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The first edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the first edition of the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The tournament was held in Costa Rica from 25 February to 5 March 2004.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Costa Rica |
Dates | 25 February – 5 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 81 (5.06 per match) |
Attendance | 27,616 (1,726 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Mexico from 2 to 12 February 2004, but was later moved to Costa Rica.[2]
The top two teams qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Greece as the CONCACAF representatives. The United States won the final 3–2 against Mexico, with both teams qualifying for the Olympics.
Canada, Costa Rica and the United States automatically qualified for the final tournament. The remaining five berths were allocated to the five group winners of the qualification tournament.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Mexico, the original hosts of the tournament, originally qualified automatically.[3] However, after the tournament venue was changed, new hosts Costa Rica instead qualified automatically, while Mexico took Costa Rica's place in the qualifying competition.
Team | Zone | Method of qualification | Previous Olympics |
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NAFU | Automatic | 0 |
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UNCAF | Automatic (host) | 0 |
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CFU | Group 3 winner | 0 |
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CFU | Group 2 winner | 0 |
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NAFU | Group 4 winner | 0 |
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UNCAF | Group 5 runner-up[lower-alpha 1] | 0 |
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CFU | Group 1 winner | 0 |
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NAFU | Automatic | 2 |
The matches were held at the Estadio Nacional, San José and the Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia.
San José | Heredia | |
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Estadio Nacional | Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero | |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 8,700 | |
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The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[5]
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Costa Rica ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Costa Rica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
3 March – San José | ||||||
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5 March – Heredia | ||||||
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3 March – San José | ||||||
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Third place play-off | ||||||
5 March – Heredia | ||||||
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The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
There were 81 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 5.06 goals per match.
9 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: CONCACAF
The following players were included in CONCACAF's "Best XI" of the tournament.[11]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Honourable Mentions | |||
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The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 |
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![]() | 3 March 2004 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | 3 March 2004 | 2 (1996, 2000) |
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