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2004  Athens Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics - The Results (Football - Women)

Football at the 2004 Athens Summer Games

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Host City: Athina, Greece
Date Started: August 11, 2004
Date Finished: August 28, 2004
Events: 2

Participants: 425 (259 men and 166 women) from 22 countries
Youngest Participant: AUS Sally Shipard (16 years, 297 days)
Oldest Participant: USA Joy Fawcett (36 years, 186 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): 101 athletes with 1 medal
Most Medals (Country): 6 countries with 1 medal

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 Football, known as the "King of Sports", is the most popular sport in the world. Football made its first appearance at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. Four years earlier in Athens, it had been cancelled due to lack of participating teams. But since its introduction, Football has been consistently in the Olympic Programme, with the exception of 1932 in Los Angeles. Great Britain dominated the first Olympic Football Tournaments, contested mainly by European nations, and in the years before World War II, Uruguay, Belgium and Italy each won the gold medal. After World War II, the Eastern Bloc countries dominated the tournament. At that time, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, and Poland, all took the gold medal. Professional footballers were allowed to take part in the Olympic Tournament for the first time in Los Angeles in 1984, provided that European and South American players had never played in the World Cup. France won the tournament A new set of rules regarding participation in the Men's tournament has been in force from the 1992 Barcelona Games onwards. Today a country cannot send its national side, but only an under-23 team, which is allowed to include three over 23-year-old players. The past two Olympic Games Men's Football gold medal were won by African countries: Nigeria took the gold in 1996 and Cameroon won it in 2000. The women's Olympic Tournament was played for the first time at the 1996 Atlanta Games and was won by host nation USA. In the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Norway defeated the USA in the final with a golden goal in extra time.  football 2004

 Description


A football game lasts 90 minutes with two halves of 45 minutes each, and a 15-minute halftime break. Each game is played by two teams of eleven players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper.

 Argentines Javier Mascherano and Roberto Ayala celebrate with teammates and a national flag of their country at the Olympic Stadium on 28 August, after the Olympic men's football final. Argentina won the football gold medal with a 1-0 victory against Paraguay. © AFP/A. Scorza
The team's aim is to score a goal without violating the rules of the sport. A goal is scored when the whole of the ball passes over the goal line between the opposite team's goalposts. The winner is the team to score the most goals. A referee presides over a game and is in charge of implementing the Football rules. Two assistant referees moving along the two touchlines of the field of play facilitate the referee's task. Before the beginning of the game, the referee draws lots. The winning team chooses a goalpost for the first half and the other team gets the ball at the referee's starting whistle. In the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Football Tournament, 16 men's teams competed in four rounds (preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals) and 10 women's teams in three (quarterfinals, semi-finals, finals)

  Venues


During the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, the men's and women's Football competitions were hosted in four Olympic cities, Volos, Patra, Heraklio and Thessaloniki, as well as Athens, where the finals took place.


Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

The Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos, one of the most beautiful cities of Greece, hosted the preliminary phase of the Olympic Football Tournament games. The Panthessaliko Sports Complex entailed the renovation of the existing stands and buildings into a new structure of 22.700 seats.

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patra

Another stadium that hosted Football is the Pampeloponnisiako Stadium of Patra, a city in the north of the Peloponnese. The existing stadium, which has been used for several regional and national football games in the past, was upgraded by the General Secretariat of Sports to meet Olympic demands. Mainly electromechanical and electronic infrastructures, along with respective equipment, were renewed, whereas more parking areas and surrounding areas were built to go with the overall capacity.


Kaftantzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city and one of Europe's greatest cultural, commercial and sport centres hosted some of the football preliminaries and semi-finals in the Kaftantzoglio Stadium, very close to the city centre. The General Secretariat of Sports upgraded the existing facilities into a stadium of 22.700 seats with new electromechanical and electronic infrastructure and respective equipment.


Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio

Beautiful Crete, the island in the south of Greece, hosted also the sport of Football in a stadium with a capacity of 26.400 seats. The stadium includes an eight-lane 400m track; shot put and hammer throw valves and other facilities (swimming pool, multipurpose hall, administration offices, etc.) for post-Olympic use.


Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens

The Karaiskaki Stadium, the second largest stadium in Athens, was used as the velodrome for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. In the 1960s it was renovated into the stadium that still stands today. The stadium, located in the area of Faliro, has been transformed into a modern Football stadium, accommodating 33.000 spectators. During the Olympic Games, it hosted a total of 11 games (preliminaries, quarter-finals and semi-finals), as well as the women's finals.


Olympic Stadium

The Olympic Stadium, the centre of the Olympic Games, situated at Maroussi, is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA). The Olympic Stadium hosted 72.000 spectators, who attended the Athletics events, the Men's Football gold medal match and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Following an ATHENS 2004 and Ministry of Culture initiative, the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava had designed the upgrade of OAKA using innovative and creative solutions, including the new roof structure for the Olympic Stadium.

 

Overview

The formats were the similar in 2004 for both the men'€™s and women'€™s tournaments. The men had 16 teams separated into four four-team groups who played a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the quarter-finals and the knock-out phase. The women'€™s field increased to 10 teams separated into three groups who played a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each group, and the two best third-place finishers advancing to the quarter-finals and the knock-out phase.

Women played specific qualifying tournaments for the first time, with the 10 teams qualifying as follows '€“ Greece as the host nation; the top two European teams at the 2003 World Cup (Germany, Sweden); Brazil as winner of the 2003 Sudamericano de Futbol Femenino; two teams from the AFC (Asia) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (China, Japan); two teams from a CONCACAF (North & Central America/Caribbean) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Mexico, United States); one team from a CAF (Africa) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Nigeria); and one team from an Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Australia).

The 16 men'€™s teams qualified as follows '€“ Greece as the host nation; three teams from the 1992 UEFA Europe Under-21 Championships (Italy, Serbia & Montenegro, Portugal); four teams from a CAF (Africa) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Tunisia); three teams from an AFC (Asia) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Iraq, Japan, Korea [South]); two teams from a CONCACAF (North & Central America/Caribbean) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Mexico, Costa Rica); two teams from a CONMEBOL (South America) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Argentina, Paraguay); and one team from the OFC (Oceania) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Australia).

The tournaments were held in six venues around Greece '€“ Olympic Stadium, Athina; Karaiskakis Stadium, Athina; Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras; Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos; Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloníki; and Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion. The women did not play at the Olympic Stadium.

The United States'€™ women won the gold medal, defeating Brazil, 2-1, after extra-time in the final. The men'€™s final came down to two South American teams with Argentina winning gold by defeating Paraguay, 1-0.

 

The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on 28 August.

The tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams.[1] The men's tournament allows up to three overage players to join the U-23 squads.

The men's tournament was won by Argentina, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, which held a record of having won every match without conceding a goal in the tournament. The Golden Boot was won by Argentina's Carlos Tevez. The women's tournament was won by the United States.

Venues

Athens

Patras

Olympic Stadium Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Capacity: 71,030 Capacity: 23,558
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Athens

Thessaloniki

Karaiskakis Stadium Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Capacity: 33,334 Capacity: 27,770
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Heraklion

Volos

Pankritio Stadium Panthessaliko Stadium
Capacity: 26,240 Capacity: 22,700
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Women's Football

 Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Athina; Kaftanzoglou National Stadium of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Pan-Cretan Stadium, Iraklion; Pan-Pelopennese Stadium, Patras; Pan-Thessaliko Stadium, Volos
Date Started: August 11, 2004
Date Finished: August 26, 2004
Format: Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

Summary

The women's field was expanded from eight to ten teams, which gave the tournament an odd format as only two teams were eliminated in the group stage. Among them was 1996 silver medalist China, which was slaughtered by World Champion Germany 8-0. The first knockout round saw all favoured teams progress into the semis. The Germans, captained by star player [Birgit Prinz], played 1996 champion United States, but trailed for most of the match. Only in stoppage time, the Germans levelled through [Isabell Bachor]. [Heather O'Reilly] scored the winner for the Americans nine minutes into sudden death overtime. The other 2003 World Cup finalist, Sweden, was also eliminated as Brazil moved to the final for the first time. As in Sydney, the decider went into overtime. Forward [Abby Wambach] headed in the winning goal three minutes away from penalty kicks.

 The USA Women's Football team made it to Olympic gold medal from three starts, as veterans Mia HAMM, Julie FOUDY and Kristine LILLY helped their side to win in the final against Brazil. After taking the gold medal in the event's Olympic debut in 1996, USA arrived in Athens determined to make up for the relative disappointment of winning silver in Sydney in 2000. Led by the trio of HAMM, FOUDY and LILLY, it took a 112th minute golden goal from Abby WAMBACH (USA) to finally put the gold medal back in American hands. The bronze medal match was a replay of last year's FIFA Women's World Cup Final between Germany and Sweden. Germany won the bronze, beating Sweden 1-0 at Karaiskaki Stadium.

Statistically, Brazil was the most dangerous attacking side, scoring 15 goals. Germany scored 14 times, including the highest tally in the history of the tournament, an 8-0 win over China. Brazil also turned on the power in a 7-0 win over Greece. Birgit PRINZ (GER) and CRISTIANE (BRA) were the tournament's equal top scorers, with five goals each. USA, Brazil, Germany and Sweden, all appearing in their third successive Olympic Games tournament, made up the top four.

Of the Olympic Games ever-presents, only China was eliminated at the preliminary stage. The only African team to have participated at the Olympic Games, Nigeria, reached the quarterfinals in its second appearance. In its Olympic debut, Mexico qualified for the quarterfinals, while the other newcomer; Greece was eliminated early, after conceding 11 goals and scoring none. Australia savoured its first win at the Olympic Games and made the quarterfinals as a result. In all, 55 goals (including two converted penalties) were scored in 20 matches. There were 39 yellow cards shown, with the USA attracting the most (10). Only one player was sent off.

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.

Confederation (Region) Berths Qualified Teams
Host nation (automatically qualified) 1
  •  Greece
UEFA (Europe) 2
  •  Germany
  •  Sweden
CONMEBOL (South America) 1
  •  Brazil
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) 2
  •  United States
  •  Mexico
CAF (Africa) 1
  •  Nigeria
AFC (Asia) 2
  •  China PR
  •  Japan
OFC (Oceania) 1
  •  Australia
 

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). 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).

Pot 1: Europe Pot 2: Americas Pot 3: Rest of the World
  •  Greece (Hosts)
  •  Germany
  •  Sweden
  •  Brazil
  •  Mexico
  •  United States
  •  Australia
  •  China PR
  •  Japan
  •  Nigeria
 

Referees

Asia

  • Флаг Индии Bentla d'Cote

Africa

  • Флаг Сенегала Fatou Gayet

Europe

  • Флаг Румынии Christina Ionescu
  • Флаг Венгрии Kristina Zhokolay
  • Флаг Швеции Yenny Palmquist
  • Флаг Чехии Dagmar Damkova
  • Флаг Германии Christina Fry

 

North and Central America

  • Флаг США Kari seitz
  • Флаг Гайаны Diane Ferreira-James

South America

  • Флаг Бразилии Sylvia Regina de Oliveira

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
 
                   
 
August 20 – Patras          
 
 
 Germany 2
 
August 23 – Heraklio
 
 Nigeria 1  
 
 Germany 1
 
August 20 – Thessaloniki
 
   United States 2  
 
 United States 2
 
  August 26 – Athens
 
 Japan 1  
 
 United States 2
 
August 20 – Heraklio
 
   Brazil 1
 
 Mexico 0
 
August 23 – Patras  
 
 Brazil 5  
 
 Sweden 0
 
August 20 – Volos
 
   Brazil 1   Bronze medal match
 
 Sweden 2
 
  August 26 – Athens
 
 Australia 1  
 
 Germany 1
 
 
 
 Sweden 0
 

Final

August 26, 2004
9 p.m.
USA Соединённые Штаты Америки 2: 1
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Бразилия Brazil
Terpley Гол 39 '
Wembach Гол 112 '
Goals Pretinha Гол 73 '
Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 10,416
Referee: J. Palmquist ( Sweden ), D. Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Yenny Palmquist refereed the main time of the match, due to a leg injury she could not serve the match in overtime, so she was replaced by Diane Ferreira-James

3rd place match

August 26, 2004
18:00
Germany Германия 1-0
Швеция Sweden
Lingor Гол 17 ' Goals  
Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 10,416
Referee: C. Seitz ( United States of America )
 

Semifinal

August 23, 2004
18:00
USA Соединённые Штаты Америки 2: 1
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Германия Germany
Lilly Гол 33 '
O'Reilly Гол 99 '
Goals Bahor Гол 90 + 2 '
Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 5,165
Referee: K. околokolai (Hungary)

August 23, 2004
18:00
Brazil Бразилия 1-0
Швеция Sweden
Pretinha Гол 64 ' Goals  
Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 1,511
Referee: D. Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Quarter Final

August 20, 2004
18:00
Germany Германия 2: 1
Нигерия Nigeria
Jones Гол 76 '
Polers Гол 81 '
Goals Akide Гол 49 '
Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 2,531
Referee: B. d'Kot (India)

August 20, 2004
18:00
USA Соединённые Штаты Америки 2: 1
Япония Japan
Lilly Гол 43 '
Wembach Гол 59 '
Goals Yamamoto Гол 48 '
Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 1,418
Referee: C. R. de Oliveira (Brazil)

August 20, 2004
9 p.m.
Mexico Мексика 0: 5
Бразилия Brazil
  Goals Christians Гол 25 ' , 49'
Formiga Гол 29 ' , 54'
Martha Гол 60 '
Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 3 012
Referee: F. Gaillot (Senegal)

August 20, 2004
9 p.m.
Sweden Швеция 2: 1
Австралия Australia
Lundberg Гол 25 '
Larsson Гол thirty'
Goals de bath Гол 48 '
Panfessalico , Hair
Spectators: 4,811
Referee: D. Damkova (Czech Republic)
 

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Japan 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
 
August 11, 2004
18:00
Sweden Швеция 0: 1
Япония Japan
  Goals Arakawa Гол 24 '
Panfessalico , Hair
Spectators: 10 104
Referee: F. Gaillot (Senegal)

August 14, 2004
18:00
Japan Япония 0: 1
Нигерия Nigeria
  Goals Near Гол 55 '
Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 14,126
Referee: D. Ferreira-James (Guyana)

August 17, 2004
18:00
Sweden Швеция 2: 1
Нигерия Nigeria
Marklund Гол 68 '
Mostrom Гол 73 '
Goals Akide Гол 25 '
Panfessalico , Hair
Spectators: 21 597
Referee: C. R. de Oliveira (Brazil)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 6
 Mexico 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
 China PR 2 0 1 1 1 9 −8 1
August 11, 2004
18:00
Germany Германия 8: 0
Китай China
Prince Гол 13 ' , 21' , 73 ' , 88'
Wunderlich Гол 65 '
Lingor Гол 76 '( pen. )
Polers Гол 82 '
Muller Гол 90 '
Goals  
Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 14,657
Referee: C. Seitz (USA)

August 14, 2004
18:00
China Китай 1: 1
Мексика Mexico
Ji ting Гол 34 ' Goals Dominguez Гол eleven'
Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 5,112
Referee: C. Ionescu (Romania)

August 17, 2004
18:00
Germany Германия 2-0
Мексика Mexico
Wimberski Гол 20'
Prince Гол 79 '
Goals  
Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 26,338
Referee: K. околokolai (Hungary)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Brazil 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
 Australia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Greece 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
 
August 11, 2004
18:00
Greece Греция 0: 3
Соединённые Штаты Америки USA
  Goals Boxing Гол 14'
Wembach Гол thirty'
Hamm Гол 82 '
Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 15,757
Referee: J. Palmquist (Sweden)

August 11, 2004
18:00
Brazil Бразилия 1-0
Австралия Australia
Martha Гол 36 ' Goals  
Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 25 152
Referee: D. Damkova (Czech Republic)

August 14, 2004
20:30
Greece Греция 0: 1
Австралия Australia
  Goals Garriock Гол 27 '
Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 8 857
Referee: B. d'Kot (India)

August 14, 2004
20:30
USA Соединённые Штаты Америки 2-0
Бразилия Brazil
Hamm Гол 58 '( pen. )
Wembach Гол 77 '
Goals  
Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 17 123
Referee: D. Damkova (Czech Republic)

August 17, 2004
20:30
Greece Греция 0: 7
Бразилия Brazil
  Goals Pretinha Гол 21 '
Christians Гол 46 ' , 55' , 77 '
Graziele Гол 49 '
Martha Гол 70 '
Daniela Гол 72 '
Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 7,214
Referee: C. Fry (Germany)

August 17, 2004
20:30
USA Соединённые Штаты Америки 1: 1
Австралия Australia
Lilly Гол 19' Goals Peters Гол 82 '
Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 3,320
Referee: C. Ionescu (Romania)

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States (USA) 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16
2  Brazil (BRA) 6 4 0 2 15 4 +11 12
3  Germany (GER) 5 4 0 1 14 3 +11 12
4  Sweden (SWE) 5 2 0 3 4 5 −1 6
5  Australia (AUS) 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
6  Nigeria (NGR) 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
7  Japan (JPN) 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
8  Mexico (MEX) 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
9  China (CHN) 2 0 1 1 1 9 −8 1
10  Greece (GRE) 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0

Statistics

Goalscorers

With five goals, Cristiane of Brazil and Birgit Prinz of Germany are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 55 goals were scored by 33 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

5 goals
  • Brazil Cristiane
  • Germany Birgit Prinz
4 goals
  • United States Abby Wambach
3 goals
  • Brazil Marta
  • Brazil Pretinha
  • United States Kristine Lilly
2 goals
  • Brazil Formiga
  • Germany Conny Pohlers
  • Germany Renate Lingor
  • Nigeria Mercy Akide
  • United States Mia Hamm

 

1 goal
  • Australia Heather Garriock
  • Australia Joanne Peters
  • Australia Lisa de Vanna
  • Brazil Daniela
  • Brazil Grazielle
  • China Ji Ting
  • Germany Isabell Bachor
  • Germany Martina Müller

 

  • Germany Petra Wimbersky
  • Germany Pia Wunderlich
  • Germany Steffi Jones
  • Japan Emi Yamamoto
  • Japan Eriko Arakawa
  • Mexico Maribel Domínguez
  • Nigeria Vera Okolo

 

  • Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
  • Sweden Hanna Marklund
  • Sweden Malin Moström
  • Sweden Sara Larsson
  • United States Heather O'Reilly
  • United States Lindsay Tarpley
  • United States Shannon Boxx

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