Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the sixteenth appearance of the sport of
basketball
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as an
official Olympic medal event. It took place at the
Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, a part of the
Hellinikon Olympic Complex, in
Athens
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, for the preliminary rounds, with the later stages being held in the
Olympic Indoor Hall at the
Athens Olympic Sports Complex
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Olympic Games Official Report 2004 Athens-Volume II
Italy and Argentina warming up before the game.
In Olympic basketball tournaments, 12 teams take part. The host nation (Greece
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in 2004) automatically receives a berth in the tournament. By winning the two World Championship tournaments in 2002, FR Yugoslavia
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, now named Serbia and Montenegro, also put a team into the men's tournament and the United States
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a team in the women's tournament.
The remaining 10 spots in each tournament were allocated by the five Olympic zones. Each of these zones held its own tournaments to select its entries in the Olympic tournament. Africa was allocated one spot in each of these, Oceania was allocated two apiece, and Europe was allocated three. Furthermore, the Americas
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Along with th ...
were allocated three teams for the men's tournament and just one in the women's tournament, whereas Asia was allocated just one in the men's tournament and three in the women's tournament.
Medalists
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter just one men's team with 12 players, and just one women's team with 12 players in the regional tournaments. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the runner-up and third place teams from the Americas and Europe competitions, and the runner-up Oceania in the men's tournament. For the women's tournament, the extra teams consisted of the runner-up and third place teams from Asia and Europe, and the runner-up from Oceania.
Basketball – Men
Basketball – Women
Format
* Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
* The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage.
* Fifth-placed teams from both groups compete for 9th place in an additional match.
* Sixth-placed teams from both groups compete for 11th place in an additional match.
* In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
** From the eliminated teams at the quarterfinals, the loser from A1 vs. B4 competes against the loser from B1 vs. A4 for 7th place in an additional match. The remaining two loser teams compete for 5th place in an additional match.
* The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
* The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.
Tie-breaking criteria:
# Head to head results
# Goal average
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(not the goal difference) between the tied teams
# Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
Teams
Men
The men's event involved twelve teams split equally into two groups.
Group A:
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Group B:
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Women
The women's event involved 12 teams split in two groups.
Group A:
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Group B:
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Men's tournament
Preliminary round
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Group A
Group B
Knockout Stage
Classification round
Women's tournament
Preliminary round
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Classification round
Final standings
References
External links
Olympics: men's basketball tournament 2004
Olympics: women's basketball yournament 2004
FIBA Olympic basketball website
''FIBA Archive''. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
''FIBA Archive''. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
Official result book – Basketball
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