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, 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 AGroup B
Angola Argentina LithuaniaAustralia China Serbia and Montenegro

Preliminary round

Qualified for the finals

Group A

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

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Lithuania220174147+274
Argentina211146153−73
Angola202131151−202
July 31 18:30
Argentina67–63Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–22, 17–12, 20–12
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
August 1 18:30
Angola68–84Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 15–18, 22–17, 13–22
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
August 2 18:30
Lithuania90–79Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 16–15, 16–27, 37–12
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Group B

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

Qualified for the finals
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Serbia and Montenegro220171139+324
China211162174−123
Australia202143163−202
July 31 21:00
Serbia and Montenegro92–78China
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 23–25, 29–11, 21–25
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
August 1 21:00
China84–82Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 16–16, 23–27, 24–26
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
August 2 21:00
Australia61–79Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 10–30, 18–21, 18–15
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Final round

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

5th place

August 3 16:00
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Angola64–70Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 6–21, 18–14, 19–16
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Third place

August 3 18:30
Argentina84–74China
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 21–16, 18–29, 22–8
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Final

August 1 21:00
Lithuania80–93Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–30, 17–20, 24–21
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Serbia and Montenegro 3 3 0 264 219 +45 6 Lithuania 3 2 1 254 240 +14 5 Argentina 3 2 1 230 227 +3 5 4 China 3 1 2 236 258 −22 4 5 Australia 3 1 2 213 227 −14 4 6 Angola 3 0 3 195 221 −26 3Source:2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners Serbia and Montenegro First title
Serbia and Montenegro330264219+456
Lithuania321254240+145
Argentina321230227+35
4China312236258−224
5Australia312213227−144
6Angola303195221−263
2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners
Serbia and Montenegro First title

See also

External links