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Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Tournament details

Host country	Greece
Dates	14–28 August 2004
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
← Sydney 2000 Beijing 2008 →

The women's tournament of basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece began on August 14 and lasted until August 28. The games were held at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena and the Olympic Indoor Hall.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Sue Bird Swin Cash Tamika Catchings Yolanda Griffith Shannon Johnson Lisa Leslie Ruth Riley Katie Smith Dawn Staley Sheryl Swoopes Diana Taurasi Tina Thompson	Australia (AUS) Suzy Batkovic Sandy Brondello Trisha Fallon Kristi Harrower Lauren Jackson Natalie Porter Alicia Poto Belinda Snell Rachael Sporn Laura Summerton Penny Taylor Allison Tranquilli	Russia (RUS) Anna Arkhipova Olga Arteshina Yelena Baranova Diana Goustilina Maria Kalmykova Elena Karpova Ilona Korstin Irina Osipova Oxana Rakhmatulina Tatiana Shchegoleva Maria Stepanova Natalia Vodopyanova

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearance
Greece	Olympics host	Sep 5, 1997	First appearance
United States	World champion	Sep 25, 2002	2000
China	Asian champion	Jan 18, 2004	1996
Japan	Asian runner-up	Jan 18, 2004	1996
South Korea	Asian third place	Jan 19, 2004	2000
Australia	Oceanian champion	Sep 14, 2003	2000
New Zealand	Oceanian runner-up	Sep 14, 2003	2000
Nigeria	African champion	Dec 18, 2003	First appearance
Brazil	Americas champion	Sep 21, 2003	2000
Russia	European champion	Sep 27, 2003	2000
Czech Republic	European runner-up	Sep 27, 2003	First appearance
Spain	European third place	Sep 28, 2003	1992

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 9th 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 (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	418	313	+105	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	389	333	+56	9
3	Brazil	5	3	2	430	361	+69	8
4	Greece (H)	5	2	3	353	392	−39	7
5	Japan	5	1	4	381	485	−104	6
6	Nigeria	5	0	5	335	422	−87	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+3)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	430	285	+145	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	368	334	+34	9
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	408	375	+33	8
4	New Zealand	5	2	3	321	414	−93	7
5	China	5	1	4	360	406	−46	6
6	South Korea	5	0	5	320	393	−73	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

All times are local (UTC+3)

Classification games

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Russia

Czech Republic

Russia

United States

102

Greece

United States

Australia

Spain

Brazil

Brazil

Bronze medal game

Australia

Russia

New Zealand

Brazil

Statistical leaders

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Top ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Evanthia Maltsi	33	Japan
Rebounds	Mfon Udoka	18	Greece
Assists	Romana Hamzová Anastasia Kostaki	8	China United States
Steals	Amaya Valdemoro	7	Czech Republic
Blocks	Lauren Jackson	4	Japan
Turnovers	Lisa Leslie Angela Marino	9	New Zealand United States

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
Gold medal game participants
	United States	8	8	0
	Australia	8	7	1
Bronze medal game participants
	Russia	8	6	2
4th	Brazil	8	4	4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th	Czech Republic	7	4	3
6th	Spain	7	4	3
7th	Greece	7	3	4
8th	New Zealand	7	2	5
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th	China	6	2	4
10th	Japan	6	1	5
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th	Nigeria	6	1	5
12th	South Korea	6	0	6

Men's Tournament

2004 Olympics: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive. Accessed March 11, 2011.
Official Olympic Report Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, la84foundation.org. Accessed March 11, 2011.