# 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women

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, 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 |
| Australia  Greece  South Korea | Brazil  China  Nigeria |
* Australia – Oceania champions
* Brazil – Americas champions
* China – Asian champions
* Nigeria – African champions
* Greece – Olympics host
* Russia – European champions → replaced by South Korea – 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
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 116 | +43 | 4 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 137 | −10 | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 154 | −33 | 2 |
* August 5 20:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 70–62 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 10–15, 25–12, 11–21 |||
* Heraklion, Greece
* August 6 20:30
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 59–84 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 15–20, 15–24, 18–18 |||
* Heraklion, Greece
* August 7 20:30
* Boxscore
| Australia | 75–57 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 23–18, 21–8, 10–11 |||
* Heraklion, Greece

### Group B

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
* Qualified for the finals
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 168 | 157 | +11 | 4 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 149 | +14 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 160 | −25 | 2 |
* August 5 18:15
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 78–63 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 23–20, 15–15, 20–15 |||
* Heraklion, Greece
* August 6 18:15
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 72–82 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 17–25, 20–17, 16–15 |||
* Heraklion, Greece
* August 7 18:15
* Boxscore
| China | 86–85 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 23–13, 18–19, 26–24 |||
* Heraklion, Greece

## Final round

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

### 5th place

* August 8 16:00
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 89–78 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 28–20, 28–14, 20–15 |||
* Heraklion, Greece

### Third place

* August 8 18:15
* Boxscore
| Greece | 70–73 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 18–18, 11–13, 24–22 |||
* Heraklion, Greece

### Final

* August 8 20:30
* Boxscore
| Australia | 74–70 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 22–18, 14–24, 19–10 |||
* Heraklion, Greece

## Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 233 | 186 | +47 | 6 |
| | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 231 | +7 | 5 |
| | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 236 | 219 | +17 | 5 |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 197 | 210 | −13 | 4 |
| 5 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 232 | −22 | 4 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 249 | −36 | 3 |
* 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women winners
* Australia First title