2004 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women

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2004 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
Arena
Heraklion, Greece
DatesAugust 5 – August 8
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Third placeFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Fourth placeFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of Nigeria.svg 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.

Contents

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 AGroup B

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Qualified for the finals
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 220159116+434
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 211127137−103
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 202121154−332
August 5
20:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg70–62Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by quarter:24–14, 10–15, 25–12, 11–21
August 6
20:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg59–84Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 15–20, 15–24, 18–18
August 7
20:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg75–57Flag of Greece.svg  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
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 220168157+114
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 211163149+143
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 202135160−252
August 5
18:15
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg78–63Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter:20–13, 23–20, 15–15, 20–15
August 6
18:15
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg72–82Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 17–25, 20–17, 16–15
August 7
18:15
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg86–85Flag of Brazil.svg  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  Flag of South Korea.svg89–78Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 28–20, 28–14, 20–15

Third place

August 8
18:15
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg70–73Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 18–18, 11–13, 24–22

Final

August 8
20:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg74–70Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:19–18, 22–18, 14–24, 19–10

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

References

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