2004 FIBA Diamond Ball

FIBA Diamond Ball 2004 Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade Arena July 31 – August 3 SCG (1st title) LIT ARG CHN CHN Yao Ming (22.0 points per game) Player Leaders 2000 2008 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,https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year 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 BANG ARG LITAUS CHN SCG 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). Lithuania 2 0 174 147 #ccffcc Argentina 1 1 146 153 Angola 0 2 131 151 |} #eee July 31 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 18:30 Boxscore ARG 67 12–17 18–22 17–12 20–12 63 ANG #eee August 1 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 18:30 Boxscore ANG 68 18–27 15–18 22–17 13–22 84 LIT #eee August 2 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 18:30 Boxscore LIT 90 21–25 16–15 16–27 37–12 79 ARG Group B All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Qualified for the finals Serbia and Montenegro 2 0 171 139 #ccffcc China 1 1 162 174 Australia 0 2 143 163 |} #eee July 31 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 21:00 Boxscore SCG 92 19–17 23–25 29–11 21–25 78 CHN #eee August 1 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 21:00 Boxscore CHN 84 21–13 16–16 23–27 24–26 82 AUS #eee August 2 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 21:00 Boxscore AUS 61 15–13 10–30 18–21 18–15 79 SCG Final round All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). 5th place #eee August 3 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 16:00 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic ANG 64 21–19 6–21 18–14 19–16 70 AUS Third place #fdb August 3 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 18:30 Boxscore ARG 84 23–21 21–16 18–29 22–8 74 CHN Final #ffffd0 August 1 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 21:00 Boxscore LIT 80 21–22 18–30 17–20 24–21 93 SCG Final standings The final standings per FIBA official website: main WL complete points yes yes yes yes yes https://archive.today/20120711142543/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/HKD/sid/3627/_/2004_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Men/index.html FIBA SCG 3 0 264 219 SCG LIT 2 1 254 240 LIT ARG 2 1 230 227 ARG CHN 1 2 236 258 CHN AUS 1 2 213 227 AUS ANG 0 3 195 221 ANG bk 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners SCG First See also Acropolis Tournament Basketball at the Summer Olympics FIBA Basketball World Cup FIBA Asia Cup Adecco Cup Marchand Continental Championship Cup Belgrade Trophy Stanković Cup William Jones Cup List of events held in Belgrade Arena References External links 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive Category:FIBA Diamond Ball Category:2004 in Serbian sport Category:2004 in basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Serbia Category:International sports competitions in Belgrade Category:July 2004 sports events in Europe Category:August 2004 sports events in Europe