# 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball

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, 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

| Group A | Group B |
| Angola  Argentina  Lithuania | Australia  China  Serbia and Montenegro |
* 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

* Qualified for the finals

### 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
| 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 |
* 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners
* Serbia and Montenegro First title