2004 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women

2004 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
Arena
Heraklion, Greece
DatesAugust 5 – August 8
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-up China
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Greece
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Mfon Udoka
(23.0 points per game) [1]
2008 →

The 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Heraklion, Greece, from August 5 until August 8, 2004. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA,[2] held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 1st edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Australia, China host Greece, Brazil, Nigeria and South Korea.

The United States women's team did not participate in the 2004 event although they were the then-reigning World champions and Olympic champions.

Participating teams

Group A Group B

 Australia
 Greece
 South Korea

 Brazil
 China
 Nigeria

  •  Australia – Oceania champions
  •  Brazil – Americas champions
  •  China – Asian champions
  •  Nigeria – African champions
  •  Greece – Olympics host
  •  Russia – European champions → replaced by  South Korea – Asia Cup 3rd place (China were Asia Cup champions)

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Qualified for the finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 2 2 0 159 116 +43 4
 Greece 2 1 1 127 137 −10 3
 South Korea 2 0 2 121 154 −33 2
August 5
20:30
Greece  70–62  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 10–15, 25–12, 11–21
August 6
20:30
South Korea  59–84  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 15–20, 15–24, 18–18
August 7
20:30
Australia  75–57  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 23–18, 21–8, 10–11

Group B

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Qualified for the finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 2 2 0 168 157 +11 4
 Brazil 2 1 1 163 149 +14 3
 Nigeria 2 0 2 135 160 −25 2
August 5
18:15
Brazil  78–63  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 23–20, 15–15, 20–15
August 6
18:15
Nigeria  72–82  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 17–25, 20–17, 16–15
August 7
18:15
China  86–85  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 23–13, 18–19, 26–24

Final round

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

5th place

August 8
16:00
South Korea  89–78  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 28–20, 28–14, 20–15

Third place

August 8
18:15
Greece  70–73  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 18–18, 11–13, 24–22

Final

August 8
20:30
Australia  74–70  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 22–18, 14–24, 19–10

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

References

  1. ^ Player Leaders
  2. ^ http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year

External links