Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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.

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates14–28 August 2004
Final positions
Champions United States (5th title)
2004 women's teams.

Medalists

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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

Qualifying

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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

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  • 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

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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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)

14 August 2004
9:00
Australia   85–73   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 26–14, 16–12, 23–29
Pts: Batkovic, Taylor 11
Rebs: Batkovic 7
Asts: Fallon, Harrower 4
Pts: Udoka 26
Rebs: Amachree, Sadiq 8
Asts: 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
Pts: Hamaguchi 23
Rebs: Yano 5
Asts: Kusuda, 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 16
Rebs: 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: Yano 21
Rebs: Kusuda, Yano 6
Asts: Kusuda, 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
Pts: 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
Pts: Jackson 20
Rebs: Jackson 12
Asts: 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
Pts: Udoka 19
Rebs: Mohammed 8
Asts: Akiode, Umoh 3
Pts: Rakhmatulina 15
Rebs: 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

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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)

14 August 2004
11:15
South Korea   54–71   China
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 6–15, 21–24, 12–14
Pts: Beon 19
Rebs: Kim Y. 4
Asts: Lee M 2
Pts: Chen N.
Rebs: 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, 17–22Overtime: 13–11
Pts: Palau, Valdemoro 14
Rebs: 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: Kim Y. 21
Rebs: Kim Y. 5
Asts: 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
Pts: Chen N. 23
Rebs: Chen N. 7
Asts: Miao, 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
Pts: Lee M 16
Rebs: Kim Y. 5
Asts: Kim Y., 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
Pts: Palau 15
Rebs: 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: Beon 26
Rebs: Beon 4
Asts: 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
Pts: 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: Beon 19
Rebs: Kim Y. 6
Asts: Lee M 6
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,152
Referees:
Elizabeth Sisk (United States)
Song Yanping (China)

Classification games

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11th place game

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24 August 2004
9:00
11th place
Nigeria   68–64   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 13–16, 21–12, 18–20
Pts: Udoka 21
Rebs: Mohammed 13
Asts: Umoh 2
Pts: Kim Y. 19
Rebs: Lee M. 12
Asts: Lee M. 7
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 155
Referees:
Philippe Leemann (Switzerland)
Chantal Julien (France)

9th place game

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24 August 2004
11:15
9th place
Japan   63–82   China
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 17–10, 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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27 August 2004
14:30
Russia   62–66   United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–21, 11–14, 18–15
Pts: Shchegoleva 13
Rebs: Baranova, Stepanova 8
Asts: 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

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28 August 2004
14:00
Russia   71–62   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 14–12, 15–14, 24–16
Pts: Goustilina 12
Rebs: Osipova 10
Asts: Arkhipova, 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

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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

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

Game highs

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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

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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

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References

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