2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship squads
This is a list of the all participating squads at the 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, held in several cities in Japan from 17 November to 3 December 2006.
Squads
Argentina
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Marcos Milinkovic | |
| 2. | Jerónimo Bidegain | |
| 4. | Nicolás Efrón | |
| 5. | Aníbal Gramaglia | |
| 6. | Gustavo Scholtis | |
| 8. | Leandro Concina | |
| 15. | Luciano De Cecco | |
| 16. | Martín Hernández | |
| 17. | Pablo Meana | |
| 18. | Gastón Giani | |
| Coach | Jon Uriarte |
Australia
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Daniel Howard | |
| 3. | Nathan Roberts | |
| 4. | Benjamin Hardy | |
| 5. | Luke Campbell | |
| 6. | Igor Yudin | |
| 7. | Matthew Young | |
| 8. | Andrew Grant | |
| 9. | Andrew Earl | |
| 11. | Phillip DeSalvo | |
| 14. | Nigel Panagopka | |
| 17. | Paul Carroll | |
| 18. | Brett Alderman | |
| Coach | Russell Borgeaud |
Brazil
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 2. | Marcelinho | |
| 4. | André Heller | |
| 7. | Gilberto Godoy | |
| 8. | Murilo Endres | |
| 9. | André Nascimento | |
| 10. | Sérgio Santos | |
| 11. | Anderson Rodrigues | |
| 12. | Samuel Fuchs | |
| 13. | Gustavo Endres | |
| 14. | Rodrigo Santana | |
| 17. | Ricardo García | |
| 18. | Dante Amaral | |
| Coach | Bernardo Rezende |
Bulgaria
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Evgeni Ivanov | June 3, 1974 |
| 2. | Hristo Tsvetanov | |
| 3. | Andrey Zhekov | |
| 4. | Boyan Yordanov | |
| 5. | Ivan Zarev | |
| 6. | Matey Kaziyski | |
| 11. | Vladimir Nikolov | |
| 13. | Teodor Salparov | |
| 15. | Krasimir Gaydarski | |
| 16. | Todor Aleksiev | |
| 17. | Plamen Konstantinov | |
| 19. | Daniel Peev | |
| Coach | Martin Stoev |
Canada
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Louis-Pierre Mainville | |
| 2. | Christian Bernier | |
| 3. | Michael Munday | |
| 4. | Pascal Cardinal | |
| 8. | Scott Koskie | |
| 9. | Paul Duerden | |
| 10. | Brett Youngberg | |
| 11. | Steven Brinkman | |
| 13. | Daniel Lewis | |
| 14. | Murray Grapentine | |
| 15. | Frederic Winters | |
| Coach | Glenn Hoag |
China
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 3. | Cui Xiaodong | |
| 4. | Yuan Zhi | |
| 5. | Guo Peng | |
| 6. | Wang Haichuan | |
| 7. | Tang Miao | |
| 8. | Cui Jianjun | |
| 10. | Li Chun | |
| 11. | Yu Dawei | |
| 12. | Shen Qiong | |
| 14. | Jiang Fudong | |
| 16. | Ren Qi | |
| 17. | Sui Shengsheng | |
| Coach | Zhou Jianan |
Cuba
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Yadier Sánchez | |
| 2. | Tomás Aldazabal | |
| 3. | Jorge Luis Sánchez | |
| 4. | Yasser Portuondo | |
| 8. | Pavel Pimienta | |
| 9. | Michael Sánchez | |
| 13. | Robertlandy Simón | |
| 15. | Oriol Camejo | |
| 16. | Raydel Corrales | |
| 17. | Odelvis Dominic | |
| 18. | Yoandri Díaz | |
| Coach | Roberto García |
Czech Republic
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Martin Lébl | |
| 2. | Jiří Popelka | |
| 3. | Marek Novotný | |
| 6. | Ondřej Hudeček | |
| 7. | Michal Rak | |
| 11. | Jan Štokr | |
| 12. | Jiří Zadražil | |
| 14. | Petr Zapletal | |
| 15. | Přemysl Obdržálek | |
| 16. | Petr Pláteník | |
| 17. | David Konecný | |
| 18. | Lukáš Ticháček | |
| Coach | Zdeněk Haník |
Egypt
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Hamdy Awad | |
| 2. | Abdalla Ahmed | |
| 3. | Mohamed Gabal | |
| 4. | Ahmed Abd Elnaeim | |
| 5. | Ossama Bekheit | |
| 6. | Wael Al Aydy | |
| 7. | Ashraf Abouel Hassan | |
| 8. | Saleh Youssef | |
| 10. | Mahmoud Elkoumy | |
| 11. | Mohamed Elnafrawy | |
| 14. | Hossam Shaarawy | |
| 17. | Mahmoud Abdelkader | |
| Coach | Rys Grzegorz |
France
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Xavier Kapfer | |
| 3. | Gérald Hardy | |
| 7. | Stéphane Antiga | |
| 8. | Ludovic Castard | |
| 9. | Frantz Granvorka | |
| 11. | Loïc Le Marrec | |
| 12. | Florian Kilama | |
| 13. | Pierre Pujol | |
| 15. | Guillaume Samica | |
| 17. | Olivier Kieffer | |
| 18. | Jean-François Exiga | |
| Coach | Phillipe Blain |
Germany
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Marcus Popp | |
| 3. | Thomas Kröger | |
| 4. | Simon Tischer | |
| 5. | Björn Andrae | |
| 9. | Stefan Hübner | |
| 10. | Jochen Schöps | |
| 11. | Frank Dehne | |
| 12. | Christian Pampel | |
| 13. | Ralph Bergmann | |
| 14. | Robert Kromm | |
| 16. | Eugen Bakumovski | |
| 17. | Norbert Walter | |
| Coach | Stelian Moculescu |
Greece
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Konstantinos Christofidelis | |
| 6. | Vasileios Kournetas | |
| 7. | Georgios Stefanou | |
| 8. | Konstantinos Prousalis | |
| 10. | Ioannis Kyriakidis | |
| 11. | Nikolaos Roumeliotis | |
| 12. | Nikolaos Smaragdis | |
| 13. | Andreas Andreadis | |
| 14. | Sotirios Pantaleon | |
| 15. | Ilias Lappas | |
| 16. | Antrei Kravarik | |
| 18. | Tontor-Zlatkov Bayev | |
| Coach | Konstantinos Charitonidis |
Iran
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Amir Hossein Monazzami | |
| 2. | Mohammad Shariati | |
| 3. | Amir Hosseini | |
| 4. | Davoud Moghbeli | |
| 5. | Peyman Akbari | |
| 6. | Mohammad Mansouri | |
| 8. | Farhad Zarif | |
| 9. | Alireza Nadi | |
| 10. | Behnam Mahmoudi | |
| 11. | Mohammad Torkashvand | |
| 14. | Mohammad Soleimani | |
| 17. | Mohammad Mohammadkazem | |
| Coach | Milorad Kijac |
Italy
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Luigi Mastrangelo | |
| 2. | Manuel Coscione | |
| 5. | Valerio Vermiglio | |
| 6. | Samuele Papi | |
| 8. | Alberto Cisolla | |
| 9. | Cristian Savani | |
| 12. | Mirko Corsano | |
| 14. | Alessandro Fei | |
| 15. | Andrea Semenzato | |
| 16. | Michal Lasko | |
| 18. | Matej Černič | |
| Coach | Gianpaolo Montali |
Japan
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Nobuharu Saito | |
| 3. | Shinya Chiba | |
| 4. | Kenji Onoue | |
| 6. | Ryuji Naohiro | |
| 7. | Takahiro Yamamoto | |
| 8. | Masaji Ogino | |
| 12. | Kota Yamamura | |
| 15. | Katsutoshi Tsumagari | |
| 16. | Yusuke Ishijima | |
| 17. | Yu Koshikawa | |
| 18. | Kosuke Tomonaga | |
| Coach | Tatsuya Ueta |
Kazakhstan
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 2. | Yevgeniy Senatorov | |
| 3. | Anton Yudin | |
| 4. | Yevgeniy Andreyev | |
| 7. | Dmitriy Gorbatkov | |
| 8. | Sergey Trikoz | |
| 9. | Marat Imangaliyev | |
| 10. | Alexey Stepanov | |
| 11. | Vladimir Derevyanko | |
| 12. | Denis Zhukov | |
| 14. | Anton Rubtsov | |
| 15. | Svyatoslav Miklashevich | |
| 16. | Kirill Konovalov | |
| Coach | Vladimir Kondra |
Poland
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 2. | Michał Winiarski | |
| 3. | Piotr Gruszka | |
| 4. | Daniel Pliński | |
| 5. | Paweł Zagumny | |
| 7. | Wojciech Grzyb | |
| 9. | Łukasz Żygadło | |
| 10. | Mariusz Wlazły | |
| 11. | Łukasz Kadziewicz | |
| 12. | Grzegorz Szymański | |
| 13. | Sebastian Świderski | |
| 15. | Piotr Gacek | |
| 17. | Michał Bąkiewicz | |
| Coach | Raúl Lozano |
Puerto Rico
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | José Rivera | |
| 2. | Gregory Berrios | |
| 4. | Víctor Rivera | |
| 5. | José Quiñones | |
| 6. | Ángel Pérez | |
| 8. | René Esteves | |
| 9. | Luis Rodríguez | |
| 10. | Víctor Bird | |
| 11. | Roberto Muñiz | |
| 12. | Héctor Soto | |
| 13. | Alexis Matias | |
| 16. | Enrique Escalante | |
| Coach | Carlos Cardona |
Russia
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Alexander Korneev | |
| 3. | Alexander Volkov | |
| 4. | Stanislav Dineykin | |
| 5. | Pavel Abramov | |
| 6. | Serguei Grankine | |
| 7. | Alexei Kazakov | |
| 9. | Semen Poltavsky | |
| 15. | Yuriy Berezhko | |
| 16. | Alexey Verbov | |
| 17. | Sergei Makarov | |
| 18. | Alexey Kuleshov | |
| Coach | Zoran Gajić |
Serbia and Montenegro
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 2. | Dejan Bojović | |
| 6. | Slobodan Boškan | |
| 8. | Marko Samardzic | |
| 9. | Nikola Grbić | |
| 10. | Vladimir Grbić | |
| 11. | Novica Bjelica | |
| 12. | Andrija Gerić | |
| 13. | Goran Vujević | |
| 14. | Ivan Miljković | |
| 15. | Veljko Petković | |
| 16. | Milos Nikić | |
| 18. | Marko Podraščanin | |
| Coach | Igor Kolaković |
South Korea
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Shin Jin-Sik | |
| 3. | Kwon Young-Min | |
| 4. | Moon Sung-Min | |
| 5. | Yeo Oh-Hyun | |
| 6. | Song Byung-Il | |
| 7. | Lee Sun-Kyu | |
| 9. | Who In-Jung | |
| 10. | Yun Bong-Woo | |
| 11. | Lee Kyung-Soo | |
| 12. | Kim Yo-han | |
| 16. | Ha Kyoung-Min | |
| 18. | Chang Byung-Chul | |
| Coach | Kim Ho-Chul |
Tunisia
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 2. | Mohamed Trabelsi | |
| 3. | Skander Ben Tara | |
| 5. | Samir Sellami | |
| 6. | Aymen Ben Brik | |
| 7. | Chaker Ghezal | |
| 9. | Khaled Belaïd | |
| 10. | Walid Ben Abbes | |
| 13. | Noureddine Hfaiedh | |
| 15. | Ghazi Guidara | |
| 16. | Hichem Kaabi | |
| 17. | Amine Besrour | |
| 18. | Hosni Karamosly | |
| Coach | Antonio Giacobbe |
United States
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 1. | Kyrt Ellis | |
| 2. | James Polster | |
| 5. | Richard Lambourne | |
| 6. | Phillip Eatherton | |
| 8. | William Priddy | |
| 9. | Ryan Millar | |
| 10. | Riley Salmon | |
| 12. | Thomas Hoff | |
| 13. | Clayton Stanley | |
| 15. | Gabriel Gardner | |
| 16. | David McKienzie | |
| 18. | Richard Taliaferro | |
| Coach | Hugh McCutcheon |
Venezuela
| #NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
| 2. | Ismel Ramos | |
| 4. | Joel Silva | |
| 6. | Carlos Luna | |
| 7. | Luis Díaz | |
| 10. | Renzo Sánchez | |
| 11. | Ernardo Gómez | |
| 12. | Carlos Tejeda | |
| 13. | Iván Márquez | |
| 14. | Thomas Ereu | |
| 15. | Francisco Soteldo | |
| 17. | Juan Carlos Blanco | |
| 18. | Fredy Cedeño | |
| Coach | Eliseo Ramos |