Germany announces Olympic men's basketball squad

(BEIJING, July 25) -- After booking its ticket to Beijing 2008 by beating Puerto Rico 96-82 at the 2008 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens, Germany has announced its Olympic men's basketball squad.. It is the first time that Germany has qualified for the Olympics since Barcelona 1992, where it finished seventh.

NBA player Dirk Nowitzki will undoubtedly be the mainstay of Germany's basketball team.

Germany's Olympic men's basketball squad (date of birth in brackets):

Patrick Femerling (1975.03.04) Center

Robert Garrett (1977.03.18) Shooting Guard

Demond Greene (1979.06.15) Shooting Guard

Steffen Hamann (1981.06.14) Point Guard

Jan-hendrik Jagla (1981.06.25) Power Forward / Center

Christopher Kaman (1982.04.28) Center

Dirk Nowitzki (1978.06.19) Power Forward

Tim Ohlbrecht (1988.08.03) Power Forward

Pascal Roller (1976.11.20) Point Guard

Sven Schultze (1978.07.11) Small Forward / Power Forward

Konrad Wysocki (1982.03.28) Small Forward

Philip Zwiener (1985.07.23) Forward