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Basketball at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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Tournament
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Squads
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2004 men's teams.

The men's tournament of basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece began on August 15 and lasted until August 28. The games were held at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena and Olympic Indoor Hall.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Argentina (ARG)  Italy (ITA)  United States (USA)

Tournament Summary

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PCT PF PA PD Pts
1  Spain 5 5 0 1.00 405 349 +56 10
2  Italy 5 3 2 .600 371 341 +30 8
3  Argentina 5 3 2 .600 414 396 +18 8
4  China 5 2 3 .400 303 382 -79 7
5  New Zealand 5 1 4 .200 399 413 -14 6
6  Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 4 .200 377 388 -11 6
August 15 11:15 Italy Italy 71 – 69 New Zealand New Zealand
14:30 People's Republic of China China 58 – 83 Spain Spain
16:45 Argentina Argentina 83 – 82 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro
August 17 09:00 New Zealand New Zealand 62 – 69 People's Republic of China China
16:45 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro 74 – 72 Italy Italy
20:00 Spain Spain 87 – 76 Argentina Argentina
August 19 09:00 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro 87 – 90 New Zealand New Zealand
11:15 Italy Italy 63 – 71 Spain Spain
20:00 Argentina Argentina 82 – 57 People's Republic of China China
August 21 11:15 Spain Spain 76 – 68 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro
14:30 New Zealand New Zealand 94 – 98 Argentina Argentina
16:45 People's Republic of China China 52 – 89 Italy Italy
August 23 09:00 Spain Spain 88 – 84 New Zealand New Zealand
16:45 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro 66 – 67 People's Republic of China China
20:00 Italy Italy 76 – 75 Argentina Argentina

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PCT PF PA PD Pts
1  Lithuania 5 5 0 1.00 468 414 +54 10
2  Greece 5 3 2 .600 389 343 +45 8
3  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 .600 410 411 -1 8
4  USA 5 3 2 .600 418 389 +29 8
5  Australia 5 1 4 .200 383 411 -28 6
6  Angola 5 0 5 .000 321 421 -100 5
August 15 09:00 Angola Angola 73 – 78 Lithuania Lithuania
20:00 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 92 – 73 United States United States
22:15 Greece Greece 76 – 54 Australia Australia
August 17 11.15 Australia Australia 83 – 59 Angola Angola
14:30 Lithuania Lithuania 98 – 90 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
22:15 United States United States 77 – 71 Greece Greece
August 19 14:30 United States United States 89 – 79 Australia Australia
16:45 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 83 – 80 Angola Angola
22:15 Greece Greece 76 – 98 Lithuania Lithuania
August 21 09:00 Australia Australia 82 – 87 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
20:00 Lithuania Lithuania 94 – 90 United States United States
22:15 Angola Angola 56 – 88 Greece Greece
August 23 11.15 Lithuania Lithuania 100 – 85 Australia Australia
14:30 United States United States 89 – 53 Angola Angola
22:15 Greece Greece 78 – 58 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

9th to 12th place classification

August 24 14:30 (11th) Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro 85 – 62 Angola Angola (12th)
16:45 (10th) New Zealand New Zealand 80 – 98 Australia Australia (9th)

Serbia and Montenegro's 11th-place finish is their worst in Olympic history.

Leading scorers for 9th to 12th place classification:

Quarter finals

August 26 14:30 Spain Spain 94 – 102 United States United States
16:45 Lithuania Lithuania 95 – 75 People's Republic of China China
20:00 Italy Italy 83 – 70 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
22:15 Greece Greece 64 – 69 Argentina Argentina

In spite of an undefeated preliminary round, the Spaniards were ousted by the "Dream Team" to the jeers of the crowd assembled in the arena and to the chagrin of Spanish head coach Mario Pesquera.

Unlike their Spanish counterparts, however, the Lithuanians had an easy time disposing of the Del Harris-led Chinese squad.

Argentina, led by 13 points from both Manu Ginóbili and Fabricio Oberto, disposed of the home squad, led by the 12 points from Nikolaos Chatzivrettas.

Leading scorers for the quarter finals:

5th to 8th place classification

August 28 09:00 (8th) People's Republic of China China 76 – 92 Spain Spain (7th)
11:15 (6th) Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 75 – 85 Greece Greece (5th)

Leading scorers for 5th to 8th place classification:

Semi finals

August 27, 2004 20:00 United States United States 81 – 89 Argentina Argentina
22:15 Lithuania Lithuania 91 – 100 Italy Italy

Leading scorers for the semi finals:

Bronze Medal Match

August 28 20:00 United States United States 104 – 96 Lithuania Lithuania

The United States won its first bronze medal since 1988 by avenging the preliminary loss to Lithuania of one week earlier.

Leading scorers:

Final

August 28 20:00 Argentina Argentina 84 – 69 Italy Italy

Argentina won its first ever Olympic gold medal in basketball and became the first nation other than the United States to win the gold medal since 1988. Manu Ginóbili was named the Most-Valuable Player.

Leading scorers:

Final ranking

  1. Argentina Argentina
  2. Italy Italy
  3. United States United States of America
  4. Lithuania Lithuania
  5. Greece Greece
  6. Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
  7. Spain Spain
  8. People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
  9. Australia Australia
  10. New Zealand New Zealand
  11. Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
  12. Angola Angola
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