EuroBasket 1997 squads

The following is the list of squads for each of the 16 teams competing in the EuroBasket 1997, held in Spain between 24 June and 6 July 1997. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.

Main article: EuroBasket 1997

Group A

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Marković, Nenad 29 – (1968-06-06)6 June 1968 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Limoges CSP F 5 Firić, Gordan 26 – (1970-09-01)1 September 1970 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Pallacanestro Trieste PG 6 Bećiragić, Adis 27 – (1970-06-18)18 June 1970 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Ülkerspor PF 7 Lerić, Samir 23 – (1973-09-12)12 September 1973 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) KD Slovan F 8 Korlatović, Azur 26 – (1971-02-01)1 February 1971 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Sloboda Tuzla C 9 Bukva, Sejo 30 – (1966-09-16)16 September 1966 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) BK Inter Bratislava PG 10 Selešković, Samir 27 – (1970-04-10)10 April 1970 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Türk Telekom B.K. PF 11 Avdić, Samir 30 – (1967-03-21)21 March 1967 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Tofaş S.K. PF 12 Ovčina, Elvir 20 – (1976-07-16)16 July 1976 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Syracuse University C 13 Alihodžić, Dževad 28 – (1969-02-13)13 February 1969 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Cibona G 14 Hodžić, Adnan 26 – (1971-04-27)27 April 1971 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Sloboda Tuzla F 15 Mujezinović, Haris 23 – (1974-01-21)21 January 1974 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Indiana University	Head coach Sabit Hadžić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Greece

Greece men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Kalaitzis, Georgios 20 – (1976-10-29)29 October 1976 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Panionios PG 5 Patavoukas, Kostas 31 – (1966-02-03)3 February 1966 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Virtus Bologna PG 6 Boudouris, Nikos 25 – (1971-09-25)25 September 1971 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) P.A.O.K. F 7 Papanikolaou, Dimitrios 20 – (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympiacos G 8 Sigalas, Giorgos 26 – (1970-07-31)31 July 1970 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Olympiacos PG 9 Koronios, Angelos 28 – (1969-03-16)16 March 1969 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Peristeri F 10 Alvertis, Fragiskos 23 – (1974-06-11)11 June 1974 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Panathinaikos PF 11 Oikonomou, Nikos 24 – (1973-02-19)19 February 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Panathinaikos PF 12 Myriounis, Christos 26 – (1971-06-15)15 June 1971 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Apollon Patras C 13 Giannoulis, Giannis 21 – (1976-06-05)5 June 1976 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) P.A.O.K. C 14 Rentzias, Efthimios 21 – (1976-01-11)11 January 1976 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) P.A.O.K. F 15 Christodoulou, Fanis 32 – (1965-05-22)22 May 1965 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Panionios	Head coach Panagiotis Giannakis Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Russia

Russia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Karasev, Vasily 26 – (1971-04-14)14 April 1971 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Efes Pilsen G 5 Kudelin, Igor 24 – (1972-08-10)10 August 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC CSKA Moscow C 6 Kurashov, Igor 25 – (1972-04-02)2 April 1972 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow PF 7 Kisurin, Evgeni 28 – (1969-01-28)28 January 1969 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) KK Cibona PG 8 Pashutin, Evgeniy 28 – (1969-06-02)2 June 1969 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Avtodor Saratov G 9 Shakulin, Dmitry 29 – (1968-05-11)11 May 1968 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC CSKA Moscow G 10 Babkov, Sergei 30 – (1967-06-05)5 June 1967 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) CB Málaga C 11 Mikhaylov, Mikhail 26 – (1971-05-17)17 May 1971 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid G 12 Pashutin, Zakhar 23 – (1974-05-03)3 May 1974 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Avtodor Saratov PF 13 Fetisov, Andrei 24 – (1973-01-19)19 January 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Dynamo Moscow F 14 Panov, Sergei 26 – (1970-06-30)30 June 1970 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow C 15 Nosov, Vitaliy 29 – (1968-02-01)1 February 1968 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Union Olimpija	Head coach Sergei Belov Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Turkey

Turkey men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PF 4 Konuk, Murat 25 – (1972-02-18)18 February 1972 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Tofaş S.K. PG 5 Tunçeri, Kerem 18 – (1979-04-14)14 April 1979 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray PF 6 Türkcan, Mirsad 21 – (1976-06-07)7 June 1976 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Efes Pilsen PG 7 Ene, Orhun 30 – (1967-02-01)1 February 1967 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Ülkerspor F 8 Aydın, Volkan 28 – (1969-01-11)11 January 1969 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Efes Pilsen G 9 Erdenay, Harun 29 – (1968-05-27)27 May 1968 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ülkerspor G 10 Kutluay, İbrahim 23 – (1974-01-07)7 January 1974 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Fenerbahçe PG 11 Evliyaoğlu, Murat 28 – (1969-06-02)2 June 1969 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Efes Pilsen C 12 Beşok, Hüseyin 21 – (1975-08-02)2 August 1975 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Efes Pilsen C 13 Oyguç, Tamer 31 – (1966-01-11)11 January 1966 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Efes Pilsen F 14 Girgin, Tunç 27 – (1969-09-15)15 September 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Türk Telekom B.K. F 15 Sarıca, Ufuk 25 – (1972-06-13)13 June 1972 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Efes Pilsen	Head coach Ercüment Sunter Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Group B

France

France men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Pluvy, Laurent 23 – (1973-07-12)12 July 1973 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ASVEL Basket C 5 Moïso, Jérôme 19 – (1978-06-15)15 June 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Milford Academy PF 6 Dubos, Fabien 19 – (1977-11-10)10 November 1977 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Pau-Orthez G 7 Foirest, Laurent 23 – (1973-09-18)18 September 1973 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Pau-Orthez F 8 Bonato, Yann 25 – (1972-03-04)4 March 1972 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Victoria Libertas Pesaro PG 9 Fauthoux, Frédéric 24 – (1972-12-06)6 December 1972 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Pau-Orthez F 10 Risacher, Stéphane 24 – (1972-08-26)26 August 1972 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Paris Basket Racing PF 11 Gadou, Thierry 28 – (1969-01-13)13 January 1969 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Pau-Orthez C 12 Julian, Cyril 23 – (1974-03-29)29 March 1974 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) SLUC Nancy Basket G 13 Adams, Georges 30 – (1967-03-09)9 March 1967 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) ASVEL Basket PG 14 Sciarra, Laurent 23 – (1973-08-08)8 August 1973 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CB Huelva PF 15 Rippert, Rémi 25 – (1971-07-16)16 July 1971 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) ASVEL Basket	Head coach Jean-Pierre de Vincenzi Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Israel

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F 4 Henefeld, Nadav 29 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. PG 5 Arditty, Lior 29 – (1967-12-16)16 December 1967 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Bnei Herzliya G 6 Turgeman, Shalom 27 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. PF 7 Muchtary, Amir 25 – (1972-06-12)12 June 1972 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon PF 8 Bernsley, David 28 – (1969-05-06)6 May 1969 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Givat Shmuel PG 9 Aharoni, Oren 23 – (1973-11-12)12 November 1973 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Ramat Gan B.C. PG 10 Kattash, Oded 22 – (1974-10-10)10 October 1974 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. G 11 Sheffer, Doron 25 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. F 12 Shelef, Gur 23 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon F 13 Cohen-Mintz, Uri 23 – (1973-08-01)1 August 1973 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Ironi Ramat Gan C 14 Steinhauer, Tomer 30 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. C 15 Fleisher, Ofer 31 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Bnei Herzliya	Head coach Zvi Sherf Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Lithuania

Lithuania men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 21 – (1976-03-05)5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) University of Maryland PF 5 Jurkūnas, Andrius 21 – (1976-05-21)21 May 1976 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Clemson University PF 6 Šeštokas, Kęstutis 21 – (1976-04-15)15 April 1976 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Žalgiris F 7 Timinskas, Mindaugas 23 – (1974-03-28)28 March 1974 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Strasbourg IG F 8 Štombergas, Saulius 23 – (1973-12-14)14 December 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Atletas Kaunas C 9 Žukauskas, Eurelijus 23 – (1973-08-22)22 August 1973 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) BC Neptūnas G 10 Lukminas, Darius 29 – (1968-02-09)9 February 1968 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Avtodor Saratov G 11 Adomaitis, Dainius 23 – (1974-01-19)19 January 1974 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris F 12 Karnišovas, Artūras 26 – (1971-04-27)27 April 1971 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet PG 13 Maskoliūnas, Darius 26 – (1971-01-06)6 January 1971 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris PF 14 Einikis, Gintaras 27 – (1969-09-30)30 September 1969 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Avtodor Saratov PF 15 Praškevičius, Virginijus 23 – (1974-04-03)3 April 1974 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Minnesota Timberwolves	Head coach Jonas Kazlauskas Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Slovenia

Slovenia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Jeklin, Walter 27 – (1969-09-27)27 September 1969 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Krka F 5 Jagodnik, Goran 23 – (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KD Hopsi Polzela PG 6 Daneu, Jaka 26 – (1971-02-03)3 February 1971 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Union Olimpija C 7 Nesterovič, Radoslav 21 – (1976-05-30)30 May 1976 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) KK Union Olimpija C 8 Kunc, Aleš 23 – (1973-07-13)13 July 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KD Slovan PG 9 Zdovc, Jure 30 – (1966-12-13)13 December 1966 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Tofaş S.K. PF 10 Tušek, Marko 21 – (1975-07-17)17 July 1975 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Union Olimpija PF 11 Alibegović, Teoman 30 – (1967-01-11)11 January 1967 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Pallacanestro Trieste F 12 Milič, Marko 20 – (1977-05-07)7 May 1977 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Union Olimpija F 13 Gorenc, Boris 23 – (1973-12-03)3 December 1973 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Strasbourg IG PF 14 Jurković, Ivica 24 – (1973-03-26)26 March 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Union Olimpija F 15 Trifunović, Radovan 24 – (1973-01-25)25 January 1973 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Shaw University	Head coach Andrej Urlep Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Group C

Italy

Italy men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Coldebella, Claudio 28 – (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) A.E.K. Athens PG 5 Bonora, Davide 24 – (1973-02-05)5 February 1973 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Benetton Treviso PF 6 Fučka, Gregor 25 – (1971-08-07)7 August 1971 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Olimpia Milano F 7 Pittis, Riccardo 28 – (1968-12-18)18 December 1968 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Benetton Treviso C 8 Marconato, Denis 21 – (1975-07-29)29 July 1975 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Benetton Treviso PF 9 Galanda, Giacomo 22 – (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Scaligera Verona G 10 Myers, Carlton 26 – (1971-03-30)30 March 1971 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Fortitudo Bologna F 11 Moretti, Paolo 26 – (1970-06-30)30 June 1970 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Peristeri G 12 Abbio, Alessandro 26 – (1971-03-13)13 March 1971 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna C 13 Frosini, Alessandro 24 – (1972-09-22)22 September 1972 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Fortitudo Bologna C 14 Carera, Flavio 34 – (1963-01-18)18 January 1963 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Virtus Bologna PF 15 Gay, Dan 35 – (1961-07-20)20 July 1961 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Fortitudo Bologna	Head coach Ettore Messina Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Latvia

Latvia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PF 4 Helmanis, Uvis 25 – (1972-06-10)10 June 1972 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Metropole/I.O.S. C 5 Āzacis, Jānis 26 – (1971-05-08)8 May 1971 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Brocēni/LMT PG 6 Valeiko, Edmunds 25 – (1972-06-22)22 June 1972 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BK Baltika G 7 Štelmahers, Roberts 22 – (1974-11-19)19 November 1974 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Brocēni/LMT F 8 Muižnieks, Kārlis 33 – (1964-05-25)25 May 1964 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BK Baltika F 9 Šneps, Edgars 25 – (1972-04-13)13 April 1972 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Brocēni/LMT PG 10 Miglinieks, Raimonds 26 – (1970-07-16)16 July 1970 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Brocēni/LMT F 11 Bagatskis, Ainārs 30 – (1967-03-29)29 March 1967 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Brocēni/LMT PF 12 Liepa, Ivars 32 – (1965-06-04)4 June 1965 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BK Baltika PF 13 Jansons, Ralfs 25 – (1971-08-07)7 August 1971 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) LainERS C 14 Bondarenko, Andrejs 33 – (1963-10-22)22 October 1963 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) BK Baltika C 15 Meļņiks, Igors 34 – (1962-08-14)14 August 1962 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Spartak Moscow	Head coach Igors Miglinieks Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Poland

Poland men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Kościuk, Robert 28 – (1969-01-17)17 January 1969 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Anwil PG 5 Pluta, Andrzej 23 – (1974-04-26)26 April 1974 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Bobry Bytom PG 6 Mila, Krzysztof 27 – (1970-06-06)6 June 1970 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Polonia Przemyśl G 7 Darnikowski, Jarosław 25 – (1971-07-03)3 July 1971 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) AZS UMK Toruń F 8 Tomczyk, Dominik 23 – (1974-04-15)15 April 1974 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Śląsk Wrocław G 9 Zieliński, Maciej 26 – (1971-01-05)5 January 1971 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Śląsk Wrocław PF 10 Wójcik, Adam 27 – (1970-04-20)20 April 1970 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Spirou Charleroi PF 11 Jankowski, Tomasz 24 – (1972-07-25)25 July 1972 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) WTK Anwil Włocławek C 12 Szybilski, Piotr 24 – (1973-05-02)2 May 1973 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Znicz Pruszków C 13 Bigus, Rafał 20 – (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Villanova University F 14 Bacik, Mariusz 25 – (1972-01-04)4 January 1972 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Bobry Bytom C 15 Dryja, Krzysztof 23 – (1974-01-04)4 January 1974 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Znicz Pruszków	Head coach Eugeniusz Kijewski Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

FR Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F 4 Bodiroga, Dejan 24 – (1973-03-02)2 March 1973 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid G 5 Danilović, Predrag 27 – (1970-02-26)26 February 1970 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Dallas Mavericks PG 6 Obradović, Saša 28 – (1969-01-29)29 January 1969 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Alba Berlin F 7 Lončar, Nikola 25 – (1972-05-31)31 May 1972 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Pallacanestro Varese G 8 Radošević, Miroslav 24 – (1973-01-01)1 January 1973 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Borac Čačak G 9 Berić, Miroslav 24 – (1973-01-20)20 January 1973 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Partizan PG 10 Đorđević, Aleksandar 29 – (1967-08-26)26 August 1967 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet C 11 Rebrača, Željko 25 – (1972-04-09)9 April 1972 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Benetton Treviso C 12 Bulatović, Nikola 25 – (1971-08-28)28 August 1971 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) FMP PF 13 Savić, Zoran 30 – (1966-11-18)18 November 1966 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Virtus Bologna PF 14 Tomašević, Dejan 24 – (1973-05-06)6 May 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Partizan PF 15 Topić, Milenko 28 – (1969-03-06)6 March 1969 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) KK BFC Beočin	Head coach Želimir Obradović Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Group D

Croatia

Croatia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Sesar, Josip 19 – (1978-01-17)17 January 1978 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Zagreb PG 5 Mulaomerović, Damir 22 – (1974-09-19)19 September 1974 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Cibona G 6 Giriček, Gordan 20 – (1977-06-20)20 June 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Cibona PG 7 Milačić, Damir 22 – (1975-02-25)25 February 1975 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) KK Zagreb PG 8 Alanović, Vladan 29 – (1967-07-03)3 July 1967 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Tofaş S.K. G 9 Rimac, Slaven 22 – (1974-12-19)19 December 1974 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Cibona C 10 Kovačić, Emilio 29 – (1968-01-11)11 January 1968 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Zrinjevac C 11 Pejčinović, Davor 26 – (1971-03-28)28 March 1971 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Cibona PF 12 Kelečević, Siniša 27 – (1970-04-10)10 April 1970 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Telekom Baskets Bonn PF 13 Prkačin, Nikola 21 – (1975-11-15)15 November 1975 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Split C 14 Grgat, Ivan 22 – (1974-09-22)22 September 1974 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Dubrava F 15 Marcelić, Davor 28 – (1969-05-25)25 May 1969 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Cibona	Head coach Petar Skansi Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Germany

Germany men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Rödl, Henrik 28 – (1969-03-04)4 March 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Alba Berlin G 5 Lütcke, Jörg 21 – (1975-12-12)12 December 1975 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Alba Berlin PF 6 Terdenge, Gerrit 22 – (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) California State University, Fresno G 7 Bogojević, Vladimir 21 – (1976-01-01)1 January 1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Gießen 46ers G 8 Wucherer, Denis 24 – (1973-05-07)7 May 1973 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Bayer Giants Leverkusen F 9 Harnisch, Henning 29 – (1968-04-15)15 April 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Alba Berlin C 10 Hupmann, Sascha 27 – (1970-04-21)21 April 1970 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Alba Berlin C 11 Malbeck, Jürgen 23 – (1974-04-05)5 April 1974 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Hawaii Pacific University C 12 Femerling, Patrick 22 – (1975-03-04)4 March 1975 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) University of Washington PF 13 Okulaja, Ademola 21 – (1975-07-10)10 July 1975 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill C 14 Nees, Tim 25 – (1971-10-30)30 October 1971 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Bayer Giants Leverkusen C 15 Kühl, Alexander 24 – (1973-01-07)7 January 1973 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Head coach Vladislav Lučić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Spain

Spain men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Angulo, Alberto 27 – (1970-06-12)12 June 1970 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Madrid PG 5 Galilea, José Luis 24 – (1972-07-09)9 July 1972 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) FC Barcelona PG 6 Jofresa, Tomás 27 – (1970-01-25)25 January 1970 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) CB Málaga C 7 Orenga, Juan Antonio 30 – (1966-07-29)29 July 1966 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid PG 8 Rodríguez, Ignacio 26 – (1970-09-02)2 September 1970 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) CB Málaga F 9 Smith, Mike 33 – (1963-09-10)10 September 1963 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid G 10 Esteller, Roger 24 – (1972-07-06)6 July 1972 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) FC Barcelona F 11 Herreros, Alberto 28 – (1969-04-20)20 April 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Real Madrid F 12 Paraíso, José Antonio 26 – (1971-04-20)20 April 1971 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Cáceres CB C 13 Martínez, Ferrán 29 – (1968-04-25)25 April 1968 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Panathinaikos C 14 Reyes, Alfonso 25 – (1971-09-19)19 September 1971 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Málaga C 15 Dueñas, Roberto 21 – (1975-11-01)1 November 1975 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) FC Barcelona	Head coach Lolo Sainz Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

Ukraine

Ukraine men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club C 4 Okunsky, Oleksandr 25 – (1971-07-13)13 July 1971 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) C 5 Khyzhniak, Grihoriy 22 – (1974-07-16)16 July 1974 PF 6 Laylo, Leonid 23 – (1973-08-31)31 August 1973 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) PF 7 Molchanov, Ihor 27 – (1969-09-06)6 September 1969 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) C 8 Savchenko, Victor 27 – (1970-02-16)16 February 1970 PF 9 Lokhmanchuk, Alexander 24 – (1973-05-28)28 May 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Budivelnyk F 10 Zhuravlov, Denis 26 – (1971-04-30)30 April 1971 F 11 Rubchenko, Roman 23 – (1974-01-06)6 January 1974 G 12 Pudzyrey, Vadym 27 – (1969-11-05)5 November 1969 G 13 Murzin, Yevheniy 31 – (1965-09-24)24 September 1965 PG 14 Bazelevsky, Dmytro 26 – (1970-12-28)28 December 1970 PG 15 Kharchenko, Ihor 28 – (1969-05-11)11 May 1969	Head coach Zaurbek Khromaev Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

References

• 1997 European Championship for Men, FIBA.com.
• European Championship 1997 - National Squads, LinguaSport.com.