Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| Baseball at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Helliniko Olympic Complex | |||||||||
| Dates | 15–25 August 2004 | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | |||||||||
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Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on two separate diamonds within the Helliniko Olympic Complex, from 15 to 25 August. For the second time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate, though no active players from Major League Baseball were available. The competition consisted of a preliminary round with each team playing all the other teams once, for a total of seven games. The top four teams at the end of this round advanced to the medals round. The medals round consisted of two semifinal games with the winners advancing to the gold medal game. The losing teams of the semifinals would play in the bronze medal game.
Medalists
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Team squads
| Team | Qualification criteria | Appearance |
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| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Winner of Oceania Champion vs Africa Champion (South Africa) | 3rd |
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Second place at Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama | 1st |
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | Second place at Asian Championship | 2nd |
| File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | First place at Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama | 4th |
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Automatic as host nation of the Olympics | 1st |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | First place at European Olympic Qualification Tournament | 4th |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | First place at Asian Championship | 4th |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Second place at European Olympic Qualification Tournament | 3rd |
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Controversy
Despite being the defending gold medalists, the United States did not make it to Athens after losing a qualifying game to Mexico, 1–0. The Americas Tournament, which decided which two teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean went to Athens, was single-elimination, when almost all other baseball tournaments are double-elimination. Canada eventually defeated Mexico to advance to the Olympics. The qualifying rounds were also scheduled in such a way that the United States could not even use minor-leaguers and had to rely on collegians instead.[citation needed] Many American ballplayers made it to Athens anyway, as members of the nascent Greek team, which featured only one player actually born in Greece.[citation needed] Others took issue with the fact that three of the eight slots in the Olympics (including the hosts) were European, while the Americas and Asia (with much stronger baseball nations) got only two slots apiece.[citation needed] The absence of such teams as the USA, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and South Korea led to much media discussion.[citation needed] The 2008 tournament changed the qualifying procedure; the United States qualified, as did Cuba and the host country, China.
Bracket
| Semifinals | Gold Medal Match | |||||
| File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 1 | |||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba | 6 | |||||
| File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 2 | |||||
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 5 | |||||
| File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba | 8 | |||||
| Bronze Medal Match | ||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 11 | |||||
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 2 | |||||
Results
Preliminary round
The top four teams (Japan, Cuba, Canada and Australia) advanced to the semifinals. To determine the seed ranking of teams tied in the standings, the result of the two teams' game against each other was used. Japan therefore received first place due to the win over Cuba. In the semi-finals, Japan (#1) played Australia (#4) and Cuba (#2) played Canada (#3). The higher ranked team in each game was the home team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 20 | +29 | .857[lower-alpha 1] | — | Advance to knockout round |
| 2 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 7 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 17 | +24 | .857[lower-alpha 1] | — | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 17 | +22 | .714 | 1 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 30 | +19 | .571 | 2 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 28 | −4 | .429 | 3 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 55 | −26 | .286 | 4 | |
| 7 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (H) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 49 | −25 | .143[lower-alpha 2] | 5 | |
| 8 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 58 | −39 | .143[lower-alpha 2] | 5 |
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- August 18
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- August 20
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- August 21
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- August 22
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (2–0) LP: Mike Johnson (1–2) Home runs: JPN: Kenji Johjima in 1st, 2 RBIs CAN: J. Ware in 5th, 1 RBI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Adiel Palma (3–0) LP: John Stephens (0–2) Sv: Danny Betancourt (1–0–2) Home runs: CUB: Frederich Cepeda in 4th, 2 RBIs AUS: Paul Gonzalez in 5th, 1 RBI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final standing
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See also
References
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