2004 FIBA Diamond Ball

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2004 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
Arena Belgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
DatesJuly 31 – August 3
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Third placeFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Fourth placeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Ming
(22.0 points per game) [1]
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The 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, from July 31 until August 3, 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 2nd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Angola, Argentina, Australia, host Serbia and Montenegro, China and Lithuania.

Contents

Participating teams

Group AGroup B

Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro

Preliminary round

Qualified for the finals

Group A

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

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 220174147+274
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 211146153−73
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 202131151−202
July 31
18:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg67–63Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–22, 17–12, 20–12
August 1
18:30
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg68–84Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 15–18, 22–17, 13–22
August 2
18:30
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg90–79Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 16–15, 16–27, 37–12

Group B

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

Qualified for the finals
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 220171139+324
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 211162174−123
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 202143163−202
July 31
21:00
Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg92–78Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:19–17, 23–25, 29–11, 21–25
August 1
21:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg84–82Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter:21–13, 16–16, 23–27, 24–26
August 2
21:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg61–79Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter:15–13, 10–30, 18–21, 18–15

Final round

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

5th place

August 3
16:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg64–70Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter:21–19, 6–21, 18–14, 19–16

Third place

August 3
18:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg84–74Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:23–21, 21–16, 18–29, 22–8

Final

August 1
21:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg80–93Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–30, 17–20, 24–21

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

See also

References

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