Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 edition of the association football tournaments during the Olympic Summer Games From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Football pictogram for the 2004 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| 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.
Venues
- Olympic Stadium, Athens
- Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
- Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
- Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
- Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
- Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
| Athens | Patras | ||
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| Olympic Stadium | Pampeloponnisiako Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 71,030 | Capacity: 23,558 | ||
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| Piraeus | Thessaloniki | ||
| Karaiskakis Stadium | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 33,334 | Capacity: 27,770 | ||
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| Heraklion | Volos | ||
| Pankritio Stadium | Panthessaliko Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 26,240 | Capacity: 22,700 | ||
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Men
Women
FIFA Fair play award
Women's tournament
References
External links
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