Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the indoor arena in the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.

Reigning gold medallists from the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in both the men's and women's event, the United States of America failed to retain its men's title, but successfully defended its women's title.

Contents

1 Qualification 2 Results 3 Men's 3.1 Final ranking 3.2 Tournament Summary 3.2.1 Pool Play: Group A 3.2.2 Pool Play: Group B 3.2.3 9th to 12th place classification 3.2.4 Quarter Finals 3.2.5 5th to 8th place classification 3.2.6 Semi Finals 3.2.7 Bronze Medal Match 3.2.8 Final 4 Women's 4.1 Final ranking 4.2 Tournament Summary 4.2.1 Pool Play: Group A 4.2.2 Pool Play: Group B 4.2.3 9th to 12th place classification 4.2.4 5th to 8th place classification 4.2.5 Quarter-finals 4.2.6 Semi finals 4.2.7 Bronze Medal Match 4.2.8 Final 5 Teams 6 External links

Qualification

In each competition, 12 teams took part in the Olympics. The host nation (Greece) automatically received a berth in both tournaments. Winning in the 2002 World Championships also earned a berth for Serbia and Montenegro (as Yugoslavia at the time) in the men's tournament and the United States in the women's.

The remaining 10 spots in each tournament were allocated to the five Olympic continents. Each continent held a tournament to determine its entries. Africa received 1 spot in each sex, Oceania received 2, and Europe received 3. America received 3 places in the men's tournament but only 1 in the women's, while Asia received 1 in the men's and 3 in the women's.

Results

Men's	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Argentina	Missing image Italy_flag_large.png Italy	Missing image USA_flag.png United States

Women's	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Missing image USA_flag.png United States	Australia	Russia

Men's

Final ranking

1. Argentina
2. Missing image
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   Italy
3. United States of America
4. Lithuania
5. Greece
6. Puerto Rico
7. Spain
8. People's Republic of China
9. Australia
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    New Zealand
11. Serbia and Montenegro
12. Missing image
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    Angola

Tournament Summary

Pool Play: Group A

Spain was one of two teams to go undefeated in the preliminary round – the other being Lithuania in Group B. World champions Serbia & Montenegro played its worst Olympic performance ever, finishing last in the pool having lost to all but Italy.

Team	P:	W:	L:	F:	A:	Pts:
Spain	5	5	0	405	339	10
Missing image Italy_flag_large.png Italy	5	3	2	371	341	8
Argentina	5	3	2	414	396	8
China	5	2	3	303	382	7
Missing image Flag_of_New_Zealand.png New Zealand	5	1	4	399	413	6
Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	4	377	388	6

August 15	11:15	Italy	71	-	69	New Zealand
	14:30	China	58	-	83	Spain
	16:45	Argentina	83	-	82	Serbia & Montenegro
August 17	09:00	New Zealand	62	-	69	China
	16:45	Serbia & Montenegro	74	-	72	Italy
	20:00	Spain	87	-	76	Argentina
August 19	09:00	Serbia & Montenegro	87	-	90	New Zealand
	11:15	Italy	63	-	71	Spain
	20:00	Argentina	82	-	57	China
August 21	11:15	Spain	76	-	68	Serbia & Montenegro
	14:30	New Zealand	94	-	98	Argentina
	16:45	China	52	-	89	Italy
August 23	09:00	Spain	88	-	84	New Zealand
	16:45	Serbia & Montenegro	66	-	67	China
	20:00	Italy	76	-	75	Argentina

Pool Play: Group B

Lithuania, like Spain, went undefeated in the preliminaries. The United States, the defending champions, overcame losses to Puerto Rico and Lithuania to advance to the quarter finals.

Team	P:	W:	L:	F:	A:	Pts:
Lithuania	5	5	0	468	414	10
Greece	5	3	2	389	343	8
Puerto Rico	5	3	2	410	411	8
Missing image USA_flag.png United States	5	3	2	412	395	8
Australia	5	1	4	388	411	6
Missing image Angola_flag_large.png Angola	5	0	5	327	415	5

August 15	09:00	Angola	73	-	78	Lithuania
	20:00	Puerto Rico	92	-	73	United States
	22:15	Greece	76	-	54	Australia
August 17	11.15	Australia	83	-	59	Angola
	14:30	Lithuania	98	-	90	Puerto Rico
	22:15	United States	77	-	71	Greece
August 19	14:30	United States	89	-	79	Australia
	16:45	Puerto Rico	83	-	80	Angola
	22:15	Greece	76	-	98	Lithuania
August 21	09:00	Australia	82	-	87	Puerto Rico
	20:00	Lithuania	94	-	90	United States
	22:15	Angola	56	-	88	Greece
August 23	11.15	Lithuania	100	-	85	Australia
	14:30	United States	89	-	53	Angola
	22:15	Greece	78	-	58	Puerto Rico

9th to 12th place classification

August 24	14:30	(11th) Serbia & Montenegro	85	-	62	Angola (12th)
	16:45	(10th) New Zealand	80	-	98	Australia (9th)

Serbia and Montenegro's 11th-place finish is their worst in Olympic history.

Leading scorers for 9th to 12th place classification:

• Serbia and Montenegro: Vlado Scepanovic 18 pts
• Angola: Gerson Monteiro 26 pts
• Australia: Shane Heal 30 pts
• New Zealand: Phillip Jones 18 pts

Quarter Finals

August 26	14:30	Spain	94	-	102	United States
	16:45	Lithuania	95	-	75	China
	20:00	Italy	83	-	70	Puerto Rico
	22:15	Greece	64	-	69	Argentina

In spite of an undefeated preliminary round, the Spaniards were ousted by the "Dream Team" to the jeers of the crowd assembled in the arena and to the chagrin of Spanish head coach Mario Pesquera.

Unlike their Spanish counterparts, however, the Lithuanians had an easy time disposing of the Del Harris-led Chinese squad.

Argentina, led by 13 points from both Manu Ginobili and Fabricio Oberto, disposed of the home squad, led by the 12 points from Nikolaos Chatzivrettas.

Leading scorers for the quarter finals:

• Spain: Pau Gasol 29 pts
• United States: Stephon Marbury 31 pts
• Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 32 pts
• China, People's Republic of: Yao Ming 29 pts
• Italy: Massimo Bulleri 20 pts
• Puerto Rico: Elias Ayuso 24 pts

5th to 8th place classification

August 28	09:00	(8th) China	76	-	92	Spain (7th)
	11:15	(6th) Puerto Rico	75	-	85	Greece (5th)

Leading scorers for 5th to 8th place classification:

• China: Li Nan 16 pts
• Spain: Jose Garbajosa 20 pts
• Puerto Rico: Elias Ayuso 14 pts
• Greece: Mikhail Kakiouzis 20 pts

Semi Finals

August 27	20:00	United States	81	-	89	Argentina
	22:15	Lithuania	91	-	100	Italy

It is not clear which of the two above games provided the most surprising defeat.

Leading scorers for the semi finals:

• United States: Stephon Marbury 18 pts
• Argentina: Manu Ginobili 29 pts
• Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 26 pts
• Italy: Gianluca Basile 31 pts

Bronze Medal Match

August 28

20:00

United States

104

-

96

Lithuania

The United States won its first bronze medal since 1988 by avenging the preliminary loss to Lithuania of one week earlier.

Leading scorers:

• United States: Shawn Marion 22 pts
• Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 24 pts

Final

August 28

20:00

Argentina

84

-

69

Italy

Argentina won its first ever Olympic gold medal in basketball and became the first nation other than the United States to win the gold medal since 1988.

Leading scorers:

• Argentina: Luis Alberto Scola 25 pts
• Italy: Matteo Soragna and Gianmarco Pozzecco 12 pts

Women's

Final ranking

1. United States of America
2. Australia
3. Russia
4. Brazil
5. Czech Republic
6. Spain
7. Greece
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   New Zealand
9. People's Republic of China
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    Japan
11. Nigeria
12. South Korea

Tournament Summary

Pool Play: Group A

Team	P:	W:	L:	F:	A:	Pts:
Australia	5	5	0	418	313	10
Russia	5	4	1	389	333	9
Brazil	5	3	2	430	361	8
Greece	5	2	3	353	392	7
Nigeria	5	1	4	335	422	6
Missing image Japan_flag_large.png Japan	5	1	4	381	485	6

August 14	09:00	Australia	85	-	73	Nigeria
	16:45	Japan	62	-	127	Brazil
	20:00	Greece	62	-	69	Russia
August 16	11:15	Nigeria	73	-	79	Japan
	20:00	Brazil	87	-	75	Greece
	22:15	Russia	56	-	75	Australia
August 18	11:15	Japan	78	-	97	Australia
	16:45	Greece	83	-	68	Nigeria
	20:00	Brazil	67	-	77	Russia
August 20	09:00	Russia	94	-	71	Japan
	20:00	Australia	77	-	40	Greece
	22:15	Nigeria	63	-	82	Brazil
August 22	11:15	Nigeria	58	-	93	Russia
	14:30	Brazil	66	-	84	Australia
	16:45	Greece	93	-	91	Japan

Pool Play: Group B

Team	P:	W:	L:	F:	A:	Pts:
Missing image USA_flag.png United States of America	5	5	0	430	285	10
Spain	5	4	1	368	334	9
Czech Republic	5	3	2	418	375	8
Missing image Flag_of_New_Zealand.png New Zealand	5	2	3	321	415	7
China	5	1	4	361	406	6
South Korea	5	0	5	320	393	5

August 14	11:15	Korea	54	-	71	China
	14:30	United States	99	-	47	New Zealand
	22:15	Spain	80	-	78	Czech Republic
August 16	09:00	New Zealand	81	-	73	Korea
	14:30	Czech Republic	61	-	80	United States
	16:45	China	67	-	75	Spain
August 18	09:00	China	83	-	98	Czech Republic
	14:30	Korea	57	-	80	United States
	22:15	Spain	91	-	57	New Zealand
August 20	11:15	New Zealand	79	-	77	China
	14:30	United States	71	-	58	Spain
	16:45	Czech Republic	97	-	75	Korea
August 22	09:00	New Zealand	57	-	74	Czech Republic
	20:00	China	62	-	100	United States
	22:15	Spain	64	-	61	Korea

9th to 12th place classification

August 24	09:00	(11th) Nigeria	68	-	64	South Korea (12th)
	11:15	(10th) Japan	63	-	82	China (9th)

5th to 8th place classification

August 27	09:00	(7th) Greece	87	-	83	New Zealand (8th)
	11:15	(5th) Czech Republic	79	-	68	Spain (6th)

Quarter-finals

August 25	14:30	Russia	70	-	49	Czech Republic
	16:45	United States	100	-	72	Greece
	20:00	Spain	63	-	67	Brazil
	22:15	Australia	94	-	55	New Zealand

Semi finals

August 27	14:30	Russia	62	-	66	United States
	16:45	Brazil	75	-	88	Australia

Bronze Medal Match

August 28

14:00

Russia

71

-

62

Brazil

Final

August 28

16:15

Australia

63

-

74

United States

Teams

See Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics (team squads)

External links

• Olympics: Olympic Basketball Tournament 2004 (http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/page/legacy?lang=en&channel=Basketball)

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