The 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Heraklion, Greece, from August 5 until August 8, 2004. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA,http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 1st edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Australia, China host Greece, Brazil, Nigeria and South Korea.
The United States women's team did not participate in the 2004 event although they were the then-reigning World champions and Olympic champions.
Participating teams Group A Group B – Oceania champions – Americas champions – Asian champions – African champions – Olympics host – European champions → replaced by – Asia Cup 3rd place (China were Asia Cup champions)
Preliminary round
Group A All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Qualified for the finals
Group B All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Qualified for the finals
Final round All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
5th place
Third place
Final
Final standings The final standings per FIBA official website:
References
External links 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive