2004, fiba, diamond, ball, basketball, tournament, held, belgrade, serbia, montenegro, from, july, until, august, 2004, fiba, diamond, ball, official, international, basketball, tournament, organised, fiba, held, every, olympic, year, prior, olympics, edition,. 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 2004 FIBA Diamond BallTournament detailsArenaBelgrade Arena Belgrade Serbia and MontenegroDatesJuly 31 August 3Final positionsChampions Serbia and Montenegro 1st title Runners up LithuaniaThird place ArgentinaFourth place ChinaAwards and statisticsTop scorer s Yao Ming 22 0 points per game 1 20002008 Contents 1 Participating teams 2 Preliminary round 2 1 Group A 2 2 Group B 3 Final round 3 1 5th place 3 2 Third place 3 3 Final 4 Final standings 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksParticipating teams EditGroup A Group B Angola Argentina Lithuania Australia China Serbia and Montenegro Angola African champions Argentina Americas runners up USA were Olympic amp Americas champions Australia Oceania champions amp 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball winners China Asian champions Lithuania European champions Greece were Olympics hosts Serbia and Montenegro World championsPreliminary round EditQualified for the finalsGroup A Edit 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 2July 3118 30BoxscoreArgentina 67 63 AngolaScoring by quarter 12 17 18 22 17 12 20 12Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro August 118 30BoxscoreAngola 68 84 LithuaniaScoring by quarter 18 27 15 18 22 17 13 22Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro August 218 30BoxscoreLithuania 90 79 ArgentinaScoring by quarter 21 25 16 15 16 27 37 12Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Group B Edit All times are local Central European Summer Time UTC 2 Qualified for the finalsTeam 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 2July 3121 00BoxscoreSerbia and Montenegro 92 78 ChinaScoring by quarter 19 17 23 25 29 11 21 25Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro August 121 00BoxscoreChina 84 82 AustraliaScoring by quarter 21 13 16 16 23 27 24 26Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro August 221 00BoxscoreAustralia 61 79 Serbia and MontenegroScoring by quarter 15 13 10 30 18 21 18 15Belgrade Serbia and MontenegroFinal round EditAll times are local Central European Summer Time UTC 2 5th place Edit August 316 00BoxscoreAngola 64 70 AustraliaScoring by quarter 21 19 6 21 18 14 19 16Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Third place Edit August 318 30BoxscoreArgentina 84 74 ChinaScoring by quarter 23 21 21 16 18 29 22 8Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Final Edit August 121 00BoxscoreLithuania 80 93 Serbia and MontenegroScoring by quarter 21 22 18 30 17 20 24 21Belgrade Serbia and MontenegroFinal standings EditThe 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 54 China 3 1 2 236 258 22 45 Australia 3 1 2 213 227 14 46 Angola 3 0 3 195 221 26 3Source FIBA 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball Winners Serbia and MontenegroFirst titleSee also EditAcropolis Tournament Basketball at the Summer Olympics FIBA Basketball World Cup FIBA Asia Cup Adecco Cup Marchand Continental Championship Cup Belgrade Trophy Stankovic Cup William Jones Cup List of events held in Belgrade ArenaReferences Edit Player Leaders http www fiba basketball en events FIBA s official events by yearExternal links Edit2004 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball amp oldid 1092082378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
