The 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball was a
basketball
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tournament held in
Belgrade
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,
Serbia and Montenegro
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, from July 31 until August 3, 2004. The
FIBA Diamond Ball
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was an official international basketball tournament organised by
FIBA
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,
[http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year] held every Olympic year prior to the
Olympics
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. It was the 2nd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were
Angola
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,
Argentina
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,
Australia
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, host
Serbia and Montenegro
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,
China
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and
Lithuania
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.
Participating teams
* – African champions
* – Americas runners-up (USA were Olympic & Americas champions)
* – Oceania champions & 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball winners
* – Asian champions
* – European champions (Greece were Olympics hosts)
* – World champions
Preliminary round
Group A
''All times are local
Central European Summer Time
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(UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).''
Group B
''All times are local
Central European Summer Time
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(UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).''
Final round
''All times are local
Central European Summer Time
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(UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).''
5th place
Third place
Final
Final standings
The final standings per FIBA official website:
See also
*
Acropolis Tournament
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*
Basketball at the Summer Olympics
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*
FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is an international basketball competition between the senior List of men's national basketball teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIBA, International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport's globa ...
*
FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania.
Through the 2015 edition, the t ...
*
Adecco Cup
The Adecco Cup (), also known as the Adecco Ex-Yu Cup in 2011 and 2012, is an international basketball friendly competition.Marchand Continental Championship Cup
The Jenaro "Tuto" Marchand Continental Championship Cup, or simply the Marchand Continental Cup, or Tuto Marchand Cup, is a warm-up friendly tournament for the FIBA Americas regional zone senior men's basketball championship, the FIBA Americas Cha ...
*
Belgrade Trophy
The Belgrade Trophy (Serbian: Трофеј Београда/Trofej Beograda) is an international basketball competition between national teams, which has been held annually since 2012 and takes place in Belgrade, Serbia each summer, before the bi ...
*
Stanković Cup
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*
William Jones Cup
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*
List of events held in Belgrade Arena
References
External links
2004 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive
{{Basketball at the Summer Olympics
FIBA Diamond Ball
2004 in Serbian sport
2004 in basketball
International basketball competitions hosted by Serbia
Sports competitions in Belgrade
July 2004 sports events in Europe
August 2004 sports events in Europe