Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Medalists

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	Laura Summerton Penny Taylor Allison Tranquilli	Yelena Baranova Diana Goustilina Maria Kalmykova Elena Karpova Ilona Korstin Irina Osipova Oxana Rakhmatulina Tatiana Shchegoleva Maria Stepanova Natalia Vodopyanova

Qualifying

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

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:

1. Head to head results
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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

All times are local (UTC+3)

14 August 2004 9:00

Australia	85–73	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 26–14, 16–12, 23–29
Batkovic 7 Asts: Fallon, Harrower 4		Pts: Umoh 2

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 302 Referees: Philippe Leemann (France) Valdu Suurkask (Estonia)

14 August 2004 16:45

Japan	62–128	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 3–36, 17–33, 20–33
Nagata 2		Pts: Oliveira 25 Rebs: Oliveira 13 Asts: Pinto 7

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 950 Referees: Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

14 August 2004 20:00

Greece	62–69	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 18–19, 9–25, 19–13
Pts: Kostaki 17 Rebs: Kligkopoulou, Samoroukova 7 Asts: Kostaki 5		Pts: Baranova 12 Asts: Arkhipova, Rakhmatulina 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 1,488 Referees: Sean Corbin (United States) Alejandro Chiti (Argentina)

16 August 2004 11:15

Nigeria	73–79	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 24–23, 16–20, 11–14
Pts: Udoka 19 Rebs: Udoka 16 Asts : Four players 1		Pts: Hamaguchi 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 400 Referees: Elizabeth Sisk (United States) Dallas Pickering (New Zealand)

16 August 2004 20:00

Brazil	87–75	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 23–24, 14–21, 23–11
Pts: Luz 18 Rebs: Oliveira 11 Asts : Three players 2		Pts: Maltsi 26 Rebs: Maltsi 10 Asts: Kostaki 7

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico) Philippe Leemann (Switzerland)

16 August 2004 22:15

Russia	56–75	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 21–15, 15–16, 8–23
Pts: Korstin 12 Rebs: Korstin 9 Asts: Osipova, Rakhmatulina 3		Pts: Taylor 26 Rebs: Jackson, Taylor 10 Asts: Harrower 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 2,430 Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes Sanchez (Dom. Republic) Nancy Ethier (Canada)

18 August 2004 11:15

Japan	78–97	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 15–30, 10–26, 33–15
Pts: Oga 21 Rebs: Yano 4 Asts: Kawabata, Tachikawa 2		Pts: Jackson 31 Rebs: Jackson 9 Asts: Tranquilli 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 500 Referees: Alejandro Chiti (Argentina) Song Yanping (China)

18 August 2004 16:45

Greece	83–68	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 30–15, 15–14, 20–15, 18–24
Pts: Kostaki 25 Rebs: Maltsi, Saregkou 8 Asts: Kostaki 4		Pts: Udoka 28 Rebs: Udoka 18 Asts: Amachree, Iyorhe 1

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Scott Butler (Australia) Nancy Ethier (Canada)

18 August 2004 20:00

Brazil	67–77	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 11–25, 20–17, 19–14
Pts: Arcain 19 Rebs: Oliveira 8 Asts: Luz 5		Pts: Arkhipova 20 Rebs: Stepanova 9 Asts: Arkhipova 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Jose Carrión (Puerto Rico) Chantal Julien (France)

20 August 2004 9:00

Russia	94–71	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 21–15, 24–15, 20–20
Baranova 22 Rebs: Stepanova 12 Asts: Shchegoleva 3		Pts: Hamaguchi 14 Rebs: Yabuuchi 4 Asts: Oyama, Tachikawa 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 185 Referees: Abdelillah Chlif (Morocco) Kim Ja Ok (South Korea)

20 August 2004 20:00

Australia	77–40	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 21–8, 20–9, 18–10
Batkovic 2		Pts: Maltsi 9 Rebs: Maltsi 10 Asts: Saregkou 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (Lithuania) Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy)

20 August 2004 22:15

Nigeria	63–82	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–33, 15–14, 12–11, 17–24
Pts: Udoka 17 Rebs: Udoka 7 Asts: Amachree, Udoka 2		Pts: Castro Marques 26 Rebs: de Souza 8 Asts: Castro Marques 6

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Mike Homsy (Canada) Song Yangping (China)

22 August 2004 11:15

Nigeria	58–93	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 17–20, 15–21, 12–29
Umoh 3		Pts: Baranova 8 Asts: Karpova, Rakhmatulina 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 382 Referees: Dallas Pickering (New Zealand) Shoko Suguro (Japan)

22 August 2004 14:30

Brazil	66–84	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 14–20, 18–22, 13–22
Pts: Luz 16 Rebs: Oliveira 11 Asts: Castro Marques, Arcain 3		Pts: Jackson 24 Rebs: Snell 8 Asts: Fallon, Snell 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 3,450 Referees: Corbin Sean (United States) Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy)

22 August 2004 16:45

Greece	93–91	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 20–26, 16–22, 30–28
Pts: Maltsi 33 Rebs: Maltsi 11 Asts: Kalentzou 3		Pts: Yano 28 Rebs: Kusuda 5 Asts: Kusuda

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 7,223 Referees: Chantal Julien (France) Michael Aylen (Australia)

Group B

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

All times are local (UTC+3)

14 August 2004 11:15

South Korea	54–71	China
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 6–15, 21–24, 12–14
Lee M 2		Pts: Ye 8 Asts: Miao 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 600 Referees: Chantal Julien (France) Christos Christodoulou (Greece)

14 August 2004 14:30

United States	99–47	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 35–11, 16–15, 20–8
Pts: Cash 19 Rebs: Taurasi 9 Asts: Bird, Staley 3		Pts: Marino 13 Rebs: Loffhagen 7 Asts: Three players 1

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,970 Referees: Vladimir Okhrimenko (Russia) Abdellilah Chlif (Morocco)

14 August 2004 22:15

Spain	80–78 (OT)	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 11–12, 15–11, 17–22, Overtime: 13–11
Cebrián 11 Asts: M. Fernández, Palau 2		Pts: Večeřová 15 Rebs: Klimešová 8 Asts: Hamzová 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 2,307 Referees: Mike Homsy (Canada) Michael Aylen (Australia)

16 August 2004 9:00

New Zealand	81–73	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 16–15, 26–23, 18–24
Pts: G. Farmer 22 Rebs: Loffhagen 14 Asts: Marino 4		Pts: Beon 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 180 Referees: Alejandro Chiti (Argentina) Tatiana Steigerwald (Brazil)

16 August 2004 14:30

Czech Republic	61–80	United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–24, 15–23, 11–15
Pts: Klimešová 18 Rebs: Machová 5 Asts: Machová 5		Pts: Leslie 15 Rebs: Leslie 10 Asts: Staley 4

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 954 Referees: Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy) Shoko Sugura (Japan)

16 August 2004 16:45

China	67–75	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10–34, 19–14, 15–22, 23–5
Pts: Chen N. 18 Rebs: Chen N. 9 Asts: Song 4		Pts: Valdemoro 30 Rebs: Pascua 8 Asts: M. Fernández, Palau 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Renato Santos (Brazil) Scott Butler (Australia)

18 August 2004 9:00

China	83–98	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 30–28, 19–21, 14–26, 20–23
Ye 2		Pts: Veselá 22 Rebs: Veselá 7 Asts: Hamzová 8

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 300 Referees: Abdellilah Chlif (Morocco) Tatiana Steigerwald (Brazil)

18 August 2004 14:30

South Korea	57–80	United States
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 9–19, 7–29, 18–12
Lee M 3		Pts: Leslie 25 Rebs: Leslie, Thompson 7 Asts: Three players 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Michael Aylen (Australia) Dallas Pickering (New Zealand)

18 August 2004 22:15

Spain	91–57	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 32–8, 13–21, 20–9, 26–19
Cebrián, Pascua 9 Asts: Palau 4		Pts: Marino 21 Rebs: Loffhagen 8 Asts: Loffhagen, Marino 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Elizabeth Sisk (United States) Shoko Suguro (Japan)

20 August 2004 11:15

New Zealand	79–77	China
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 14–12, 20–24, 24–22
Pts: G. Farmer 19 Rebs: Kerr 12 Asts: Marino 4		Pts: Sui 21 Rebs: Sui 9 Asts: Wang 2

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 345 Referees: Elizabeth Sisk (United States) Nancy Ethier (Canada)

20 August 2004 14:30

United States	71–58	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 12–13, 19–12, 21–17
Pts: Leslie 19 Rebs: Leslie 9 Asts: Staley 6		Pts: Valdemoro 22 Rebs: Pascua 11 Asts: Palau 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,352 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (Greece) Tatiana Steigerwald (Brazil)

20 August 2004 16:45

Czech Republic	97–75	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 21–19, 29–17, 23–23
Pts: Machová 28 Rebs: Večeřová 8 Asts: Hamzová 5		Pts: Kim Y. 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 753 Referees: Vladimir Okhrimenko (Russia) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

22 August 2004 9:00

New Zealand	57–74	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 8–19, 23–18, 14–16
Pts: G. Farmer 19 Rebs: Loffhagen 12 Asts: G. Farmer, Loffhagen 1		Pts: Machová 21 Rebs: Klimešová 10 Asts: Hamzová 7

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 365 Referees: Nancy Ethier (Canada) Kim Ja Ok (South Korea)

22 August 2004 20:00

China	62–100	United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–27, 19–25, 13–23, 17–25
Ye 19 Rebs: Sui 6 Asts: Miao 3		Pts: Taurasi 19 Rebs: Griffith 11 Asts: Bird , Johnson 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,653 Referees: Vladimir Okhrimenko (Russia) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

22 August 2004 22:15

Spain	64–61	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 15–16, 17–19, 18–15
Pts: Valdemoro 11 Rebs: Pons 9 Asts: Palau 3		Pts: Lee M 6

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,152 Referees: Elizabeth Sisk (United States) Song Yanping (China)

Classification games

11th place game

24 August 2004 9:00

11th place

Nigeria	68–64	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 13–16, 21–12, 18–20
Umoh 2		Pts: Lee M. 7

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 155 Referees: Philippe Leemann (Switzerland) Chantal Julien (France)

9th place game

24 August 2004 11:15

9th place

Japan	63–82	China
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 17–20, 19–21, 15–31
Pts: Kusuda, Koiso 13 Rebs: Oyama 6 Asts: Kusuda 2		Pts: Sui 25 Rebs: Wang 13 Asts: Miao 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 253 Referees: Abdellilah Chlif (Morocco) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

7th place game

27 August 2004 9:00

7th place

Greece	87–83	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 22–26, 23–16, 21–17
Pts: Maltsi 29 Rebs: Maltsi, Samoroukova 11 Asts: Kostaki 7		Pts: Loffhagen 23 Rebs: Loffhagen 15 Asts: Loffhagen 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 6,560 Referees: José Reyes Ronfini (Mexico) Shoko Suguro (Japan)

5th place game

27 August 2004 11:15

5th place

Czech Republic	79–68	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 21–15, 17–18, 22–23
Pts: Machová 22 Rebs: Klimešová 14 Asts: Hamzová 4		Pts: Valdemoro 24 Rebs: Pascua 6 Asts: Three players 1

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 4,650 Referees: Corbin Sean (United States) Vladimir Okhrimenko (Russia)

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A2

Russia

70

B3

Czech Republic

49

A2

Russia

62

B1

United States

66

B1

United States

102

A4

Greece

72

B1

United States

74

A1

Australia

63

B2

Spain

63

A3

Brazil

67

A3

Brazil

75

Bronze medal game

A1

Australia

88

A1

Australia

94

A2

Russia

71

B4

New Zealand

55

A3

Brazil

62

Quarterfinals

25 August 2004 14:30

United States	102–72	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 28–15, 21–19, 26–19
Pts: Johnson 21 Rebs: Griffith 11 Asts: Thompson 5		Pts: Kostaki 26 Rebs: Samoroukova 6 Asts: Kostaki 8

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Zoran Sutulovic (Serbia and Montenegro) Dallas Pickering (New Zealand)

25 August 2004 16:45

Russia	70–49	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 18–14, 19–10, 14–19
Pts: Korstin 21 Rebs: Korstin, Stepanova 7 Asts: Arkhipova 4		Pts: Kulichová 9 Rebs: Veselá 9 Asts: Hamzová 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico) Scott Butler (Australia)

25 August 2004 20:00

Spain	63–67	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 18–20, 12–15, 17–18
Pts: M. Fernández 16 Rebs: Pascua 6 Asts: Palau 3		Pts: Arcain 27 Rebs: Oliveira, Sobral 8 Asts: Luz 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (Greece) Nancy Ethier (Brazil)

25 August 2004 22:15

Australia	94–55	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 19–18, 26–13, 23–11
Pts: Jackson 28 Rebs: Snell 10 Asts: Taylor 4		Pts: G. Farmer 15 Rebs: Loffhagen 11 Asts: Four players 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Ma Li Jun (China) Tatiana Steigerwald (Brazil)

Semifinals

27 August 2004 14:30

Russia	62–66	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–21, 11–14, 18–15
Baranova 6		Pts: Thompson 14 Rebs: Griffit, Leslie 7 Asts: Leslie 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 3,740 Referees: Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Christos Christodoulou (Greece)

27 August 2004 16:45

Brazil	75–88	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 15–21, 20–21, 19–25
Pts: Castro Marques 25 Rebs: Oliveira 8 Asts: Luz 2		Pts: Jackson 26 Rebs: Jackson 13 Asts: Harrower 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 4,150 Referees: Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico) Virginijus Dovidavicius (Lithuania)

Bronze medal game

28 August 2004 14:00

Russia	71–62	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 14–12, 15–14, 24–16
Baranova 4		Pts: Castro Marques 16 Rebs: Oliveira 9 Asts: Castro Marques 6

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 7,250 Referees: Corbin Sean (United States) Nancy Ethier (Canada)

Gold medal game

28 August 2004 16:15

United States	74–63	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 12–12, 23–24, 22–13
Pts: Thompson 18 Rebs: Leslie 8 Asts: Thompson 3		Pts: Taylor 16 Rebs: Jackson 14 Asts: Fallon, Jackson 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 10,120 Referees: Chantal Julien (France) José Reyes Ronfini (Mexico)

Statistical leaders

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

Points Name PPG Lauren Jackson 22.9 Mfon Udoka 21.7 Evanthia Maltsi 20.9 Janeth Arcain 18.0 Amaya Valdemoro 16.9 Gina Farmer 16.4 Sui Feifei 16.0 Anastasia Kostaki 15.6 Lisa Leslie 15.1 Izi Castro Marques 15.0

Rebounds Name RPG Donna Loffhagen 10.6 Mfon Udoka 10.2 Lauren Jackson 10.0 Alessandra Oliveira 8.9 Lisa Leslie 8.0 Evanthia Maltsi 8.0 Yelena Baranova 7.8 Mactabene Amachree 7.3 Zuzana Klimešová 7.0 Lucila Pascua 7.0

Assists Name APG Romana Hamzová 4.9 Anastasia Kostaki 4.6 Lee Mi-Sun 3.5 Dawn Staley 2.9 Laia Palau 2.9 Kristi Harrower 2.8 Helen Luz 2.8 Trisha Fallon 2.6 Janeth Arcain 2.5 Izi Castro Marques 2.5

Steals Name SPG Hana Machová 3.3 Mactabene Amachree 3.3 Tamika Catchings 2.9 Amaya Valdemoro 2.9 Lee Mi-Sun 2.8

Blocks Name BPG Lisa Leslie 1.8 Lauren Jackson 1.6 Alessandra Oliveira 1.3 Cintia Santos 1.1 Irina Osipova 1.0

Game highs

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

Final standings

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

See also

• Men's Tournament

References

• 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.