Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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2004 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
File:Olympic rings without rims.svg
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates11–28 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay
Third placeFile:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored101 (3.16 per match)
Attendance401,415 (12,544 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Carlos Tevez
(8 goals)
2000
2008

The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in Athens and four other cities in Greece from 11 to 28 August. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium on 28 August 2004.[1]

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics football tournament.

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation 1 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 3 File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy (winner)
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro (runner-up)
Portugal Portugal (third-place)
AFC Preliminary Competition 3 File:Flag of Iraq (2004–2008).svg Iraq
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition 4 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 2 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (winner)
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (runner-up)
2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament 2 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (winner)
File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay (runner-up)
OFC Preliminary Competition 1 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Total 16

Venues

Athens Patras
Olympic Stadium Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Capacity: 71,030 Capacity: 23,558
File:Paralympics Opening Ceremony.jpg File:Pampeloponisiako Olympic Stadium(1).jpg
Piraeus Thessaloniki
Karaiskakis Stadium Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Capacity: 33,334 Capacity: 27,770
File:Argentina Vs Italy 3-0 2004 Olympics Athens.jpg File:Kaftanzoglio west stand.jpg
Heraklion Volos
Pankritio Stadium Panthessaliko Stadium
Capacity: 26,240 Capacity: 22,700
File:Pagkritio.jpg File:Panthessaliko Stadium.JPG

Match officials

Seeding

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 June 2004. Argentina, Greece, Japan and Morocco were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart.

Pot 1: Host, Top-Seeded teams from Africa, Americas and Asia Pot 2: Non-top seeded teams from Asia and Oceania Pot 3: Non-top seeded teams from Americas Pot 4: Non-top seeded teams from Africa Pot 5: Non-top seeded teams from Europe

Group stage

  • Teams highlighted in green went through to the knockout stage.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2 File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
3 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]

<section end=A />



Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2 File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]

<section end=B />



Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
3 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]

<section end=C />



Group D

<section begin=D />

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Iraq (2004–2008).svg Iraq 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
Source: [citation needed]

<section end=D />



Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
21 August – Athens Karaiskakis
 
 
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali0
 
24 August – Athens Karaiskakis
 
File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy (a.e.t.)1
 
File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy0
 
21 August – Patras
 
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina3
 
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina4
 
28 August – Athens Olympic
 
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica0
 
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina1
 
21 August – Heraklion
 
File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay0
 
File:Flag of Iraq (2004–2008).svg Iraq1
 
24 August – Thessaloniki
 
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia0
 
File:Flag of Iraq (2004–2008).svg Iraq1
 
21 August – Thessaloniki
 
File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay3 Bronze medal match
 
File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay3
 
27 August – Thessaloniki
 
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea2
 
File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy1
 
 
File:Flag of Iraq (2004–2008).svg Iraq0
 

Quarter-finals




Semi-finals


Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Source for cards:[2]

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina (ARG) 6 6 0 0 17 0 +17 18
2 File:Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Paraguay (PAR) 6 4 0 2 12 9 +3 12
3 File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy (ITA) 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10
4 File:Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Iraq (IRQ) 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9
5 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali (MLI) 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5
6 File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea (KOR) 4 1 2 1 8 8 0 5
7 File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (AUS) 4 1 1 2 6 4 +2 4
8 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (CRC) 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4
9 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (GHA) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
10 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (MAR) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
11 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (MEX) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
12 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (TUN) 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
13 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN) 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
14 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR) 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
15 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (GRE) 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
16 File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]

Statistics

Goalscorers

With eight goals, Carlos Tevez of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 101 goals were scored by 65 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.

File:Carlos Tevez with Argentina at the Boleyn Ground in November 2014.jpg
Carlos Tevez, key player and top scorer (8 goals)
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References

  1. "Football at the 2004 Athens Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "Torneo Olímpico de Fútbol • 28 Aug 2004 • 04:00 • Olympic Stadium" (in español). FIFA. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

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