Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Greece |
| Dates | 11 August – 28 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Argentina (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
.svg.png){kind=small} Paraguay |
| Third place |
 Italy |
| Fourth place |
.svg.png){kind=small} Iraq |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 101 (3.16 per match) |
| Attendance | 401,415 (12,544 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Carlos Tevez (8 goals) |
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The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium on 28 August 2004.
Qualification
The following 16 teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics football tournament.
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 1 |  Greece |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Iraq Japan South Korea |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | 4 |  Ghana Mali Morocco Tunisia |
| CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 |  Mexico (winner) Costa Rica (runner-up) |
| 2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 | Argentina (winner) Paraguay (runner-up) |
| OFC Preliminary Competition | 1 |  Australia |
| 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 3 | Italy (winner) Serbia and Montenegro (runner-up) Portugal (third-place) |
| Total | 16 |
Match officials
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Seeding
| Pot 1: Europe | Pot 2: Americas | Pot 3: Africa | Pot 4: Asia and Oceania |
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Final tournament
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green went through to the knockout stage.
First round
Group A
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| South Korea |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
| Mexico |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Greece |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
11 August 2004 20:30 |
| South Korea |
2–2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
Kim D.J.  43'Vyntra 64' (o.g.) |
Report | Taralidis 78' Papadopoulos 82' (pen.) |
17 August 2004 20:30 |
| South Korea |
3–3 | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| Cho J.J. 57', 59' Tamboura 64' (o.g.) |
Report | N'Diaye 7', 24', 55' |
17 August 2004 20:30 |
| Greece |
2–3 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Taralidis 82' (pen.) Stoltidis 90+3' |
Report | Márquez 47' Bravo 70', 86' |
Group B
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| Italy |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Ghana |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
12 August 2004 20:30 |
| Paraguay |
4–3 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Giménez 5' Cardozo 26', 37'Torres 62' |
Report | Ono 22' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Okubo 81' |
Group C
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Tunisia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |
11 August 2004 20:30 |
| Argentina |
6–0 | Serbia and Montenegro |
|---|---|---|
| Delgado 11' C. González 17'Tevez 42', 43'Heinze 74'Rosales 77' |
Report |
14 August 2004 20:30 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
1–5 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Radonjić 72' |
Report | Cahill 11' Aloisi 45+1', 57'Elrich 60', 86' |
17 August 2004 20:30 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
2–3 | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| Krasić 70' Vukčević 87' |
Report | Clayton 41' Jedidi 83' (pen.)Zitouni 89' |
Group D
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| Costa Rica |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Morocco |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Portugal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
12 August 2004 20:30 |
| Iraq |
4–2 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| E. Mohammed 16' H. Mohammed 29'Y. Mahmoud 56'Sader 90+3' |
Report | Jabar 13' (o.g.) Bosingwa 45' |
18 August 2004 20:30 |
| Costa Rica |
4–2 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Villalobos 50' Meira 68' (o.g.)Saborio 71'Brenes 90+1' |
Report | Almeida 29' Ribeiro 54' |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 21 August – Piraeus | ||||||||||
| Mali |
0 | |||||||||
| 24 August – Piraeus | ||||||||||
| Italy |
1 | |||||||||
| Italy |
0 | |||||||||
| 21 August – Patras | ||||||||||
| Argentina |
3 | |||||||||
| Argentina |
4 | |||||||||
| 28 August – Athens | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica |
0 | |||||||||
| Argentina |
1 | |||||||||
| 21 August – Heraklion | ||||||||||
| Paraguay |
0 | |||||||||
| Iraq |
1 | |||||||||
| 24 August – Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
| Australia |
0 | |||||||||
| Iraq |
1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| 21 August – Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
| Paraguay |
3 | 27 August – Thessaloniki | ||||||||
| Paraguay |
3 | |||||||||
| Italy |
1 | |||||||||
| South Korea |
2 | |||||||||
| Iraq |
0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
21 August 2004 21:00 |
| Paraguay |
3–2 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Bareiro 19', 71' Cardozo 61' |
Report | Lee C.S. 74', 79' (pen.) |
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Argentina (ARG) |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 18 |
| 2 | Paraguay (PAR) |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Italy (ITA) |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 |
| 4 | Iraq (IRQ) |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 |
| 5 | Mali (MLI) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Costa Rica (CRC) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 |
| 9 | Ghana (GHA) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Morocco (MAR) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Mexico (MEX) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 12 | Tunisia (TUN) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
| 14 | Portugal (POR) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| 15 | Greece (GRE) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
| 16 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |
Statistics
Goalscorers
With eight goals, Carlos Tevez of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 101 goals were scored by 65 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.
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