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Football at the 2004 Athens Summer Games

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: Sally Shipard (16 years, 297 days)
Oldest Participant: Joy Fawcett (36 years, 186 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): 101 athletes with 1 medal
Most Medals (Country): 6 countries with 1 medal

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.
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, ThessalonÃki; 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

Athens	Thessaloniki
Karaiskakis Stadium	Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Capacity: 33,334	Capacity: 27,770

Heraklion	Volos
Pankritio Stadium	Panthessaliko Stadium
Capacity: 26,240	Capacity: 22,700

Men's Football

Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Athina; Kaftanzoglou National Stadium of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki; Olympic Stadium, Athens Olympic Sports Complex Spiros Loues, Maroussi; Pan-Cretan Stadium, Iraklion; Pan-Pelopennese Stadium, Patras; Pan-Thessaliko Stadium, Volos
Date Started: August 11, 2004
Date Finished: August 28, 2004
Format: Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

Summary

The sensation of the 2004 Olympic football tournament was the team from Iraq. Their NOC's suspension was only lifted in early 2004, but the war-ravaged country managed to qualify for Athens. In the group stage, it upset [Cristiano Ronaldo]'s Portugal and Costa Rica for a quarter-final spot. Their dream continued with a 1-0 victory over Australia. Another surprise was Paraguay, which had never won an Olympic medal prior to 2004. In the semi-final, they played Iraq (which had only won a single Olympic medal in 1960), winning 3-1. Iraq then failed to end the tournament on a high, losing against Italy's more experienced players for the bronze. The final saw two South American teams pitted against each other for the first time since 1928. Argentina then played Uruguay, but lost the final, as it did in 1996. In fact, Argentina had not won an Olympic title since 1952, but 28 August 2004 proved a good them for them. First the football team broke the 52-year dry spell, followed by their basketball squad later in the day. The title earned several young Argentine players transfers to major European teams. The tournament's top scorer, [Carlos TÃ©vez], remained in Argentina though. Overall though, the 2004 Olympic football tournament was not a great success. Most of the matches were very poorly attended, and the quality level of the tournament was low. As had been the case since at least the 1960s, many observers called for the sport to be excluded from the Olympics.

The 21st Men's Olympic Football Tournament has been completed with South American teams dominating the medals. Argentina justified its tag as the tournament favourite, and proved its superiority on the field by winning its first gold medal and the third by a team from South America (Uruguay won at Paris in 1924 and at Amsterdam in 1928). The decisive goal was scored by Carlos TEVEZ in the 18th minute. Argentina's team was full of world class players like Boca Juniors' forward Carlos TEVEZ, Valencia's defender Roberto AYALA, Manchester United's new defender Gabriel HEINZE, Wolfsburg's midfielder Andres D ALESSANDRO and Internazionale's midfielder Cristian "KILY" GONZALEZ. Argentina managed to win the gold medal without conceding a single goal. They were also the most productive attacking team of the tournament, scoring 17 goals, with TEVEZ scoring eight of them from just six matches to finish as the leading scorer of the tournament. Paraguay underlined the superiority of South America's teams by winning the silver medal, its first Olympic Football medal. The experience of the defender Carlos GAMARRA and forward Jose CARDOZO, second to TEVEZ as leading scorer in tournament with five goals, was a decisive factor on its way to the final. Italy entered the tournament with big expectations and also boasted a selection of big names in its squad, such as AC Milan's midfielder Andrea PIRLO, AS Roma's goalkeeper Ivan PELIZZOLI and defender Matteo FERRARI, but managed to win only the bronze medal after coming up against Argentina in the semi-finals.

However, the gold medallists at Berlin in 1936 did extend its two all-time Olympic Games records during the tournament. It took its total of Olympic Football Tournament matches played to 57 and also its tally of wins to 30, both totals more than any other team in the history of the Games. Iraq was unable to turn its scoring opportunities into goals and lost as a result 0-1 to Italy in the bronze medal game at the Kaftantzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki. The other team representing Asia, Japan, was eliminated in the Group stage.

Despite having four teams contesting the tournament, Africa's domination of recent Olympic Football Tournaments was ended. Mali was the only representative of Africa, who qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament, where it was defeated 1-0 by Italy in extra time. Ghana, Tunisia and Morocco were all eliminated after the Group stage. The bad luck for the host teams continued as Greece was eliminated at the Group stage, just like Australia four years earlier at Sydney.

Australia, with Glasgow Rangers' defender Craig MOORE, Internazionale's midfielder Carl VALERI, Everton's midfielder Tim CAHILL and Atletico Osasuna's forward John ALOISI in its squad, improved its performance from four years ago by making the quarterfinals this time. However; with with the exception of Italy, none of the other three European teams (Greece, Portugal and Serbia & Montenegro) managed to go beyond the Group stage. Costa Rica represented Central America in the quarterfinals, but was eliminated by Argentina, while Mexico didn't make it out of the Group stage. In total 97 goals were scored in 32 matches, ten penalty kicks were awarded and seven of them were successfully hit and 152 yellow cards and seven red cards were shown by referees.

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 (third-place)
Total	16

Official referees

Confederation	Referees
AFC	Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
CAF	Essam Abd El Fatah
CAF	Divine evehe
CONCACAF	Benito Archundia
CONCACAF	Carlos Batres
CONMEBOL	Horacio elizondo
	Carlos Torres
	Jorge Larrionda

Confederation	Referees
OFC	Charles Ariiotima
UEFA	Massimo De Santis
	Claus Bo Larsen
	Eric Poulat
	Kyros Vassaras

Seeding

Pot 1: Europe	Pot 2: Americas	Pot 3: Africa	Pot 4: Asia and Oceania
Greece (hosts) Italy Portugal Serbia and Montenegro	Argentina Costa Rica Mexico Paraguay	Ghana Mali Morocco Tunisia	Iraq Japan South Korea Australia

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

21 August – Athens

Mali	0
		24 August – Athens
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
21 August – Thessaloniki
		Paraguay	3	Bronze medal match
Paraguay	3
				27 August – Thessaloniki
South Korea	2
				Italy	1

				Iraq	0

Final

August 28, 2004
10 a.m.

Argentina	1-0	Paraguay
Tevez 18'	Goals

Olympic Stadium , Athens
Spectators: 41,116
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ( Greece )

Compositions:
Argentina: Lux, Collochini, Ayala, Heinze, Keely Gonzalez, Lucio Gonzalez, Mascherano, D'Alessandro, Rosales, Tevez, Delgado (Rodriguez 76)
Paraguay: Diego Barreto, Martinez, Gamarra, Mansour, Edgar Barreto (Cristaldo, 72), Figueredo, Esquivel (Julio Gonzalez, 76), Enkiso (Osvaldo Diaz, 63), Bareiro, Jimenez, Aureliano Torres
Keely Gonzalez; Gamarra, Mansour, Esquivel, Figeredo, Aureliano Torres, Julio Gonzalez

Martinez ( P ) 66 ', Figeredo ( P ) 82'

3rd place match

August 27, 2004
20:30

Italy	1-0	Iraq
Gilardino 8'	Goals

Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 5 203
Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay )

Compositions:
Italy: Pelizolli, M. Ferrari, Bovo, Barzagli, Moretti (Chiellini, 85), Pinzi (Place, 78), Donadel, Pirlo, Palombo, Del Nero, Gilardino
Iraq: Sabri, Attia, Amir, Jabar, Sadir (Mahmud, 77), Mahdi Karim (Emad Mohammed, 57), Abbas, Munir, Al-Khail, Hawar Mohammed (Ahmed Salah, 84), Farhan

Palombo, Pinzi, Donadel; Abbas

Semifinal

August 24, 2004
18:00

Italy	0: 3	Argentina
	Goals	Tevez 16' Lucho gonzalez 69 ' Mariano gonzalez 84 '

Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 30,910
Referee: Benito Archundia ( Mexico )

August 24, 2004
9 p.m.

Iraq	1: 3	Paraguay
Farhan 83 '	Goals	Cardoso 17 ' , 34' Bareiro 68 '

Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 6,213
Referee: Eric Bullet ( France )

Quarter Final

August 21, 2004
18:00

Mali	0: 1 add. vr.	Italy
	Goals	Bovo 116 '

Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 27 543
Referee: C. Torres ( Paraguay )

August 21, 2004
18:00

Iraq	1-0	Australia
E. Mohammed 64 '	Goals

Pancritio , Heraklion
Viewers: 10,023
Referee: Carlos Batres ( Guatemala )

August 21, 2004
9 p.m.

Argentina	4-0	Costa Rica
Delgado 24 ' Tevez 43 ' , 82' , 83 '	Goals

Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 9,929
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ( Greece )

August 21, 2004
9 p.m.

Paraguay	3: 2	The Republic of Korea
Bareiro 19 ' , 71' Cardoso 61 '	Goals	Lee Cheon Soo 74 ' , 79' ( pen. )

Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 4,080
Referee: M. de Santis ( Italy )

Preliminary round

Group A

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

August 11, 2004
20:30

The Republic of Korea	2: 2	Greece
Kim dong jin 43 ' Vintra 64 ' (own goal)	Goals	Taralidis 78 ' Papadopoulos 82 '( pen. )

Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 25 152
Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay )

August 11, 2004
20:30

Mali

0: 0

Mexico

Panfessalico , Hair
Spectators: 10 104
Referee: Subhiddin Mohd Salleh ( Malaysia )

August 14, 2004
20:30

The Republic of Korea	1-0	Mexico
Kim John Woo 16'	Goals

Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 14,026
Referee: Klaus Bo Larsen ( Denmark )

August 14, 2004
20:30

Greece	0: 2	Mali
	Goals	Ber 2 ' N'Diaye 45 '

Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 17 123
Referee: C. Torres ( Paraguay )

August 17, 2004
20:30

The Republic of Korea	3: 3	Mali
Cho Jae Jin 57 ' , 59' Tambour 64 ' (own goal)	Goals	N'Diaye 7 ' , 24' , 55 '

Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 3,320
Referee: Eric Bullet ( France )

August 17, 2004
20:30

Greece	2: 3	Mexico
Taralidis 82 '( pen. ) Stoltidis 90 + 3 '	Goals	Marquez 47 ' Bravo 70 ' , 86'

Panfessalico , Hair
Spectators: 21 597
Referee: D. Evehe ( Cameroon )

Group B

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

August 12, 2004
20:30

Paraguay	4: 3	Japan
Jimenez 5' Cardoso 26 ' , 37' A. Torres 62 '	Goals	It 22 '( pen. ) , 53' ( pen. ) Okubo 81 '

Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 5 381
Referee: E. Abd El Fatah ( Egypt )

August 12, 2004
20:30

Ghana	2: 2	Italy
Pappe 36 ' Appia 45 + 1 '	Goals	Pinzi 49 ' Gilardino 83 '

Panfessalico , Hair
Spectators: 7 012
Referee: Horacio Elisondo ( Argentina )

August 15, 2004
20:30

Paraguay	1: 2	Ghana
Hamarra 76 '	Goals	Tiero 81 ' Appia 84 '

Kaftanzoglio , Thessaloniki
Spectators: 1,119
Referee: Benito Archundia ( Mexico )

August 15, 2004
20:30

Japan	2: 3	Italy
Abe 21 ' Takamatsu 90 + 1 '	Goals	De rossi 3 ' Gilardino 8 ' , 36'

Panfessalico , Hair
Spectators: 9,487
Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay )

August 18, 2004
20:30

Paraguay	1-0	Italy
Bareiro 14'	Goals

Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 24,160
Referee: Klaus Bo Larsen ( Denmark )

August 18, 2004
20:30

Japan	1-0	Ghana
Okubo 37 '	Goals

Panfessalico , Hair
Spectators: 6 813
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ( Greece )

Group C

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

August 11, 2004
20:30

Tunisia	1: 1	Australia
Zituni 69 '	Goals	Aloisi 45 '

Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 15,757
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ( Greece )

August 11, 2004
20:30

Argentina	6: 0	Serbia and Montenegro
Delgado eleven' Keely gonzalez 17 ' Tevez 42 ' , 43' Heinze 74 ' Rosales 77 '	Goals

Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 14 675
Referee: Carlos Batres ( Guatemala )

August 14, 2004
20:30

Serbia and Montenegro	1: 5	Australia
Radonic 72 '	Goals	Cahill eleven' Aloisi 45 + 1 ' , 57' Elrich 60 ' , 86'

Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 8 857
Referee: Subhiddin Mohd Salleh ( Malaysia )

August 14, 2004
20:30

Argentina	2-0	Tunisia
Tevez 39 ' Saviola 72 '	Goals

Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 5 512
Referee: Eric Bullet ( France )

August 17, 2004
20:30

Argentina	1-0	Australia
D'Alessandro 9'	Goals

Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 26,338
Referee: E. Abd El Fatah ( Egypt )

August 17, 2004
20:30

Serbia and Montenegro	2: 3	Tunisia
Krasic 70 ' Vukchevich 87 '	Goals	Clayton 41 ' Jedidi 83 '( pen. ) Zituni 89 '

Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 5 512
Referee: C. Ariiotima ( Tahiti )

Group D

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

August 12, 2004
20:30

Costa Rica

0: 0

Morocco

Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 3,212
Referee: M. de Santis ( Italy )

August 12, 2004
20:30

Iraq	4: 2	Portugal
E. Mohammed 16' H. M. Mohammed 29 ' Y. Mahmoud 56 ' Sader 90 + 3 '	Goals	Abdul Jabar 13 ' (own goal) Bosingwa 45 '

Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 5 689
Referee: D. Evehe ( Cameroon )

August 15, 2004
20:30

Costa Rica	0: 2	Iraq
	Goals	H. M. Mohammed 67 ' Kareem 72 '

Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 12,150
Referee: C. Ariiotima ( Tahiti )

August 15, 2004
20:30

Morocco	1: 2	Portugal
Bouden 85 '	Goals	Ronaldo 40 ' Ricardo Costa 73 '

Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 7 581
Referee: Carlos Batres ( Guatemala )

August 18, 2004
20:30

Morocco	2: 1	Iraq
Bouden 69 '( pen. ) Akkal 77 '	Goals	Sader 63 '

Panpeloponnisiako , Patras
Spectators: 4 019
Referee: Horacio Elisondo ( Argentina )

August 18, 2004
20:30

Costa Rica	4: 2	Portugal
Villalobos fifty' Meira 68 '( aut. ) Saborio 71 ' Brens 90 + 1 '	Goals	Almeida 29 ' Ribeiro 54 '

Pancritio , Heraklion
Spectators: 11,218
Referee: C. Torres ( Paraguay )

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina (ARG)	6	6	0	0	17	0	+17	18
2	Paraguay (PAR)	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12
3	Italy (ITA)	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10
4	Iraq (IRQ)	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	9
5	Mali (MLI)	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
6	South Korea (KOR)	4	1	2	1	8	8	0	5
7	Australia (AUS)	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	4
8	Costa Rica (CRC)	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	4
9	Ghana (GHA)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
10	Morocco (MAR)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
10	Mexico (MEX)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
12	Tunisia (TUN)	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
13	Japan (JPN)	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
14	Portugal (POR)	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
15	Greece (GRE)	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1
16	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

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.