XVI Olympic Basketball Tournament (Athína 2004)

(From 15-08-2004 to 28-08-2004)
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PARTICIPANTS (12)

· Host nation: Greece.

· World Championship winner: Serbia-Montenegro.

· European Championship winner: Lithuania.

· FIBA Americas Championship winner: USA.

· African Championship winner: Angola.

· Asian Championship winner: China.

· Oceania Championship winner: Australia.

· To distribute the remaining 5 berths of the Olympic Tournament, each continent will qualify the same number of teams as those that finished the last World Championship ranked between places 2 and 6. Since the teams qualified in Indianapolis 2002 in these positions were Argentina, Germany, New Zealand, Spain and USA, America and Europe receive 2 berths each, whereas Oceania gets the remaining berth. In this juncture, the extra spots for the European continent are allocated to the nations that finished in places 2-3 in the preceding European Championship (Spain, Italy), the American berths go to the nations qualified 2-3 in the last FIBA Americas Championship (Argentina, Puerto Rico), and finally the spot for Oceania is allocated to runner-up New Zealand.

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The twelve participating teams are divided in 2 groups of 6 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their basket average.

· The top four teams after the group stage advance to the quarterfinals (played as an X-pairing). The four winners after this knock-out round qualify for the semifinals (places 1-4).

· The two winners after the semifinals qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

 

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (15-08-2004)

Competition Day 1 (15-08-2004)

Italy - New Zealand

71-69 (39-22)

Angola - Lithuania

73-78 (32-28)

China - Spain

58-83 (30-42)

Puerto Rico - USA

92-73 (49-27)

Argentina - Serbia-Montenegro

83-82 (49-39)

Greece - Australia

76-54 (35-33)

Competition Day 2 (17-08-2004)

Competition Day 2 (17-08-2004)

New Zealand - China

62-69 (20-29)

Australia - Angola

83-59 (45-29)

Serbia-Montenegro - Italy

74-72 (36-36)

Lithuania - Puerto Rico

98-90 (49-44)

Spain - Argentina

87-76 (35-40)

USA - Greece

77-71 (37-31)

Competition Day 3 (19-08-2004)

Competition Day 3 (19-08-2004)

Serbia-Montenegro - New Zealand

87-90 (44-39)

USA - Australia

89-79 (47-51)

Italy - Spain

63-71 (33-35)

Puerto Rico - Angola

83-80 (37-32)

Argentina - China

82-57 (41-21)

Greece - Lithuania

76-98 (25-54)

Competition Day 4 (21-08-2004)

Competition Day 4 (21-08-2004)

Spain - Serbia-Montenegro

76-68 (31-31)

Australia - Puerto Rico

82-87 (51-41)

New Zealand - Argentina

94-98 (42-47)

Lithuania - USA

94-90 (44-49)

China - Italy

52-89 (26-44)

Angola - Greece

56-88 (25-43)

Competition Day 5 (23-08-2004)

Competition Day 5 (23-08-2004)

Spain - New Zealand

88-84 (48-37)

Lithuania - Australia

100-85 (52-28)

Serbia-Montenegro - China

66-67 (34-31)

USA - Angola

89-53 (46-26)

Italy - Argentina

76-75 (35-36)

Greece - Puerto Rico

78-58 (40-28)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Spain

5

5

0

405

349

10

2. Italy

5

3

2

371

341

8

3. Argentina

5

3

2

414

396

8

4. China

5

2

3

303

382

7

5. New Zealand

5

1

4

399

413

6

6. Serbia-Montenegro

5

1

4

377

388

6

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Lithuania

5

5

0

468

414

10

2. Greece

5

3

2

389

343

8

3. Puerto Rico

5

3

2

410

411

8

4. USA

5

3

2

418

389

8

5. Australia

5

1

4

383

411

6

6. Angola

5

0

5

321

421

5

 

 

1/4 FINAL

(26-08-2004)

A1-B4 (1): Spain - USA

94-102 (43-44)

A2-B3 (2): Italy - Puerto Rico

83-70 (41-35)

B1-A4 (3): Lithuania - China

95-75 (53-37)

B2-A3 (4): Greece - Argentina

64-69 (35-29)

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

PLACES 9-12

(24-08-2004)

A5-B5 (9/10): New Zealand - Australia

80-98 (34-48)

A6-B6 (11/12): Serbia-Montenegro - Angola

85-62 (34-25)

 

 

PLACES 5-8

(28-08-2004)

LOSER 2-LOSER 4 (5/6): Puerto Rico - Greece

75-85 (36-44)

LOSER 1-LOSER 3 (7/8): Spain - China

92-76 (42-32)

 

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (27-08-2004)

WINNER 1-WINNER 4: USA - Argentina

81-89 (38-43)

WINNER 2-WINNER 3: Italy - Lithuania

100-91 (49-43)

Finals (28-08-2004)

3/4: USA - Lithuania

104-96 (49-44)

1/2: Argentina - Italy

84-69 (43-41)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: OAKA (Athína)

DATE: 28-08-2004 (22:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 14.500

REFEREES: Carlos Renato dos Santos (BRA), Lazaros Voreadis (GRE)

FOULED OUT: -

SCORING BY QUARTER: 23-16 / 20-25 / 17-13 / 24-15

Argentina

Argentina - Italy

Italia

84-69 (43-41)

 

Argentina (coach: Rubén Magnano)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Pepe Sánchez

3

1

2

-

2

1

4

-

-

-

2

5

1

25

3

# Manu Ginóbili

5

4

1

-

9

8

5

1

-

-

2

6

4

32

16

# Andrés Nocioni

4

2

2

-

4

3

8

1

3

-

-

-

4

32

7

# Luis Scola

13

10

-

-

5

5

7

4

-

1

4

1

4

37

25

# Rubén Wolkowisky

7

6

2

-

7

1

2

1

-

1

2

-

2

30

13

Alejandro Montecchia

4

2

5

3

5

4

2

-

-

-

-

-

4

17

17

Gabriel Fernández

-

-

1

-

2

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

2

11

1

Hugo Sconochini

6

1

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

1

-

-

4

12

2

Carlos Delfino

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

1

-

4

-

TOTAL

42

26

14

3

34

23

29

9

3

3

12

13

25

200

84

 

Italy (coach: Carlo Recalcati)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Massimo Bulleri

4

1

4

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

2

-

1

15

5

# Gianluca Basile

2

-

8

3

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

1

2

35

9

# Matteo Soragna

5

1

3

2

4

4

4

-

-

1

-

-

4

31

12

# Giacomo Galanda

3

-

6

2

2

1

2

-

-

3

3

-

4

27

7

# Denis Marconato

2

2

-

-

4

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

4

16

6

Nikola Radulović

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

3

-

Gianmarco Pozzecco

2

2

1

1

7

5

-

1

-

1

2

1

4

12

12

Alex Righetti

2

-

3

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

13

3

Rodolfo Rombaldoni

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

2

3

16

10

Roberto Chiacig

1

1

-

-

5

1

3

1

1

-

-

-

3

15

3

Luca Garri

3

1

2

-

-

-

6

-

2

1

1

-

2

17

2

TOTAL

27

11

31

11

23

14

20

6

3

6

9

4

29

200

69

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Argentina ARG

2.

Italy ITA

3.

USA USA

4.

Lithuania LIT

5.

Greece GRE

6.

Puerto Rico PUR

7.

Spain SPA

8.

China CHN

9.

Australia AUS

10.

New Zealand NZL

11.

Serbia-Montenegro SMN

12.

Angola ANG

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Pau Gasol (SPA)

157

7

22.4

2. Phill Jones (NZL)

126

6

21.0

3. Yáo Míng (CHN)

145

7

20.7

4. Manu Ginóbili (ARG)

154

8

19.3

5. Carlos Arroyo (PUR)

126

7

18.0

6. Larry Ayuso (PUR)

124

7

17.7

7. Luis Scola (ARG)

141

8

17.6

8. Shane Heal (AUS)

100

6

16.7

9. Arvydas Macijauskas (LIT)

127

8

15.9

10. Gianluca Basile (ITA)

102

7

14.6

   

 

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