Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

16th Basketball Olympic Tournament; Athens 2004
Tournament details
Olympics	2004 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Greece
City	Athens
Duration	August 15 – August 28
Men's teams	12
	Men's medals:
Gold medalists	Argentina
Silver medalists	Italy
Bronze medalists	United States
Women's teams	12
	Women's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Australia
Bronze medalists	Russia

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tournament
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Squads
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Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens for the preliminary rounds, with the later stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.^[1]

Italy and Argentina warming up before the game.

In each of these Olympic basketball tournaments, 12 teams take part. The host nation (Greece in 2004) automatically receives a berth in the tournament. By winning the two World Championship tournaments in 2002, FR Yugoslavia also put a team into the men's tournament and the United States a team in the women's tournament.

The remaining 10 spots in each tournament were allocated by the five Olympic zones. Each of these zones held its own tournaments to select its entries in the Olympic tournament. Africa was allocated one spot in each of these, Oceania was allocated two apiece, and Europe was allocated three. Furthermore, the Americas were was allocated three teams for the men's tournament and just one in the women's tournament, whereas Asia was allocated just one in the men's tournament and three in the women's tournament.

Medalists [edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Argentina (ARG) Carlos Delfino Gabriel Fernández Emanuel Ginóbili Leonardo Gutiérrez Wálter Herrmann Alejandro Montecchia Andrés Nocioni Fabricio Oberto Pepe Sánchez Luis Scola Hugo Sconochini Rubén Wolkowyski	Italy (ITA) Roberto Chiacig Luca Garri Denis Marconato Giacomo Galanda Nikola Radulović Alex Righetti Matteo Soragna Gianluca Basile Massimo Bulleri Gianmarco Pozzecco Michele Mian Rodolfo Rombaldoni	United States (USA) Allen Iverson Stephon Marbury Dwyane Wade Carlos Boozer Carmelo Anthony LeBron James Emeka Okafor Shawn Marion Amar'e Stoudemire Tim Duncan Lamar Odom Richard Jefferson
Women details	United States (USA) Shannon Johnson Dawn Staley Sue Bird Sheryl Swoopes Ruth Riley Lisa Leslie Tamika Catchings Tina Thompson Diana Taurasi Yolanda Griffith Katie Smith Swin Cash	Australia (AUS) Alicia Poto Allison Tranquilli Sandy Brondello Penny Taylor Suzy Batkovic Trisha Fallon Kristi Harrower Laura Summerton Belinda Snell Natalie Porter Rachael Sporn Lauren Jackson	Russia (RUS) Olga Arteshina Oxana Rakhmatulina Natalia Vodopyanova Diana Goustilina Yelena Baranova Tatiana Shchegoleva Ilona Korstin Maria Stepanova Maria Kalmykova Elena Karpova Irina Osipova Anna Arkhipova

Qualification [edit]

An National Olympic Committee may enter just one men's team with 12 players, and just one women's team with 12 players in the regional tournaments. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the runner-up and third place teams from the Americas and Europe competitions, and the runner-up Oceania in the men's tournament. For the women's tournament, the extra teams consisted of the runner-up and third place teams from Asia and Europe, and the runner-up from Oceania.

Basketball – Men [edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
Angola	United States Argentina Puerto Rico	China	Lithuania Spain Italy	Australia New Zealand	Serbia and Montenegro – World champions Greece – Olympic hosts

Basketball – Women [edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
Nigeria	Brazil	China Japan Korea	Russia Czech Republic Spain	Australia New Zealand	United States – World champions Greece – Olympic hosts

Format [edit]

Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage.
Fifth-placed teams from both groups compete for 9th place in an additional match.
Sixth-placed teams from both groups compete for 11th place in an additional match.
In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
- From the eliminated teams at the quarterfinals, the loser from A1 vs. B4 competes against the loser from B1 vs. A4 for 7th place in an additional match. The remaining two loser teams compete for 5th place in an additional match.
The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Tie-breaking criteria:

Head to head results
Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Teams [edit]

Men [edit]

The men's event involved twelve teams split equally into two groups.

Group A:

Group B:

Women [edit]

The women's event involved 12 teams split in two groups.

Group A:

Australia (AUS)
Brazil (BRA)
Greece (GRE)
Japan (JPN)
Nigeria (NGR)
Russia (RUS)

Group B:

China (CHN)
Czech Republic (CZE)
New Zealand (NZL)
South Korea (KOR)
Spain (ESP)
United States (USA)

Men's tournament [edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's basketball

Preliminary round [edit]

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A [edit]

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Spain	5	0	405	349	+56	10
Italy	3	2	371	341	+30	8	1W–0L
Argentina	3	2	414	396	+18	8	0W–1L
China	2	3	303	382	−79	7
New Zealand	1	4	399	413	−14	6	1W–0L
Serbia and Montenegro	1	4	377	388	−11	6	0W–1L

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16th Basketball Olympic Tournament Athens 2004
Tournament details
Olympics	2004 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Greece
City	Athens
Duration	August 15 – August 28
Men's teams	12
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	Argentina
Silver medalists	Italy
Bronze medalists	United States
Women's teams	12
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Australia
Bronze medalists	Russia

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	1st Tie	2nd Tie
Lithuania	5	0	468	414	+54	10
Greece	3	2	389	343	+46	8	1W–1L	1.10
Puerto Rico	3	2	410	411	−1	8	1W–1L	0.99
United States	3	2	418	389	+29	8	1W–1L	0.92
Australia	1	4	383	411	−28	6
Angola	0	5	321	421	−100	5

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	5	0	418	313	+105	10
Russia	4	1	389	333	+56	9
Brazil	3	2	430	361	+69	8
Greece	2	3	353	392	−39	7
Japan	1	4	381	485	−104	6
Nigeria	0	5	335	422	−87	5

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	0	430	285	+145	10
Spain	4	1	368	334	+34	9
Czech Republic	3	2	408	375	+33	8
New Zealand	2	3	321	414	−93	7
China	1	4	360	406	−46	6
Korea	0	5	320	393	−73	5

Rank	Men				Women
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	Team	Pld	W	L
1 !	Argentina	8	6	2	United States	8	8	0
2 !	Italy	8	5	3	Australia	8	7	1
3 !	United States	8	5	3	Russia	8	6	2
4th	Lithuania	8	6	2	Brazil	8	4	4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th	Greece	7	4	3	Czech Republic	7	4	3
6th	Puerto Rico	7	3	4	Spain	7	4	3
7th	Spain	7	6	1	Greece	7	3	4
8th	China	7	2	5	New Zealand	7	2	5
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th	Australia	6	2	4	China	6	2	4
10th	New Zealand	6	1	5	Japan	6	1	5
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th	Serbia and Montenegro	6	2	4	Nigeria	6	1	5
12th	Angola	6	0	6	Korea	6	0	6

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists [edit]

Qualification [edit]

Basketball – Men [edit]

Basketball – Women [edit]

Format [edit]

Teams [edit]

Men [edit]

Women [edit]

Men's tournament [edit]

Preliminary round [edit]

Group A [edit]

Group B [edit]

Knockout Stage [edit]

Classification round [edit]

Women's tournament [edit]

Preliminary round [edit]

Group A [edit]

Group B [edit]

Knockout stage [edit]

Classification round [edit]

Final standings [edit]

References [edit]

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