Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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The 2004 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on 28 August.
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Event details | |||||||||
Games | 2004 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
Host country | Greece | ||||||||
Dates | 11–28 August 2004 | ||||||||
Venues | 6 (in 6 host cities) | ||||||||
Competitors | 425 from 22 nations | ||||||||
Men's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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Women's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 10 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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← 2000 2008 → |
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.