Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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
Qualifying
Main article : Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women 's qualification
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.