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The '''2006 FIBA World Championship for Women''' held in Brazil had the following '''squads'''.  The list includes the 12-women rosters of 8 teams of the 16 participating countries, totaling 172 players.

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

==Group A==

==={{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina women's national basketball team|Argentina]]===
Head coach: [[Eduardo Pinto (basketball)|Eduardo Pinto]]
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
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| 4|| Guard || [[Laura Betiana Nicolli]]|| 1.76 || 1975 || {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Union Florida]]
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| 5|| Forward/Guard || [[Verónica Liliana Soberón]]|| 1.78 || 1977 || {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Union Florida]]
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| 6|| Guard || [[Cecília Alejandra Peters Lineira]]|| 1.80|| 1986 || {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]
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| 7|| Guard || [[Natalia Romina Ríos]]|| 1.76 || 1980 || {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Lenzi Prof. Bolzano]]
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| 8|| Forward || [[Sandra Carolina Pavón]]|| 1.71 || 1985 || {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
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| 9|| Guard || [[Alejandra Ethel Chesta]]|| 1.86 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[C. B. Olesa]]
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|10|| Forward/Guard || [[Paula Erica Gatti]]|| 1.73 || 1978 || {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
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|11|| Guard || [[Marcela Julia Paoletta]]|| 1.64 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
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|12|| Center || [[María Alejandra Fernández]]|| 1.86 || 1976 || {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
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|13|| Center || [[María Gimena Landra]]|| 1.88 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]
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|14|| Center || [[Erica Carolina Sánchez]]|| 1.83 || 1976 || {{Flagicon|Portugal}} [[Vagos (basketball club)|Vagos]]
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|15|| Center || [[Gisela Vega|Gisela Verónica Vega]]|| 1.88 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Canoe]]
|}

==={{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil women's national basketball team|Brazil]]===
Head coach: [[Antônio Carlos Barbosa]]
{| class="wikitable" width=85%
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
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| 4|| Guard || [[Adriana Moisés Pinto]]|| 1.70 || 1979 || no club
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| 5|| Guard || [[Helen Cristina Santos Luz]]|| 1.76 || 1972 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[UB-Barça|Barcelona]]
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| 6|| Forward || [[Karen Gustavo Rocha]]|| 1.77|| 1984 || {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ourinhos]]
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| 7|| Forward || [[Micaela Martins Jacintho]]|| 1.80 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|Poland}} [[PZU Polfa Pabianice|MTK Polfa Pabiance]]
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| 8|| Forward/Guard || [[Iziane Castro Marques]]|| 1.82 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Storm]]
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| 9|| Forward || [[Janeth Arcain|Janeth dos Santos Arcain]]|| 1.82 || 1969 || no club
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|10|| Forward || [[Sílvia Cristina Rocha|Sílvia Cristina Gustavo Rocha]]|| 1.83 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Associação Atlética Ponte Preta|Ponte Preta]]
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|11|| Center || [[Soeli Garvão Zakrzeski]]|| 1.87 || 1977 || {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Associação Desportiva São Caetano|São Caetano]]
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|12|| Center || [[Érika Cristina de Souza]]|| 1.97 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Ros Casares Valencia]]
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|13|| Center || [[Alessandra Santos de Oliveira]]|| 2.01 || 1973 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Woori Bank]]
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|14|| Center || [[Cíntia Santos|Cíntia Silva dos Santos]]|| 1.94 || 1975 || {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Famila Schio]]
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|15|| Center || [[Kelly da Silva Santos]]|| 1.92 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Santo André]]
|}

==={{Flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal women's national basketball team|Senegal]]===
Head coach: [[Maguette Diop]]
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
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| 4|| Guard || [[Fatou Dieng (basketball)|Fatou Dieng]]|| 1.67 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|France}}  
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| 5|| Guard || [[Nene Diame]]|| 1.70 || 1986 || 
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| 6|| Forward || [[Oumoul Khairy Sarr]]|| 1.88|| 1984 || 
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| 7|| Forward || [[Aya Traoré]]|| 1.83 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
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| 8|| Forward || [[Mame Diodio Diouf]]|| 1.70 || 1984 || {{Flagicon|Ivory Coast}}
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| 9|| Forward || [[Salimata Diatta]]|| 1.84 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[BC ICIM Arad]]
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|10|| Forward || [[Astou Traoré]]|| 1.85 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|Belgium}}
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|11|| Center || [[Mariame Dia]]||  || 1978 || 
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|12|| Center || [[Awa Doumbia]]|| 1.82 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|Senegal}} Jeanne d’Arc Dakar
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|13|| Center || [[Ndèye Ndiaye]]|| 1.89 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|France}}
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|14|| Center || [[Astou Ndiaye-Diatta]]|| 1.89 || 1973 || {{Flagicon|Italy}}
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|15|| Center || [[Khady Yacine Ngom]]|| 1.79 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|Switzerland}} Brunnen Basket
|}
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100425070611/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/3508/tid/358/_/2006_World_Championship_for_Women/index.html Senegal at the 2006 World Championship for Women on Fiba.com]</ref>

==={{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[South Korea women's national basketball team|South Korea]]===
Head coach: [[Soo Jong Yoo]]
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
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| 4|| Center || [[Kang Young-suk]]|| 1.87 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Shinham Bank]]
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| 5|| Guard || [[Choi Youn-ah]]|| 1.70 || 1985 || no club
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| 6|| Forward || [[Kim Se-long]]|| 1.77|| 1986 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Samsung Life]]
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| 7|| Forward || [[Kim Eun-hye (basketball)|Kim Eun-hye]]|| 1.82 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Woori Bank]]
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| 8|| Guard || [[Lee Ktung-eun]]|| 1.76 || 1987 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Woori Bank]]
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| 9|| Guard || [[Park Sun-young (basketball)|Park Sun-young]]|| 1.75 || 1980 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Shinham Bank]]
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|10|| Forward || [[Beon Yeon-ha]]|| 1.80 || 1980 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Samsung Life]]
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|11|| Center || [[Sin Jung-ja]]|| 1.84 || 1980 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[BK Kookmin Bank]]
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|12|| Center || [[Hong Hyun-hee]]|| 1.91 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Woori Bank]]
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|13|| Forward || [[Kim Jung-eun (basketball)|Kim Jung-eun]]|| 1.81 || 1987 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Shinsegae]]
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|14|| Center || [[Kim Kwe-ryong]]|| 1.90 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Woori Bank]]
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|15|| Center || [[Kang Ji-sook]]|| 1.98 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Shinham Bank]]
|}

==={{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain women's national basketball team|Spain]]===
Head coach: [[Domingo Díaz]]
{| class="wikitable" width=85%
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
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| 4|| Forward/Center || [[María Pina]]|| 1.87 || 1987 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[CB Estudiantes|Adecco Estudiantes]]
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| 5|| Forward/Guard || [[Marta Fernández (basketball)|Marta Fernández]]|| 1.79 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
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| 6|| Forward/Guard || [[Laia Palau]]|| 1.78|| 1979 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[CJM Bourges Basket]]
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| 7|| Forward/Guard || [[Isabel Sánchez]]|| 1.79 || 1976 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Acís León]]
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| 8|| Guard || [[Sílvia Domínguez]]|| 1.65 || 1987 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[UB-Barça|Barcelona]]
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| 9|| Center || [[Paula Seguí]]|| 1.88 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Celta de Vigo]]
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|10|| Guard || [[Elisa Aguilar]]|| 1.70 || 1976 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Ros Casares Valencia]]
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|11|| Guard || [[Núria Martínez]]|| 1.75 || 1984 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca]]
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|12|| Center || [[Anna Montañana]]|| 1.85 || 1980 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Ros Casares Valencia]]
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|13|| Forward/Center || [[Amaya Valdemoro]]|| 1.84 || 1976 || {{Flagicon|Russia}} [[VBM-SGAU Samara]]
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|14|| Center || [[Eva Montesdeoca]]|| 1.95 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[CB Gran Canaria|Gran Canaria]]
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|15|| Center || [[Lucila Pascua]]|| 1.92 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Acís León]]
|}

==Group B==

==={{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australia]]===
Head coach: [[Jan Stirling]]
{| class="wikitable" width=85%
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
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| 4|| Guard || [[Erin Phillips]]|| 1.73 || 1985 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Connecticut Sun]]
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| 5|| Guard || [[Tully Bevilaqua]]|| 1.64 || 1972 || {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Canberra Capitals]]
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| 6|| Guard || [[Jennifer Screen]]|| 1.80|| 1982 || {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Adelaide Fellas]]
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| 7|| Forward || [[Penny Taylor-Gil|Penny Taylor]]|| 1.85 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Phoenix Mercury]]
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| 8|| Center || [[Emma Randall]]|| 1.88 || 1985 || {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Dandenong Rangers]]
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| 9|| Center || [[Hollie Grima]]|| 1.90 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Bulleen Boomers]]
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|10|| Guard || [[Kristi Harrower]]|| 1.63 || 1975 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic|Valenciennes]]
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|11|| Center || [[Laura Summerton]]|| 1.88 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|AIS]]
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|12|| Forward || [[Belinda Snell]]|| 1.80 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Phoenix Mercury]]
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|13|| Center || [[Jenny Whittle]] (Capt)|| 1.97 || 1973 || {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Canberra Capitals]]
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|14|| Forward || [[Emily McInerny]]|| 1.84 || 1978 || {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Dandenong Rangers]]
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|15|| Forward/Center || [[Lauren Jackson]]|| 1.95 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Storm]]
|}

==={{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada women's national basketball team|Canada]]===
Head coach: [[Allison McNeill]]

{| class="wikitable" width=85%
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
|-
| 4|| Guard || [[Sheila Townsend|Sheila Mae Townsend]]|| 1.76 || 1980 || {{Flagicon|GER}} BG Dorsten
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| 5|| Guard || [[Teresa Gabriele]]|| 1.65 || 1979 ||
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| 6|| Forward || [[Kelsey Adrian|Kelsey Alexa Adrian]]|| 1.86 || 1989 || {{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Brookswood Secondary School]]
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| 7|| Forward || Isabelle Grenier|| 1.80 || 1978 || {{Flagicon|GER}} BG Dorsten
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| 8|| Guard/Forward || [[Kim Gaucher]]|| 1.85 || 1984 || {{Flagicon|USA}}[[Sacramento Monarchs]]
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| 9|| Forward || Sarah Jane Crooks|| 1.85 || 1984 || {{Flagicon|CAN}}[[Saskatchewan Huskies|University of Saskatchewan]] 
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| 10|| Guard || Carrie Michelle Watson|| 1.78 || 1981 ||  
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| 11|| Center || Amanda Claire Brown|| 1.95 || 1984 || {{Flagicon|USA}}[[Pennsylvania State University]]
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| 12|| Forward || [[Claudia Brassard-Riebesehl|Claudia Melati Brassard-Riebesehl]]|| 1.82 || 1975 || {{Flagicon|AUS}}[[Townsville Fire]]  
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| 13|| Forward || [[Nikki Johnson|Nicole Anne Johnson]]|| 1.80 || 1975 ||  {{Flagicon|GER}} BG Dorsten 
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| 14|| Forward || [[Chelsea Aubry]]|| 1.88 || 1984 || {{Flagicon|USA}}[[Nebraska Cornhuskers|University of Nebraska-Lincoln]]
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| 15|| Center || [[Tammy Sutton-Brown|Tamara Kim Sutton-Brown]]|| 1.93 || 1978 || {{Flagicon|TUR}} [[Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball|Fenerbahçe]] 
|}

==Group C==

==={{Flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national basketball team|USA]]===
Head coach: [[Anne Donovan]]

{| class="wikitable" width=85%
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
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| 4|| Guard || [[Alana Beard]]|| 1.81 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Mystics]]<br>{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Canberra Capitals]]
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| 5|| Forward || [[Seimone Augustus]]|| 1.86 || 1984 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Minnesota Lynx]]
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| 6|| Guard || [[Sue Bird]]|| 1.76|| 1980 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Storm]]<br>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Dynamo Moscow (women’s basketball)|Dynamo Moscow]]
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| 7|| Forward || [[Sheryl Swoopes]]|| 1.83 || 1971 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Comets]]<br>{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Taranto Cras Basket]]
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| 8|| Forward || [[DeLisha Milton-Jones]]|| 1.85 || 1974 || {{Flagicon|USA}}  [[Washington Mystics]]<br>{{Flagicon|CZE}} [[BK Brno]]
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| 9|| Center || [[Cheryl Ford]] || 1.91 || 1981 || {{Flagicon|USA}}  [[Detroit Shock]]
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|10|| Forward || [[Tamika Catchings]]|| 1.83 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Indiana Fever]]
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|11|| Forward || [[Tina Thompson]]|| 1.89 || 1975 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Comets]]
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|12|| Guard/Forward || [[Diana Taurasi]]|| 1.83 || 1982 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Phoenix Mercury]]<br>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Dynamo Moscow (women’s basketball)|Dynamo Moscow]]
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|13|| Center || [[Michelle Snow]]|| 1.96 || 1980 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Comets]]<br>{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[ASD Basket Parma]]
|- 
|14|| Guard || [[Katie Smith]]|| 1.81 || 1974 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Detroit Shock]]
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|15|| Forward/Center || [[Candace Parker]]|| 1.93 || 1986 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers|University of Tennessee]]
|}

==Group D==

==={{Flagicon|FRA}} [[France women's national basketball team|France]]===
Head coach: [[Alain Jardel]]
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!|#
!|Pos
!|Name
!|Height(m)
!|Year Born
!|Team
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| 4|| Guard || [[Clémence Beikes]]|| 1.78 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[Tarbes Gespe Bigorre|Tarbes GB]]
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| 5|| Forward || [[Sandra Le Dréan]]|| 1.87 || 1977 || {{Flagicon|CZE}} [[USK Praha (women's basketball)|USK Prague]]
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| 6|| Guard || [[Céline Dumerc]]|| 1.69|| 1982 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[CJM Bourges Basket]]
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| 7|| Center || [[Sandrine Gruda]]|| 1.92 || 1987 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic|Valenciennes]]
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| 8|| Forward || [[Emmanuelle Hermouet]]|| 1.83 || 1979 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic|Valenciennes]]
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| 9|| Guard || [[Audrey Sauret|Audrey Sauret-Gillespie]] (cap.)|| 1.78 || 1976 || {{Flagicon|Russia}} [[UMMC Ekaterinburg]]
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|10|| Center || [[Nathalie Lesdema]]|| 1.90 || 1973 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Acís León]]
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|11|| Guard || [[Émilie Gomis]]|| 1.80 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic|Valenciennes]]<br>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[New York Liberty]]
|-
|12|| Forward || [[Krissy Badé]]|| 1.82 || 1980 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic|Valenciennes]]
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|13|| Center || [[Sandra Dijon]]|| 1.95 || 1976 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération|Lattes-Montpellier]]
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|14|| Center || [[Emmeline NDongué]]|| 1.94 || 1983 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[CJM Bourges Basket]]<br>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
|- 
|15|| Center || [[Élodie Godin]]|| 1.90 || 1985 || {{Flagicon|France}} [[Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic|Valenciennes]]
|}

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==References==
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