Basketball at the Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the indoor arena in the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.

Reigning gold medalists from the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in both the men's and women's event, the United States of America failed to retain its men's title, but successfully defended its women's title.

Qualification

For each sex, 12 teams took part in the Olympics. The host nation (Greece) automatically received a berth in both tournaments. Winning in the 2002 World Championships also earned a berth for Serbia and Montenegro (as Yugoslavia at the time) in the men's tournament and the United States in the women's.

The remaining 10 spots in each sex were allocated to the five Olympic continents. Each continent held a tournament to determine its entries. Africa received 1 spot in each sex, Oceania received 2, and Europe received 3. America received 3 places in the men's tournament but only 1 in the women's, while Asia received 1 in the men's and 3 in the women's.

Teams

Men's Teams
Group A: Argentina, China, Italy, New Zealand, Serbia and Montenegro and Spain.
Group B: Angola, Australia, Greece, Lithuania, Puerto Rico and USA.
Women's Teams
Group A: Australia, Brazil, Greece, Japan, Nigeria and Russia.
Group B: China, Czech Republic, Korea, New Zealand, Spain and USA.

Men's

Argentina	Italy	United States

Final ranking

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

Group A

Team
Spain	5	5	0	405	339	10
Italy	5	3	2	371	341	8
Argentina	5	3	2	414	396	8
China	5	2	3	303	382	7
Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	4	377	388	6
New Zealand	5	1	4	399	413	6

Spain was one of two teams to go undefeated in the preliminary round – the other being Lithuania in Group B. China gave defending world champion Serbia & Montenegro its worst Olympic showing ever.

Group B

Team
Lithuania	5	5	0	468	414	10
Greece	5	3	2	389	343	8
Puerto Rico	5	3	2	410	411	8
United States	5	3	2	412	395	8
Australia	5	1	4	388	411	6
Angola	5	0	5	327	415	5

Lithuania, like Spain, went undefeated in the preliminaries. The United States, the defending champions, overcame losses to Puerto Rico and Lithuania to advance to the quarter finals.

11th/12th place play off

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

• Serbia and Montenegro: Vlado Scepanovic 18 pts
• Angola: Gerson Monteiro 26 pts

9th/10th place play off

Leading scorers:

• Australia: Shane Heal 30 pts
• New Zealand: Phillip Jones 18 pts

Quarter Finals

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.
Leading scorers:

• Spain: Pau Gasol 29 pts
• United States: Stephon Marbury 31 pts

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

• Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 32 pts
• China, People's Republic of: Yao Ming 29 pts

Leading scorers:

• Italy: Massimo Bulleri 20 pts
• Puerto Rico: Elias Ayuso 24 pts

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

Semi Finals

Leading scorers:

• United States: Stephon Marbury 18 pts
• Argentina: Manu Ginobili 29 pts

It is unknown which of the two above games provided the most surprising defeat.
Leading scorers:

• Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 26 pts
• Italy: Gianluca Basile 31 pts

7th/8th place play off

Leading scorers:

• China: Li Nan 16 pts
• Spain: Jose Garbajosa 20 pts

5th/6th place play off

Leading scorers:

• Puerto Rico: Elias Ayuso 14 pts
• Greece: Mikhail Kakiouzis 20 pts

3rd/4th place play off

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

• United States: Shawn Marion 22 pts
• Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 24 pts

Final

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.
Leading scorers:

• Argentina: Luis Alberto Scola 25 pts
• Italy: Matteo Soragna and Gianmarco Pozzecco 12 pts

Women's

United States	Australia	Russia

Final ranking

1. United States of America
2. Australia
3. Russia
4. Brazil
5. Czech Republic
6. Spain
7. Greece
8. New Zealand
9. People's Republic of China
10. Japan
11. Nigeria
12. South Korea

Group A

Team
Australia	5	5	0	418	313	10
Russia	5	4	1	389	333	9
Brazil	5	3	2	430	361	8
Greece	5	2	3	353	392	7
Nigeria	5	1	4	335	422	6
Japan	5	1	4	381	485	6

Group B

Team
United States of America	5	5	0	430	285	10
Spain	5	4	1	368	334	9
Czech Republic	5	3	2	418	375	8
New Zealand	5	2	3	321	415	7
China	5	1	4	361	406	6
South Korea	5	0	5	320	393	5

Classifications

• 11-12

• 9-10

• 7-8

• 5-6

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze Medal Final

Gold Medal Final

Teams

Parenthesis writing behind a name is a unifom number.

Men's Teams

Men's Team Angola

• Centers: Abdel Moussa (#12)
• Forwards: Olimpio Cipriano (#4), Joaquim Gomes (#10), Eduardo Mingas (#15), Gerson Monteiro (#7), Victor Muzadi (#11), Angelo Victoriano (#6), Edmar Victoriano (#8), Victor de Carvalho (#9)
• Guards: Carlos Almeida (#13), Walter Costa (#5), Miguel Lutonda (#14)

Head Coach: Mario Palma

Men's Team Argentina

• Centers: Gabriel Fernández (#9), Fabricio Oberto (#7), Luis Scola (#11), Rubén Wolkowisky (#15)
• Forwards: Carlos Delfino (#14), Leonardo Gutierrez (#12), Walter Herrmann (#8), Andrés Nocioni(#13)
• Guards: Emanuel Ginobili (#5), Alejandro Montecchia (#6), Pepe Sánchez (#4), Hugo Sconochinni (#10)

Head Coach: Rubén Magnano

Men's Team Australia

• Centers: David Andersen (#13), Paul Rogers (#15)
• Forwards: Andrew Bogut (#6), Martin Cattalini (#7), Matt Nielsen (#14), Anthony Ronaldson (#4), Glen Saville (#12), Jason Smith (#10)
• Guards: C.J. Bruton (#9), Shane Heal (#11), Brett Maher (#5), John Rillie (#8)

Head Coach: Brian Goorjian

Men's Team China

• Centers: Chen Ke (#4), Mengke Bateer (#14), Mo Ke (#12), Yao Ming (#13)
• Forwards: Du Feng (#15), Li Nan (#10), Yi Jianlian (#11), Zhang Jingsong, Zhu Fangyu (#8)
• Guards: Guo Shiqiang (#7), Liu Wei (#5), Zhang Yunsong (#6)

Head Coach: Del Harris

Men's Team Greece

• Centers: Lazaros Papadopoulos (#14), Konstantinos Tsartsaris (#12)
• Forwards: Fragkiskos Alvertis (#4), Antonios Fotsis (#9), Michail Kakiouzis (#15), Dimosthenis Ntikoudis (#11), Dimitris Papanikolaou (#7)
• Guards: Nikolaos Chatzivrettas (#10), Dimitrios Diamantidis (#13), Theodoros Papaloukas (#5), Vasileios Spanoulis (#8), Nikolaos Zisis (#6)

Head Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis

Men's Team Italy

• Centers: Roberto Chiacig (#14), Luca Garri (#15), Denis Marconato (#8)
• Forwards: Giacomo Galanda (#6), Nikola Radulovic (#4), Alex Righetti (#10), Matteo Soragna (#7)
• Guards: Gianluca Basile (#5), Massimo Bulleri (#12), Michele Mian (#13), Gianmarco Pozzecco (#9), Rodolfo Rombaldoni (#11)

Head Coach: Charlie Recalcati

Men's Team Lithuania

• Centers: Robertas Javtokas (#15), Ksystofas Lavrinovicius (#12), Darius Songaila (#9), Eurelijus Zukauskas (#11)
• Forwards: Dainius Salenga (#14), Ramunas Siskauskas (#8), Saulius Stombergas (#7), Mindaugas Zukauskas (#5)
• Guards: Vidas Ginevicius (#4), Sarunas Jasikevicius (#13), Arvydas Macijauskas (#6), Donatas Slanina (#10)

Head Coach: Antanas Sireika

Men's Team New Zealand

• Centers: Ed Book (#13), Sean Marks (#12), Tony Rampton (#15)
• Forwards: Dillon Boucher (#10), Craig Bradshan (#14), Pero Cameron (#11)
• Guards: Mark Dickel (#4), Paul Henare (#7), Phillip Jones (#8), Aaron Olson (#9), Kirk Penney (#6), Paul Winitana (#5)

Head Coach: Thomas Baldwin

Men's Team Puerto Rico

Main article: Puerto Rican National Basketball Team.

• Centers: Jose Ortiz (#4), Peter Ramos (#11), Daniel Santiago (#15)
• Forwards: Rick Apodaca (#8), Eddie Casiano (#5), Sharif Fajardo (#13), Rolando Hourruitiner (#12), Jorge Rivera (#14)
• Guards: Carlos Arroyo (#7), Elias Ayuso (#10), Christian Dalmau (#9), Roberto Hatton (#6)

Head Coach: Julio Toro

Men's Team Serbia and Montenegro

• Centers: Predrag Drobnjak (#11),Nenad Krstic (#12), Djuro Ostojic (#6), Petar Popovic (#5), Dejan Tomasevic (#14)
• Forwards: Zarko Cabarkapa, Milan Gurovic, Aleksandar Pavlovic (#15), Vladimir Radmanovic (#7)
• Guards: Vule Avdalovic (#10), Dejan Bodiroga (#4), Igor Rakocevic (#8), Vlado Scepanovic (#9), Milos Vujanic (#13)

Head Coach: Zelimir Obradovic

Men's Team Spain

• Centers: Pau Gasol (#4), Iker Iturbe (#5), Roberto Duenas　(#12)
• Forwards: Felipe Reyes (#9), Carlos Jimenez (#10), Jorge Garbajosa (#15)
• Guards: Jaume Comas (#6), Juan Carlos Navarro (#7), Jose Manuel Calderon　(#8), Oscar Yebra (#11), Rodolfo Fernandez (#13), Rodrigo de la Fuente (#14)

Head Coach: Mario Pesquera

Men's Team United States of America

Main article: Dream Team.

• Centers: Tim Duncan (#13), Emeka Okafor (#10)
• Forwards: Carmelo Anthony (#8), Carlos Boozer(#7) , Richard Jefferson (#15), Shawn Marion (#11), Lamar Odom (#14), Amare Stoudemire (#12)
• Guards: Allen Iverson (#4), LeBron James (#9), Stephon Marbury(#5) , Dwyane Wade(#6)

Head Coach: Larry Brown

Women's Teams

Women's Team Australia

• Centers: Suzy Batkovic (#8)
• Forwards: Trish Fallon (#9), Lauren Jackson (#15), Natalie Porter (#13),　Rachael Sporn (#14), Laura Summerton (#11), Penny Taylor (#7)
• Guards: Sandra Brondello (#6), Kristi Harrower (#10), Alicia Poto (#4),　Belinda Snell (#12), Allison Tranquilli (#5)

Head Coach: Jan Stirling

Women's Team Brazil

• Centers: Helen Cristina Luz (#5), Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (#13), Adriana Moises Pinto (#4), Cintia Santos (#14), Kelly Santos (#15), Erika Cristina Souza (#12)
• Forwards: Janeth Arcain (#9), Leila Freitas (#7), Iziane Castro Marques (#8) Silvia Cristina Rocha (#11)
• Guards: Karla Costa (#6), Vivian Cristina Lopes (#10)

Head Coach: Antonio Barbosa

Women's Team China

• Centers: Chen Luyun (#12), Chen Nan (#15), Wang Ling (#13), Ye Li (#11)
• Forwards: Bian Lan (#5), Hu Xiaotao (#7), Miao Lijie (#8), Ren Lei (#14), Sui Feifei (#10), Zhang Fan (#9)
• Guards: Pan Wei (#6), Song Xiaoyun (#4)

Head Coach : Gong Luming

Women's Team Czech Republic

• Centers: Zuzana Klimesova (#14), Petra Kulichova (#13), Ivana Vecerova (#5)
• Forwards: Irena Borecka (#12), Michala Hartigova (#7), Michaela Pavlickova (#11), Jana Vesela (#4), Eva Viteckova (#15), Ivana Vorackova (#6),
• Guards: Romana Hamzova (#10), Hana Machova (#9), Michaela Uhrova (#8)

Head Coach: Jan Bobrovsky

Women's Team Greece

• Centers: Polymnia Saregkou (#10), Maria Samoroukova (#13), Eirini Stachtiari (#12)
• Forwards: Athina Christoforaki (#14), Sofia Kligkopoulou (#15), Evanthia Maltsi (#9), Eleni Vasileiou (#11)
• Guards: Aikaterini Deli (#6), Tatiana Kavvadia (#4), Dimitra Kalentzou (#7), Anastasia Kostaki (#5), Atalanti Maria Tasouli (#8)

Head Coach: Georgios Tsitskaris

Women's Team Japan

• Centers: Maki Eguchi (#11), Noriko Hamaguchi (#4), Naomi Yashiro (#14)
• Forwards: Hiromi Kawabata (#8), Mari Konno (#5), Matsuko Nagata (#15), Ryoko Yano (#10)
• Guards: Kaori Kusuda (#9), Yuko Oga (#13), Taeko Oyama (#6), Masami Tachikawa (#12), Natsumi Yabuuchi (#7)

Head Coach: Tomohide Utsumi

Women's Team Korea

• Centers: Hong Hyun-Hee (#15), Kang Ji-Sook (#7), Kim Kwe-Ryong (#14), Lee Jong-Ae (#13)
• Forwards: Beon Yeon-Ha (#10), Cho Hey-Jin (#8), Hur Yoon-Ja (#9), Jung Mi-Ran (#12), Park Jung-Eun (#11)
• Guards: Kim Ji-Hyun (#6), Kim Yeong-Ok (#4), Lee Mi-Sun (#5)

Head Coach : Park Myung-Soo

Women's Team New Zealand

• Centers: Gina Farmer (#10), Sally Farmer (#12)
• Forwards: Aneka Kerr (#15), Donna Loffhagen (#9), Julie Ofsoski (#13), Jody Tini (#14)
• Guards: Megan Compain (#8), Rebecca Cotton (#5), Angela Marino (#6), Tania Tupu (#11), Leanne Walker (#4), Kim Wielens (#7)

Head Coach: Tom Maher

Women's Team Nigeria

• Centers: Limda Ogugua (#15), Taiwo Rafiu (#14), Oha Ugo (#8)
• Forwards: Joanne Aluka (#5), Rashidat Sadiq (#12), Mfon Udoka (#11)
• Guards: Mobolaji Akiode (#6), Mactabene Amachree (#13), Umoh Itaro (#4), Nguveren Iyorhe (#10), Aisha Mohammed (#9), Juliana Ojoshogu Negedu (#7)

Head Coach: Samuel Vincent

Women's Team Russia

• Centers: Maria Kalmykova (#12), Tatiana Shchegoleva (#9), Maria Stepanova (#11)
• Forwards: Olga Arteshina (#4), Elena Baranova (#8), Elena Karpova (#13), Irina Osipova (#14), Natalia Vodopyanova (#6)
• Guards: Anna Arkhipova (#15), Diana Gustilina (#7), Ilona Korstin (#10), Oxana Rakhmatulina (#5)

Head Coach: Vadim Kapranov

Women's Team Spain

• Centers: Elisabeth Cebrian (#14), Lucila Pascua (#15), Ingrid Pons (#12)
• Forwards: Sonia Blanco (#4), Marina Ferragut (#13) Laia Palau (#6), Madariaga Valdemoro (#9)
• Guards: Elisa Aguilar (#10), Marta Fernandez (#8), Begona Garcia (#11), Nuria Martinez (#7), Rosa Sanchez (#5)

Head Coach: Vicente Rodriguez

Women's Team United States of America

• Centers: Yolanda Griffith (#13), Lisa Leslie (#9), Ruth Riley (#8)
• Forwards: Swin Cash (#15), Tamika Catchings (#10), Sheryl Swoopes (#7), Tina Thompson (#11)
• Guards: Sue Bird (#6), Shannon Johnson (#4), Katie Smith (#14), Dawn Staley (#5), Diana Taurasi (#12)

Head Coach: Van Chancellor

External links

• Olympics: Olympic Basketball Tournament 2004 (http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/page/legacy?lang=en&channel=Basketball)

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