2004 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
ArenaBelgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
DatesJuly 31 – August 3
Final positions
Champions Serbia and Montenegro (1st title)
Runners-up Lithuania
Third place Argentina
Fourth place China
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s)China Yao Ming
(22.0 points per game) [1]

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.

Participating teams

Group A Group B

 Angola
 Argentina
 Lithuania

 Australia
 China
 Serbia and Montenegro

  •  Angola – African champions
  •  Argentina – Americas runners-up (USA were Olympic & Americas champions)
  •  Australia – Oceania champions & 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball winners
  •  China – Asian champions
  •  Lithuania – European champions (Greece were Olympics hosts)
  •  Serbia and Montenegro – World champions

Preliminary round

Qualified for the finals

Group A

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

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lithuania 2 2 0 174 147+27 4
 Argentina 2 1 1 146 153−7 3
 Angola 2 0 2 131 151−20 2
July 31
18:30
Argentina  67–63  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–22, 17–12, 20–12
August 1
18:30
Angola  68–84  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 15–18, 22–17, 13–22
August 2
18:30
Lithuania  90–79  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
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Serbia and Montenegro 2 2 0 171 139+32 4
 China 2 1 1 162 174−12 3
 Australia 2 0 2 143 163−20 2
July 31
21:00
Serbia and Montenegro  92–78  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 23–25, 29–11, 21–25
August 1
21:00
China  84–82  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 16–16, 23–27, 24–26
August 2
21:00
Australia  61–79  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  64–70  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 6–21, 18–14, 19–16

Third place

August 3
18:30
Argentina  84–74  China
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 21–16, 18–29, 22–8

Final

August 1
21:00
Lithuania  80–93  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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