Slovenia FIBA Rank: 22 Group: D Qualified: Sixth at 2005 EuroBasket FIBA Team Page

2006 FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM PAGES GROUP A GROUP B Argentina France Lebanon Nigeria Serbia & Mont. Venezuela Angola Germany Japan New Zealand Panama Spain GROUP C GROUP D Australia Brazil Greece Lithuania Qatar Turkey China Italy Puerto Rico Senegal Slovenia USA

Brezec leads an experienced Slovenian team.
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Despite not being on a lot of radar screens, Slovenia seem poised for a medal run if they can harness their talent. … Didn't even qualify for the 2004 Olympics, but they have five active NBA players and several with NBA experience.
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Primoz Brezec	Bostjan Nachbar	Rasho Nesterovic	Uros Slokar	Beno Udrih

August 19: Slovenia vs. Senegal
August 20: Slovenia vs. Italy
August 22: Slovenia vs. USA
6:30 a.m. ET, on ESPN
August 23: Slovenia vs. Puerto Rico
August 24: Slovenia vs. China
4 p.m. ET, on NBA TV
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Medals: None
Best Finish: None