Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament explained

Gender:	women
Champions:	USA
Title Number:	5
Dates:	14–28 August 2004
Host:	Greece
Prevseason:	Sydney 2000
Nextseason:	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.

Qualifying

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification.

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearance
			First appearance
			2000
			1996
			1996
			2000
			2000
			2000
			First appearance
			2000
			2000
			First appearance
			1992

Format

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

Squads

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads.

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local (UTC+3)

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Group B

All times are local (UTC+3)

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Classification games

11th place game

9th place game

7th place game

5th place game

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistical leaders

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

Points

Name	PPG
	22.9
	21.7
	20.9
	18.0
	16.9
	16.4
	16.0
	15.6
	15.1
	15.0

Rebounds

Name	RPG
	10.6
	10.2
	10.0
	8.9
	8.0
	8.0
	7.8
	7.3
	7.0
	7.0

Assists

Name	APG
	4.9
	4.6
	3.5
	2.9
	2.9
	2.8
	2.8
	2.6
	2.5
	2.5

Steals

Name	SPG
	3.3
	3.3
	2.9
	2.9
	2.8

Blocks

Name	BPG
	1.8
	1.6
	1.3
	1.1
	1.0

Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		33
Rebounds		18
Assists		8
Steals		7
Blocks		4
Turnovers		9

Final standings

Gold medal game participants
Rank	width=150px	Team !	width=20px	Pld !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L
		8	8	0
		8	7	1
Bronze medal game participants
		8	6	2
4th		8	4	4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th		7	4	3
6th		7	4	3
7th		7	3	4
8th		7	2	5
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th		6	2	4
10th		6	1	5
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th		6	1	5
12th		6	0	6

References

2004 Olympics: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive. Accessed March 11, 2011.
Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Accessed March 11, 2011.