Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Greece |
| Dates | 11 – 26 August |
| Teams | 10 (from 6 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 United States (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |
 Brazil |
| Third place |
 Germany |
| Fourth place |
 Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 55 (2.75 per match) |
| Attendance | 208,637 (10,432 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Cristiane Birgit Prinz (5 goals) |
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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 August 26, 2004.
Seeding
| Pot 1: Europe | Pot 2: Americas | Pot 3: Rest of the World |
|---|---|---|
Squads
Final tournament
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green went through to the knockout stages.
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 |
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 |
8 – 0 | China PR |
|---|---|---|
Prinz  13', 21', 73', 88'Wunderlich 65'Lingor 76' (pen.) Pohlers 82'Müller 90' |
Report |
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 17, 2004 20:30 |
| Greece |
0 – 7 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pretinha 21' Cristiane 46', 55', 77' Grazielle 49' Marta 70' Daniela 72' |
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 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| August 20 - Volos | ||||||||||
| Brazil |
1 | August 26 - Athens | ||||||||
| Sweden |
2 | |||||||||
| Germany |
1 | |||||||||
| Australia |
1 | |||||||||
| Sweden |
0 | |||||||||
Quarter finals
Semi finals
August 23, 2004 18:00 |
| United States |
2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly 33' O'Reilly 99' |
Report | Bachor 90+2' |
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
26 August 2004 21:00 |
| United States |
2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Tarpley 39' Wambach 112' |
Report | Pretinha 73' |
Karaiskaki Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 10,416 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden) replaced by Ferreira-James (Guyana) after 90 minutes due to dehydration |
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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
References
- ↑ "SI.com - Wambach gives U.S. veterans golden parting gift in extra time - Thursday August 26, 2004 7:26PM". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2004-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "SI.com - Writers - Michael Silver: Fitting farewell for U.S. soccer's Fab Five - Friday August 27, 2004 2:55PM". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
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