2004 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women

FIBA Diamond Ball 2004 Heraklion Greece August 5 – August 8 AUS (1st title) CHN BRA GRE NGR Mfon Udoka (23.0 points per game) Player Leaders 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,http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year 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 BAUS GRE KORBRA CHN NGR 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 Australia 2 0 159 116 #ccffcc Greece 1 1 127 137 South Korea 0 2 121 154 |} #eee August 5 Heraklion, Greece 20:30 https://archive.today/20130123163542/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/1/grid/A/rid/4099/sid/3807/_/2004_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore GRE 70 24–14 10–15 25–12 11–21 62 KOR #eee August 6 Heraklion, Greece 20:30 Boxscore KOR 59 11–22 15–20 15–24 18–18 84 AUS #eee August 7 Heraklion, Greece 20:30 https://archive.today/20130122225940/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/3/grid/A/rid/4099/sid/3807/_/2004_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore AUS 75 21–20 23–18 21–8 10–11 57 GRE Group B All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Qualified for the finals China 2 0 168 157 #ccffcc Brazil 1 1 163 149 Nigeria 0 2 135 160 |} #eee August 5 Heraklion, Greece 18:15 Boxscore BRA 78 20–13 23–20 15–15 20–15 63 NGR #eee August 6 Heraklion, Greece 18:15 Boxscore NGR 72 19–25 17–25 20–17 16–15 82 CHN #eee August 7 Heraklion, Greece 18:15 https://archive.today/20130122232256/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/3/grid/B/rid/4099/sid/3807/_/2004_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore CHN 86 19–29 23–13 18–19 26–24 85 BRA Final round All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). 5th place #eee August 8 Heraklion, Greece 16:00 https://archive.today/20130123025135/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/7/rid/4100/sid/3807/_/2004_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore KOR 89 13–29 28–20 28–14 20–15 78 NGR Third place #fdb August 8 Heraklion, Greece 18:15 Boxscore GRE 70 17–20 18–18 11–13 24–22 73 BRA Final #ffffd0 August 8 Heraklion, Greece 20:30 Boxscore AUS 74 19–18 22–18 14–24 19–10 70 CHN Final standings The final standings per FIBA official website: main WL complete points yes yes yes yes yes FIBA AUS 3 0 233 186 AUS CHN 2 1 238 231 CHN BRA 2 1 236 219 BRA GRE 1 2 197 210 GRE KOR 1 2 210 232 KOR NGR 0 3 213 249 NGR bk 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women winners AUS First References External links 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive Category:FIBA Diamond Ball Category:2004–05 in Greek basketball Category:2004 in women's basketball Category:2004 in Greek women's sport Category:Women's international basketball competitions hosted by Greece Category:Sport in Heraklion Category:August 2004 sports events in Europe