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.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Greece |
| Dates | 11–26 August |
| Teams | 10 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| 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 each) |
| Fair play award |  Japan Sweden |
Qualification edit
Several qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations.[3]
Venues edit
The tournament was held in five venues across five cities:
Seeding edit
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: Europe | Pot 2: Americas | Pot 3: Rest of the World |
|---|---|---|
Squads edit
Match officials edit
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Group stage edit
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:
- Teams highlighted in green went through to the knockout stages.
Group E edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Nigeria
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Japan
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Group F edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Mexico
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 3 |  China
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
| Germany | 8–0 | China |
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Prinz  13', 21', 73', 88'Wunderlich 65'Lingor 76' (pen.) Pohlers 82'Müller 90' |
Report |
Group G edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Brazil
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Australia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Greece
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
| United States | 1–1 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly 19' |
Report | Peters 82' |
Ranking of third-placed teams from groups of three edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| China
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
Knockout stage edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 20 August – Patras | ||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 August – Heraklio | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 August – Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 August – Athens | ||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 August – Heraklio | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 August – Patras | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 August – Volos | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Sweden | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 August – Athens | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
Semi-finals edit
Bronze medal match edit
Gold medal match edit
Statistics edit
Goalscorers edit
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
Lisa De Vanna- Heather Garriock
- Joanne Peters
Daniela- Grazielle
Ji Ting
Isabell Bachor- Steffi Jones
- Martina Müller
- Petra Wimbersky
- Pia Wunderlich
Eriko Arakawa- Emi Yamamoto
Maribel Domínguez
Vera Okolo
Sara Larsson- Hanna Ljungberg
- Hanna Marklund
- Malin Moström
Shannon Boxx- Heather O'Reilly
- Lindsay Tarpley
Source: FIFA[3]
Assists edit
3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA[3]
FIFA Fair Play Award edit
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]
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan
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857 |
| Sweden
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857 | |
| 3 | Australia
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843 |
| 4 | China
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815 |
| 5 | Germany
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811 |
| 6 | Nigeria
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781 |
| 7 | Brazil
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772 |
| 8 | United States
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762 |
| 9 | Greece
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752 |
| 10 | Mexico
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686 |
Tournament ranking edit
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.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | United States
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | Gold medal |
| 2 | G | Brazil
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 | Silver medal |
| 3 | F | Germany
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | E | Sweden
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | G | Australia
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | E | Nigeria
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 7 | E | Japan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 8 | F | Mexico
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |
| 9 | F | China
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | G | Greece (H)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Notes edit
- ^ Palmqvist was replaced by Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana) after 90 minutes due to dehydration.
References edit
- ^ "SI.com – Wambach gives U.S. veterans golden parting gift in extra time – Thursday August 26, 2004 7:26PM". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "SI.com – Writers – Michael Silver: Fitting farewell for U.S. soccer's Fab Five – Friday August 27, 2004 2:55PM". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Report and Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 (PDF). Zürich. 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournaments Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad Athens 2004" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments: FIFA Emergency Committee approves venue and kick-off time for men's Final as well as format for women's competition". FIFA. 28 July 2003. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2017.