Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

2004 Men's Olympic football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Greece
Dates 11 August – 28 August
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up  Paraguay
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 101 (3.16 per match)
Attendance 401,415 (12,544 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Carlos Tevez
(8 goals)
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2004 Summer Olympics

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The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics 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.

Qualification

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

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation 1  Greece
AFC Preliminary Competition 3  Iraq
 Japan
 South Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition 4  Ghana
 Mali
 Morocco
 Tunisia
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 2  Mexico (winner)
 Costa Rica (runner-up)
2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament 2  Argentina (winner)
 Paraguay (runner-up)
OFC Preliminary Competition 1  Australia
2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 3  Italy (winner)
 Serbia and Montenegro (runner-up)
Portugal Portugal (third-place)
Total 16

Match officials

Seeding

Pot 1: Europe Pot 2: Americas Pot 3: Africa Pot 4: Asia and Oceania

Final tournament

Key:

First round

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Mali 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
 South Korea 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
 Mexico 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Greece 3 0 1 2 4 7 3 1

11 August 2004
20:30
South Korea  2–2  Greece
Kim D.J.  43'
Vyntra  64' (o.g.)
Report Taralidis  78'
Papadopoulos  82' (pen.)

11 August 2004
20:30
Mali  0–0  Mexico
Report

14 August 2004
20:30
South Korea  1–0  Mexico
Kim J.W.  16' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 14,026
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

14 August 2004
20:30
Greece  0–2 Mali 
Report Berthe  2'
N'Diaye  45'

17 August 2004
20:30
South Korea  3–3 Mali 
Cho J.J.  57', 59'
Tamboura  64' (o.g.)
Report N'Diaye  7', 24', 55'

17 August 2004
20:30
Greece  2–3  Mexico
Taralidis  82' (pen.)
Stoltidis  90+3'
Report Márquez  47'
Bravo  70', 86'
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: 21,597
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)

Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
 Italy 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
 Ghana 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 6 7 1 3

12 August 2004
20:30
Paraguay  4–3  Japan
Giménez  5'
Cardozo  26', 37'
Torres  62'
Report Ono  22' (pen.), 53' (pen.)
Ōkubo  81'

12 August 2004
20:30
Ghana  2–2  Italy
Pappoe  36'
Appiah  45+1'
Report Pinzi  49'
Gilardino  83'

15 August 2004
20:30
Paraguay  1–2  Ghana
Gamarra  76' Report Tiero  81'
Appiah  84'

15 August 2004
20:30
Japan  2–3  Italy
Abe  21'
Takamatsu  90+1'
Report De Rossi  3'
Gilardino  8', 36'

18 August 2004
20:30
Paraguay  1–0  Italy
Bareiro  14' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 24,160
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

18 August 2004
20:30
Japan  1–0  Ghana
Ōkubo  37' Report
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: 6,813
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Group C

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9
 Australia 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
 Tunisia 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 4
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 0 0 3 3 14 11 0

11 August 2004
20:30
Tunisia  1–1  Australia
Zitouni  69' Report Aloisi  45'
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: 15,757
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

11 August 2004
20:30
Argentina  6–0  Serbia and Montenegro
Delgado  11'
C. González  17'
Tevez  42', 43'
Heinze  74'
Rosales  77'
Report

14 August 2004
20:30
Serbia and Montenegro  1–5  Australia
Radonjić  72' Report Cahill  11'
Aloisi  45+1', 57'
Elrich  60', 86'

14 August 2004
20:30
Argentina  2–0  Tunisia
Tevez  39'
Saviola  72'
Report

17 August 2004
20:30
Argentina  1–0  Australia
D'Alessandro  9' Report

17 August 2004
20:30
Serbia and Montenegro  2–3  Tunisia
Krasić  70'
Vukčević  87'
Report Clayton  41'
Jedidi  83' (pen.)
Zitouni  89'
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

Group D

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Iraq 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Morocco 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Portugal Portugal 3 1 0 2 6 9 3 3

12 August 2004
20:30
Costa Rica  0–0  Morocco
Report

12 August 2004
20:30
Iraq  4–2 Portugal Portugal
E. Mohammed  16'
H. Mohammed  29'
Y. Mahmoud  56'
Sader  90+3'
Report Jabar  13' (o.g.)
Bosingwa  45'
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
Attendance: 5,689
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)

15 August 2004
20:30
Costa Rica  0–2  Iraq
Report H. Mohammed  67'
Karim  72'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 12,150
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

15 August 2004
20:30
Morocco  1–2 Portugal Portugal
Bouden  85' Report Ronaldo  40'
R. Costa  73'

18 August 2004
20:30
Morocco  2–1  Iraq
Bouden  69' (pen.)
Aqqal  77'
Report Sader  63'

18 August 2004
20:30
Costa Rica  4–2 Portugal Portugal
Villalobos  50'
Meira  68' (o.g.)
Saborío  71'
Brenes  90+1'
Report Almeida  29'
Ribeiro  54'
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: 11,218
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
21 August Piraeus        
  Mali  0
24 August Piraeus
  Italy  1  
  Italy  0
21 August Patras
      Argentina  3  
  Argentina  4
28 August Athens
  Costa Rica  0  
  Argentina  1
21 August Heraklion    
    Paraguay  0
  Iraq  1
24 August Thessaloniki
  Australia  0  
  Iraq  1 Bronze medal match
21 August Thessaloniki
      Paraguay  3   27 August Thessaloniki
  Paraguay  3
  Italy  1
  South Korea  2  
  Iraq  0
 

Quarter-finals

21 August 2004
18:00
Mali  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Report Bovo  116'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 27,543
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

21 August 2004
18:00
Iraq  1–0  Australia
E. Mohammed  64' Report
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: 10,023
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

21 August 2004
21:00
Argentina  4–0  Costa Rica
Delgado  24'
Tevez  43', 82', 83'
Report

21 August 2004
21:00
Paraguay  3–2  South Korea
Bareiro  19', 71'
Cardozo  61'
Report Lee C.S.  74', 79' (pen.)

Semi-finals

24 August 2004
18:00
Italy  0–3  Argentina
Report Tevez  16'
Lucho González  69'
M. González  84'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 30,910
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

24 August 2004
21:00
Iraq  1–3  Paraguay
Farhan  83' Report Cardozo  17', 34'
Bareiro  68'

Bronze Medal match

27 August 2004
20:30
Italy  1–0  Iraq
Gilardino  8' Report

Gold Medal match

28 August 2004
10:00
Argentina  1–0  Paraguay
Tevez  18' Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 41,116
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Argentina (ARG) 6600170+1718
2  Paraguay (PAR) 6402129+312
3  Italy (ITA) 631278−110
4  Iraq (IRQ) 630398+19
5  Mali (MLI) 412154+15
6  South Korea (KOR) 41218805
7  Australia (AUS) 411264+24
8  Costa Rica (CRC) 411248−44
9  Ghana (GHA) 31114404
10  Morocco (MAR) 31113304
 Mexico (MEX) 31113304
12  Tunisia (TUN) 311145−14
13  Japan (JPN) 310267−13
14  Portugal (POR) 310269−33
15  Greece (GRE) 301247−31
16  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 3003314−110

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.

References

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