Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates11–26 August
Teams10 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Third placeFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Fourth placeFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored55 (2.75 per match)
Attendance208,637 (10,432 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiane
Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Prinz
(5 goals each)
Fair play awardFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2000
2008

Women's Olympic Football tournament was held for the third time at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] The tournament featured 10 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of three and one group of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Karaiskakis Stadium on 26 August 2004.

Contents

Qualification

Several qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations. [3]

Venues

The tournament was held in five venues across five cities:

Seeding

Originally, the tournament was planned to form two groups of five teams in the group stage, then play a knockout stage by four teams (two top teams in each group). [4] The format is later changed: the tournament is to form three groups of three or four teams in the group stage, then play a knockout stage by eight teams (two top teams in each group and two best third-placed teams from three groups). [5]

Pot 1: EuropePot 2: AmericasPot 3: Rest of the World

Squads

Match officials

Group stage

Competing countries were divided into three groups: two containing three teams (groups E and F) and one containing four teams (group G). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage, along with the third-placed team from the four-team group (group G) and the better-ranked third-placed team from the three-team groups (groups E and F).

Key:

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21012203Qualified for the quarterfinals
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 21012203
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21011103
Source: [ citation needed ]
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report Arakawa Soccerball shade.svg24'
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: 10.104
Referee: Gaye (Senegal)

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report Okolo Soccerball shade.svg55'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 14.126
Referee: Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Marklund Soccerball shade.svg68'
Moström Soccerball shade.svg73'
Report Akide Soccerball shade.svg25'
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: 21.597
Referee: de Oliveira (Brazil)

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2200100+106Qualified for the quarterfinals
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 20111321
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 20111981
Source: [ citation needed ]
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg8–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Prinz Soccerball shade.svg13', 21', 73', 88'
Wunderlich Soccerball shade.svg65'
Lingor Soccerball shade.svg76' (pen.)
Pohlers Soccerball shade.svg82'
Müller Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
Attendance: 14.657
Referee: Seitz (United States)

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1–1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Ji Ting Soccerball shade.svg34' Report Domínguez Soccerball shade.svg11'
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
Attendance: 5.112
Referee: Ionescu (Romania)

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Wimbersky Soccerball shade.svg20'
Prinz Soccerball shade.svg79'
Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 26.338
Referee: Szokolai (Australia)

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 321061+57Qualified for the quarterfinals
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 320182+66
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31112204
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3003011110
Source: [ citation needed ]
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report Boxx Soccerball shade.svg14'
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg30'
Hamm Soccerball shade.svg82'
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio
Attendance: 15.757
Referee: Palmqvist (Sweden)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Marta Soccerball shade.svg36' Report

Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report Garriock Soccerball shade.svg27'
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio
Attendance: 8.857
Referee: D'Coth (India)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Hamm Soccerball shade.svg58' (pen.)
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg77'
Report

Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Pretinha Soccerball shade.svg21'
Cristiane Soccerball shade.svg46', 55', 77'
Grazielle Soccerball shade.svg49'
Marta Soccerball shade.svg70'
Daniela Soccerball shade.svg72'
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
Attendance: 7.214
Referee: Frai (Germany)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Lilly Soccerball shade.svg19' Report Peters Soccerball shade.svg82'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 3.320
Referee: Ionescu (Romania)

Ranking of third-placed teams from groups of three

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21011103
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 20111981
Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 August – Patras
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
 
23 August – Heraklio
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1
 
20 August – Thessaloniki
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (a.e.t.)2
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
 
26 August – Athens
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (a.e.t.)2
 
20 August – Heraklio
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0
 
23 August – Patras
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0
 
20 August – Volos
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1 Bronze medal match
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2
 
26 August – Athens
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0
 

Quarter-finals

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Jones Soccerball shade.svg76'
Pohlers Soccerball shade.svg81'
Report Akide Soccerball shade.svg49'
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
Attendance: 2.531
Referee: D'Coth (India)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Lilly Soccerball shade.svg43'
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg59'
Report Yamamoto Soccerball shade.svg48'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 1.418
Referee: de Oliveira (Brazil)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg0–5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Cristiane Soccerball shade.svg25', 49'
Formiga Soccerball shade.svg29', 54'
Marta Soccerball shade.svg60'
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio
Attendance: 3.012
Referee: Gaye (Senegal)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Ljungberg Soccerball shade.svg25'
Larsson Soccerball shade.svg30'
Report De Vanna Soccerball shade.svg48'
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: 4.811
Referee: Damková (Czech Republic)

Semi-finals

United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Lilly Soccerball shade.svg33'
O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg99'
Report Bachor Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio
Attendance: 5.165
Referee: Szokolai (Australia)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Pretinha Soccerball shade.svg64'

Bronze medal match

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Lingor Soccerball shade.svg17' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 10,416
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Gold medal match

United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Tarpley Soccerball shade.svg39'
Wambach Soccerball shade.svg112'
Report Pretinha Soccerball shade.svg73'

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match. Cristiane of Brazil and Birgit Prinz of Germany finished as the top scorers of the tournament, with each scoring five goals.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIFA [3]

Assists

3 assists

2 assists

1 assist

Source: FIFA [3]

FIFA Fair Play Award

Japan and Sweden won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament. Every match in the final competition is taken into account but only teams that played at least three matches are eligible for the Fair Play Award. [3]

PosTeamPts
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 857
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 857
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 843
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 815
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 811
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 781
7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 772
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States 762
9Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 752
10Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 686

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 G Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6510124+816Gold medal
2 G Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6402154+1112Silver medal
3 F Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5401143+1112Bronze medal
4 E Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52034516Fourth place
5 G Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 41123414Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 E Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 31023413
7 E Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31022313
8 F Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 30121871
9 F Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 20111981Eliminated in
group stage
10 G Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (H)3003011110
Source: FIFA [3]
(H) Hosts

Notes

  1. Palmqvist was replaced by Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana) after 90 minutes due to dehydration.

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