2004 FIBA Diamond Ball

Tournament details
Arena	Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Dates	July 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)	Yao Ming (22.0 points per game) [1]
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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

•  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

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

Boxscore

Argentina	67–63	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–22, 17–12, 20–12

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

August 1 18:30

Boxscore

Angola	68–84	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 15–18, 22–17, 13–22

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

August 2 18:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	90–79	Argentina
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

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

Boxscore

Serbia and Montenegro	92–78	China
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 23–25, 29–11, 21–25

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

August 1 21:00

Boxscore

China	84–82	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 16–16, 23–27, 24–26

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

August 2 21:00

Boxscore

Australia	61–79	Serbia 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

Boxscore[dead link]

Angola	64–70	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 6–21, 18–14, 19–16

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Third place

August 3 18:30

Boxscore

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

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Final

August 1 21:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	80–93	Serbia 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:

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 3 Source: FIBA

2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners  Serbia and Montenegro First title

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