense, defeating gold medal hope Argentina twice, as well as fellow Olympic sides, Lithuania and Russia
USA
Dwyane WADE (G, 6'4") Miami Heat, NBA (USA)
Carlos BOOZER (F, 6'9") Utah Jazz, NBA (USA)
Carmelo ANTHONY (F, 6'8") Denver Nuggets, NBA (USA)
Lebron JAMES (F, 6'8") Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA (USA)
Chris BOSH (F/C, 6'10") Toronto Raptors, NBA (USA)
Kobe BRYANT (G, 6'6") Los Angeles Lakers, NBA (USA)
Dwight HOWARD (C, 6'11") Orlando Magic, NBA (USA)
Jason KIDD (G, 6'4") Dallas Mavericks, NBA (USA)
Chris PAUL (G, 6'0") New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets, NBA (USA)
Tayshaun PRINCE (F, 6'9") Detroit Pistons, NBA (USA)
Michael REDD (G, 6'6") Milwaukee Bucks, NBA (USA)
Deron WILLIAMS (G, 6'3") Utah Jazz, NBA (USA)
The USA (Redeem Team) have played a number of warm up games in China since arriving, defeating Turkey (114-82) with James and Anthony combining for 37 points (13-15 shooting), Russia (89-68) and Australia (87-76)